Year 4 Blog Friday 7th July 2023

Date: 7th Jul 2023 @ 1:05pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

In English, we wrote, proof read and edited our non-chronological reports. We will be publishing these and sharing them with other classes next week,

In Maths, we consolidated our area learning by counting squares in groups.

As this week has been art week, we spent a considerable amount of time experimenting with different art styles which follow rules. We made our own rules and resolutions, and then chose a style we especially liked to create our final piece. These will be framed and sold at the summer fair! You can see us experimenting here.

In French, we concentrated on phonics - the sounds are different in French. We went on a treasure hunt to find words and grouped them according to the sounds in the words. We made sure we could read them all. Then we used bilingual dictionaries to find more words with the same sounds. The children's ability to pronounce unknown words correctly is really good - I am proud to be handing them on to the next French teacher! We also managed to watch a few highlights of the Tour de France.

In PE, we played a whole class game of cricket which practised our catching and team work skills.

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

This 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 9’s  

Start at 9 and count up to 108 and back again

9   18   27    etc                       108   99   90  etc

Times tables

Next week will be the final tables test of this term. You should either practise your own individual target or division by 6. 

Sumdog challenges

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A challenge based on addition to 3 digit numbers
• A division challenge

Please make sure you log on and have a go!  Little and often is the key to success!

The Year 4 Team

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