Year 4 Archive

Shrove Tuesday yum, yum!

We discussed the reasons why Christians eat pancakes on Shrove (Shrive) Tuesday and thought about the behaviours that we would like to keep and those we would like to toss away during Lent!

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 Team.

As part of our ‘Shake It’ topic we have looked at milk from its origins to how it changes state to make products such as cheese, yoghurts etc. Today, the children were able to witness this changing state first hand by creating firstly whipped cream and then butter from milk.

Ask your children if they can demonstrate this procedure for you at home, it’s good fun!

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Home learning for Maths this week has been set on Mathletics. Please spend at least 30 minutes working your way through the activities throughout the week. This week in class we have been focusing on perimeter and area.

Times Tables

Please continue to practise your time tables for the Times Table Challenge every Friday. It is vitally important that children have a sound knowledge of their times tables, in order to increase their processing speed in Maths. By the end of Year 4 the expectation is that children know all of their times tables up to 12 x 12. It would be greatly appreciated if you could support our efforts in class by helping and encouraging your children to learn these at home. If you would like a times tables sheet for the Times Tables Challenges, please talk to your child’s class teacher who will be happy to help you.

Buster’s Book Club

Please continue to read for Buster’s Book Club every night. Which class can read for the most amount of minutes, Chestnut or Birch? Ensure that you are recording and signing your child’s reading record on a Wednesday evening and they have their reading record in school daily.

Spelling

Weekly spellings have been updated in your reading records (Birch) and Chestnuts will be sent home on a sheet. Please ensure that these are learnt and will be tested next Thursday.

Allergy notice

Next Tuesday 28th February is Shrove Tuesday. As part of the Year 4 RE curriculum we will be looking at the Christian Festival of Lent and exploring the reasons why Christians eat pancakes on this day. We will be decorating and eating pancakes of our own. If your child has any allergies to pancakes, Cadbury’s chocolate spread, golden syrup, lemon juice, sugar and bananas please let your class teacher and the office know. If there are no issues there is no need to inform us.

Thanks for your continued Support.

Year 4 team.

Please find below the presentation from the recent Year 3/4 English Curriculum Parents Evening.

Curriculum fayre

Please find below the presentation from the recent Year 3/4 Maths Curriculum Parents Evening.

Maths workshop

Thank you to all the children for all their hard work in Term three. To finish off this term we are sending a maths home learning, linked to our current topic of measures. In addition to this we have also set Mathletics home learning. Who can be the first to get all their certificates?

Our topic for next term is called ‘shake it’ to kick start our topic we would like children to design their own shake. This can be healthy or…

Please continue to read throughout the holiday and practise your spellings and times tables.

Have a wonderful break.

See you all in Term four.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Thank you so much to all of the parent helpers that assisted us on our walk around places of worship in the local area. The children gained an insight into  the similarities and differences between the Romney Marsh Community Church (RMCC) and St Nicholas Church.

Most of us were very surprised to discover the differences between baptism in both churches as well as discovering the town of New Romney has a total of four churches.

Once again thank you to all of those who supported this trip and a big thank you to the children for their outstanding behaviour.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Permission pending, we are hoping on Tuesday 7th February after lunch to walk around the local area looking at the similarities and differences within Christian places of worship.

We would appreciate any help with accompanying the children on their walk. Please let your class teacher know if you are available.

Thanks for your continued Support.

Year 4 team.

Home learning for Maths this week has been set on Mathletics. Please spend at least an hour working your way through the activities throughout the week in preparation for assessment week.

In addition to this, please continue to practise your time tables for the Times Table Challenge every Friday. We have started to plateau so please ensure that you are practising and aiming to beat your highest score!

Please continue to read for Buster’s Book Club every night. Which class can read for the most amount of minutes, Chestnut or Birch? Ensure that you are recording and signing your child’s reading record on a Wednesday evening and they have their reading record in school daily.

Weekly spellings have been updated in your reading records (Birch) please ensure that these are learnt and will be tested next Thursday.

Thanks for your continued Support.

Year 4 team.

Congratulations to everyone for completing your six week Basketball skills based training which ended this week with a competitive game. Match report to follow shortly. Chestnut swimming group one have now completed their swimming block. It has been wonderful to watch you all progress with your skills, keep it up! Next week group two it’s your turn, remember your swimming kit for Wednesday.

PE kit reminder: PE IS EVERY FRIDAY, PLEASE ENSURE YOUR CHILD’S NAMED KIT IS IN SCHOOL.