Author: year4

In English the book we are reading this term is Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf. Today, we created creatures that we would like to fill the empty spaces in the World with for our writing stimulus. Thank you for bringing in natural resources from your garden or on your journey to school.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Home Learning – 13.01.17

This week we have introduced our new topic for this term ‘Material World’. Home learning for Topic is to create a sculpture using different materials that you can find e.g. milk bottles, boxes, newspaper, cardboard, containers etc.

Below are some points to consider before making your sculpture:

Should the sculpture represent the whole school community of children, teachers and parents?

Should the sculpture be based on the school emblem or motto, or reflect the local area in some way?

Should the material chosen to make it reflect the environment or the meaning of the sculpture?

How big should your sculpture be? Think realistically about you making it.

Where could your sculpture be placed in school– ideally, it will remain in the same place until after the exit point.

How and where will you collect the materials that you are going to need?

If you are making a sculpture from more than one material how will you join the different materials together?

Please continue to read for at least 20 minutes every night for Buster’s Book club.

In addition to this do not forget to practise your times tables for the Times Table Challenge on Friday.

Please check your reading records for weekly spellings (Birch).

A polite reminder that PE is still every Friday so please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Welcome Back, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and we wish you a Happy New Year!

Firstly, I would like to thank the children for their fantastic effort of dressing up for our Temples, Tombs and Treasures exit point yesterday, they all looked amazing!

In the morning, we were lucky enough to have Ancient Egyptian workshops. We discovered hidden artefacts, explored aspects of Ancient Egyptian life and learnt how the Ancient Egyptians measured.

During the afternoon, the whole of Year 4 took part in a ceremony in which we chose a Pharaoh, killed a Pharaoh, mummified a Pharaoh, had a funeral procession and a burial.

I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did!

Please find the photos attached.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Egyptian Day Photos

 

 

Home learning for this week is to complete the maths test questions. The approaching week is assessment week, so this would be great practise to build up confidence. All maths packs have been sent home.

Please continue to read for at least 20 minutes for Buster’s Book Club every night (ensure this is being recorded in reading records). On another note, reading records need to be in school on a daily basis as we are unable to update the weekly spelling lists, change books and keep an up to date record of your child’s progress.

Do not forget to practise your maths times tables for the Times Table Challenge on Friday, only two more to go until the end of term!

A polite reminder again, PE is every Friday so please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school (letters have been sent home regarding this matter).

Good luck to everyone in all the assessments that are taking place this week and be the best that you can be.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Just to remind you all PE is every Friday, therefore PE kits should be in school.

On another note please can you ensure that your child has their own water bottle in school on a daily basis, as we are anxiously trying to keep sickness to a minimum as we enter the winter months.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

 

Home Learning – 25.11.16 (Due in 30.11.16)

Have you been inspired by any of the Olympic events this year?

Research your favourite Olympian and create a biography.

Features of a Biography Checklist:

Have I…

• Written in third person.
• Written in past tense.
• Written about the key events and influences in their life.
• Summarised their main achievements.
• Organised chronologically (starting from the beginning of their career).
• Include a heading and sub – headings.
• Include conjunctions and vary your sentence openers (SPAG focus this week).

 Maths this week is to practise your times tables for the times table challenge. Can you achieve the award you’re working towards before Christmas? (three more challenges to go).

Please continue to read for at least 20 minutes for Buster’s Book Club every night.

(please find sheet attached).

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

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Home Learning – 11.11.16 (Due in 16.11.16)

Home learning this week is to create a fact file on Howard Carter. Research as many facts as possible. Remember to include a heading and sub-headings.

Points to address:

• Who is Howard Carter?
• Why is he famous?
• Were there any significant events in his life?

Maths this week is to practise your times tables for the Times Table Challenge on Friday.

Please continue to read for Buster’s Book Club every night, congratulations to both Birch and Chestnut for having the highest percentage of readers last week!

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

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Firstly, well done to all of the children for putting in a lot of effort over half term and creating fantastic shoe box habitats! We hope you managed to have a good look at them as you arrived for parents evening.

Home Learning for this week:

For English, create an acrostic poem on ‘Autumn’ (worksheet provided).

Maths this week is to practise your times tables for the Times Tables Challenge on Friday (remember the skills and techniques that you have learnt this week).

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.