Y4 Friday Blog - 07/03/25
Date: 5th Mar 2025 @ 3:40pm
Welcome to the Year 4 Blog!
Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.
Lent
Homework
Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference. E.g. "Why do you think the character is unhappy?"
Please note that reading books will be changed when completed. Please write a note in your child's reading record book when a book has been completed and sign the relevant parent signature box. Thank you in advance.
Spellings - Please find this weeks spellings below and a link to spelling frame.
Please note that our spelling quiz will be on Thursday 13th February (see the files section on our Year 4 class page for the spelling overview for Spring Term 1).
Spellings
Geography Fact of the Week!
Mrs. Macdonald (our Geography boffin) has had a great idea! To make sure our knowledge of the world is solid, each class will be spotlighting a different country in Europe. We have Denmark!
Each week, we will find and share a new fact on the blog...
Leaders
King Frederik X succeed his mother, Margrethe II, to the Danish throne in January 2024. Margrethe, who reigned for 52 years, became the first Danish monarch to voluntarily abdicate in over 800 years.
In his first speech to Danes, King Frederik said his task of becoming "a unifying king of tomorrow" was something he had approached all of his life.
"It's a task I've taken on with pride, respect and joy."
Queen Margrethe became monarch only because a change in the law in 1953 allowed a woman to ascend to the throne. She succeeded on the death of her father, King Frederik IX, in 1972.
Maths Problem of the Week
Each week, a new maths problem will appear on the blog... Can you solve it?
The answers will be posted in next week's blog!
Previous week's answers...
A) 36.25 or 36 1/4 Litres
Our learning this week in Year 4
English
We have been looking at a very important sentence structure this week - a complex sentence.
We have played around with the idea of starting with a main clause, or starting with a subordinate clause. We have looked at a wide variety of subordinating conjunctions. And most importantly, we have got a clear understanding that, if you start with a subordinate clause, then your clauses MUST be seperated with a comma.
Main clause = I went outside
Subordinate clause = even though it was raining
Complex sentences
I went outside even though it was raining.
Even though it was raining, I went outside.
Maths
We have been looking at symmetry this week, focusing particularly on explaining whether a line of symmetry has been drawn correctly or incorrectly. Interestingly, although mirrors were provided, we were split opinions on whether they helped or hindered.
World Book Day
Due to Science Week, we held World Book Day on Wednesday instead. We looked at one of the most famous books in history - Harry Potter.
We read a chapter of the book, before watching the same section of the film. Using a venn diagram, we compared the similarities and differences between the two. Intestingly, the book holds far more detail and description... I think there might be a few more Harry Potter books in class next week!
Have a fantastic weekend!
The Year 4 team