Hello Year Four,
We have had a fun week with great work taking place.
The children drew amazing expressive self-portraits and during our PHSE lesson were able to share them with the rest of the class.
We have continued to work on place value up to 10,000, using number lines and tables. We have been working on our 2s, 5s, and 10 times tables and next week some children will be adding 3s. The children are aware of which tables they need to practise at home.
We have been working on including commas, conjunctions and adjectives to our writing.
We explored pilgrimage in our RE lesson and talked about the difference between ordinary and special journeys.
For science we completed our work on the digestive system as the children were able to explain the function of all the organs necessary for digestion.
NEXT WEEK
English
We will be creating an extended piece of writing next week which must include commas, conjunctions, adjectives with neat handwriting. This piece will be on a place on Earth they would like to visit. They have already produced a mind map to prepare for this task.
We will be practising handwriting three times next week.
The children will be recognising and using adverbs in their writing and completing a comprehension task.
Maths
We will continue our work on place value as we explore ordering numbers to 10,000. We move on to Roman numerals and rounding up and down to nearest 10 and 100.
Science
As we have completed digestion we will begin to look at teeth and their part in the process. We will look at the types of teeth we have and their function.
RE
The children will be writing about a special journey they make. It would be great if they could talk to you about any annual or special trips or visits you make. They will need to think about what they wear, what they take with them, what they do when they get there, any special meal they may have and any cleaning that may take place.
Geography
The focus will be on how we can trade responsibly and the home project will be linked to this topic on where our food comes from.
ICT
We will be looking at websites.
READING
We have been working on systems for changing and recording the books the children read.
- From now on the children need to return their book and reading record every day
- Please ensure your child reads 5 times a week
- Please discuss the book with your child to ensure he/she is understanding what has been read
- Sign and date the reading record when your child has finished a book
Group One
continue
decide
describe
different
difficult
disappear
early
earth
eight
enough
Group Two
until
beautiful
while
where
wear
our
working
some
cover
treat
Home project
The children have been given their home project for this half-term.
We have been investigating where our food comes from and how the production of food affects the environment.
The children have been given a world map. They may complete this any way they want to. They need to take 5 to 8 items of food from the cupboard or fridge and find out where they were produced. They need to mark this on the world map. They will present their findings to the rest of the class.
I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.
Ms Davis
