Well done to everyone who completed their MTC this week.

Key Messages for next week…

Tuesday 17th – Sports Day in the morning. Parents are invited to watch.

Wednesday 18^th – Class photos. Please ensure children have the correct uniform on this day.

Friday – Wow Day! Children can come to school dressed in the colours of the Italian flag (red, white and green). Children will also need to provide a small, clean pot 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 ‘Determined Duffy’ bundle. Here are the words: accompany, attached, communicate, conscious, cousin, criticise, determined, especially, explanation, forty, hygiene, identity, profession, recognise, signature, sufficient, suggest, symbol, vaccine, variety.

***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 continued to read The Boy at the Back of the class and the children wrote some descriptive pieces. First, they wrote in depth about lion eyes and used figurative language in their description. Next, they wrote a description of Josie incorporating ‘show not tell’ to give details about her character. Finally, the children could choose to either write a description of Michael or Tom. They used expanded noun phrases as well as figurative language and ‘show not tell’.

Next week we will be writing descriptions of pomegranates!

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Maths:

In maths this week, we concluded our shape and symmetry unit by discovering the properties of quadrilaterals and triangles. We looked at the different types of triangles and explored what made them unique before completing our post-unit quiz.

Next week we will be starting our position and direction unit by looking at coordinates.

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Thematic Curriculum:

We began our Term 6 Thematic topic, My Home, Your Home, this week and kicked it off by celebrating what we love about Broadstairs. Then, we practised using grid references by finding clues (OS symbols) around the school by following a map and grid references. We had to work out what the symbol meant and used specific letters in the words to spell out the code word: Broadstairs. Finally, we ended the week with our fieldwork town trail around Broadstairs. We looked at the footfall of different businesses around the town and noted the different types of business on offer as well as looking out for different examples of human and physical geography.

Next week we will look at Broadstairs past and present and will compare the UK to Italy through our Wow Day on Friday.