In our RE and Liturgy learning this week, Year 4 have been trying to deepen their thinking about Lent and what its true meaning is to Christians all around the world. We thought about Jesus’ 40 days in the desert as he was preparing himself for what was to come in the near future and used this story to think about our own Lenten promises and sacrifices. No matter how small it may seem, Year 4 are determined to do something out of their ordinary over this Lenten period such as a sacrifice or going out of their way to do something extra so that they can feel closer to Jesus and the amazing sacrifices he has made for us.
Year 4 were wonderful during our Ash Wednesday Mass and were proud to show the cross on their foreheads as evidence of their faith and also yet another reminder of God’s sacrifice on Good Friday.
Year 4’s learning this week:
English: This week, Year 4 have been learning all about what an eye witness report is and how reporters and journalists use these in a newspaper article to make their reports more interesting as well as more reliable.
Year 4 then had a go at writing their own reports as a witness of a bizarre, fictional sight they had witnessed!
Maths: Year 4 have been working hard on their multiplication and division skills, particularly starting to become more fluent in multiplying and dividing a variety of numbers by 10 and 100.
Science: Year 4 began exploring their new Science topic of Electricity this week. We investigated what an electrical appliance is and thought about all of the appliances we could not live without! Then we examined these same appliances and what gives them power, such as the electrical mains and batteries.
History: Year 4 concentrated this week on the Vikings’ first invasion of Anglo-Saxon Britain in 793 AD. We learnt about how the monks of Lindisfarne were horrified to discover that the new visitors on their monastery’s shore were not friendly and instead wanted to raid all of their goods!
Year 4 then put themselves in the shoes of the unfortunate monks in 793 AD and wrote a diary documenting the timeline of events on that day over a thousand years ago.
Also, a big thank you for the amazing Anglo-Saxon/Viking projects that came into school. Every single member of Year 4 presented an insightful and unique interpretation of one aspect of our History learning and the staff in our classroom could not have been more blown away.
Thank you!
PE: Year 4 have started their new ball games topic by practising their throwing and catching skills over a long and a short distance and exploring how the two are very different.
Notices:
Please make sure you are reading at home regularly and recording this in reading records.
Please make sure you are practising times tables on TT Rock stars and The Daily Ten on Topmarks regularly.
Please make sure your school instruments are practised at home for our weekly Wider Opportunity lessons on Thursdays.
Times tables booster club will continue weekly on Fridays until 4:10pm.
Congratulations to our award winners this week!
Golden Award - Ronnie
Maths Award - Corben
Writing Award - Teddy
A big thank you from Miss Whitehead and Mrs Dunford!
