21/12/18

Hello Year 4! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

It has been an absolute delight teaching you this term, thank you for working so hard and being such a wonderful, loving and fantastic class.  

Thank you so much to everyone for all of the amazing and wonderful gifts, it was extremely kind and really appreciated. 

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to seeing all your smiling faces in January!

I will write a detailed blog of what the children will be covering in the New Year.

Thank you very much again and Merry Christmas.

Miss Bradford, Mrs Farrell and Mrs Kirby

xxx

14/12/18

Hello Year 4!

Highlights of the week:
Christmas is certainly upon us and the elf on the shelf has been up to no good in our classroom! It was so lovely to see the children in their Christmas jumpers today and hearing them sing for their Christmas carol concert practice. I had the absolute pleasure of taking the choir to Mandeville Court to sing to the elderly. I am so proud that so many of Year 4 were there singing so beautifully. It was a delight to see the Foundation and KS1 Christmas performances this week. The class really enjoyed it and were really impressed with how well the children did. We also had an absolutely delicious Christmas dinner yesterday afternoon. The children really got into the festive spirit and even sang songs while they were eating!

Next week notices:

Just to remind you all next Friday the school will finish at 2pm.

The Carol Concert is on Monday evening at 19:00. I really do hope to see all of you attending. It is a lovely celebration of all the learning they have been doing in music this year. All children need to be in school uniform – if children want to wear Christmas head wear this is allowed. Be practise your lines if you are a reader. 

It's party time! On Wednesday afternoon KS2 are having their Christmas party.  The children can bring their own clothes to change into to feel more comfortable when busting a move. Year 4 have certainly been practising for the dance off...

Mrs Onley has asked if I could remind you all to return all library books by Monday.

There is no spelling test to revise for. If you could focus on learning the Y3/4 statutory word list with the children that would help with their progression within their writing.

There is no swimming next week, but can you please ensure children have their PE kits all week due to  changes in the timetable next week. 

Have a fantastic weekend. 

Miss Bradford

07/12/18

Hello Year 4!

It's nearly Christmas! I'm looking forward to seeing lots of you at the Christmas fair on Sunday. Thank you very much for your kind donations for the class Christmas hamper, it is greatly appreciated.

Highlights of the week.
We have had a busy week in Year 4 and the children have really been getting into the Christmas spirit. We have begun opening our 'Christmas acts of kindness' advent calendar and even the classroom has been redecorated with Christmas decorations, thanks to the wonderful help of Mrs Farrell and Mrs Kirby. We even had an elf on the shelf visit us this afternoon, who wrote on my whiteboard in permanent marker!

The children have really enjoyed our new topic in English looking at non chronological reports. They have been looking at a variety of different reports to help with their understanding of successful non-fiction writing. The class have also been working really hard on consolidating their maths fluency with a mental maths test today. The class have also been getting really hands on in D&T, making their prototypes for mechanical moving posters promoting recycling. The children really worked on developing their resilience skills during this lesson as a lot of them felt the frustration when their levers did not work first time. However, they were able to reflect maturely on what went well and what didn't, and suggest improvements and alternations for when they make their final product next week.

Next week:

English:
Producing non chronological reports on Volcanoes.

Spellings:The spelling focus for this week is words with the 'ou' spelling but have the 'u' sound.
-young
-touch
-trouble
-country
-enough
-encourage
-nourish
-cousin
-southern
-rough
Remember if you think you know these spellings you can challenge yourself to find different words that follow the same spelling rule.

The children did really well in their spelling test this week so thank you for supporting them in their learning at home. It really makes a difference to their progress and self esteem when they have practised before the test.

Maths:Next week we are focusing on measuring weight accurately. Any pre-learning you can do at home would really help. This can be helping read scales when cooking or baking, or looking at the different amount of liquids.

Maths investigation of the week:
For the maths problem this week I have sent the children how with a Christmas activity to consolidate their multiplication facts to complete if they want too. They do not need to bring this back to school, they can keep this and work thorough it.

Science:
Invertebrate hunt!

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Bradford