"Lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!” Isaiah 40:9-11

What a wonderful week it has been! Year 4 have not let the strong weather dampen their Christmas spirit and have worked through the week showing real, independent resilience.

All of the staff in Year 4 along with Miss Haggerty, Mrs Ormerod, Father Chris, Father Frank and Father Tim were immensely proud of the children who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Thursday evening. The children enrolled on our Holy Communion programme carried themselves with dignity and respect, listening and responding to the service that was held and shining their lights brightly for the entire Parish to see.

Year 4 also showed off their voices when recording their carols and narration parts for the KS2 Carol Service, standing beautifully and trying their best to represent their school’s ethos.

In Maths this week, Year 4 have spent more time working on the perimeter of all sorts of 2D shapes, including triangles and rectilinear shapes. Year 4 practised their mental addition skills while adding up all the sides of these shapes to find the total of the perimeter. Year 4 also got out their trusted rulers to measure in CMs the length of different shapes to find the perimeter.

In English, Year 4 have been working very hard writing up, editing and perfecting their own independent pieces of poetry. As a class, we have looked at Christmas poems to inspire us in writing our own. The children spent time thinking of Christmassy vocabulary to build their own poem. Year 4, then spent time looking at the varying rhyming structures that could be in a poem’s stanza and then deciding if they wanted their poem to rhyme or not. Year 4 made sure they were including similes, alliteration and plenty of adjectives when writing up their poem, impressing the staff in Year 4 with what they produced!

In Spanish, Year 4 continued revising their greetings and the different members of a family. They also spent time learning all about how Christmas is celebrated in Spain. We learnt how to say “Merry Christmas”, “Feliz Navidad!” We also learnt about how Christmas celebrations begin on Christmas Eve and the food and celebrations that are involved here. Year 4 were also highly amused to discover that in Spain, the 28th of December is their very own April Fool’s Day equivalent called, Dia de los Santos Inocentes!

In PE, Year 4 have come along miles in their team working skills, playing the best games of hand ball the staff had ever seen! The class worked hard together to make the games fair, show resilience and be supportive of both their teammates and their opposition, even congratulating other teams for winning!

With only one week to go until our Christmas Holidays, the staff in Year 4 wanted to say a big thank you to all the support we have received from parents. Work done at home both on resilience and academically has shone through.

Congratulations to our Award Winners:

Golden - Ola.

Writing - Zak.

Maths - Hallie.

From all of the staff in Year 4.

"We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son." John 1:9-18.

Only two weeks to go! How fast the time is moving through Advent and towards the new calendar year! The children in Year 4 have well and truly immersed themselves into the Advent season this week in a number of ways. Firstly, they have all made their own Advent promises to Jesus, asking him to guide them in their Christian values as they navigate their way through the festive season. Secondly, the children performed their now much beloved Advent song during Mass for Father, receiving high praise for their “melodic” voices. Finally, Year 4’s whole classroom has been decorated to celebrate Advent with the addition of a good fairy who has been getting up to all sorts, such as bringing new gifts for our prize jar!

In Maths, Year 4 have absolutely excelled in their new topic of measurement. The class have quickly grasped converting whole metres into kilometres as well converting as quarters, halves and three quarters of kilometres into metres! The class then applied these skills to problem solving. Year 4 have also begun investigating perimeter of shapes, again grasping this concept very quickly and working hard to apply this into real problems.

In English, Year 4 have begun a brand new poetry topic. As we are in the Advent season, we decided to read poems all about Christmas with the intention of writing our very own perfect poems! We have started by looking at all of the features used in writing poetry. These include, rhyming, alliteration, similes, lots of adjectives and writing in stanzas. Year 4 started to come up with their own vocabulary as well as similes and alliteration, all in preparation of completing their own independent piece of poetry!

In RE, the children have been exploring the greatness of God’s mercy through the Parable of the Lost Sheep. Many in Year 4 commented on the kindness and graciousness shown in the story and how God cares for every single one of the living things he created.

In Science, Year 4 have continued looking at living things and their habitats. This week we have linked our knowledge of humans, animals and plants to our current world today. This includes looking at how habitats are changing and how the environment is being changed both by natural and (primarily) human destruction. Year 4 have made reports documenting animals that are endangered and the environmental changes that are responsible for this.

In Topic, Year 4 finally presented their news reports to the class! We suddenly had a room full of News Anchors, Reporters, Foreign Correspondents and even Howard Carter himself! Everyone was brave enough to get up to perform and all had produced something to be proud of.

Congratulations to our Award Winners:

Golden Award - Ayson.

Writing Award - Isabella.

Maths Award - Lexi Rose.

Just a quick note from all the staff in Year 4, can home reading be done everyday, even if it is just five or ten minutes. Thank you to all those that are working so hard with home reading and homework!

Also, with the rise in cases and the new Covid variant around, can we make sure we are testing if any symptoms are noticed to make sure that we can decline the spread of the virus.

From everyone in Year 4, thank you!

"You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect." Matthew 24:44

With Advent almost upon us, the whole of year 4 have been reflecting upon the meaning of this time of the year. As Advent is a time of waiting for the coming of Jesus, Year 4 have explored the different ways in which they can shine Jesus’ light in their everyday lives.

One of the qualities, important to Advent, we have focused on as a class is that of kindness. In fact, Year 4 have challenged themselves to a seven day kindness challenge that encourages them to stop and think about their everyday actions and how they affect other people.

In RE, the theme of waiting and being patient has also been explored through the parable of the Prodigal Son. The kindness the father showed his son when he was wronged has been an example to the children in showing patience and forgiveness to others.

In Year 4’s English and Topic, we have continued to explore our journalistic sides. The class have worked tirelessly on typing up, editing and planning the publishing of their journalistic recounts. The class spent time making sure the universal features of a newspaper were in their work. We now have an abundance of newspaper articles all about the first hand discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb!

Year 4 have also kept their investigative hats on in Maths. The class have worked so hard throughout their Problem Solving with Addition topic in Maths, including using inverse operations, two step problems, finding the difference and much more. All up to four digit numbers!

In Science, we have continued looking at Living things and their Habitats. The class impressively remembered the definitions for vertebrates and invertebrates and have used this knowledge to be able to classify living things based on their characteristics and record their findings. Year 4 also spent time looking at classification keys as why it is important to group all of the species of living things on our planet.

It was so wonderful to see so many families at Church last weekend in preparation for Holy Communion and I look forward to continuing to celebrate the season of Advent in the same way in the weeks to come.

Congratulations to our award winners this week:

Golden Award - Joshua.

Writing Award - Oscar.

Maths Award - Emma.

"God’s love is unbounded: it has no limits!" Pope Francis.

Last week in Year 4, we spent our time trying to show love to one another. We have discussed together why it is important to be kind to each other as a Class of Kindness. We have also tried to recognise what our emotions look like in order to help us identify positive thoughts, for feeling positive empowers us to be kind.

In Maths, Year 4 have worked very hard on finishing off their subtraction topic, subtracting up to five digit numbers! The class have also spent time practising their exchanging so that they can feel extremely confident using column subtraction independently.

In English, Year 4 have been working hard with their publishing partners as they continue producing their own Ancient Egyptian newspaper article. Last week, they spent time writing out the first drafts for their article, incorporating everything they have learnt about the features of a newspaper. Year 4 have made their writing exciting by using adjectives, alliteration and even challenging themselves to use amazing punctuation like exclamation marks and ellipsis!

In RE, Year 4 have been spending time with Mrs Parker exploring the different reasons Christians go to Church. They have also been investigating the important symbols within Catholicism, symbols including the Sign of the Cross. The class have been studying how the Sign of the Cross represents the Holy Trinity and why we make this sign both in Church and at school.

In Science, Year 4 have continued looking at different animals and their habitats. Last week, the class used everything they have learnt about animal classifications and food chain producers and consumers to group living things in another scientific way. Year 4 explored both Venn and Carroll diagrams and even recorded their own Venn diagram.

In Topic, Year 4 have formed their own production team to create a journalistic recount of the discovery of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s Tomb, in a different form. Each production team have been planning a script as a team and casting different roles to eventually create their own news report to record and broadcast across the school.

Please remember to practise spellings each week for Monday’s spelling tests. The class are performing so well with their scores, let’s keep up the good work!

Also a reminder to be vigilant against the spread of head lice.

Congratulations to Friday’s award winners:

Golden Award: Joseph.

Writing Award: Chase.

Maths Award: Emelia.

“When you know better you do better.” – Maya Angelou

Year 4 have returned to school renewed after their half term break! It has been wonderful to see year 4 come back to school with a fresh sense of determination and resilience.

In English, we have been rejoined by our much loved theater workshop group. Year 4 have continued to learn about and grow their resilience through exciting Drama activities and retelling stories. In class, we have incorporated our Ancient Egyptian Topic into our Non Fiction writing. Year 4 have spent time planning out their own Newspaper article including its name, headings and layout. Hopefully very soon, the children will have edited and published their very own newspaper recount about discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb!

In Maths, Year 4 have spent time practising their column subtraction and using these methods to solve word problems. The class have shown much resilience during their Maths work, persevering when they make mistakes and never giving up!

In Science, Year 4 have started looking at living things and their habitats. We have been looking at different types of habitats and the kinds of flora and fauna that would live in that natural environment, we had a lot of fun as a class discussing the different animals we could think of! The class also started to investigate how those animals have adapted to survive in those habitats.

In topic, we celebrated our first themed day! The children wowed the whole school with their Ancient Egyptian dress and their enthusiasm for the day. Year 4 spent the morning learning about hieroglyphics before using them to create their own pieces of writing. Year 4 then cracked a code of hieroglyphics to make their own dance moves which we put together to music! Year 4 then spent the afternoon, trying Ancient Egyptian inspired snacks and trying a range of activities such as, making pyramids and learning about old Egyptian Gods.

As the weeks go on, the teachers in Year 4 are so proud of the way the student’s resilience and team work skills are growing. All of the class are trying their best to be the best they can be and treat others how they would like to be treated.

Congratulations to our award winners last week:

Golden award - Oscar.

Writing award - Charlotte.

Maths award - Avie.

"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another" 1 Peter 4:10

How time has flown by! Year 4 have been working very hard in the weeks leading up to their half term break and have been demonstrating their Christian values across their school life. Year 4 have continued to work on their resilience and have been exploring the different attributes that can make them a resilient member of their community. We have especially been looking at team work and communication skills this week throughout our curriculum.

In English, we have continued with our story-led resilience workshop with the Grand Theatre who were very impressed with the enthusiasm and work ethic of Year 4. The class also carried their resilience and team work skills through to their work on information texts and worked together to produce fantastic, colourful information posters about the Manchester Ridge-back dragon.

In Maths, we have started working on understanding negative numbers on a number line and even beginning to solve some problems using negative digits. The class showed great resilience and perseverance through this work as it was definitely a challenge to start with! We have also continued to dedicate our Fridays to practising our times tables and trying to be as quick as possible.

In RE, the class have been enjoying their Monday and Tuesday afternoons with Mrs Parker as they continue to explore and deepen their understanding of important Bible stories.

In Science, we have continued to investigate animals and humans. Year 4 have started to look at food chains and how they are constructed. The class have also extended their knowledge of food chains by studying the specific vocabulary that labels a food chain such as producers, consumers, predators and prey.

In Topic, the class have continued to explore the Ancient Egyptian process of mummification. We examined our mummified tomato from last week to observe the chemical change and the class found that it was starting to dry up and preserve! This experiment has helped us all to understand the physical process of mummification to then write about it, though we were aware that the subjects are quite different! Of course, the class also received a letter about Ancient Egyptian day on Friday 5th November, if there are any questions about the contents of the day or costumes, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

In Spanish, we have continued with our Singing Spanish to carry on practise our greetings and we have even begun to look at animals!

Congratulations to our award winners:

Golden Award: Frankie.

Writing Award: Lexi Rose.

Maths Award: Ruby.

Just a quick reminder to ensure homework is handed in/completed by Tuesday.

Thank you from all of the staff in Year 4.

"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th." Julie Andrews

Year 4 have had a very active week this week! Our focus has been building up our resilience and all of year 4 have been working hard to understand and demonstrate the different qualities that make us resilient.

We have been very lucky in our English to be joined by professionals from the Grand Theatre who have been leading a workshop focusing on story led resilience! Year 4 have had lots of fun during the drama games and activities exploring some of their favourite stories. We have also used this workshop as an opportunity to examine the differences between fiction and non fiction stories in class.

In Maths, we have been spending lots of time on practising how to round to the nearest thousand using our place value columns. The class have been rising to real challenges such as rounding using five digit numbers! We have also been spending time on our times tables and working hard on remembering them as quickly as possible.

In RE, the children have been continuing looking at their Bible stories and have been exploring Jonah and the Whale. In class, we have also been keeping mindful of October being the month of the Holy Rosary and discussing how important these different prayers are to Catholics all over the world.

In Science, the children have been doing more work as Eco Warriors, fighting together to try and find small ways in which they can raise awareness to save their planet. We have also joined this thinking with the season of Creation that has just passed. As a class we have been trying to understand how important God’s creations are and the importance of looking after the world that has been given to us.

In Topic, we have had a very exciting week studying mummification in Ancient Egypt. The children got to see a process similar to mummification when we preserved a tomato in class and they cannot wait to see how the experiment develops over the next coming weeks. They also enjoyed hearing all about the gory process the Egyptians would have used thousands of years ago to mummify real people.

Thank you to all the support from home, it has been wonderful continuing getting to know families these last few weeks.

Thank you from everyone in Year 4.

"Let all that you do be done in love." 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

How the weeks have flown! Year 4 have been spending time reflecting on the different ways in which we can live out our Christian values and “love one another” every day.

In English last week, the children continued working on building their own independent dilemma stories and have been growing in confidence every day! We have worked on making our writing exciting using; similes, alliteration and powerful punctuation. We also spent time exploring the five senses and how we can use them to create a vibrant picture in the reader’s mind. Through studying dilemmas, we have also reflected on the difference between right and wrong and how sometimes the “right” decision is not always easy.

In maths, we did our first end of unit check and all of year 4 worked very hard! We have started looking at more than and less then with four digit numbers and adding and subtracting thousands using our Place Value columns and number lines.

In RE, year 4 looked at the story of David and Goliath with Mrs Parker as they continue to explore the Bible and the moral lessons we can learn that we can then live out in our day to day lives.

In Science we have been exploring more about animals including humans by continuing to look at the digestive system and the important organs that keep our body healthy. The children have also spent some of their Science time looking at climate change and how global warming can affect living things on planet Earth as part of CAFOD’s “Eyes of the World” Campaign to raise awareness for climate change.

In Topic, year 4 have successfully started to analyse different Ancient Egyptian pictures to investigate how the Ancient Egyptians would have lived their everyday lives. They also did very well in a game of “Beat the Teacher”, having to create their own Ancient Egyptian quiz to test me!

The children are still enjoying their Singing Spanish lessons just as much as the teachers! We have continued practising our greetings and have started to revise our counting from last year as well.

Mrs Parker also started the first Computing topic last week, teaching year 4 how to start to programme their very own animations!

Congratulations to our award winners last week:

Golden Award - Riley

Writing Award - Ola

Maths Award - Ayson

It has been so lovely getting to know the families of the school.

From all of the teachers in Year 4.

"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees"

Year 4 have made a great start to the new year! It has been wonderful getting to know one other and learning together over the last two weeks.

As a class, we have been working on our Golden Rules and how we can practise these in our day to day school life.

Our learning this week …

In English we have been exploring the key features of a dilemma story together and how we can navigate difficult decisions in our own everyday life. We have also been discussing what we think makes a story interesting. Some ideas we had were, using expression, powerful vocabulary and exciting punctuation. We are gradually working towards adding our own fictional chapters into our Lost or Stolen? dilemma story!

In Maths, we have been focusing on our place value columns, specifically up to 4 digit numbers. We have also been investigating number lines that go up to 10,000.

Mrs Parker has enjoyed getting to know the children during RE on a Monday and Tuesday afternoon. The children have been impressing us with their creative and artistic skills to learn about the Bible during these sessions.

In Science, we have been learning how to group animals into different classifications, including the group in which humans belong to; Mammals. We have also been studying our body’s digestive system and all of the different organs we have that work to keep us healthy.

In Topic, we have successfully started learning about Ancient Egypt and we spent time last week exploring modern day Egypt on Google maps and comparing that to an Ancient map of Egypt. The class came up with some excellent similarities and differences!

The class and I have really enjoyed our Singing Spanish sessions, going over what they did last year and introducing some new phrases. These included phrases such as, “Good Morning”, “Good Afternoon” and “Good Evening” as well as extending our responses to “How are you?”.

Finally, in our PE, we have been lucky enough to be joined by a coach from Blackpool Football Club, helping us with our invasion and defending skills through some exciting games.

Congratulations to our award winners on Friday:

Golden Award - Poppy

Writing Award - Emma

Maths Award - Zak.

Just a quick reminder that the children will be given homework on a Friday that is due in on the following Tuesday. Also, Mrs Parker will be doing the class spelling tests on a Monday afternoon.

From all the teachers in Year 4.

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” Amelia Earhart

Year 4 have made a great start to the new year! It has been wonderful getting to know one other and learning together over the last two weeks.

As a class, we have been working on our Golden Rules and how we can practise these in our day to day school life.

Our learning this week …

In English we have been exploring the key features of a dilemma story together and how we can navigate difficult decisions in our own everyday life. We have also been discussing what we think makes a story interesting. Some ideas we had were, using expression, powerful vocabulary and exciting punctuation. We are gradually working towards adding our own fictional chapters into our Lost or Stolen? dilemma story!

In Maths, we have been focusing on our place value columns, specifically up to 4 digit numbers. We have also been investigating number lines that go up to 10,000.

Mrs Parker has enjoyed getting to know the children during RE on a Monday and Tuesday afternoon. The children have been impressing us with their creative and artistic skills to learn about the Bible during these sessions.

In Science, we have been learning how to group animals into different classifications, including the group in which humans belong to; Mammals. We have also been studying our body’s digestive system and all of the different organs we have that work to keep us healthy.

In Topic, we have successfully started learning about Ancient Egypt and we spent time last week exploring modern day Egypt on Google maps and comparing that to an Ancient map of Egypt. The class came up with some excellent similarities and differences!

The class and I have really enjoyed our Singing Spanish sessions, going over what they did last year and introducing some new phrases. These included phrases such as, “Good Morning”, “Good Afternoon” and “Good Evening” as well as extending our responses to “How are you?”.

Finally, in our PE, we have been lucky enough to be joined by a coach from Blackpool Football Club, helping us with our invasion and defending skills through some exciting games.

Congratulations to our award winners on Friday:

Golden Award - Poppy

Writing Award - Emma

Maths Award - Zak.

Just a quick reminder that the children will be given homework on a Friday that is due in on the following Tuesday. Also, Mrs Parker will be doing the class spelling tests on a Monday afternoon.

From all the teachers in Year 4.

Our learning this week…

In English, we have been completing our creative writing stories on Hamir’s adventure. We have been drafting and editing our work before completing our final piece. We have also been producing our leaflets linked to the harvesting of our lettuces. We had lots of fun tasting the lettuces this week. Please see Class Dojo for some pictures!

In Maths, we have been exploring time, making conversions between days, weeks, months and years. We have been using our knowledge to solve a range of word problems, developing our reasoning skills.

In RE, we are continuing with our topic ‘Belonging to the Church’. We considered the ‘Liturgical Calendar’ and researched the meanings of the different colours associated with the Church seasons.

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…

As it is the last week, there will be no spelling and times-tables tests on Friday 16th July. But please continue to practise your tables on TT Rockstars!

GULP CHALLENGE: REMINDER

The ‘Gulp Challenge’ has now finished, please can the children bring in their completed cards on MONDAY if they haven’t already. Many thanks

Homework; Learning By Questions

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

Today’s password is: 9y2g

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

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

Golden Award winners this week… Franchesca and Ollie

Maths Award… Lily T

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

And finally, we are all looking forward to our Class trip to the Cinema on Wednesday 14th July and our Teddy Bear’ picnic lunch on our last day of term on Friday 16th July. Remember to bring your blanket, what a lovely way to celebrate our last week in Year 4!

Enjoy the weekend!

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

'Imagine with all your mind, believe with all your heart, achieve with all your might...'

This week, the children in Year 4 have made us all very proud with their fantastic efforts throughout the week and especially during our Sports Day today. It was great to see their enthusiasm towards the activities and races, they really were challenging themselves to achieve their best. They were supportive of one another and there was a real sense of teamwork - Well done Year 4!!

Have a look on Class Dojo for some pictures and videos of sports day!

Our learning this week…

In English, we have been using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures to develop our techniques within creative writing.

In Maths, we have been exploring decimals, and placing on a number line to demonstrate our understanding of their value.

In RE, we are continuing with our topic ‘Belonging to the Church’. We continued our research on the church website of Our Lady’s to find out more about our own parish community and presented our findings to the class.

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 9th July , the spellings have been sent home today and please find a list of the words below . The times tables test for Friday 9th July will be x6 and x8, they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Homework; Learning By Questions

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

Today’s password is: zszd

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

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

And finally, we are all looking forward to our ‘Teddy Bear’ picnic lunch on our last day of term on Friday 16th July. Remember to bring your blanket, what a lovely way to celebrate our last day in Year 4!

Enjoy the weekend!

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

'Saint Peter and Saint Paul pray for us'

THE FEAST OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL

On Tuesday 29th June we will celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, in school we will be taking part in a ‘virtual’ mass. . We celebrate these two because they were absolutely vital in the development of the early Christian Church. We remember Peter as the one who Jesus chose as leader despite, or maybe because of, the times when he struggled with his faith and found it hard; or times when his feelings were unsure and uncertain. We remember Paul as the one who put into words the ideas about who Jesus was, and who spread his message across the known world. Neither of them were perfect and they struggled with lots of the same things that we struggle with today. This week we will be considering some of these messages in class.

PICTURES OF SPORTS DAY PRACTISE…

Due to the weather, our sports day was cancelled this week, but we are hoping to reschedule this for next Thursday. Please enjoy some of these pictures from our sports day practise over the past couple of weeks…

Our learning this week…

In English, we have been using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures to develop our techniques within creative writing.

In Maths, we have been exploring decimals, and placing on a number line to demonstrate our understanding of their value. In Shape, Space and Measures, we have been learning more about ‘Time’, this week we have explored how to convert between digital and analogue time.

In RE, we are continuing with our topic ‘Belonging to the Church’. We continued our research on the church website of Our Lady’s to find out more about our own parish community and presented our findings to the class.

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 2nd July , the spellings have been sent home today and please find a list of the words below . The times tables test for Friday2nd July will be x7 and x9, they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

SPELLINGS FOR NEXT WEEK:

various

humorous

furious

glamorous

glorious

vigorous

victorious

odorous

mysterious

rigorous

Homework; Learning By Questions

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

Today’s password is: 8g7t

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

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

And finally, please remember to return your slip for the ‘Teddy Bears picnic’ form, which will be taking place on Friday 16th July - this should be a lovely celebration of the end of the year!

Enjoy the weekend!

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

'Be still and know I am with you'... (Psalm 46:10)

In the gospel this week, we hear about how in the middle of a great storm Jesus calmed the wind and the sea. He tells the disciples to have courage and to have faith. Year 4 will be reflecting on the messages for Christians, of trust, and the belief that God will always be there to help us as we journey through our lives’.

Rainbow Day..;

It was great to see all the children in bright colours as a celebration of ‘Rainbow Day’ and thank you for all the kind donations. They have been received gratefully.

Year 4 have started the Gulp Challenge as part of Fit2Go.

Their challenge is to complete 21 days of 'pop' free living by using the drink diary and water bottle sent home today. The diary needs to be completed daily and handed back into school at the end of the 21 days for the 'pop' free days to be counted. This challenge is being run across Blackpool and the class with the highest number of 'pop' free days will be rewarded with a complimentary trip to Blackpool High Ropes at Stanley Park.

So come on, put down the pop and start drinking only milk and water for the next 21 days. We CAN do it!

Our learning this week…

In English, we have been exploring the story ‘ Sugarcane juice’, we have been acting out a part of the story and then writing our own dialogue linked to our understanding of the story and the characters. In our spellings, we have been focusing on suffixes and how this can often change the root word.

In Maths, we have been exploring decimals, and how to convert decimals into fractions, we used number lines and other resources to help us to understand the meaning. In Shape, Space and Measures, we have been learning more about hours, minutes and seconds, solving a range of word problems to consolidate our understanding.

In RE, we are continuing with our topic ‘Belonging to the Church’. We discussed the meaning of belonging to the Christian Family, and we explored the structure of the church community within parishes and dioceses. We then researched the church website of Our Lady’s to find out more about our own parish community.

In music, we enjoyed the opportunity to play the glockenspiel this week. Well done to Year 4, there are some very talented musicians!

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 25th June , the spellings have been sent home today . The times tables test for Friday 25th June will be x6 and x11, 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

Also the children will be having another Times Table competition in class on Thursday, so please support your child in practising their tables this week.

Homework; Learning By Questions

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

Today’s password is: 2hdx

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

Awards…

Golden Award winners this week… Lily and Millie

Maths Award… Leo

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

Enjoy the weekend!

Best regards

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.

Welcome Back!

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.

'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' (Philippians 4:13)

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.

Go into the world. Go everywhere and share the Message of God’s Good News with everyone.’

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.

'Be still and know I am with you...' (Psalm 46:10)

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.

'I am the good shepherd...' (John 10:11)

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.

'A kind word is like a spring day'...

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.

'I am the resurrection and the life' (Luke 11:25)

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.