St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 4 Home Practice Friday 25th March 2022
Date: 25th Mar 2022 @ 3:54pm
Year 4
Home Practice 25th March 2022
Welcome to this week’s blog. This is what we’ve been learning this week …
We have continued reading our class novel and are nearly at the end of it now – we are eager to know whether Michael is rescued or remains with Kensuke on the island. We have written a ‘message in a bottle’ from Michael to his parents as well as our own ending to a chapter, which included a conversation between Michael and Kensuke.
In Maths, we learnt about sequences. Some of these were quite straightforward and others more tricky to solve. Knowing our times tables and using this knowledge really helped when there were quite a few missing numbers in the sequence. In addition, we have been practising our tables and counting in 12’s.
In French, we learned about French Easter traditions and learnt some prepositions. We used them to say where the Easter eggs were in relation to the Easter basket: in, on under, to the left or to the right. We wrote lots of great sentences - well done Y4!
In Music, we prepared 2 songs for our Reconciliation service next Monday. Then, we revised ‘Pat, click, clap, groove’ and ‘Boom, snap, clap’. We then layered both grooves together, swapping groups.
In PE, we practised some handball skills – bouncing the ball, passing to a team member and then scoring a goal. Following this, we took part in a Year 4 Handball Tournament. It was a beautiful sunny day and everyone played well as a team – well done Year 4, it was a superb PE lesson!
In Art, we finished sketching different gerberas in a variety of pencil grades. We chose different parts of the flower to sketch, as well as making sure one of the pictures was a whole gerbera. Following this, we experimented with shades and tints – choosing one colour and investigating how to make it lighter. Eventually, we had lots of shades of the same colour. Next, we completed a wash in water colour and painted a gerbera. Finally, we put all our ideas together and will show you our finished project this weekend!
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 (24th 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 11’s and hundredths – 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 12’s
For example, start at 0 and count up to 144 and back again (this will help with your 12 times table)
0 12 24 36 144 132 120 etc
Spellings
This week’s spellings are from the Year 3 / 4 spellings list. 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 (31st March 2022).
group height particular potatoes separate
surprise through various though woman
possession different continue naughty favourite
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
- A times table challenge based on the 6 and 12 times tables
- A grammar challenge based on speech marks
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.