St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 4 Blog Friday 14th July 2023
Date: 13th Jul 2023 @ 12:06pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
In English, we published our non-chronological reports. We are so proud of our finished reports which all look very professional. We then shared these with both Year 3 and Year 5! You can see us sharing our reports here.
In Maths, we learnt how to find out the area of shapes when not all the shapes were whole. In addition, we used pictorial representations such as fraction walls to recognise were more than two fractions are equivalent.
In RE, we learnt more about God’s People. We read the first letter of St John which encourages readers to follow God’s way and offers ideas about how we can become a bit more like God. In addition, we watched a video about the life of St Oswald and researched his life. We then made a collage in our books about the information.
In French, we learnt to play Rock, paper, scissors in French and then we played a hoop hop version outside. Great fun! We also talked about La Fete Nationale or Bastille Day on the 14th July - why and how this is celebrated in France. Then we managed a quick visit to the Tour de France as well.
Mrs Quilliam also wanted to thank us for being such brilliant language learners. She said it has been a pleasure to teach us French and watch us gain confidence as French speakers. We need to keep it up!
In Science, we learnt more about the digestive system. First, we consolidated our learning about the structure and function of each part of the digestive system. Then, we used food, water, orange juice, scissors, a plastic bag and a pair of tights to demonstrate how food is softened, changed, absorbed and finally expelled from the body! This was the best science lesson of the year!! Why not have a look at the pictures!
In Geography, we finished our PowerPoints about climate change and oceans. We are very pleased with our final presentations which are informative and include some hyperlinks and transitions.
In PE, we played a whole class game of cricket which practised our catching and team work skills. We then played a mini football tournament.
This week, we have also watched the Year 6 production of Oliver, been to the drumming showcase and watched Year 6’s sports day! And on Friday, we tried out lots of new and interesting activities at Super Learning Day! What a brilliant week!
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes each evening. Discuss what you have read with an adult and predict what you think will happen next.
Spellings
Last week we were tested on all the Year 3/4 statutory spelling words. This was the final test of this term.
Over the summer, please try and look over the spelling rules we have learnt throughout the year. You will be able to find the spellings on the Year 4 blogs. In addition, and in preparation for Year 5, please have a look at, and try and learn some of the Year 5/6 statutory spelling words. These have been attached to this blog.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 25’s
Start at 25 and count up to 325 and back again
25 50 75 100 etc 325 300 275 etc
Times tables
This week was the last times tables test of this half term. Please do your best to keep practising your tables over the summer holidays as it is very easy to forget them! Challenge yourself to have a go at your division facts too.
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:
- A revision challenge based on finding multiples of 10, 100 and 1000 more or less than a number
- A times table challenge
Please make sure you log on and have a go! Little and often is the key to success!
The Year 4 Team