Key Messages for next week…

Friday 23^rd is the last day of term

• 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 the 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 ‘Spaghetti Shakespeare’ bundle. Here are the words: achieve, alcohol, ancient, category, character, competition, foreign, reign, marriage, muscle, nuisance, ocean, possesses, sacrifice, serious, session, skiing, spaghetti, stomach, success, twelfth

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

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Term 5: Water World

This term in Year 4 we are learning about water, including how rivers are formed and the water cycle. We will be learning about the role evaporation and condensation play in the water cycle and about the locations of rivers in the UK and around the world. 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:

In English this week we wrote our folk tale narrative based on a character who transforms into a mythical creature when they enter the water. Our stories began with a description of the location and then the characters spotted an environmental problem that needed to be solved. This needed to link to plastic pollution. However, during the middle of the story, the characters overcame the problem with the help of the special powers. The children used descriptive language and experimented with different story openers, including dialogue, action and description.

Next week we will be writing a persuasive letter to help stop the opening of a new large supermarket.

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Maths:

This week in maths we have been converting between measurements. These included using mm, cm, m and km for length, l and ml for capacity and g and kg for mass. We solved problems using these conversions and ordered the amounts from smallest to greatest.

 

Next week we will continue to solve problems involving measurements and money.

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Thematic Curriculum:

During our afternoon lessons this week, we explored the reasons why people choose to live near rivers. These ranged from employment reasons, leisure reasons and health reasons. We created a double-page spread and included the rivers where the examples can be found. On Friday, we compared the availability of water in the UK to Kenya. It was shocking to see how different the two countries are.

Next week we will conclude our topic with some science by looking at solids, liquids and gases.