Year 4 Preview Learning Archive

03 July 2023

This week in English we will be learning about discussion- the children will have the opportunity to discuss topics they are passionate about.

Please complete the comprehension you will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 10.7.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing with our direction topic.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Summer-Block-6-Position-and-direction-2020.pdf

The work so far on times tables has been brilliant, please continue to help your children to learn all their times tables as this will have a massive impact on their maths skills and will help them throughout their school life.

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

26 June 2023

On Tuesday we have our sports morning, please make sure your children come into school in their PE clothes wearing a top with the colour of their house group. Also on Thursday we will be having a move up day where the children will experience Year 5 for the morning!

This week in English we will be looking at a brand new text- The Firework Makers Daughter”, we will be predicting the story and looking closely at the features it has.

Please complete the comprehension you will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 3.7.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing with our direction topic.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Summer-Block-6-Position-and-direction-2020.pdf

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

19 June 2023

This week in English we will be continuing to look at a “The Firework Makers Daughter”, we will be predicting the story and looking closely at the features it has.

Please complete the All About Teeth comprehension, you will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 26.6.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing our topic of statistics, we will then be moving onto a new topic called position and direction. We will be covering the following objectives this week- interpreting line graphs, drawing line graphs, describing position and using coordinates and plotting coordinates. We will be preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4-HL-Summer-Block-6-Position-and-direction-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

12 June 2023

This week in English we will be looking at a brand new text- The Firework Makers Daughter”, we will be predicting the story and looking closely at the features it has.

Please complete the Amelia Earhart comprehension you will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 19.6.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto a new topic- Statistics. We will be covering- interpreting charts, comparing, sum and difference and interpreting line graphs.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4-HL-Summer-Block-4-Statistics-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

05 June 2023

WELCOME BACK TO OUR LAST HALF TERM OF YEAR 4!

This week in English we will be looking closely at our reading targets.

Please complete pages 28 and 29 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book “A Letter from Barack Obama”. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 12.6.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing with our shape topic. We will be covering the following objectives- quadrilaterals, polygons, lines of symmetry and completing a symmetric figure.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4-HL-Summer-Block-5-Properties-of-shapes-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton, Miss Powell and Mr Brown

22 May 2023

Please remember to sign the consent form for our trip to Kew Gardens on Friday 26^th May. Our trip is on Friday- please allow your children to wear a backpack (as small as possible) to bring their lunches and drinks in. The children will be holding these bags all day so nothing too heavy- please keep an eye on the weather just in case we have warm or rainy weather.

The times table test will be starting the week commencing 5^th June- please practise all the times tables with your children.

This week in English we will be looking at poems in a range of forms. The children will be given the opportunity to perform their poem in front of their peers (if they want to).

Please complete pages 28 and 29 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book you will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 5.6.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

In Maths, we will be moving onto shape. We will be focussing on this week- understanding angles as turns, identifying angles, comparing and ordering angles and finally looking at triangles. Please continue to practise time with your child as it is a very tricky thing to grasp.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Summer-Block-5-Properties-of-shapes-2020.pdf

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a wonderful half term break!

Miss Norton, Miss Powell and Mr Brown

15 May 2023

Please remember to sign the consent form for our trip to Kew Gardens on Friday 26th May.

This week in English we will be continuing our new topic relating to our science topic “Green Planet”. We will be having a debate about pollution and describing different pictures relating to our “A Place for Plastic” book we have been reading in school. The children will also be continuing to learn and develop their skills in editing and up levelling their writing.

Please complete pages 26 and 27 in the 2nd CGP comprehension book “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 22.5.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto learning about time. We will continuing to develop our skills with reading time as it is a tricky subject to learn about. Please could you help your children with this topic by asking them the time (focus on o’clock, quarter to, half past, quarter past). We will be leaning about years, months, weeks and days, hours, minutes and seconds and converting between analogue and digital times.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4-HL-Summer-Block-3-Time-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton, Miss Powell and Mr Brown

09 May 2023

Thank you for all of your help with our cake sale! It was a brilliant success and I really appreciate all the support!

This week in English we will be continuing our new topic relating to our science topic “Green Planet”. The children will also be continuing to learn and develop their skills in editing.

Please complete pages 24 and 25 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book “Lily Rice”. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 15.5.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto learning about time. Please could you help your children with this topic by asking them the time (focus on o’clock, quarter to, half past, quarter past). We will be leaning about years, months, weeks and days, hours, minutes and seconds and converting between analogue and digital times.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4-HL-Summer-Block-3-Time-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

02 May 2023

REMINDER- On Friday 5th May the children can come into school in red, white and blue clothing (It does not need to be all three) to celebrate the Coronation of the King.

Also on Friday after school we have our Year 4 bake sale. If possible please could you bake some cakes/cookies/doughnuts (or buy them if easier) and bring them into school on Friday morning, so we can beat the other classes and raise money for our school. The children helping during the sale have all been chosen out of a hat so it was as fair as possible (they know if they have been chosen or not).

This week in English we will be starting a new topic relating to our science topic “Green Planet”. The children will also be learning and continuing to develop their skills in editing.

Please complete pages 22 and 23 in the 2nd CGP comprehension book “Poems about the Weather”. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Tuesday 9.5.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please recap all the spellings we have focused so far in Year 4. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

In Maths, we will be moving onto learning about money. We will be leaning about writing money using decimals and converting between pounds and pence.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4-HL-Summer-Block-2-Money-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

24 April 2023

On Monday (24^th ) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby.

This week in English we will continue with our Warning Story focus, the children will have the chance to create their own warning story on a subject they feel confident in. The children will also be learning and continuing to develop their skills in editing.

Please complete pages 18 and 19 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book “An interview with Tim Peake” . You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Tuesday 2.5.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto learning about money. We will be leaning about writing money using decimals and converting between pounds and pence.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4-HL-Summer-Block-2-Money-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

For spellings this week, You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

17 April 2023

This week in English we are moving onto Warning Stories- we will be focussing on The Caravan and Keep off the Tracks!

Please complete the next pages in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 24.4.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be making a whole with hundredths, partitioning decimals, flexibly partitioning decimals and comparing decimals.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4-HL-Summer-Block-1-Decimals-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: quarter, question, recent and regular. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

EASTER BREAK

27 March 2023

On Monday (27^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby.

This week in English we will be focusing on a book called The Stone Age Boy! We will be dong lots of predictions and diving deeply into the books features.

Please complete pages 16 and 17 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 27.3.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing learning about decimals. We will be leaning about hundredths on a place value chart and dividing a 1- or 2-digit number by 100.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Spring-Block-4-Decimals-2020.pdf

Spellings:

For spellings this week, please practise any of the words learnt so far in year 4 J You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a wonderful half term break!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

20 March 2023

On Monday (20^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby.

This week in English we will be focusing on a book called The Stone Age Boy! We will be dong lots of predictions and diving deeply into the books features.

Please complete pages 16 and 17 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 27.3.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto decimals. We will be leaning about divide a 1 and 2 digit number by 10 and hundredths as fractions.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Spring-Block-4-Decimals-2020.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: special, straight, strange and strength Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

13 March 2023

On Monday (13^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby.

Also on Friday we are celebrating Red Nose Day- Children will be invited to wear their own clothes in return for a minimum donation of £1 (more if you are able to ) to the charity. As it is Red Nose Day, we would like to encourage children to dress in red, wear something red, or accessorise with something red (please no football kits.) They might also like to paint on a red nose. If wearing red noses bought from shops, please ensure these are identified with a name, or initial, so we can reunite to the owner!

This week in English we are continuing with our explanation topic. We will be writing our own explanation text by using all of the tools we have learnt over the past few weeks.

Please complete pages 14 and 15 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 20.3.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto decimals. We will be leaning about using tenths as fractions, tenths as decimals and placing tenths on a place value chart.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

https://assets.whiterosemaths.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y4-HL-Spring-Block-4-Decimals-2020.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: reign, remember, sentence and separate. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

06 March 2023

On Monday (6^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed!

This week in English we are continuing with our explanation topic. We will be learning all about what features we use to explain a certain topic, we will also be creating our own inventions.

Please complete pages 12 and 13 “Turning pages- My life story” in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 13.3.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing or topic of fractions. We will be adding and subtracting fractions.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4-HL-Spring-Block-3-Fractions-2020.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: quarter, question, recent and regular. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

27 February 2023

On Monday (27^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed! J

This week in English we are starting our explanation topic. We will be learning all about what features we use to explain a certain topic.

Please complete pages 10 and 11 “The Story of Nu wa” in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 6.3.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing or topic of fractions. We will be comparing and ordering mixed numbers, understanding improper fractions, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions, finding equivalent fractions on a number line and converting improper fractions to mixed numbers.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Fractions.pdf (whiterosemaths.com)

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: pressure, probably, promise and purpose. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

20 February 2023

On Monday (20^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed! J

This week in English we will be looking at narrative poetry, the children will be looking at a range of narrative poetry and then eventually creating their own.

Please complete pages 8 and 9 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 27.2.23

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto fractions.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4-Fractions.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: potatoes, pressure, probably and promise. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

06 February 2023

On Monday (6th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed!

This week in English we will be looking at narrative poetry, the children will be looking at a range of narrative poetry and then eventually creating their own.

Please complete pages 6 and 7 in the 2nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 20.2.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto length and perimeter. We will be focussing on measuring the perimeter of polygons and calculating the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link

Y4 – Length and perimeter.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: position, possession, possible and possess. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely half term break!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

30 January 2023

On Monday (30^th) we will be continuing our PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed!

This week in English we will be planning and creating our own myth, concentrating on the features we have learnt about so far this term.

Please complete pages 4 and 5 in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 6.2.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be moving onto length and perimeter. We will be focussing on measuring in kilometres and metres, equivalent lengths (kilometres and metres), perimeters on a grid, perimeters of a rectangle and rectangular shapes.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Length and perimeter.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: particular, peculiar, perhaps and popular. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

23 January 2023

On Monday (23^rd) we will be continuing our new PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed!

This week in English we will be continuing to look at Myths, we will be focusing on character description and building up our vocabulary.

Please complete pages 2 and 3 “Monstrous Maud” in the 2^nd CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 30.1.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing to look closely at multiplication and division, including using known facts we know to work out more complicated sums. We will also be looking at correspondence problems and using efficient multiplication.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: occasion, occasionally, often and opposite. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

16 January 2023

On Monday (16^th) we will be continuing our new PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field. We do have spare shoes in school so can use them if needed!

This week in English we will be continuing to look at Myths, we will be focusing on character description and building up our vocabulary.

Please complete pages 30 and 31 “Gwen Moffat- Living the High Life” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 23.1.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing to look closely at multiplication and division, including using known facts we know to work out more complicated sums.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division.pdf

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: minute, natural, naughty and notice. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

09 January 2023

On Monday (9^th) we will be starting our new PE topic- tag rugby. Please send the children into school with a kit that is ok to get dirty as we probably will go onto the field.

This week in English we will be continuing to look at Myths, we will be reading myths and the children will get the opportunity to act out some scenes from famous mythical stories!

Please complete pages 30 and 31 “Gwen Moffat- Living the High Life” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 16.1.23.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

In Maths, we will be continuing to look closely at multiplication and division, including using known facts we know to work out more complicated sums.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link- Y4 – Multiplication and division.pdf

The work so far on times tables has been brilliant, please continue to help your children to learn all their times tables as this will have a massive impact on their maths skills and will help them throughout their school life.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: length, library, material and medicine. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

04 January 2023

Welcome back and Happy New Year to you all! Can’t wait to smash this half term!

This week in English we will be starting a new topic which is Myths. The children will write down what they know already about myths and will be also given the opportunity to have a free write where they can describe a chosen topic in any format they want to.

In Maths, we will be multiplying by 1 and 0, dividing by 1 and itself, revising multiplying and dividing by 3 and the 3 times-table. We will also be going over all of the division and multiplication knowledge we have learnt so far.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division

There is no comprehension set this week as we will be doing it at school😊.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: interest, island, knowledge and learn. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton

12 December 2022

Please note there will be no homework set over Christmas.

This week in English we will be writing our own Christmas poetry, we will be looking at the features in Christmas poetry and will get the opportunity to perform our poem to the rest of the class.

In Maths, we will be looking at factor pairs and how to use them. The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division

Please complete pages 28 and 29 “Artichoke Hearts” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 19.12.22.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: history, imagine, increase and important. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

05 December 2022

This week in English we will be writing our own Christmas poetry, we will be looking at the features in Christmas poetry and will get the opportunity to perform our poem to the rest of the class.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division.pdf

Please complete pages 26 and 27 “Poems about Witches” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 12.12.22.

Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: group, guard, guide and heard. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week,

Miss Norton

28 November 2022

This week in English we will be looking closely at global warming, the children will be creating their own persuasive poster. There will be lots of chances for the children to discuss key issues and learn about what we can do to help the world.

In Maths, we will be learning how to multiply three numbers, multiplying by 1 and 0 and looking closely at the 11 and 12 times tables.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division-2020.pdf

A good website for maths games to help for this week- https://www.topmarks.co.uk

Please complete pages 24 and 25 “Bletchley Park Codebreakers” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 5.12.22.
Please continue to make sure your child reads at least three times a week as this has a massive impact on their ability to answer comprehension questions and widens their vocabulary.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: history, imagine, increase and important. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a lovely week!

Miss Norton

21 November 2022

This week in English we will be continuing to learn our new text map of the Manchester Ridgeback. The children will be finally creating their own Non-Chronological report about their new dragon using the features we have learnt about recently.

In Maths, we will be continuing with our multiplying and division section of maths for this year. The 3, 6 and 9 times-tables are our main focus throughout the next couple of weeks.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link

Y4 – Multiplication and division.pdf

Please complete pages 22 and 23 “Reign of the Sea Dragons” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 28.11.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: February, forward, forwards and fruit. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a wonderful week!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown

14 November 2022

Thank you for all of your support with our busy week last week!

This week in English we will be continuing to learn our new text map of the Manchester Ridgeback. Our focus in grammar is using a dictionary. The children will be learning about the features of a Non-Chronological Report. They will also be able to create their own dragon and start to write their own Non-Chronological Report.

In Maths, we will be continuing with our multiplying and division section of maths for this year. The 3, 6 and 9 times-tables are our main focus throughout the next couple of weeks.

Y4 – Multiplication and division

Please complete pages 20 and 21 “The Girl who walked on air” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 21.11.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: experience, experiment, extreme, famous and favourite. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a wonderful week!

Miss Norton

07 November 2022

We have a very busy week this week in Year 4! We are very excited about our trip to the Junior Music festival on Wednesday afternoon. Please remember to send your children in with a cold dinner for the Wednesday evening as there will not be any heating facilities at the Hexagon. The children will be getting changed at school.

We are also very excited to go to the Ashmolean on Friday too!

This week in English we will be continuing to learn our new text map of the Manchester Ridgeback. The children will be learning about the features of a Non-Chronological Report. They will also be able to create their own dragon and start to write their own Non-Chronological Report.

In Maths, we will be starting our multiplying and division section of maths for this year. We will be securing our knowledge of addition and subtraction. We will be going over our 3 times table, and then move onto multiplying and dividing by 6.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4 – Multiplication and division

Please complete pages 18 and 19 “Peter Pan” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 14.11.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: early, earth, eight and eighth. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Thank you for all of your support! Have a wonderful week!

Miss Norton

01 November 2022

This week in English we will be moving onto Non-chronological reports, we will be finishing off our Narnia book and moving onto How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell.

We will be looking at what makes a non-chronological report especially looking at certain features.

In Maths, we will be looking closely to area- focussing especially on what actually is area? How to work out the area using counting squares, making shapes using the area and comparing areas.

The White Rose booklet can be found in the following link-

Y4-HL-Spring-Block-2-Area-2020

Please complete pages 14 and 15 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 7.11.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are all of the spellings you have learnt so far in Year 4! Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Hope you all had a wonderful half term, thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton

17 October 2022

This week in English we will be focussing on writing our own play script and acting it out after we have written it!

In Maths, we will be learning how to subtract two 4-digit numbers with one exchange, subtracting two 4-digit numbers with more than one exchange, working on using efficient subtraction, estimating answers and checking strategies.

Y4 – Addition and subtraction

Good websites to look at for maths this week-

Please complete pages 12 and 13 ‘Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ballin’ the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Tuesday 1.11.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are:

circle
complete
consider
continue

Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Have a wonderful half term, thank you for all of your support!

Miss Norton

10 October 2022

This week in English we will be doing a shared write changing prose into a play script, this week we will look in depth into play scripts and understanding why they are important. At the end of the week the children will be acting out and creating their own play. We will be also learning how to use a dictionary correctly.

In Maths, we will be adding two 4-digit numbers with one exchange, adding two 4-digit numbers with more than one exchange, recapping subtracting a 3-digit number from a 3-digit number with no exchange, subtracting two 4-digit numbers with no exchange and recapping subtracting a 3-digit number from a 3-digit number with no exchange.

The White Rose booklet can be found here

Y4 – Addition and subtraction

Good websites to look at for maths this week

Adding and subtracting – Year 4 KS2 Maths – BBC Bitesize
Year 4 Addition & Subtraction (snappymaths.com)

Please complete pages 10 and 11 “An interview with Jacqueline Wilson” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 17.10.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: caught, century, centre and certain. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Junior Music Festival (9th November)

As you are probably all aware we are involved in the Junior Music Festival at the Hexagon. TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM THE HEXAGON WEDNESDAY 12TH OCTOBER. We will be learning all the songs at school but if your child would like to practise at home they need to follow the following link and type in the correct password.

Have a wonderful week,

Miss Norton

03 October 2022

This week in English we will be finishing off our new versions of Narnia. After that we will be moving onto a new topic of Play scripts! We will be reading and exploring a play script through drama and identifying features of a play script using a key. We will also be finishing sharing drama sketches and studying a piece of writing and using a key system to identify the key features.

In Maths, we will be adding and subtracting 1s, 10s, 100s and 1,000s, recapping on adding two 3-digit numbers not crossing 10 or 100 and adding two 4-digit numbers with no exchange.

Y4-HL-Autumn-Block-2-Addition-and-subtraction-2020

Please complete pages 8 and 9 “The Panda and the Pangolin” in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 10.10.22.

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary, write three comments about the book you are currently reading and make sure your parents have signed it. I will collect them on Friday. In the diaries please could you just write the page read to and how the children did with their reading (if you want your child to write a full comment that is fine but it is not an expectation).

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: build, busy, business and calendar. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Junior Music Festival (9th November)

As you are probably all aware we are involved in the Junior Music Festival at the Hexagon. We will be learning all the songs at school but if your child would like to practise at home they need to follow the following link and type in the correct password.

Have a wonderful week,

Miss Norton

26 September 2022

This week in English we will be continuing to be looking at atmospheres in settings. Throughout this week, we will be writing our own version of Narnia, looking closely at the description of settings and character development. During this week we will be using the skills we have learnt in the past few weeks and use it to create a new portal story getting inspiration from Narnia. In grammar, we will be focusing on learning how to use paragraphs to organise ideas around a theme

In maths, we will be looking at counting in our 25’s, introducing negative numbers and looking at Roman numerals.

Y4 – Place value

Please complete pages 8 and 9 in the CGP comprehension book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 3.10.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: arrive, believe, bicycle and breath. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Junior Music Festival (9^th November)

The link to the website on the top-right of this page.

Have a wonderful week,

Miss Norton

20 September 2022

This week in English we will be continuing to be looking at atmospheres in settings. Throughout this week, we will be writing our version of Narnia, looking closely at the description of settings and character development. In grammar, we will be focusing on learning how to edit and improve our work.

BBC Bitesize- Settings-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdfytrd

In maths, we will be looking at number lines to 10,000, finding 1, 10, 100 more or less of a number, 1,000 more or less of a number and comparing and ordering numbers to 1,000.

BBC Bitesize quiz for 1000 more or less of a number- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zw267yc

Please complete pages 6 and 7 in the CGP comprehension book “choosing a book. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 26.09.22.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are:

address
answer
although
appear

Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Remember:

Keep recording your reading daily reading in your home/school diary, write three comments about the book you are currently reading and make sure your parents have signed it. I will collect them on Friday. In the diaries please could you just write the page read to and how the children did with their reading (if you want your child to write a full comment that is fine but it is not an expectation).

Have a wonderful week,

Many thanks,

Miss Norton

12 September 2022

This week in English we will be to be looking at creating atmospheres in settings. We will be reading a new story called “Elf Road” and will be comparing it to Narnia.

In grammar, we will be closely looking at expanded noun phrases.

BBC Bitesize has a great explanation of what an expanded noun phrase is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f

In maths, we will be rounding to the nearest 100, counting in 1,000s, representing numbers to 10,000, 1,000s, 100s, 10s and 1 and partitioning numbers.

Y4 – Place value

Please complete pages 4 and 5 in the CGP comprehension book “Aesop’s Fables”. You will need to bring this back to school, completed, Monday 19.09.22. We will mark this as a class on a Monday.

Spellings:

The spelling we are focusing on this week are: accident, accidentally, actual and actually. Please practise these at home. You will be tested on all the words on the Year 3/4 word list each half term.

Remember:

Many thanks, have a wonderful week!

Miss Norton and Mr Brown.