Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 14th November

🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4

Despite the rainy weather, the class have stayed in great spirits. It was lovely seeing many of you at parents’ evening and sharing the fantastic progress the children have made so far. Regular TT Rockstars practice and daily reading will really support their learning throughout the year.

🏆 Children’s Highlights

  • TT Rockstars

  • Blooket

  • The Lost Thing video

  • Science – creating electric posters

  • Leaf and reading the story

💬 Ask at Home

  • What key messages did you include on your electricity poster?

  • What is an appliance?

  • What can you tell me about an Anglo-Saxon village?

  • What did you create in Micro:bits?

  • What is a Micro:bit?

  • What is The Lost Thing about?

🔜 Looking Ahead – Next Week in Year 4

  • Coding – using Micro:bits with Mr Cowell

  • Anglo-Saxon hierarchies

  • What clothes Anglo-Saxons wore

  • Making simple circuits in electricity

  • R.E. – Incarnation and images of Jesus

📚 Homework This Week

✍️ English: SPaG mat and grammar activities
➕ Maths: Exercise 6 and data handling (please prioritise these)
📖 Reading: 15 minutes daily (records checked 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 every Monday (with daily logs)

  • ⭐ Reading Challenge: 20 reads = 10 house points

🗓️ Dates for Your Diary

  • Fri 21 Nov: PTA Beetle Drive

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

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

  • Junior Carol Service dates are on the newsletter