Y4 Friday Blog - 13/9/24
Date: 10th Sep 2024 @ 8:12am
Dear parents,
Welcome to the Year 4 Friday blog!
Information Update
A few children and parents have been asking about Y4 swimming. PE will be on a Tuesday and Wednesday, up until the February Half Term. After that, one of the PE lessons will then become a swimming lesson.
Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.
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. Question prompts are provided within reading books, coloured book marks and reading records. 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 on a Tuesday and two books will be given to each child to read for the week . 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 19th September (see the files section on our Year 4 class page for the spelling overview for Autumn Term 1).
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Times tables - Please use the Times Tables Rock Stars website to practise the times tables. By the end of Year 4, children are expected to know all of their times tables, up to 12x12. For the Autumn Term, 7s, 9s and 12s will be practised in class, however any practice at home, no matter how small, will hugely benefit the children.
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I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes, every night, on each of the websites.
An overview for spellings can be found at the bottom of the blog. Times Tables will be added in future terms.
Our learning this week in Year 4
English
This week, the children have been using inference skills to discover how the characters in Escape from Pompeii are feeling, backing up these ideas with evidence from the text. They have also summarised the entire text, representing in a comic strip to make it easy to understand!
Maths
We have been continuing with number and place value in maths this week. We were able to successfully round any number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000, and have now moved onto understanding sequences.
Science
Science started with a bang this week! The children worked together to become solid, liquid and gas particles, which helped them understand exactly why solids cannot be passed through, liquids can be passed through, although slowly, and gases can be passed through with ease!
PE
What a lesson! The children were learning how to use their entire body to put speed and accuracy into a throw. They then used their new-found overarm throwing skills, getting ready for a dodgeball match later in the term.
Computing
Using the new laptops, the children were showing their understanding of staying safe online. They were then given time to explore PurpleMash, applying these E-Safety skills - of course, everyone wanted to create their own games!
Have a look at our gallery to see some of the photographs taken in Year 4.
Have a fantastic weekend!
The Year 4 team