Spellings 27/09/2021

 Changing the ending

1.    -breath 2.    -breathe 3.    -build 4.    -built 5.    -busy 6.    -business 7.    -calendar 8.    -caught 9.    -centre 10. -century

24/09/2021

 Good afternoon Year 4, 

Another fantastic week - I hope you all enjoyed Spanish day today. The children enjoyed learning about food from Spain and how to discuss what foods they enjoy. Today, the children made 'Arroz Con Leche' which I hope they all found appeasing.  

On Friday 22 October 2021 we will be having a Spooky Costume Day to raise funds. Children can wear any spooky costume of their choice. Please bring in £2 and give to the class teacher or pay via Gateway to take part.

Next Week

Maths - We will be learning some mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems. 

English - In English we will be reading Charlie Small in Gorilla City. The children will be planning their own adventure. 

Science - We will be learning about our teeth. 

Computing - We will be learning how to make safe searches on the Internet.

Geography - We are going to learn about the 4 layers of the rainforest. 

Art and Design - We will be learning more about Joan Miro.

RE - We will be looking at Sikhism and considering how the 5ks structure Sikhism. 

Next weeks times tables - x8 

On Tuesday 12th October 2021 we will be visiting London Zoo. We will be departing from school at 8:30am. The children will need a disposable packed lunch and a raincoat on the day. The children will need to wear full school uniform on the day. The trip is to support our learning about the Rainforest. We aim to be back by the end of the school day. 

Please check the Sharing Assembly Page for when your child will be taking part in the assembly. The first group will take place on Monday 8th November 2021.

Have a fantastic weekend,

Mrs Bidder 

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

20/09/21 - Spellings

 Spellings -     Homophones

-piece -peace -main -mane -fare -fair -are -our -there -their -they’re

17/09/2021

Good Afternoon Year 4,

Another lovely week in Year 4. We have had fun completing challenges in Maths this week as well ass using our imaginations and senses to describe Gorilla City. The children came up with some fantastic ideas about where Gorilla City would be located and what might be found there. In Geography this week we have started to learn about the Rainforest. We located the different rainforests around the world and labelled these on a map. The children especially enjoyed using an atlas. 

Photographs - On Friday 24th September the children will be having their individual photographs taken. Please ensure they have the correct uniform on. 

Next Week

Maths - We will be focusing on rounding numbers to the nearest 10,100,1000. We will use this to make estimations. 

English - In English we will begin to read Charlie Small in Gorilla City. The children will be completing our settings about Gorilla City. 

Science - We will be continuing to learn about the functions of the organs in the digestive system. We will also be setting up an experiment. 

Computing - We will be learning about Safety Online and how to protect ourselves online. 

Geography - We are going to learn about the 4 layers of the rainforest. 

Art and Design - We will be looking at different pencil techniques. 

RE - We will be looking at Sikhism and considering how the 5ks structure Sikhism. 

Next weeks times tables - x7 

Next week on Friday we will have Spanish day. We will be making some Spanish Food. Please ensure the school are aware of any allergies the children may have. 

Have a fantastic weekend, 

Mrs Bidder 

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk 

Meet The Teacher

 

First Half Term Project

Terrific Tropical Rainforests.

You have been set the task of educating the rest of your school about rainforests and just how amazing they are. It’s up to you how you do this exactly but here are some ideas:

You could tell people about:

•          all the foods that came from the rainforest
•         some of the insects, birds, fish and animals of the rainforest
•         how rainforests are the source of lots of medicines 
•         how the rainforests support our environment.
•         what a rainforest looks like

 

To tell your school about rainforests you could:

1) Put together a book about ‘Terrific Tropical Rainforests’ for the school library – highlighting just what amazing places the rainforests are.

2) Make up some quizzes about rainforests. You could make a true and false quiz or a multiple choice one.  You could also make a picture quiz where children have to guess the name of an animal or food from the rainforest.

3) Make a rainforest display. You could fill up a box with pictures and interesting facts about the rainforest.

The choice is completely your own however you want to present your project to the class is up to you. Be Creative and Have Fun! 

Your Project is due on Friday 15th October 2021.

13/09/2021 - Spellings

 Spelling Rule 'Ure'

-temperature -picture -assure -figure -vulture -adventure -moisture -treasure -signature -furniture

10/09/21

Good Afternoon Year 4 ,

Another great week. You have shown you all have a Growth Mindset in some challenging practical Maths this week. This week the children enjoyed Swimming on Wednesday, they were all very excited to tell me all about it when they returned. 

Next week

English – We will be beginning a new story - Charlie Small - Gorilla City and writing descriptions.

Maths – We will be continuing to focus on the Place Value of Numbers. 

Science - We will be learning the functions of different organs in the digestive system. 

RE - We will be learning about the what worship is. 

ART - We will be looking at the art style of Gaudi. 

PSHE - We will be thinking about what is means to be a team. 

Geography - We will be looking at where Rainforests are found around the globe. 

Times Table - x6 

PE timetable

Monday (30 minutes - trainers only)

Tuesday (1 hour - full kit)

Wednesday (1 hour - full kit)

Please remember to bring a Swimming Kit as well as a towel, underwear, full school uniform and school shoes. 

 

Year 4 Meet The Teacher - Wednesday 15th September 

4.30pm and 5.30pm

I will be posting the spellings on Monday so please practise these throughout the week. All the children have now been issued reading books to read at home. 

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and have lots of fun!

 

Mrs Bidder

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

03/09/2021

Good Afternoon Year 4, 

Welcome to Year 4! It is wonderful to see you all back excited and enthusiastic to learn. Over the last two days we have been focusing on what having a 'Growth Mindset' is and how we use our 'Growth Mindsets'. 

English 

This half term we will be looking at a range of texts. 

We will be first focusing on 'The Dot' and writing a similar story. 

We will be reading Charlie Small: Gorilla City and writing an adventure story and a persuasive letter. 

Maths 

In Maths we will be revising Place Value. We will be working with up to 4 digit numbers. 

Science

Our focus this half term is Animals Including Humans. We will be learning about the digestive system. 

Computing 

In Computing we will be focusing on how to be safe online. 

Geography

We will be exploring the Rainforest. We will be looking in the effects of deforestation and how the rainforest supports our everyday lives. 

Art and Design 

This half term we will look at the art of Gaudi and the use of shading. 

RE

We will be looking at symbolism in worship. The children will look at a range of signs and symbols in different religions. 

PSHE 

Our Topic is called Being Me In My World. We will be thinking about how we are the best that we can be at all times. 

Spanish 

We will be learning basic greetings. 

PE - Please remember to bring in your PE Kit for every lesson. 

Monday - 30 mins (trainers only) 

Tuesday - 1hr (full PE kit)

Wednesday - 1hr (Swimming)

Swimming - The children will be starting their swimming lessons on Wednesday. Please send your child in with a swimming costume or shorts and a towel. If you would like your child to wear a cap or goggles, please also send these in labelled although it is not a requirement for the children to have either. If you choose for your child to wear their swimming costume to school, please remember to pack underwear for your child. 

Spellings: 
Every week the children will have a pre-test where they will be tested on the spellings for the upcoming week without having looked at them before. This works as a pre-assessment and means the children are only practising the the words they got wrong. If they receive 7 out of 10 or above, they have the extra challenge of finding other words that fit the same rule as well as learning the ones they got wrong. For example, if they scored 8/10 on their spelling test, they need to practise the 2 they got wrong, and find an additional 8 words that match the same rule, to make up to 10 spellings. For the first week of term I have given the children all the same words, so please do not worry if you find some of them tricky. Based on the scores for this week I will put the children into different spellings groups, so just try and learn as many as you can. 
The spellings this week are as follows: 

accident 

accidentally 

actual 

actually 

address 

answer 

appear 

arrive

Please ensure you practice your times table on TTRS at home at least 3 times a week. Please read your books at least 10 minutes every evening and use the reading stems to answer questions about the text.

Have a great weekend! 
Mrs Bidder 

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk