Year 4 Home Practice Friday 25th February 2022

Date: 25th Feb 2022 @ 4:01pm

Year 4

Home Practice 25^th February 2022

Welcome back to school and this week’s blog. Here’s what we have been learning in school this week ….

In English, we continued reading Kensuke’s Kingdom. We are thoroughly enjoying the book so far and are keen to find out what will happen to Michael.  This week we have written the continuation of a chapter and drawn and labelled a map of the island using description and vocabulary from the text.

In Maths, we learnt more about place value – we rounded numbers to the nearest thousand, labelled negative numbers on a numberline, and investigated hundredths.  In addition, we practised our tables and counting in 3’s and 6’s.

In RE, we learnt about the joys and demands of giving and receiving as well as what happens at the beginning of the Eucharist and the reasons for these actions and symbols.

In French, we practised the phonic sound 'ou' with a song called Mon Petit Loup then we looked at the Carnaval de Nice which takes place every year at this time. The theme this year is Animaux. We admired the massive floats and the amazing costumes. Quelle spectacle!

We started learning the song “Rockin’ Romans" in Music this week.  We also played the rhythm game, “Gimme 1”, and learnt a cup game, “Mambo Cup Rhythm”.  Again, a busy and enjoyable Music Lesson – thank you Mrs Winter.

We began our PE lesson running 4 times around both playgrounds without stopping.  We then practised baton changes when running in relays.  Following this, we practised bouncing a ball whilst running and then passing it to our partner.  Finally, we used these skills in a friendly game of handball.

This week’s Home Practice ….

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Thursday (3^rd March 2022). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  

Remember - you can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’ and https://www.timestables.co.uk/

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

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 3’s and 6’s – draw a line and some marks on it like I do in class. You could write the numbers down as you count up.  When you count down, cover the numbers up, say the number, then reveal what you have got written down to check you’ve said the correct number.

Count in 3’s

For example, start at 0 and count up to 36 and back again

0  3   6   9                          36   33   30  etc

Then try counting from 30 to 66 and back again

30   33   36     etc              66  63   60   etc

Count in 6’s

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

0   6   12   18   etc              72   66   60    etc

Spellings

The spellings all have the ‘k’ sound, which is spelt ‘ch’. These words are usually Greek in origin. Please practise your spellings each evening at home as many of you are still not doing this.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (3^rd March 2022).

scheme        chorus         ache            echo            chemist

stomach       anchor         monarch       orchid          school

chaos           character    technology   mechanic      chemistry

Sumdog challenges

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
• A times table challenge based on the 3 and 6 times tables

Please make sure you log on and have a go! Many of you are still not accessing Sumdog on a daily basis. Little and often is the key to success!

Number bonds

Number bonds are very important and help with many aspects of maths. The more confident you are with these, the easier you will find addition, subtraction, mental calculations etc.  Therefore, please continue practising your number bonds / addition skills playing Hit the Button

The game you will play will help with your number bonds and quick addition skills. For example:

8 + 6               you could partition this into         8 + 2 + 4 = 14

This is because 8 + 2 is a pair to 10, then add the 4 to 10

Click on the link above, then on Play Game.

Click on Number bonds

On the left-hand side you will see the words ‘Up to 20’

Click on Addition within 20

See how many you can get correct in 1 minute. Then have another go and try and beat your score.

Maths and spelling training

Please continue to use the maths and spellings training sections as these are tailored for your child to practise skills, facts and words that they find difficult.

PLEASE REMEMBER

Year 4 will shortly begin their preparation for First Holy Communion. There is an Enrolment Mass on Sunday 27^th February at 10.30am for the children who will be undertaking this journey, and their families. We look forward to seeing you there.