30/09/2022

Good Afternoon Year 4,

Hope you have all had a fantastic week. This week we have created sound poems about the digestive system as well as performing their creative interpretation of this. 

In Maths this week, we have learnt how to add numbers using efficient methods such as rebalancing equal calculations. 

Next week

English – We will be starting to plan our own myths. 

Maths – We will be learning to use efficient methods for subtraction. 

Science - We will be understanding better what happens in the digestive system. 

PSHE - We will be thinking about what makes a good friend

Geography - We will be describing how settlements are connected to each other. 

Times Table - x8

PE timetable

Monday (30 minutes - trainers only)

Tuesday (1 hour - full kit)

Thursday (1 hour - full kit)

The children's half term project is due - Monday 10th October 2022

We will be celebrating Harvest Festival on Friday 7th October 2022 @11:00 - 11:30 Please join us.

Please ensure the children are using TTRS as much as possible to practise their times tables. The children have all been issued a reading book now, please ensure you are reading daily. 

Have a good weekend,  

Mrs Bidder

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

Spellings 26/09/22

 Prefixes 'in' and 'im'

incredible

inactive

incapable 

inaccurate 

immature

immobile

impossible 

impatient

impolite

23/09/2022

Good Afternoon Year 4,

Hope you have all had a fantastic week like I have. The children have applied themselves this week to begin to write a diary using first person. The children thought about how Venus' emotions changed throughout the story and reflected this with fantastic language. 

In Maths this week, we learnt how to round to the nearest 10, 100, 1000.  

Next week

English – We will be finishing our writing a diary as Venus

Maths – We will be learning to use rounding to make estimations. 

Science - We will be learning the functions of different organs in the digestive system and carrying out an experiment. 

PSHE - We will be thinking about what makes a good friend

RE - We will be learning about Hindu festivals. 

Geography - We will use mapping skills to read maps. . 

Times Table - x8

PE timetable

Monday (30 minutes - trainers only)

Tuesday (1 hour - full kit)

Thursday (1 hour - full kit)

The children's half term project is due - Monday 10th October 2022

Please ensure the children are using TTRS as much as possible to practise their times tables. The children have all been issued a reading book now, please ensure you are reading daily. 

Have a good weekend,  

Mrs Bidder

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk

Spellings 20/09/2022

 Homophones

Peace/Piece

Main/Mane

Fair/Fare

Meat/Meet

Break/Brake

Half Term Project

 Design and Make Your Own Mythical Creature.

 

Choose an animal that interests you, then find a picture. 

Think about what are the important features of this animal.

To make your mythical creature, you can combine a human

 and an animal or two animals!

What is your creature called?

If you are combining two real animals, you could take part of

 the name for each.

For example, a half-Zebra, half-Giraffe might be called a

 Ziraffe!

 

 

Design a Wanted Poster for your Creature

WANTED! (+ name of creature).

This _____________ creature is half _____________, half

 _____________. It was last seen ______ing (+ prepositional phrase). It has ____________ hair / legs / eyes with

 ______________________. The ______________ beast

 moves (+simile / adverbial phrase). People say that it came

 from _____________________. If you see this

 ___________________ then _______________________. For your picture, you could draw your creature or use collage

 to combine the different elements!

 

16/09/2022

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 we have been working hard to solve estimation problems. We have learnt to find the midway point between two numbers. We have also been reading the Taming of Venus. This myth is supporting us to write our own myths. 

Next week

English – We will be writing a diary as Venus

Maths – We will be learning to round numbers.  

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

RE - We will be learning about the Hindu religion.

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

Geography - We will be looking early settlements. 

Times Table - x8

PE timetable

Monday (30 minutes - trainers only)

Tuesday (1 hour - full kit)

Thursday (1 hour - full kit)

On Friday 23rd September 2022 the children will have their individual school photographs taken. 

I will be posting the spellings on Tuesday 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

Spellings 13/09/2022

Statutory Y4 Words 

accident 

actual

address

answer

appear

arrive

believe

bicycle

breath

breathe

09/09/2022

 Good Afternoon Year 4, 

Welcome Back! Hope you have all had a great first week back. Everybody has settled in well to Year 4! This week, we have spent lots of time outside, discussing what is special about our Earth and what we are thankful for. The children have really thought about how we will make changes to our daily lifestyle to save and heal our planet. Our book 'Dear Earth,' has been extremely inspiring for us. 

Next week we will begin our more structured timetable. Our topics this term are: 

English - Roman Myths

Maths - Place Value

Science - Animals including Humans

Computing - E Safety

Geography - Village Settlers 

Art - Drawing Skills

RE - Religious Festivals

PSHE - Being Me In My World

PE 

Monday - 30 mins (trainers only) 

Tuesday - 1hr after lunch 

Thursday - 1hr end of the day (football kit)

On Friday 14th October 2022 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. 

In Year 4, it is expected that daily reading will take place as well as practising times tables. The children are still able to access TTRS using their old logins. If you need a reminder of these please ask.  Spellings will start next week with a pre-test on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend, 

Mrs Bidder 

abidder@littleheath.herts.sch.uk