Year 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 5th September 2025
🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4
What a wonderful start to the year! The children in Year 4 have settled brilliantly into routines and are already working hard.
📖 English – We explored The Sea-Thing Child by Russell Hoban. The children empathised with the main character and reflected on the people, places, and objects in their own lives that bring them comfort and happiness.
➕ Maths – We began working on Place Value.
🏆 Highlights of the Week (from the children):
- Creating my Sea-Thing kenning
- Place value in maths
- Shell drawing and painting
- Learning about Vikings in history
- Playing with my friends
- Creating my own stone igloo
- Reading The Sea-Thing Child
❓ Questions to Ask at Home
- What is the Sea-Thing child?
- What did he do to soothe and comfort himself?
- What is a kenning?
- What is a determiner?
- What does “perfectly round are seldom found, but egg-shaped are abounding” mean?
- Who does the Sea-Thing child meet?
- Do you think he will return to the deep or not?
- How do you think you play ‘Stones’?
🔜 Looking Forward – Next Week in Year 4
- History – Create a timeline of key Viking events
- Music – Learn a Loki song
- Computing – Type up our kennings
- French – Explore where we live
- Science – Begin our topic on States of Matter
📚 Homework This Week
- ✍️ English – Kenning sheet
- ➕ Maths – Exercise 1 sheet (40 mins)
- 📖 Reading – At least 15 minutes daily
➤ Don’t forget to take your 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
- 📖 Reading records should be brought to school every Friday – don’t forget to log your daily reading!
- ⭐ Reading Challenge: 20 reads = 10 house points
🗓️ Important Dates
- Tuesday 9th September – 5pm – September Meeting
- Wednesday – 6pm – PTA AGM at The Crown