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…

Times Table

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.

PostedJune 11, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Our learning this week…

In English, we have been using a range of ‘sensational language’ to improve our writing to make it more interesting to grab the attention of the reader. We had some fantastic ideas!

In Maths, we have been developing our knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions. We have also completed our ‘Times Tables’ competition - well done to everyone for trying so hard.

In History, we have been following up our class trip on Thursday, by researching life in an Anglo-Saxon Village. We have been particularly focusing on foraging, thatching, weaving and the use of armour to defend. The children produced information posters to present their findings and to share their memories of our school trip to Martin Mere Wetland.

Here are some pictures of our class trip, we had a fantastic day, (despite the weather!) and we found out a lot more about what life would have been like in Anglo-Saxon Britain…

Reading Book Challenge….

Congratulations to our reading book challenge champions! Today they had a treat with Mrs Ormerod. Keep up the fantastic reading everyone!

Our winners are…

Alisha, Franchesca, Gabriella, Isobel, Livia, Lily K, Malachy, Tyler and Maisy

Fit 2 Go

The Children will be completing ‘Fit 2 Go’ sessions every Tuesday, starting after half term. A letter has been sent home today. This is a great fitness initiative set up by Blackpool, the program aims to encourage children to live a healthy lifestyle, take part in regular physical activity and to join in with local sports clubs and community programmes which will ultimately improve their overall health and wellbeing. Fit2Go is currently being delivered to every primary school in Blackpool.

Virtual ‘Musician of the Year’ Competition…

A letter has been sent home today regarding a competition that is open to all children in Key Stage 2. To enter, you must present a musical performance in the form of a video. This can be on any instrument of your choice and it does not matter if you don’t have lessons on your instrument in school. This is open to all budding young musicians. Please see the letter sent home for further details on how to enter, the deadline for entries is Thursday 10th June.

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 11th June , the spellings will be sent home on Monday 7th June . The times tables test for Friday 11th June will be x8 and x12, 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…

Times Table

Homework; Learning By Questions

This weeks activities can be accessed by following this link : https://www.lbq.org/Login.

Today’s password is: byfr

REMINDER The link will only remain live for the rest of today.

Awards…

Golden Award winners this week… Alisha and Evie

Maths Award… Henri

WELL DONE TO ALL OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK!!!

Enjoy the Half Term break, and see you back at school on Monday 7th June.

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedMay 21, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Ascension Day

Jesus appeared to the eleven disciples and said: ‘Go into the world. Go everywhere and share the Message of God’s Good News with everyone. On Thursday 13th May, it is Ascension Day when Christians celebrate Jesus being taken up into heaven. Unlike when he died, this is a happy goodbye, because the disciples knew that Jesus would be watching over them from heaven, and that he would send the Holy Spirit to help them. It can’t have been easy for them to say goodbye to Jesus for the second time. However, Jesus needed to ascend to heaven so that the Holy Spirit could come to them. He needed to leave so that He could be closer to us through the Spirit. In class, we have been reflecting on the meaning of The Ascension for Christians in their own lives and on the work of the first disciples to continue spreading the Good News of Jesus.

IMPORTANT LETTER TO KS2

Please read this important letter from Miss Haggerty…

Letter

OUR LEARNING THIS WEEK…

As part of our worship this week, we have been exploring climate change and the ways in which we can help to protect and look after our beautiful world. We shared a CAFOD assembly together, linked to their current campaign of ‘Eyes of the world’. The children had some fantastic ideas and responses for some actions we could take to look after our beautiful world.

In English, we have been exploring some of the characters of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ thinking about their point of view of events within the story and considering the character development within the plot.

In Maths, we have been continuing to explore time, this week we have been learning about ways in which we can work out time intervals.

In computing, we have been focusing on internet safety and the importance of showing respect and kindness online.

In RE, we have been learning about St Stephen, and exploring the ways in which he was an inspiration, as one of the first Christians and as the patron saint of Deacons.

Reading Book Challenge….

Just a reminder, we are currently running our ‘Reading Book Challenge’, (from 24th March - 21st May)…

There will be a winner for the amount of words read in this time and also a competition with 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. 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 14th May , the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x6 and x8 they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Please can we encourage as much practice of times tables at home as possible, as in June, we will be entering into a competition!

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…

Times Table

Homework; Learning By Questions

This weeks activities can be accessed by following this link : https://www.lbq.org/Login.

Today’s password is: m2jw

REMINDER The link will only remain live for the rest of today.

Awards…

Golden Award winners this week… Abigail and Malachy

Maths Award… Isobel

Writing Award…Alisha

WELL DONE TO ALL OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK!!!

Enjoy the weekend

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedMay 7, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

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Our Learning this week…

This week we had a fantastic opportunity to link virtually with two other schools to complete an RSC workshop exploring ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The children enjoyed this experience and it really helped to support our understanding. Please have a look at some pictures of the workshop…

In Maths, we have been continuing to explore time, this week we have been learning about converting time between 12 hour and 24 hour clock.

In computing, we have started to use ‘google sites’ to create our own web pages and website. We were able to explore some of the key features of Google sites, including the insert, pages and themes tabs.

In History, we have been exploring the Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement in Britain. We used drama and role play to bring our understanding of events to life!

In RE, we have been learning about the events of The Ascension and Pentecost. We have been exploring the Gift of the Holy Spirit, and how Christians might show these ‘gifts’ within their own lives’.

Reading Book Challenge….

Just a reminder, we are currently running our ‘Reading Book Challenge’, (from 24th March - 21st May)…

There will be a winner for the amount of words read in this time and also a competition with 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. 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 7th May , the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x12 , they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Please can we encourage as much practice of times tables at home as possible, as in June, we will be entering into a competition!

Homework; Learning By Questions

Thank you to all of you who completed (or tried to complete!) the ‘Learning By Questions’ task last week. We understand there were some technical issues, which we hope we have managed to solve!

This weeks activities can be accessed by following this link : https://www.lbq.org/Login.

Today’s password is: nbxy

REMINDER The link will only remain live for 24hours, so please try to complete the activities within this time - thanks for your support!

Awards…

Golden Award winners this week… Tyler and Maisy

Maths Award… Samuel

Writing Award…Lillie S

WELL DONE TO ALL OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK!!!

Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend -see you in school on Tuesday

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedApril 30, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Reflection of ‘Good Shepherd Sunday…’

Good Shepherd Sunday is the on the Fourth Sunday of Easter, on which the Gospel passage of the Good Shepherd is shared in Church. The symbolism of Christ as a shepherd comes directly from the gospel of John, in which Christ is leading the faithful and will lay down his life for the sheep, or those who are faithful to him. And while Good Shepherd Sunday is certainly the perfect time to pray for our priests, bishops, and all those who shepherd the Lord’s flock, it is also an opportunity to look at our own lives, and how we can be good shepherds to those in our care.

Homework; Learning By Questions

This week we will be setting some additional homework for the children on ‘Learning By Questions’. The task will be set on Friday afternoon, and will remain live for the rest of the afternoon/evening.

Please follow this link to login: https://www.lbq.org/Login

Today’s password is: 98fx

Please be aware this is a new program, and we may experience some technical issues! The link will only remain live for 24hours, so please try to complete the activities within this time - thanks for your support!

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have been continuing to explore how we can change fractions into decimals and vice versa. We have explored the place value of decimals, with a particular focus on tenths. In Shape, Space and Measure, we have been investigating reading an analogue clock to the exact minute.

In English, have continued to read ‘Anglo-Saxon Boy’, they have been brainstorming ideas to create their own piece of writing in role as an Anglo-Saxon. In GPS, the children have been investigating the use of adverbs, completing some activities on ‘Learning by Questions’.

In Science, we have been developing our knowledge of Electricity and circuits. The children have been using equipment such as batteries, bulbs and wires to create our own closed circuit - exciting!

Please have a look at some of our pictures…

In History, we have been exploring the Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement in Britain. We were able to discuss some reasons for the invasion and the impact of this on Britain.

In RE, we have been continuing to explore ‘The Great Commission’ of Jesus, we wrote some ‘eye-witness' accounts to show our understanding of these events on the Disciples

Reading Book Challenge….

Just a reminder, we are currently running our ‘Reading Book Challenge’, (from 24th March - 21st May)…

There will be a winner for the amount of words read in this time and also a competition with 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. So…. Keep reading and quizzing Year 4!!

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables on Friday 30th April , the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x6 , they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… Idana

Maths Award… Malachy

Writing Award…Livia

Enjoy the weekend - hopefully the sun will keep shining!

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedApril 23, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Welcome Back!

We hope you all enjoyed the Easter Break, it has been another busy week in school as we start the summer term together as a class…

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have been exploring how we can change fractions into decimals and vice versa. We have explored the place value of decimals, with a particular focus on tenths. In Shape, Space and Measure, we have been investigating reading an analogue clock in five minute intervals.

In English, the children have started to read ‘Anglo-Saxon Boy’, they have discussed the use of alliteration, and similes within the text. They were able to use this knowledge to produce some of there own writing to re-tell the story prologue. In GPS, the children have been investigating the use of adverbs, as a technique to add more detail in their own writing.

In Science, we have been developing our knowledge of Electricity and circuits. The children have been investigating how and why a closed circuit will work. We will be developing this further, to use equipment such as batteries, bulbs and wires to create our own - exciting!

In History, the children learnt about Sutton Hoo, investigating the artefacts found in the burial ship, and discussing their own ideas about what this might tell us about whether the person was a soldier, a rich person or clergy. The children were enthusiastic to express their own opinions!

In RE, we have been exploring ‘The Great Commission’ of Jesus, as He asked his disciples to go and spread the message of God’s love to all people. We thought about some ways we could be disciples and show Jesus’ messages in our own lives.

Reading Book Challenge…

Just a reminder, we are currently running our ‘Reading Book Challenge’, (from 24th March - 21st May)…

There will be a winner for the amount of words read in this time and also a competition with 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. So…. Keep reading and quizzing Year 4!!

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables on Friday 23rd April , the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x9 , they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… Maia

Maths Award… Abigail

Writing Award…Franchesca

Well done to all the children in Year 4, for another week of hard work!

Enjoy the weekend

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedApril 16, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Holy Week and Easter

The week leading up to Easter is known as ‘Holy Week’. It marks the final week of Jesus’ life, from Palm Sunday (when Jesus entered Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem, looking like a king), through Maundy Thursday when Jesus ate his last supper with his disciples, to his arrest, trial and eventual execution on Good Friday. The belief that Jesus died on the cross to cancel out the bad things of the world is one of the most important beliefs in all of Christianity. Equally important are the events of Easter Sunday itself, when Christians celebrate Jesus coming back to life. His resurrection is a sign of his power over death, and symbolic of the new and eternal life He gives to people.

This week in class, we have been sharing in daily reflections to remember the events of Holy Week and to allow ourselves time to consider the deeper messages of the Easter story.

Stations of the Cross

Throughout school, each class has created two pieces of artwork to represent the stations of the cross. The children enjoyed researching and presenting ideas. The finished artwork will be displayed in church and Father Jim will include these in his worship tomorrow on Good Friday. Please see the church website if you would like to view the artwork.

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have continued to explore the concept of finding the area of a shape. We have made comparisons using the more than, less than and equal signs. We have also use our knowledge of finding area to solve a variety of related word problems.

In English, the children have been immersed into Shakespeare, focusing on the fantastic play of A Midnight Summer Night’s Dream. This week, the children have explored the setting and have written their own detailed descriptions, using a range of exciting vocabulary.

Reading Book Challenge…

Just a reminder, we have started our ‘Reading Book Challenge’, from 24th March - 21st May. There will be a winner for the amount of words read in this time and also a competition with 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. So…. Keep reading and quizzing Year 4!!

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables on Friday 16th April , the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x7 , they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… All of Year 4!!! - A class of superstars!

It has been a challenging term, but the children with the support of their families, have been brilliant! They have adapted and settled back into school life with real enthusiasm. We are looking forward to sharing the summer term together as a class, with lots of exciting experiences planned. But for now, enjoy a well earned rest over the holiday and we wish you all a peaceful, safe and Holy Easter.

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedApril 1, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Holy Week Begins…

Palm Sunday (March 28th) commemorates the entrance of Christ into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9), when palm branches were placed in his path, before his arrest on Holy Thursday and his crucifixion on Good Friday. It therefore marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final week of Lent. In class we have discussed the events of Holy Week and the importance of this time of year in the Church calendar.

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have started to explore the concept of finding the area of a shape. We have used a variety of techniques to explore how to find the area of rectilinear shapes including counting squares and using multiples.

In English, the children have been immersed into Shakespeare, focusing on the fantastic play of A Midnight Summer Night’s Dream. This week, we have explored the characters through drama and role play. The children enjoyed creating their own characters and have started to write their own detailed character descriptions.

In RE, we have been finding out more about the events of Holy Week, this week we have explored the Trial of Jesus.

Reading Book Challenge…

Just a reminder, we have started our ‘Reading Book Challenge’, from 24th March - 21st May. There will be a winner for the amount of words read in this time and also a competition with 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. So…. Keep reading and quizzing Year 4!!

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables on Thursday next week (as we are not in school on Friday) , the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x8 , they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… Leo- well done!!

Writing Award= Lily

Maths Award= Millie

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedMarch 26, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Pope Francis announced the beginning of the Year of St. Joseph on 8th December 2020, which will run until 8th December 2021 . Today is also the Feast of St. Joseph, an opportunity to reflect on the the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared patron of the universal church.

This week, being Shakespeare week, we have begun to explore A Midsummer Night's Dream which will be our English focus for the next few weeks. Eventually we will perform a small section to share with the RSC who will then combine our section with other schools across the country to create a larger performance. So watch this space in June for the final performance piece!

We were privileged to watch a hi-tech exploration of the play live from the RSC. I have included a link to an article in the Guardian which reviews the performance for you to read if you are interested.
However, it was a unanimous vote that we much prefer to see the real actors!

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/mar/17/rsc-a-midsummer-nights-dream

The children have been amazing and I will share their performance soon!

Follow this link to Class DoJo to see some pictures of the children enjoying the live streaming from the RSC…

https://teach.classdojo.com/#/classes/5efb2e0f8c046623fbe854b7/story

Ducklings in School!! …

Thank you to Year 5 for sharing this video with us of their ducklings that they currently have in their classroom. The ducklings are named after characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream voted by the children.

Follow this link to have a look…

https://animoto.com/play/4SaVDEXQ1zy0Z7SNoay0cg

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have been continuing to explore multiplication and division. We have been practicing a range of methods to use in division, including the place value chart method and the part whole method. The children have had the opportunity to discuss their preferred strategies and use this within a variety of contexts.

In English, the children have been immersed into Shakespeare, focusing on the fantastic play of A Midnight Summer Night’s Dream

In RE, we have been finding out more about the events of Holy Week, this week we have explored the Garden of Gethsemane, considering Jesus’ arrest and the betrayal of Judas.

Reading Records and Reading Books…

Just a reminder, please can children bring in their reading book and record everyday. Many thanks

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables test every Friday Morning, the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x6, they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… Sam McDermott - well done!!

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedMarch 19, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Good Afternoon,

It has been a lovely week, welcoming all the class back into school and hearing everyone’s news. The children have settled back into school life brilliantly and they have all enjoyed seeing each other again.

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have been continuing to explore multiplication and division. We have been practicing a range of methods to use in division, including the place value chart method and the part whole method. The children have had the opportunity to discuss their preferred strategies and use this within a variety of contexts.

In English, the children have been planning and preparing their newspaper reports around the theme of lockdown. Next week, we will be producing our final drafts and collating as a class record for our own time capsule.

In RE, we have been finding out more about the events of Holy Week, this week we have explored the Last Supper, and in our research we have understood the links to the pass over meal. The children have created their own drawings of the seder plate, explaining some of the symbolism within the Jewish faith.

Reading Records and Reading Books…

Just a reminder, please can children bring in their reading book and record everyday. Many thanks

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables test every Friday Morning, the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x4, they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… Lily Khatri - well done!!

Wishing you all a relaxing weekend and well done again to everyone for a successful first week back.

Kind regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

PostedMarch 12, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Good afternoon ‘Team Year 4’

Well we wanted to start by saying a massive well done and thank-you for all your hard work over the past term, it has been an honour and at times quite humbling to see the incredible effort you have all made in your home learning. We fully appreciate how difficult it has been and we continue to feel so proud of each of you. It was great to see mostly everyone on the google meet on Thursday, and we are very excited to welcome you all back to school on Monday. We have some exciting lessons planned for the week!

RETURN TO SCHOOL…

ALL children will be welcomed back to school on Monday 8th March. Drop off and pick up times will be the same as before for all of Year 4. 8.40am drop off at Common Edge Rd gates, and 3.15pm pick up from the same place. On Fridays, pickup will still be at 1.05pm for all of the class. Our PE days will still be Tuesdays and Thursdays. Miss Haggerty has but a detailed blog up on the News page, with more in-depth information about our return to school and the safety measures that will be in place-it is important that you read this before the children’s return. Click here to read this.

Also, please remember to bring in your whiterose maths booklet, the RE booklet and your ‘Blackpool Future Story’ as we will be continuing these in class over the next couple of weeks.

World Book Day..

During the past week, we have been busy with a variety of world book day activities and it was lovely to see all your outfits on Thursday, we really had a range of characters from Horrid Henry, to Harry Potter, thank you so much for your effort on making this day memorable.

After our google meet, the children have been working hard on their ‘Blackpool Future’ stories. Please remember to bring your story into class on Monday morning, as we will be sharing these and editing them before we produce our neat copies. We can’t wait to give out our ‘Special’ pencil cases!!

Also, don’t forget the ‘book mark’ competition. Please look on the google drive for the link to this, and again please bring these in on Monday so we can enter them into the competition.

This week’s Learning…

Another brilliant week of learning both in school and for our home learners! In maths we have been focusing on multiplying and dividing, using a range of written methods. In Literacy, we have been working hard to understand the key features of journalistic writing, this will be great preparation for our own writing next week in school when we will be putting together our own class ‘time capsule’ of our own experiences during lockdown. In Science, we are beginning to understand the three different states of matter and in RE we have been exploring the events of Holy week in more detail, considering the meaning of some of the key messages for Christians.

And finally…

Have a relaxing weekend and we look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday 8th March.

Kind regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska

PostedMarch 5, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Good afternoon Year 4

As we begin our journey through Lent and with the Prime Minister’s announcement this week, it is with hope that we look forward to the lighter days of spring. We are delighted that we will all be back together as a class, from Monday 8th March, it is going to be great to see all of you and catch up on all your news!

WORLD BOOK DAY …

On Thursday it is World Book Day and we are asking children who are in school to dress as their favourite book character and if you’re at home, we would still like you to get involved and send us your photos. If you prefer, you could dress up a teddy/toy as your favourite book character - we can’t wait to see your photos!

As part of our World Book Day activities, please see the timetable for a link to a live lesson with myself and Mrs O @ 9.15am , to launch our ‘Connecting Stories Blackpool Creative Writing Competition’

This week’s Learning…

Another fantastic response for this week’s learning both in school and for our home learners! In maths we have been focusing on multiplication and finding factors of numbers. In Literacy, we have been working hard to understand the key features of journalistic writing, this will be great preparation for our own writing. In Science, we are beginning to understand the three different states of matter and in RE we have been imagining what it must have been like to have been in the crowd on Palm Sunday as Jesus rode by.

And finally…

Keep up your hard work Year 4, we are excited to see you all back at school on Monday 8th March. Have a good weekend

Kind regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska

PostedFebruary 26, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Good Afternoon Year 4!

We just wanted to start by saying a massive ‘well done’ to all of you, for your fantastic efforts this term with the remote learning. It has been great to see how well the children have been supported in their learning at home and we want to say thank you to each of you, as we journey through this difficult time together.

To allow everyone a well earned rest (parents included!) , we won’t be setting any home learning tasks next week during the Half term break. We have attached some optional activities which you may want to share in preparation for the beginning of Lent next week.

NEXT HALF TERM…

The home learning packs for next half term will be delivered to you shortly. We have included the ‘Whiterose’ Maths work book and the ‘Talk for Writing’ unit ‘The Truth about Mountain Ogres’. You will also find an activity pack for our RE topic. Please see the weekly time table on Google Drive for 22.2.21, which will outline when activities should be completed.

Ash Wednesday and Lent…

Lent is a special time in the Church’s calendar that takes place each spring in the run up to Easter. It begins Ash Wednesday, (17th February 2021)

Lent lasts for 40 days and ends the day before Easter Sunday, on Holy Saturday.

It is a solemn time when Christians remember how Jesus spent 40 days and nights alone in the desert, being tempted by the Devil. Jesus used this time to prepare for His work by fasting (going without food) and praying to God. You can read about this in Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13.

Have a look at this link…

‘What do pancakes have to do with Easter?’

http://request.org.uk/restart/2017/02/27/shrove-tuesday/

Some activities to complete…

Why is Lent a time to change? https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1kQzly42cFSXvx8w4u7JQLUjX0TMO4osq

Here are some of our ‘Safer Internet Day’ posters…

And finally…

In recognition of your hard work this half term, please look out for a certificate in your home learning pack…

Our next Google Meet will be on Monday 22nd February @9.15am

We wish you all a restful week and hope you are able to enjoy some quality family time at home together.

Kind regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska

PostedFebruary 11, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Hello Year 4

Well done to you all for your efforts this week, it is great to see how hard you are all working in these difficult times, whether at home or in school. We continue to feel so proud of each of you and it was lovely to see some of your pictures relating to this week’s mental health theme of ‘Express Yourself’. Now, more than ever, it is so important that we maintain ways to keep our minds healthy and allow ourselves ways to express our emotions and feelings.

SAFER INTERNET DAY:

This week it is Safer Internet Day on 9th February 2021. The UK Safer Internet Centre is encouraging everyone to think about reliability online. The campaign looks at how we can know what to trust online, and how we can support young people to question, challenge and change the online world, using the theme ‘An internet we trust: Exploring reliability in the online world.’

Please complete the ‘Virtual Assembly’ linked to Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, you will find the link for this on the week’s timetable in our home learning folder or follow the link below. It would also be great if you could create your own posters in recognition of the day and send these to Class Dojo.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2021/i-am-educator/work-7-11s/virtual-assembly-7-11s

THIS WEEK’S LEARNING…

We have been completing the ‘Mission Possible’ Literacy unit, developing our understanding of story build up, characters and setting. We have also started our ‘Whale Rider’ Narrative Writing topic. It is great to see some of the exciting vocabulary you have created this week!

In Geography we have been learning about ‘South America’. In class, the children created their own musical instruments, which they also used to explore this week’s science work linked to sound…

The Children in school made their own musical instruments in ‘Rio’ style!!!

Parables Display.JPG — In RE, we have been exploring some of the parables of Jesus.
Please send in some of your pictures this week of your RE drawings and we could add them to the display…

NEXT WEEK…

Please use this link to the timetable for next week’s learning:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WB5PhNB93XXpqTSA_3EDTfrWd34U1P-w/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs

It would be lovely to share your ‘Safer Internet Day’ posters on our blog next week.

There is also a link to some daily worships on this week’s timetable, please take some time to share and reflect on these together at home.

AND A REMINDER…

The children in school have really enjoyed seeing you during the live lessons and we hope that we can all be together again soon, but until then keep tuning in to our remote classroom.

See you Monday morning on our ‘Google Meet’ session.

Kind regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska

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PostedFebruary 6, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Candlemas

This week, on Tuesday 2nd February, the church celebrates The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus which is also known as Candlemas. Candlemas is celebrated 40 days after the birth of Jesus and marks the date when Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus to be presented to God in the temple. It was at the temple that Mary and Joseph met Simeon and Anna. Both Simeon and Anna had been waiting all their lives to meet Christ. Simeon said that Jesus would be a light to the people,

“He is a light to reveal God to the nations and he is the glory of your people Israel!” (Luke 2:32)

On the 2nd of February, many people bring their candles to their local church where they are blessed during Mass. Since Simeon said that Jesus would be a light to the people.

Don’t forget to look at Father Jim’s church website where you can take part in the mass and worship from home.

EXPRESS YOURSELF

Just a reminder …from 1-7 February 2021, we’re taking part in Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Express Yourself. Place2Be has created activities and resources to help children (and adults) to explore the different ways that they can share their thoughts, feelings and ideas. These can be found at this address ;

childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk

So year 4 are going to EXPRESS themselves during our Monday 1st February live lesson, feel free to dress to express how you are feeling that day and be ready to share your ideas about self expression and how it can help you feel better. During this session we will explore the theme of 'express yourself’ in all its different forms, make links between healthy self-expression and good mental health and explore healthy ways of expressing ourselves. Throughout the week I will share activities so that we can share our thoughts.i am sure we will have fun while we learn how to be able to EXPRESS YOURSELF!

Keep up the hard work everyone…

Well done to all the home learners and children in school for your continued hard work. It is great to see your many achievements, we are very proud of you all!

Take care and keep safe

Mrs Ormerod, Mrs Parker and Mrs Debowska

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PostedJanuary 31, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Well year 4 you have been amazing this week, once again, not only have you been keeping on track with your blended learning you have found the time to give it your all in music. Well done!

The children in school have really enjoyed seeing you during the live lessons and we hope that we can all be together again soon, but until then keep tuning in to our remote classroom. See you Monday.

EXPRESS YOURSELF

From 1-7 February 2021, we’re taking part in Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Express Yourself. Place2Be has created activities and resources to help children (and adults) to explore the different ways that they can share their thoughts, feelings and ideas. These can be found at this address ;

childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk

So year 4 are going to EXPRESS themselves during our Monday 1st February live lesson, feel free to dress to express how you are feeling that day and be ready to share your ideas about self expression and how it can help you feel better. During this session we will explore the theme of 'express yourself’ in all its different forms, make links between healthy self-expression and good mental health and explore healthy ways of expressing ourselves. Throughout the week I will share activities so that we can share our thoughts.i am sure we will have fun while we learn how to be able to EXPRESS YOURSELF!

PostedJanuary 24, 2021

Authorfiona ormerod

Well done to Year 4 for all your hard work this year, we are incredibly proud of all that you have achieved and we are looking forward to hearing all your Christmas Holiday News when we return in January.

Please enjoy watching our KS2 Nativity, and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Parker

PostedDecember 18, 2020

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We wanted to share with you the joy of Christmas in our own special way. We hope you enjoy the clips as much as we did making them.

PostedDecember 11, 2020

Authorfiona ormerod

Well done Year 4, for another busy and fun week in school. We have enjoyed completing some festive activities in class this week and on Christmas Jumper Day we learnt and performed our own version of The Legend of the Robin Redbreast.

Next week is going to be another hectic and fun filled week, including Christmas Dinner and watching a Pantomime on screen in class on Wednesday. On Monday we will be singing some carols outside, so please make sure you come wrapped up with hats and scarfs. On Friday, we will have our own class Christmas party!

Also, don’t forget that the reading competition winners will be drawn next week - the prizes are ready, so make sure you are reading!

Sending best wishes to the children in class who are making their First Holy Communion this weekend, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

In our learning this week…

English - We have been completing some ‘talk for writing’ exploring the story of The Manchester Ridge-back Dragon’. Using our skills we then created our own elf themed stories, including detail to make our writing interesting and effective.

Maths - We have been learning about finding the perimeter of 2D shapes, the children enjoyed using string to measure the perimeter of shapes. We have started to think about methods and strategies we could use to quickly work out perimeters of 2D shapes.

Computing - We have been using ‘Scratch’ to produce some of our own simple animations, programming our sprite to spin, move, and talk. The children enjoyed making their projects winter/ Christmas themed.

Awards -

Golden Award Winner today was Dainton - Well done and keep up the good work!

Notices:

-Can we please remind you that our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. If your child usually wears earrings they will have to be removed in order for your child to take part.

-Our class email is; year4@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk - please use this email as a means to communicate with us regards any issues or queries you may have. We will be responding to these emails on a Friday afternoon, but as always, for any more urgent matters you are welcome to contact the school office and we will respond as soon as possible.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Parker

PostedDecember 11, 2020

Authorfiona ormerod

Well done to Year 4 for another busy week in school, including our ‘silly sock’ day! Just to let you know we are planning a whole school ‘Christmas Jumper Day’ for Friday 11th December, exciting! Also, please don’t forget our ‘Poetry Competition’ for next Wednesday (2nd December).

Our learning this week…

In English we have been writing poems in free verse and using computers to edit and present our finished drafts. We have used a range of fonts and colour on certain words to give an effect.

In Maths this week, we have looked at units of measure converting from mm to cm to m. Now we are on Km.

In History, as part of our ‘Ancient Egypt’ topic, we have started to look at mummification and in Art we have nearly finished our sarcophagus.

-R.E: We have been starting to think about the Advent Wreath, exploring the meaning and symbolism of each candle and the importance of the Advent season as a time of preparation for Christians.

Notices:

-Can we please remind you that our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. If your child usually wears earrings they will have to be removed in order for your child to take part.

-Our class email is; year4@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk - please use this email as a means to communicate with us regards any issues or queries you may have. We will be responding to these emails on a Friday afternoon, but as always, for any more urgent matters you are welcome to contact the school office and we will respond as soon as possible.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Parker

Link to home learning: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PMW_YTDgvWDhwmv_9kwfgLI20uT-KfeC?usp=sharing

PostedNovember 27, 2020

Authorfiona ormerod