Welcome back to year 4! It’s hard to believe we are now in our final half term, in what has been a very different academic year. The children have all settled back in to class well after the half term break and it has been lovely catching up on all their news.
Our learning this week…
In English, we have been exploring the story ‘ Sugarcane juice’, we have been creating our own detailed descriptions of the setting and editing our work to improve our sentences using a range of adventurous vocabulary.
In Maths, we have been continuing to learn about fractions. We have been converting fractions to decimals and vice versa. In Shape, Space and Measures, we have been exploring the 24 hour clock and comparing times to the 12 hour clock.
In RE, we have started our new topic ‘Belonging to the Church’. We discussed the meaning of belonging and thought about some of the communities we belong to including our families, our class, our school. We produced some posters to show some of the ways we can work together within a community.
In computing, we have been using ‘google sites’ to create our own web pages. This week, the children used their knowledge of the program to produce their own themed page. Some chose dinosaurs, animals, sports etc. Next week we will be presenting our completed pages to the class.
In PE, the children practiced the events for our class sports day on 24th June. Even though this event can not be attended by parents/ family, it was great to see how enthusiastic the children were to take part in the activities.
Reading Book Challenge….
Just a reminder, due to the success of our last challenge, we have decided to begin a new ‘Reading Book Challenge’,
There will be prizes for first, second and third, the winners will be drawn from a hat for the children who have read five times a week consistently throughout the duration of the challenge. Last time the prize was cake with Mrs Ormerod! So…. Keep reading and quizzing Year 4!!
Reading Record Reminder:
Please sign your child’s reading record so we are clear that their book needs changing - Many thanks
Spellings and Times Tables…
The children will be having a spelling test and times tables on Friday 18th June , the spellings have been sent home today . The times tables test for Friday 18th June will be x7 and x9, they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.
The children have been using this website ‘Maths Frame’ in class to practise their times tables, please follow the link to complete more practise at home…
Homework; Learning By Questions
This weeks activities can be accessed by following this link : https://www.lbq.org/Login.
Today’s password is: dchr
REMINDER The link will only remain live for the rest of today.
Awards…
Golden Award winners this week… Alisha and Max
Maths Award… Maisy
Reading Award… Vinny
WELL DONE TO ALL OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK!!!
Enjoy the weekend!
Best regards
Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.
