26/04/19

Hello and welcome back Year 4! I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. The children have returned to school with a calm and ready to learn attitude which shows they have had a good rest over the break (which was certainly needed after our Rock Bottom performances at the end of last term)! It has been a lovely start to the week with the class talent show! I was so impressed by how many different acts we had, and the time and effort the children put into arranging their performances. Well done to everyone who performed. It was such a great celebration of how much their confidence and presentation skills have developed.

Please see below for a copy of the topics we are covering this half term:

Maths: 
Fractions and written multiplication.

English:
-Poetry about nature
-Persuasive writing
-Explanation and discussion text.

Science:
Electricity

History:
Anglo-Saxons

PSHCE:
Memories and loss.

RE:
Sikh religious stories.

Art:
Art from different cultures

D&T:
Food and healthy eating.

Spanish:
Things around town.

IMPORTANT NOTICES REGARDING NEXT WEEK:
-On Monday morning we are going on a short trip on the railway following a railway safety talk the children will have in assembly that day. Please ensure you have provided permission for your child to go via school gateway as we will not be able to take anyone who has not given consent. Please also ensure your child brings a coat on Monday. The weather has been lovely recently but it is important we are prepared in case of rain.

-On Tuesday we will be having class photos. Please make sure children attend school as smart as they usually do for the photos.

Next week:

Maths:

Adding and subtracting fractions.

English:

Poetry focused around nature.

Spellings:

The children are now going to have their pre-test on a Friday with the list of the new spellings words, so they can see how many they already know without seeing them. The full list of spellings will be put on the blog as normal and the children then have a full week to learn them for the test on normal on Friday, followed by the next weeks pre-test. The children only need to practise the spellings they have got wrong and if they have got 10/10 then they need to find spellings that follow the same spelling rule. The spellings for this week are listed below. They have been pretested already so they will know which ones they need to practise. This week the rule is words that have the 'sc' spelling but the 's' sound.

-scenery

-scent

-science

-scissors

-ascend

-descend

-crescent

-fascinate

-scene

-muscle

Science:

What is electricity? Where does it come from?

History:

What is the role of an archaeologist and who were the Anglo-Saxons?

PSHCE:

Relationships and peer pressure. 

RE:

What is wisdom?

Art:

Exploring Indian Art

Spanish:

Revise learning so far. 

Have a lovely weekend and please make sure you are finding time to read and complete Mathletics. As a class, the Mathletics activity has gone down slightly recently, so please make sure you are taking the time to complete this. It really does help with speed accuracy and confidence in maths. 

Miss Bradford