This week’s Gospel teaches us that the only way in which to reach God is through Jesus and accepting his way of love, forgiveness and tolerance. Just as the only way sheep can be called and guided is through their shepherd who enters through their gate, the best way to salvation is through our gate which is Jesus.
Year 4’s learning this week:
English and RE: As part of a special project with Mrs Ormerod, year 4 have started exploring The Taming of the Shrew. Year 4 started to think about the plot of the play as well as the important characters and enjoyed getting a grasp of the story through Shakespeare’s Animated Tales.
In the classroom, Year 4 have begun to investigate their new Writing unit which involves stories from another culture. The class have started to immerse themselves in the Aboriginal Creation Story, learning about the Father of all Spirits and the Sun Mother who awoke the earth with her light.
Year 4 then thought about comparing this to our Christian Creation Story and thought about the ways in which they are similar and different.
Maths: Year 4 have been exploring area this week and learning about how to calculate the area of a rectilinear shape by counting the squares and using their knowledge of arrays to aid them in multiplying the length and width.
Geography: Year 4 have been comparing the different types of human and physical geography in their locality of Blackpool this week. We thought about whether our area was predominantly rural or urban before using examples of different geographical features in Blackpool and deciding whether they are an example of human or physical geography.
To really extend our learning, we also thought about whether human types of geography were residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural or recreational.
Spanish: Year 4 have been practising recognising reading and writing their Spanish numbers up to twenty as part of presenting themselves in a Spanish translation.
PE: Year 4 have started exploring their orienteering topic this week, concentrating this week on the importance of building trust and active listening between themselves and their classmates.
Year 4 also really impressed at St. Mary’s Mini Olympics on Wednesday taking part in athletics, dance and handball with three different primary schools from Blackpool. Our Lady’s pupils really made themselves and their school proud, displaying fantastic manners towards others, resilience towards completing the activities and wonderful teamwork to complete the tasks and earn lots of stickers for their school!
PSHE: Year 4 have been working hard on exploring their emotions in a safe and healthy way this week, recognising that it is ok to share their thoughts and opinions in a positive way.
Year 4 have also been exploring their growth mindset and exploring the reasons why it is good to make mistakes and use them as ways to develop their learning.
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. Hit the Button on Topmarks is also a fantastic resource for times tables practise.
Another good resource for times tables is the Pinpoint Mathematics times tables check: https://www.themathsfactor.com/times-tables-check/pinpoint/#/ a simulation for the Year 4 check in June.
Please make sure your school instruments are practised regularly at home for our weekly Wider Opportunity lessons on Thursdays, fifteen minutes a day makes all the difference!
Times tables booster club will continue weekly on Fridays until 4:10pm.
Congratulations to our award winners this week!
Golden Award - Teddy
Maths Award - Grace
Writing Award - Hallie and Lily T
A big thank you from Miss Whitehead and Mrs Dunford!
