Y4 Friday Blog - 18/10/24
Date: 17th Oct 2024 @ 3:53pm
Dear parents,
Welcome to the Year 4 Friday blog!
Thank you for coming to Parents Evening on Monday :) It was fantastic to meet everyone, some for the first time, and to discuss your child's learning!
As discussed, the Statutory Multiplication Check must be completed before the 14th June, and any help you can provide at home would massively benefit your child. Times tables tests are now available in class for any child who wants to take one home for additional homework, and each week, I will attach a new test to the blog, if you would rather print off at home.
If you need any additional information about the MTC, please don't hesitate to come and ask. Additionally, information can be found by following this link. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/multiplication-tables-check
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 31st October (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.
It's important that you use the latest versions of the app and website to ensure you receive the most secure, feature-rich and enjoyable experience of Times Tables Rock Stars.
Solution - if you're playing at home
If using the website at home, please ask visit play.ttrockstars.com/reset to load the latest version in your device's browser. Otherwise update the Times Tables Rock Stars app from the app store.
Our learning this week in Year 4
English
We have finished writing, editing and improving our non-chronological reports and they look fantastic! We have used a title, sub-headings, pictures, captions, and most importantly, facts only - no opinions allowed!
Maths
In maths, we have continued using the formal written method, to solve 4-digit subtraction questions, but now, with missing numbers! There is no other way to say this... It was hard! But with a bit of resilience, and a lot of trial and error, we got there in the end.
History
To finish off our topic on the Romans, we looked at Spartacus, one of the most famous Roman gladiators to have lived... Strangely though, he was not a good soldier, and he wasn't even born in Rome! After deserting from the Roman Army, he became a slave, fighting in the fighting pits and Colosseum. We imagined we were Spartacus, writing a diary from the day of his first fight - I wonder how he felt?
Have a look at our gallery to see some of the photographs taken in Year 4.
Have a fantastic October Half Term - see you all in a couple of weeks!
The Year 4 team