Year 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 4th October

FOREST SCHOOL ON MONDAY – CHILDREN WILL NEED BOOTS/ WELLIES, WATERPROOF COATS AND A SPARE PAIR OF TROUSERS AS IT COULD BE VERY MUDDY!

🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year !

• Year 4 have now read an amazing 897,571 words on Accelerated Reader since September.
• Exhibition preparations are coming together brilliantly.

📖 English – Viking sagas are drafted; next week we edit and publish.
➕ Maths – Focused on rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, arithmetic practice with Mrs Riddell, and fun with TTRockstars and Gig.

🏆 Children’s Highlights:

• Rounding in maths
• TTRockstars
• Writing Viking sagas
• Dragonhead designs
• String printing
• Playing Blooket

❓ Ask at Home:

• Can you finish the rounding rhyme? “5 to 9 climb the vine, 0 to 4…”
• What’s our new reading target?
• Where did the Vikings travel?
• What is a merchant?
• Which Viking went to Vinland (North America)?
• Who settled in Greenland?
• Why is Greenland called Greenland if it’s so icy?

🔜 Looking Ahead – Next Week in Year 4

• Learning a new song about Odin
• Exploring daily Viking life
• Longboat Dragonhead art
• Islamic weddings and Mehndi hand patterns

📚 Homework This Week

• ✍️ English – Fronted adverbials and past tense
• ➕ Maths – Unit 4 yellow sheet (~40 mins)
• 📖 Reading – 15 minutes daily (records in Monday, plus AR quizzes)
• 🎵 TT Rockstars – 10 mins daily or 1× 20 mins
• 📝 Spellings – Test Wednesday (short, regular practice helps)
• ✏️ Presentation – Pencil/blue/black pen only; no felt tips
• 🔢 Times Tables – Practise all tables

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

🔔 Reminders

• Holiday homework (book spines) – please return ASAP
• Reading records in every Monday (with daily logs)
• ⭐ Reading Challenge: 20 reads = 10 house points

Dates

• Wed 8 Oct – Rugby Tournament (Y3 & Y4)

• Fri 10 Oct – Y6 Cake Sale

• Mon 13 Oct – PTA Meeting, The Crown 6.30pm (all welcome)

• Wed 15 Oct – Rugby Tournament (Y5 & Y6)

• Wed 22 & Thu 23 Oct – Exhibition 2–6pm

• Wed 22 Oct – Football Tournament (Y5 & Y6)

• Thu 23 Oct – Break up for Half Term

• Mon 3 Nov – Pupils return

• Thu 6 Nov – Recycle for School Bags

• Wed 12 Nov – Dance Workshop (Y1 & Y2)

• Fri 14 Nov – Y5 Cake Sale

• Wed 19 Nov – Dance Workshop (Y3 & Y4)

• Fri 21 Nov – PTA Beetle Drive

• Wed 26 Nov – Dance Workshop (Y5 & Y6)

• W/B 8 Dec – PTA Christmas Shop for pupils