Year 4 looking Back and Forth- Friday 19th April
Friday 19th April – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week, the children have settled back well into their routines. We have begun a new book in English, we think this one is a good one. We already know there is a not-so-pleasant witch and a girl called Jub with 6 fingers on each hand. We know that Jub is in charge of the happy endings in stories and that she releases them every night. We have so many questions! In maths, we have started a new unit of work on fractions, which is going well.
Questions to ask at home -
- What does antonym mean?
- What does synonym mean?
- What is a mixed number in fractions?
- What is a numerator?
- What is a denominator?
- What is a unit fraction?
- What is a non-unit fraction?
Children’s highlights of the week
- My Happy Mind – looking at what character strengths we look for in our friends
- TTRockstars
- Painting our clay brooches
- Showing our Viking Longboat homework
- Fractions – working with mixed numbers
- Creating my poem – this girl can
- Reading the first page of our new story.
Looking forward:
This next week, the children are going to see what has happened to the eggs! This is part of their science topic on Teeth and Eating.
The class will also be looking into Viking Longboats more as well as evaluating their Design and Technology work. The children will be creating a 3d model of a throne using Purple Mash software.
Homework in Year 4
Maths – Unit 13 – extension sheet division problems
English – Antonyms and synonyms. Also witch poems comprehension
Reading – daily at least 15 mins – remember to take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes
Rockstars – as much as possible 10 mins daily is ideal – at least once a week for 20 mins
Spellings – Mrs Riddell – Please learn them for the test on Wednesday. It is better to look at them for 5 minutes each day than try to learn them all in one night. The children remember them better learnt over the week.
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – New this week – week 3 x11 x12 x6 x8 14
(Homework can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the basket is)
Letters and Reminders
Key dates for this term:
PTA Monday 22nd April The Space Invader 7pm—all welcome
PTA Bingo Friday 26th April
PTA Tropics event Wednesday 1st May Sunshine Room 7 to 9pm
May Bank Holiday—school closed
Monday 6th May Year 6 SATs tests
WB 13th May Cake Sale Year 1 Friday 17th May
Class photos Wednesday 22nd
May School closes for May half term Friday 24th May and opens on Monday 3rd June
Swimming pool for the junior pupils after May half term
PTA Bag 2 School Thursday 6th June
PTA Ball Friday 7th June Cranage Hall
Father’s Day Shop WB 10th June
PTA Film Night Friday 14th June New Starters’ Meeting,
September intake Thursday 20th June 7pm Village Hall
Cake Sale Reception Friday 21st June
Year 6 residential Friday 5th July to Monday 8th July
SPORTS DAY—Tuesday 9th July pm and reserve date Thursday 11th July pm
July Evening Friday 12th July
Bikeability for Years 4 and 5
WB 15th July Year 6 performances 16th and 18th July 6.30pm
Leavers’ Assembly 19th July pm
School finishes for the summer Friday 19th July
Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday
Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints
Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.