Year 4
Week beginning 13th July
This is our last full week in Year 4! How the time has flown by, we can't quite believe we are here!
This week on Friday (17th) the children may come dressed in the colours of their world cup countries, to celebrate the final of the FIFA World Cup. Victoria: Cape Verde, Uruguay, Ivory Coast. Malawi: Colombia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa.
Parent Information Video
We would love your feedback on this new way of doing things so please do let us know via the QR code below.
Worship Theme This Week:
Our worship theme this week is: Changing Seasons
Ecclesiastes 3.1–8
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
Destination Reader
Our book this term will be 'Boy at the back of the class' by Onjali Q. Rauf:
This weeks learning:
Maths - We will be focusing on statistics and coordinates
English - We will finish writing our non-chronological reports on the Vikings
Spelling - We will continue learning our words for this half term
DR - We will continue reading our book this half term and use reading strategies within lessons to answer questions
History - We will have an assessment on everything we have learnt on the Vikings
PSHE - We will continue our learning on puberty by focusing on labelling different parts of the body and know more about the changes
RE - We will look at how to stay right with God
Science - We will be looking at shadows
Spelling words to practise this term:
Focus on high frequency words- see list attached at the bottom of this page
Words to know this term:
- girls’
- boys’
- houses’
- buses'
- potatoes'
- children’s
- police’s
- men's
- women's
- business
- medicine
- accident
- accidentally
- actually
- continue
- forward
- length
- occasionally
- though
- woman
Homework:
Please check the homework overview at the bottom of this page, we will share and display the home learning in class.
My Maths will be set each week and the task is due every Thursday.
Reading:
Remember to read at home as much as possible! If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket.
Reading Raffle – Please encourage your child to record in their yellow reading record when they have read at home.
3 reads a week = 1 raffle ticket
5 or more reads a week = 2 raffle tickets
Library Day is on a Wednesday for both classes.
Your child regularly reads with an adult, both individually and during whole-class reading lessons. In Year 4, children are encouraged to take responsibility for changing their own reading books as needed.
Please note that we do not always write in your child's reading record. This is because we keep our own detailed record in school, and avoiding duplication allows us to spend more time directly supporting the pupils.
Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support in fostering a love for reading. If you have any questions regarding reading, then please speak to a member of the Year 4 team.
At the end of every other term, two names from each class will be drawn in Worship and those children will make a special trip ( with a book) to our local Costa to enjoy a babyccino!
Recommended Book list for Year 4… https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-
Important Messages:
We would like to give parents and carers a heads up for dressing up days throughout the year so you can look out for costumes in advance. We are really lucky in Year 4 that we get lets of opportunties to dress up. Please keep a look on Vinted as there are often lots of great bargains! Below are the following costumes needed throughout the year:
- Explorer style costume
- Victorian costume
- Rockstar costume
- Viking costume
Key Dates:
Friday 17th July - World Cup Day (come dressed as your class country flag colours)
Thank you for your continued support,
Year 4 Team
Malawi - Mrs Talbot, Mrs South, Mrs Povey, Mrs Prince
Victoria - Miss Lunn, Mrs Dimambro, Mrs Webb