Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 12th January 2024
Friday 12th January – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week, the children have come back really well. We have hit the floor running with a new book in English. Anglo-Saxons is the topic in the afternoons. This is a super topic and one we think the children will really get engrossed in. In maths, the children have begun a unit of work on multiplication. TTRockstars has helped the children approach this unit with confidence.
Questions to ask at home -
- What did you do with the micro-bits this week?
- What do you know about the Anglo-Saxons already?
- What is the new book in English about?
- Who is Mr Gum?
- Are you confident with your seven timestable?
- What is the connection between your 3, 6 and 9 timestable?
Children’s highlights of the week
- Creating a stop-frame animation with the mountain dioramas
- Reading
- The first session of My Happy Mind, which was all about Appreciating
- Working with our friends on the stop-frame animation
- Working with the microbits
- Learning about the Anglo-Saxons
- Completing the pre-learning about Anglo-Saxons
- The cake sale
- In My Happy Mind, we learnt to about appreciation of things, people and also ourselves.
Looking forward:
This next week, the children will be learning about the different kingdoms in the Anglo-Saxon era. They will also be creating a rock, paper, scissors game with the micro-bits. In R.E. the class will be studying Judaism and the story of Moses. In the mornings, they will continue to explore the new book and timestables in maths.
Homework in Year 4
Maths – pink sheet
English – GAPS mat and pronouns
Reading – daily at least 15 mins – remember to take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes
Rockstars – as much as possible 10 mins daily is ideal – at least once a week for 20 mins
Spellings – Mrs Riddell – Please learn them for the test on Wednesday. It is better to look at them for 5 minutes each day than try to learn them all in one night. The children remember them better learnt over the week.
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – New this week – week 1 - x3x9x6x13
(Homework can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the basket is)
Letters and Reminders
15th January PTA meeting 7pm Space Invader
26th January—school disco Village Hall
9th February Year 3 cake sale
7th March Delamere Residential for Yr 4
8th March Film Night
Reminders for this week – Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday
Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints
Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.