Key Messages: for next week…

• Tuesday is swimming for 4R and 4Y. Please ensure that full swimming kit is brought in on that day. If your child cannot take part, please contact their teacher or the office to explain why.
• Thursday is PE for all of Year 4. Please send the children in wearing their PE kit.
• Children can come to school in their PE kit on swimming days.
• Please ensure children are wearing correct school uniform and shoes, including a tie.
• Please ensure children are bringing in their water bottles every day, preferably with a sports cap.

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Weekly homework tasks: 

Reading daily – please bring in your reading record signed by an adult.

TTRS - at least 3 times a week for 10 minutes.

Mathletics – Friday to Friday

AR Quizzes – complete on Accelerated Reader once book has been completed. This can be done at home or at school.

Please note, Mathletics has a different login to AR and TTRS.

Sir Linkalot – children can download the app and watch spelling videos.

***Well done to everyone who has received a certificate so far for either Mathletics or TTRS***

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English:

In English this week we started our new book ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’. We met the protagonist, Marcy, and wrote a description of her using rich and vivid vocabulary.

Next week we will be completing work linked to Remembrance Day, Odd Socks Day and we will write a setting description from our text.

This week's Sir Linkalot words: after, bath, behind, child, children, wild, class, grass, pass, cold, hold, east, fast, find, kind, mind, going, gold, told, old, only, path, plant, saw, south, use, wait, watch.

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Maths:

This week in maths we continued our multiplication and division unit. We began the week by using metal partitioning strategies (Distributive Law) to multiply a 2-digit number by a single digit. We also found the product of three 1-digit numbers and began writing formal methods for short multiplication.

Next week we will continue short multiplication and will look at mental division strategies.

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Thematic Curriculum:

This week we have been exploring relationships, marriage and teamwork during our afternoon PSHE sessions.

Next week we will begin our Thematic topic: Walk Like an Egyptian. This will focus on Ancient Egypt. We will start by studying the Egyptian hierarchy and the importance of the River Nile.