Key Messages: for next week…

Friday: Number Day – children can come dressed like a rock star or something linked to numbers. 

• Tuesday is swimming for 4B and 4G. 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.

This week we have been learning words from the ‘Orange Orwell’ bundle. Here are the words: address, bottle, little, breakfast, change, city, clothes, could, should, would, enough, found, ground, round, genuine, gym, height, weight, instead, length, strength, naughty, orange, positive, negative, question, sign, women

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

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Term 3: Cracking the Earth’s Core

This term in Year 4 we are exploring plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes - how they are formed, where they are found and the consequences of them. We would like the children to delve into the topic during their home learning by exploring one of these tasks, or a related task of their choosing. They may present their work in any way that they wish; it could be a presentation, poster, or something that they make, the possibilities are endless. This piece of work will need to be brought back into school before the last week of term. If something is physically created, please can this be brought in or a photo stuck into books so we can celebrate the children’s success! 

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English:

In English this week we planned and wrote our own disaster story. We thought of our own characters, the setting and outcome of the disaster. For the beginning of the narrative, we described the setting and gave a little background to the characters. Then, we described the disaster, ensuring we used vocabulary to build tension and suspense. Finally, we described how the characters survived the volcanic eruption or earthquake.

Next week will be poetry week. We will be reading and performing poems as well as writing our own.

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Maths:

This week in maths we continued our fractions unit. This included ordering and comparing fractions on a number line using equivalent fractions. We also explored what mixed numbers and improper fractions are.

Next week we will begin to add and subtract fractions.

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Thematic Curriculum:

This week during our afternoon lessons, we used compass directions and grid references. We also plotted volcano and earthquake locations on a map. We investigated how cylinders can be used to build a structure and what material would be best to use.

On Wednesday, we celebrated Chinese New Year. We went to school dressed in red or traditional Chinese dress and completed activities that link to China. We looked at the terracotta army and the story behind the warrior statues and produced posters persuading people to visit the museum. We also made the different Chinese zodiac animals using tangrams and created a dragon puppet using lolly sticks and a concertina body.

Next week we will continue exploring the stability of structures in DT by designing and building our ideas.