Y4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 20th March

🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4
This week, the children have been working hard on their writing about whales, creating two contrasting scene settings to describe meeting these elusive creatures. In Maths, we have been focusing on perimeter and exploring rectilinear shapes.

🏆 Children’s Highlights
• Going on the field
• Stop-frame animation
• Pop Art
• Writing about whales
• Exploring classification in Science
• P.E. on the field

💬 Ask at Home
• What ambitious vocabulary did you use in your scene settings?
• Who is Andy Warhol?
• Who is Marilyn Monroe?
• What colours are used in Pop Art?
• How do you calculate perimeter?
• What is a rectilinear shape?

🔜 Looking Ahead – Next Week in Year 4
• Pop Art
• Great British Mountains
• R.E.: Bear Grylls and his faith
• Classifying leaves

📚 Homework This Week
• ✍️ English: Antonyms, Synonyms and SPaG mat
• ➕ Maths: Unit 15 (Purple Sheet)
• 📖 Reading: 15 minutes daily (records checked Monday; AR quizzes encouraged)
• 🎵 TT Rockstars: 10 minutes daily or two 20-minute sessions
• 📝 Spellings: Test on Wednesday (short, frequent practice recommended)
• ✏️ Presentation: Pencil or blue/black pen only — no felt tips
• 🔢 Times Tables practice

📬 All homework is due by Friday — children know where to hand it in.

🔔 Reminders
• Reading records are due every Monday (with daily logs).
• ⭐ Reading Challenge: 20 reads = 10 house points

🗓️ Dates for Your Diary
• Week beginning Monday 23rd March: Parents’ Evenings
• Friday 27th March: School finishes for Easter break
• Monday 13th April: School returns