Key Messages for next term…

Next week is half term. Children return to school on TUESDAY 28^th October.

Monday 27^th – Inset Day. No children to attend school.

Tuesday 28^th – Parent consultations (13:15-17:15). School closes at 1pm.

Wednesday 29^th – Parent consultations (15:15-18:15)

• 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. Children MUST have a swim cap and earrings removed.
• 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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Forest School:

Year 4 pupils will be visiting forest school on the following dates. Please ensure they come to school in old clothes and bring wellies.

4B – Friday 31^st October

4G – Friday 7^th November

4R – Friday 21^st November

4Y – Friday 28^th November

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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

Spelling – Please choose approximately 5 words from the Year 3/4 word list to complete ‘look, say, cover, write, check’. This should be completed in the orange Home Learning book and returned to school to be checked by the class teacher.

AR Quizzes – complete on Accelerated Reader once book has been completed. This can be done at home or at school. Please note the password change and check your child’s reading record.

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

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

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Term 1: Make Some Noise

This term in Year 4 we have been learning about Sound. The children have worked exceptionally hard on their homework projects this term. Here are some of the great projects we have received:

      

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English:

This week in English, we linked with our afternoon lessons by writing an explanation text about sound. We used different organisational features including subheadings, paragraphs and bullet points as well as technical vocabulary.

Next term, we will begin by writing a journal as one of the characters.

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Maths:

In maths this week, we continued with multiplication and division by finding factors of numbers and multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100.

Next term we will continue with multiplication and division by using formal written methods.

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Thematic Curriculum:

This week during our Thematic lessons, we made ear defenders using a range of materials, including fur, felt, teddy stuffing and pipe cleaners. We tested them out to see if they reduced the noise around us.

    

Our afternoon lessons also consisted of RE, which linked to Judaism. We explored the Jewish festivals of Passover and Hanukkah as well as Yom Kippur. We made Seder plates and labelled them with why each item is important and what it symbolises.