St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 4 Blog Friday 17th June 2022
Date: 17th Jun 2022 @ 4:40pm
Year 4
Home Practice 17th June 2022
Welcome to this week’s blog. Here’s what we have been learning this week ….
In English, we completed an extended piece of writing. We wrote a story as if we were the character Tips from the novel and added to our writing each day. We are extremely proud of the vocabulary we used, together with our handwriting and sentence openers. Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed listening to our stories and were really impressed with our writing too!
In Maths, we continued learning about 3D shapes. We learnt about the properties of pyramids as well as some new vocabulary – apex and congruent. We have really worked hard these past 2 weeks to recap and extend our knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes – well done Year 4!
In RE, we wrote our own liturgy of Reconciliation. We chose our own hymns, readings, prayers and responses, and made sure we included an examination of conscience, a penitential rite and an Act of Contrition. We also gave reasons for the actions and symbols used in the liturgy. The children were very proud of their outcomes – well done.
In PE, we took part in our very own Sports Day! Year 4 were proud of their hard work and resilience, as well as having fun competing against their peers. Many thanks for coming and supporting Year 4 – the video is on the school website for you to watch at home.
In French, we read a description of a face and drew it to show we had understood the text.
In Science, we learnt about pitch – the pitch of a sound is how high or low the sound is. We used different musical instruments, glasses containing different amounts of water, and various thickness of rubber bands, to find out what effect any differences had on pitch. We found some interesting results, for example, the thinner the elastic band the higher the pitch.
In Geography, we learnt how a stump is formed at the coast. We watched a video and an animation which demonstrated how a crack (weak point) may, after many years, become a stump. We then ordered a set of pictures to sequence this geographical process.
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
Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables and division facts, especially those that you find tricky. 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 your table facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 7’s and 70’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 7’s
For example, start at 0 and count up to 112 and back again
0 7 14 etc 112 105 98 etc
For example, start at 70 and count up to 1120 and back again
70 140 210 etc 1120 1050 980 etc
Spellings
This week we are learning how to use an apostrophe correctly when it shows possession, therefore there are no words to learn. We have however learnt the rules for using apostrophes when the noun is plural. We will be practising these each day in class and you will be tested on this rule next Thursday (23rd June 2022).
Sumdog challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 times tables division challenge
- A grammar challenge – Plurals and apostrophes
- A maths challenge – 3D shapes and their properties / parallel and perpendicular lines
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.