28/06/19

Hello Year 4!
What a great week full of sporting events we have had!
It was so great to see all of the children joining in with sports day yesterday, eager to win points for their houses. The boys and girls also really enjoyed the football tournament this week and played extremely well.
Thank you to Freddie's mum for providing this photograph of the boys tournament this week!

Also, a massive congratulations to the whole class this week for completing their times table tests. They did fantastically and showed great determination and resilience during this. Well done Year 4!

Next week:

English:
Continuing to look at explanation texts in order to help design an outdoor game.

Spellings:
This week we have been looking closely at pre-fixes and how they change the root word.  I have also included 2 exceptions to this rule which highlighted in bold below. We have discussed as a class why these both do not fit the rule.

-unfortunately
-disentangle
-rearrange
-interface
-super-efficient
-autobiography
-predetermine
-subconscious
-subtle
-anticipate

Maths:
Coordinates, position and direction.

Spanish/ ICT
Creating a power point show casing learning.

Geography:
Due to sports day we did not get time to complete geography this week so we will be looking at investigating rivers next week.

RE:
How do personal values link to religion?

Art:
Expression drawings in the style of Franz Marc

PSHCE:
Next week we will be discussing puberty and the changes that happen to the body in this time. It would be helpful if you could be prepared to answer any questions from your child relating to this topic. If you have any concerns please feel free to email me.

Have a lovely weekend in the sunshine!
Please keep up the reading and Mathletics work!

Miss Bradford

25/06/19

Hello Year 4!

Please see below for list of the topics we will be covering this week:

Maths:
Times table test.

English:
Creating our own games for explanation writing.

Spanish:
Animals continued.

Geography:
Indian rivers

ICT:
Mathletics practise

RE:
Individual values

Art:
Researching Franz Marc

Rayyan’s Big Haircut – Please Donate!
After 3 years of growing his hair Rayyan, a Year 6 child, will be having his hair cut at the Summer Fair (29th June). He will be donating the hair to the Little Princess Trust who will create wigs for children who are suffering from cancer. He is also hoping to raise money for Cancer Research to support their research into finding a cure to cancer. If you would like to support Rayyan you can donate at https://fundraise.cancerresearch.org/page/rayyans-big-haircut 

Miss Bradford

21/06/19

Hello Year 4!
I’ve very pleased to hear that you have had a great week full of exciting learning while I have been away with Year 6 in the Isle of Wight!
This week there are no spellings as we are really focusing on our times tables for the Year 4 times table test which is taking place next week. Please make sure you are practising as this weekend will be your last weekend to practise before the test. It is important that you are focusing on the ones you are unsure of, rather than going over the ones you already know. The test guideline says that the most common ones to appear in the test is the 6,7,8,9 and 12 times tables so practise practise practise!

A more  detailed blog will be posted on Monday.

I am really looking forward  to seeing you on Monday and catching up about our week!

Have a lovely weekend
Miss Bradford

14/06/19

Hello Year 4!

We have had another busy week beginning with our trip to Manor Lodge to watch their performance of Mary Poppins. The children really enjoyed the show and it was lovely to have the whole school together to enjoy the show.

Next week I will be going to Kingswood with Year 6, Mrs Nixon and Mrs Ilott will be taking the class and will be supported by Mrs Farrell and Mrs Blatch. Please see below for a list of what the children will be covering next week.

English:
-Poetry

Spellings:
-glorious
-courageous
-spacious
-humorous
-dangerous
-delicious
-disastrous
-courteous
-devious
-envious

Maths:
-Negative numbers and rounding

Science:
Conductors

Geography:
Investigating India

RE:
Establishing core beliefs.

Spanish:
-Animals

ICT:
Timestable practise.

Have a fantastic week and I look forward to hearing all about your week when I am back!

Miss Bradford

Natural History Museum pictures and week update

Please find below a list of topics we are covering this week alongside some snapshot pictures from the Natural History museum.

English:
Debates - should animals be kept in zoos?

Spellings:
This week we are focusing on using apostrophes correctly, so there will not be a normal spelling test on Friday, as we are looking at this area of grammar instead.

Science:
Continuing electricity

Art:
Picasso art

RE:
How to change injustice in the world.

History: 
Discovering who was buried at Sutton Hoo.

PSHCE:
Genetics.

07/06/19

Good afternoon Year 4.

What a fantastic first week back! This week we have been really busy. The children have really enjoyed our English topic on debates and have been sharing their views and challenging each other. In maths we have been focusing on telling the time. The children have understood the passing of time and are confident telling different times on the clock. In order for this to stay fresh in their mind, please can you ensure that you are practising daily using both analogue and digital 24 hour clocks. This can be as simple as asking them to read different times during the day. There is also a really useful website, called toytheater.com which shows an interactive analogue clock with the option of the corresponding digital clock being shown. The children have also really enjoyed their trip to the Natural History Museum today, and I was really impressed with the questions that they were asking and their behaviour walking around the museum. I will upload the photos of their day on Monday, alongside what we will be covering next week. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Miss Bradford