Y4 Friday Blog - 14/03/25

Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 8:01am

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.

Every Friday, the blog will be shared with the class to recap our learning and make them aware of their homework. Moving to online homework has allowed us to become a more eco friendly school. Throughout the week we will be learning about the spelling rule in preparation for the quiz on Thursday. Spelling frame can be used for practise along with the spelling strategies shared on the blog below. Log in details for Spelling Frame or TT Rock Stars can be found on the inside cover of your child's Reading Record book.

Lent

It isn't just about giving something up for Lent.

Lent represents turning away from temptations.

If something, or someone, has upset you, it is so easy to say something, or do something, which you might regret later.

Resist that temptation, and do the right thing.

During Lent, we are encouraging random acts of kindness - something which will make your day, and someone else's day, just that little bit better!

Each week, an example of this will be posted on the blog!

This week, we had a delivery from Reception Class, who very nicely baked, and presented us with some homemade cookies!

Thank you Reception! What a lovely act of kindness!

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 20th March

Spellings

Spelling Rule 22 - Homophones and near-homophones

not

knot

mail

male

main

mane

meet

meat

medal

meddle

missed

mist

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...

Forms of Media

Public Danmarks Radio (DR) runs national TV networks and national and regional radio.

TV2 is a government-owned commercial station. The main privately-owned TVs broadcast via digital terrestrial, satellite and cable.

Freedom of expression is provided for in law. Facebook is the top social media destination.

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!

Maths Y4 18.JPG

Previous week's answers...

A) 13cm

Our learning this week in Year 4

English

We have been looking at diary entries this week, using them to infer the thoughts and feelings of the fiend Grendel...

What can I say, the vocabulary was incredible, with both Iona and Jacob being awarded stickers this morning, for their fantastic pieces of writing.

Maths

It is that time of the year... 'Along the corridor, and up the stairs' the same way coordinates have been taught for years and years!

We found it easy! As soon as we got our heads around the X and Y axis, and how X comes before Y in the alphabet, we knew exactly how to identify a coordinate point!

Safeguarding - morning routine

If you are dropping off your child at the classroom door/ KS2 entrance door and need to pass a message on to a member of staff please do so by speaking to the staff member who monitors the door in the morning. If you need to enter school for any other reason, adults can only enter the school building via the main school entrance and seek assistance from the school office team. If you are attending a meeting with a member of staff, you must sign in at the front desk as a visitor and have an ID lanyard.

Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school and children safe.