Y4 Looking Back And Forth - Friday 12th September

🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4

The children have had a hard-working week, diving into all things Viking!

📖 English – We explored vocabulary for our Viking saga work, focusing on abstract nouns. The children used these to describe treasures in a cave from our story.
Example: “The sword of despair lay on the golden coins of misery.”

➕ Maths – We continued our work on place value, partitioning numbers up to 10,000.

🏆 Highlights of the Week (from the children):

• Viking longboat drawings

• Learning facts about Viking longboats

• Exploring abstract nouns in treasure caves

• Typing kennings on the computer

• Maths with place value

• Reading our class book, Loki

❓ Questions to Ask at Home

• What is an abstract noun?

• What does dwelling mean?

• Who is Loki?

• What day of the week is named after Thor?

• What can you tell me about Sven?

• What can you tell me about Viking longboats?

🔜 Looking Forward – Next Week in Year 4

• Printing in art

• Learning a fun song all about Loki

• Discovering the Vikings’ reputation in history

• In RE, learning about the Islamic faith, focusing on family rituals around birth

📚 Homework This Week

• ✍️ English – Abstract nouns work

• ➕ Maths – Unit 2 sheet (approx. 40 mins)

• 📖 Reading – At least 15 minutes daily

  • Don’t forget Accelerated Reader quizzes!

• 🎵 TT Rockstars – 10 mins daily or one 20-min session

• 📝 Spellings – Test on Wednesday (short, regular practice helps!)

• ✏️ Presentation Reminder – Use pencil or blue/black pen only; no felt tips

• 🔢 Times Tables – Practice all tables this week

📬 Homework is due by Friday – children know where to hand it in!

🔔 Reminders

• Headteacher’s Holiday Homework – due Monday

• Holiday homework (book spines) can come in next week

• Reading records should be brought to school every Friday – don’t forget to log your daily reading!

• ⭐ Reading Challenge: 20 reads = 10 house points