Key Messages for next week…

Wednesday – Year 4 to watch Matilda at Charles Dickens School in theafternoon.

Thursday – 4B, 4G and 4R skateboarding and scooter sessions.

Friday – 4Y skateboarding and scooter sessions. Please can 4Y children wear PE kit on this day.

• 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.

This week we have been learning words from the ‘Bicycle Bernard Shaw’ bundle. Here are the words: average, bicycle, column, conscience, controversy, curriculum, descend, discipline, equipment, exaggerate, excellent, exercise, initial, innocent, intelligent, intrigue, knowledge, occur, physical, vicious.

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

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Term 6: My Home, Your Home

This term in Year 4 we are learning about Broadstairs. We will be learning about the history of the town and what makes it a great place to live and visit. We will also be looking at the classification of animals and how the environment can change and pose dangers. 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 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! 

Please bring in any Thematic homework before the end of term.

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English:

This week in English we drew/ painted a picture of a pomegranate. We used real fruit to help us get the shading correct and to give us ideas for vocabulary. We tried the seeds so that we could describe the taste. Our focus was to use vivid vocabulary in our writing.

Next week we will be writing dialogue and planning our narrative.

Maths:

In maths this week, we commenced our short unit on position and direction. We began the week by reading and writing coordinates on a grid. Next, we used coordinates to draw different polygons and named the shapes we made. Finally, we started to describe translations of points from one location to another.

Next week we will conclude our position and direction unit and begin looking at sequences and patterns in number.

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Thematic Curriculum:

In Thematic this week we looked at Broadstairs' past and present. We also took part in our Wow Day, where we compared the UK to Italy. We made fresh pasta shells, drew a portrait in the style of Da Vinci, sang like an opera singer and made laurel wreath crowns. It was a fun day!

      

Next week we will look at the topography of Broadstairs.