Hello,

This week in year 4 we have been learning lots about time. We have learnt to convert from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds and vice versa. To keep up the good work, encourage children to tell the time at home.

We have also continued to learn about King Alfred in our topic lessons and in Literacy. The home learning we have been receiving about King Alfred has been outstanding and very creative. We have both really enjoyed the chance to look at the children’s home learning over the past couple of weeks.

Next week, we will be looking at the correct use of speech punctuation in Literacy and formal columnar methods of addition and subtraction in maths. We look forward to it!

Thank you,

Year 4 team

Hello,

First of all, apologies for there being no blog posts before the end of last term. Technical issues meant that we were not able to log on to the school site, however this has now been resolved and regular service resumes!

This week has been very busy and we have dived straight back into lots of learning. In our Literacy we have started to look at Poetry, the children have enjoyed the challenge of writing their own poems and the creativity involved in doing this.

Our maths has also involved a great deal of creativity as the children have been looking at the properties of shape and translation. Next week we are moving on to converting time (e.g. hours to minutes) and solving problems using this.

You will also be pleased to hear that we have started learning a new instrument; this means that we can announce that our concert will feature violins and cellos!

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Hello,

This week we have continued to explore the history of the Saxon settlement of England. In addition to this the children also received a copy of the home learning pyramid for our Saxons topic. A copy of which can be downloaded here: Bloom’s HL – Saxons Settlers or Meddlers

In our Literacy we have been focusing on a particular part of Saxon life and using this to build a class information book.

In maths we have focused on applying our maths skills in different contexts and seeing if we can understand what different word problems were asking us to do.

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On Tuesday 8th March there will be a meeting in the hall regarding the year 4 camping trip and the year 5 trip to runway’s end. All are welcome to join us.

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

What an exciting day our Saxon Day was! The children looked fantastic in the variety of costumes that they had on. Our day started with an exciting introduction by Osred the Saxon. He talked to us in his native language which funnily we could understand. Attached are just a few of the photos from the day. More are to follow along with some of the children’s reviews of the day.

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You will soon be receiving a new home learning pyramid full of Saxon ideas to do at home. As always you can find activities on Abacus and My Maths to keep practicing your skills!

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Hello,

This week the children have continued to put all of their energy into learning as we approach the half term, which has been marvelous to see.

In our maths this week we have been looking at time. Not only telling the time, but also finding out how much time has passed between different intervals. At home over the half term try and become an expert time teller, reading clocks accurately and being able to tell how long it is between different times. Have fun!

In our Literacy we have been thinking about the feelings of the different characters in our book and the ways in which we can add extra detail to our writing. Over the half term maybe you would like to write your own story about a time in the past. What extra detail would you include? How would your characters be feeling?

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As you will be aware, on the Tuesday after half term we will have a special visitor coming in to teach us all about the Saxons! To make the day even more special we would like it if you could come dressed as a Saxon! These costumes do not need to be anything newly bought a long t-shirt over some trousers is very authentic! Here’s a picture below to provide some inspiration:

Have a wonderful half term!

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Hello,

This week in year 4 we have been thinking a lot about the different ways that we can show solutions to problems in our maths. We have shown our solutions pictorially and through equations. In your home learning this week, why not try and show different methods to solve a problem?

In literacy we have continued ‘Strawberry Girl’ and have focused on reading as a writer and some elements of writing such as: fronted adverbials, conjunctions, and expanded noun phrases. Perhaps you could find examples in your books at home and list them in your home learning book.

Next week we will be preparing ourselves for the beginning of Lent. Children have already discussed the idea of temptation and thought about what their Lent promises may be.

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Hello,

We would like to start this week with a big thank you to all who were able to attend our mass that was led by Father Vitalis. The children enjoyed themselves greatly and impressed us with their beautiful singing.

Today we have enjoyed TenTen theatre company performing for us. They performed a play named ‘The Master and the Servant’, it taught us about the importance of loving each other and loving ourselves. We also thought about how Jesus could be called The Servant King and what this meant.

In Science we are starting to learn about electricity and how it works. Can you spot things at home that work using electricity? How do you think they work? Ask adults to help you find out! (Remember electricity is dangerous!)

In Literacy we have looked at the classic American story of Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski, the story focuses on a family’s struggle to set up a farm in Florida during the early 1900’s.

In maths we have continued to compare measures. At home maybe you could try looking at the different measurements on packs of food and drink? Why do you think they are measured in different units?

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Hello,

This week in year 4 we have been looking at different measurements. We have investigated length, weight and capacity. We will be continuing to learn about these units of measure next week. It would be beneficial for your child to practice using tape measures, rulers, scales, jugs or any other measuring equipment that you may have at home! Perhaps you could make a cake or design a Disneyland ride and record the measurements in home learning adventure books.

In Literacy we have continued with our travel guides. We have seen some fantastic examples of children’s research in home learning adventure books and some awesome models that we have put on display!

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Hello,

We welcome you all back from the Christmas break. We hope you had lots of fun and were able to take lots of time to enjoy yourselves. At the beginning of this year we welcome Mrs. Layton into year 4, she has said “I have had a fantastic start. The children have been brilliant.”. Thank you to all the children for making her feel so welcome.

Our new topic for this half term is ‘The Magic Kingdom’ where we will be looking at the state of Florida and all it has to offer.

Here you can find the home learning pyramid for this topic:

Learning Pyramid Magic Kingdom

In our Literacy we have started to write a travel guide to Walt Disney World. We have spent time this week looking at different kinds of sentences. Do you know the difference between a simple, compound and complex sentence?

In our Maths we have looked at the value of fractions and how to find equivalent fractions. This is something that you could try at home with anything you can find such as sweets, fruits, buttons etc…

As always there is My Maths and Abacus homework on the system. We encourage all the children to do this as it helps to consolidate the learning that we have done in class over the  last week.

Thank you,

Year 4 Team

Literacy:

This week, we have begun to study the Christmas story ‘Babushka’. We have looked at the sentence types by identifying the subject and verb in each sentence and whether the sentences are simple, complex or compound. We have practised varying our sentence openers using adverbs/adverbial phrases and prepositions/prepositional phrases. We have learned about speech punctuation and practised adding detail about a character through the things they say and do.

Ideas: Children could write a short description of a place at home using prepositions to describe where each thing is. They could take a story extract and add dialogue to it to show the reader how the character is feeling or behaving.

Maths:

This week, we have been focusing on written addition and subtraction. Children could practise using their preferred written algorithm working with pairs of four-digit numbers.

RE:

This week, we have been thinking about the Prophets and how their foretelling changed people’s beliefs and actions. Children could study the prophecies made by the Prophets about the coming of the Messiah. What did they say? What did they think would happen? Where did they think it would be?