Week ending 20th October 2023

 Hello Year Four,

We have had a very varied and busy week! It all began on Monday when we were soup testing.

We will be making soup after the half term break so we are beginning to prepare for this project. The first step is to decide on the flavour of soup we would like to make, therefore we tasted a few soups to begin this process. 

We followed this by observing our recent experiment to find out which liquids decay teeth. We used eggs and were not surprised to find that Coke and Prime caused the most damage. 

We have continued to work on subtraction using 4-digits and exchanging more than once. The children are progressing with their times tables. Please practise these during the holiday.

We have completed our mythical stories and the children enjoyed hearing them being read to the class.

Spellings for the week after half-term

Group One

natural

naughty

notice

occasion

occasionally

often

opposite

ordinary

particular

peculiar

Group 2

with

without

which

while

however

suddenly

happily

angrily

probably

decide

I will post next term's plans on the Friday of the first week back after the break.

Parent Consultations

For those who were unable to attend the consultations this week please let me know if you would like to book an appointment for the week after half-term.

Wishing you a restful and happy break.

Ms Davis

Week ending 13th October 2023

 Dear Year Four,

We have had a busy and exciting week.

The children loved setting up our science experiment as we are testing the effect of different liquids on teeth. We have used egg shells as the teeth substitute. We have filled jars with a variety of liquids (including Prime!) and will observe the amount of decay on each egg.

We created the middle of our mythical adventure this week. The children wrote exciting, dramatic stories.

We are working on addition and subtraction with 4-digit numbers in maths.

For Spanish we are beginning to be able to have longer conversation as each week we learn more short phrases. The children should be able to say hello and ask how you are. They could ask you what your name is and how old you are. 

For geography we measured the distance our food travels. 

In our RE lesson the children learned about several pilgrimage sites for the Christian religion.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be completing all our projects for this half-term. 

The month of October is Black History Month therefore we will be dedicating a day's teaching to this topic.

We will be soup tasting this week as we plan to make soup after half-term. I will be buying tins of vegetable soups that the children will taste test. Please let me know if you have any concerns about this.

Spellings

Group 1

interest

island

knowledge

learn

length

library

material

medicine

mention

minute

Group 2

learn

stopping

popping

understand

visit

quietly

reading

over

under

bottom

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 6th October 2023

 Hello Year Four,

I hope you all enjoyed the harvest festival today. The children were excited to share their songs. 

We are currently working on adverbs in English and the children are using them when they write sentences.

 We are working on creating a mythical story at the moment. We have written the beginning of a story and used sentences which grab the attention of the reader! We have tired to create suspense and a sense of adventure. 

We completed a comprehension task as I am teaching comprehension skills on a weekly basis. 

The children had great fun creating an amusing poem inspired by 'Allan Ahlberg's' book 'I heard it in in the playground.' It was a class effort and they are very proud of their work!

We have started a new block in maths. We are currently working on addition and subtraction.

This week the children learned more about teeth and how to protect them. They know the functions of the different parts of a tooth. They are thinking about their diets and which foods and drinks may be harmful for their teeth.

The spelling tests are going really well. The children are very pleased with their results.

Please ensure the children focus on their times tables at least three times a week. They are all at varying stages and know which tables they need to learn. We are concentrating on 2s, 3s, and 4s, for next week.

NEXT WEEK

English

Next week we will continue to use adverbs in sentences. We will create the middle part of a mythical story. There will be a comprehension lesson and three handwriting lessons.

Spellings

Group One

group

guard

guide

heard

heart

height

history

imagine

increase

important

Group Two

found

sound

bound

around

chatting

working

playing

saying

Wednesday

happily

Maths

We will continue to work on addition and subtraction, using exchange.

Science

The children are keen to experiment with egg shells a a range of liquids to find out what happens to them. They will choose the liquids they wish to experiment with, set up the experiment, noting how it is a fair test and wait a few days to record the results.

ICT

We will be finding out whether or not we should believe everything we read on the internet.

Geography

The focus will be on mapping and calculating the distance our food has to travel.

Some of the children shared their home projects this week. They had researched well and were confident when explaining where food comes from.

RE

We will be looking at a Muslim pilgrimage.

D and T

The children will be making soup at some stage this term, therefore we will be looking at the elements we need to consider to make sure it is healthy, appealing and tasty!