Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 26th June

🌟 Year 4 Weekly Newsletter

🔙 Looking Back – This Week in Year 4

This week, our visitors finally arrived, and we held our welcome assembly on Friday morning. The Headteacher told us about how they SMILE every day:

See Miracles In Life Every day.

What a lovely, positive message!

Despite the hot weather, we worked really well in class. The children were fantastic, and although it was sweltering, the atmosphere at break and lunchtime was lovely. Many children found shady spots where they enjoyed board games, drawing or simply chatting with friends.

Thank you for all your support with Bikeability. The instructors managed to fit everything into the morning before it became too hot. The children were polite, listened carefully and tried their very best. We were all incredibly proud of them.

🏆 Children's Highlights

• Painting with watercolours
• Dancing with the children from Elizabethfontein
• Playing with friends at breaktime
• Learning about decimals
• Sewing and finishing our wallets
• Taking our wallets home
• Welcoming our South African friends

💬 Ask at Home

Why not chat about some of these questions together?

• What were the most important things you learnt during Bikeability?
• Can you show me the dance moves you learnt with the Elizabethfontein children?
• What does ascend mean?
• What does descend mean?

🔜 Looking Ahead – Next Week in Year 4

• RE – Hinduism: The Festival of Holi
• Science – Food chains
• Pop Art with our South African visitors
• Design and Technology – Baking

📚 Homework This Week

• No paper homework this week.
• 📖 Reading: 15 minutes every day (reading records checked on Monday; AR quizzes encouraged).
• 🎵 TT Rockstars: 10 minutes daily or two 20-minute sessions during the week.
• 📝 Spellings: Test on Wednesday (short, regular practice works best).
• ✏️ Presentation: Please use pencil or blue/black pen only – no felt-tip pens.
• 🔢 Times Tables: Continue practising regularly.

📬 Mrs Cowell's homework is due by Friday.

📝 Mrs Riddell's spellings are due in on Monday. Children know where to hand them in.

🔔 Reminders

• Please bring reading records into school every Monday, with daily reading recorded.
• ⭐ Reading Challenge: Every 20 reads earns 10 house points.

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