Y4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 5th December 2025
🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4
This week, Year 4 have been working very hard, exploring the many patterns of the nine times table, puzzling through the seven times table, and discovering lots of fascinating facts about Arctic foxes!
It has also been another triumphant week in P.E.—the class won the P.E. trophy for the second week in a row!
🏆 Children’s Highlights
• TT Rockstars
• Blooket
• The Mystery of Sutton Hoo in History
• Learning about Arctic foxes
• Learning my ×3, ×6, ×9 and ×7
• Micro:bits with Mr Cowell
• Learning new Arctic fox vocabulary
💬 Ask at Home
• What is another name for an Arctic fox?
• What is special about an Arctic fox’s fur?
• What is special about the fox’s feet?
• What do Arctic foxes eat?
• How big is an Arctic fox?
• Where can you find them?
• What is an omnivore?
• What is a ‘meat locker'?
Challenge:
If any Year 4 child brings the answers to these questions in by Tuesday, they can collect 20 house points!
🔜 Looking Ahead – Next Week in Year 4
- Coding with Micro:bits (with Mr Cowell)
- Quizboards in electricity
- History top ten facts
- A visit from Santa on Wednesday
- Christmas Shop (Tuesday pm)
- Carol service rehearsal
📚 Homework This Week
✍️ English: SPAG mat and comprehension task
➕ Maths: Unit 8 (Orange Paper)
📖 Reading: 15 minutes daily — records checked Monday (plus AR quizzes)
🎵 TT Rockstars: 10 minutes daily or one 20-minute session
📝 Spellings: Test on Wednesday (short, regular practice encouraged)
✏️ Presentation: Pencil, blue, or black pen only — no felt tips
🔢 Times Tables: ×10, ×3, ×9, ×6 (×18 optional)
📬 All homework is due Friday – children know where to hand it in.
🔔 Reminders
• Reading records due every Monday (with daily logs)
• ⭐ Reading Challenge: 20 reads = 10 house points
🗓️ Dates for Your Diary
• PTA Christmas Shop – Year 4 Tuesday afternoon
• Please see the school newsletter for Junior Carol Service dates