Year 4 Blog Friday 6th November 2026

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 2:05pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Wednesday 11th November 2026

For those of you who have learnt a poem, we shall be performing them in our English Lesson on Wednesday.

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. 

Discuss what you have read with an adult.

Can you spot any conjunctions when you are reading?

Are they coordinating or subordinating conjunctions?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

would           could            should          because       said

hear            here            where          were            people

night           knight          father         friend          mother

children       water          too              two              beautiful               went

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 6’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 72 and back again

0    6      12      etc                    72     66     60  etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

WhiteRose one minute maths is a free app which you can download which also has lots of games to help you practice your timestables and number facts.

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A maths challenge based on the formal written method of column addition

In English, we learnt about subordinating conjunctions – how to identify them in a sentence, where they are used and what their job is.

We also learnt an acronym to help us remember some subordinating conjunctions (AWhITEBUS).

In addition this week, we wrote a message in a bottle as Michael from the novel thinking about every word carefully and attempting to include some new conjunctions.  

In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of addition.

We added 4 digit numbers together, including exchanging.

There are some pictures of us carrying this out practically in our gallery.

We then extended our learning to identify missing digits in column addition calculations.

In RE, we started our new topic – Prophecy and Promise.

We began by showing an understanding of what a prophet is, drawing on Elijah as an example.  

In Science, we recapped the features of animals to identify type (mammals / reptiles / amphibians / birds / fish).

We also sorted animals using yes / no questions to create our own classification key.

In P.S.H.E, we identified and described a range of feelings, recognised that feelings can range in intensity and change over time,

explained how feelings can affect our physical state and described a range of strategies for managing uncomfortable feelings.

In Art, we explored pattern further by following a rule – this was to draw parallel lines at different angles, and colour in different parts.

Take a look in our gallery for some examples.

This week, we also enjoyed outdoor learning with leaves.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Jonah

Super Learner:  Zach D

Superstar Writer:  Melodie, Isaac and Sam

Bookworm:  Charlie

Marvellous Mathematician: Henry Y 

Special Mentions: Rose and Rowan for great history work – accurately labelling a Roman Legionary

Lydia – for having the most beautiful manners

The Year 4 Team