Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 17th April 2026
🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4
The class have begun an exciting new book in English. The children loved predicting what might happen and showed great imagination when creating poems about the main character, Jub—a girl with an impressive talent for climbing trees.
In maths, we’ve been focusing on fractions, including understanding whole numbers, partitioning fractions, and counting beyond 1 using fractions.
During guided reading, we started a new book, The Lost Words, a beautifully illustrated text that has already captured the children’s interest.
🏆 Children’s Highlights
- Playing with friends
- Starting our new book The Lost Happy Endings
- TT Rockstars
- Pop Art – drawing animals
- Beginning our new class story: Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz
💬 Ask at Home
Try discussing some of these questions together:
- What is an integer?
- What does partition mean?
- What is the top number of a fraction called?
- What is the bottom number of a fraction called?
- What is special about Jub?
- What is The Lost Words book all about?
🔜 Looking Ahead – Next Week in Year 4
- Beatboxing workshop with MC MRS B!!
- Bug hunting in science
- Exploring cities of Europe in geography
- Learning about Andy Warhol’s Pop Art style
📚 Homework This Week
- ✍️ English: Apostrophes and SPAG mat
- ➕ Maths: Unit 16 Pink 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 works best)
- ✏️ Presentation: Pencil or blue/black pen only — no felt tips
- 🔢 Times Tables: Ongoing 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
- Monday 20th April – Parents’ Evening bookings go live at 7pm
- Week beginning Monday 23rd April – Parents’ Evenings