Year 4 Blog Friday 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 9:00am

Welcome to your Friday blog

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 find out the meaning of any new words in a dictionary?

Spellings

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

inactive       incorrect     introvert     insecure       intake

immortal      imperfect    immature     impossible    impractical

implant        impatient     impose         improper      impartial

impunity       impassive     illegal           illegible       illogical       

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 9’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again

0    9   18  etc                           108   99   90  etc

Then have a go at counting up in 9’s from a different number, for example 32 or 79

32   41   50 etc        

79    88    97  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. 

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 ‘battle of the bands’ boys v girls for Years 4, 5 and 6

Sumdog challenges

• A spelling challenge based on the words above
• A maths challenge based on multiplication arrays and the 3, 4 and 8 times tables

In English, we wrote our own questions about a chapter trying our best to remember to include capital letters and question marks. In addition, we wrote a summary of the novel in 100 words – or as close to this as we could! We needed to think very carefully about our sentences, include only the main hightlights of the story, and ensure that we edited our work carefully too. 

In Maths, we started our new topic – multiplication. Initially, we used the ten times table to help us work out the 9 times and 11 times tables. We then learnt how to use arrays to identify factors. See the photos in our gallery.

In RE, we read Matthew 3:1-12 and Mark 1:1-8 both of which introduce John the Baptist. We discussed John the Baptist’s message and what he was wearing, and considered how this was similar in style to the prophet Elijah.

In Science, we started our electricity topic with a mind map of what we already know. We then discussed different electrical appliances and how they work, plus the difference between mains and battery power.

In My Happy Mind, we learnt more about why the amygdala behaves the way it does and how to manage it. We also practised ‘happy breathing’ and discussed when we can use it to help us.

In PE, we started our new dance topic based on the Iron Man. We discussed the description from the start of the book and focused on ‘looking’ and ‘searching’ movements as shown by the character.

This week, we also had a fantastic trip to Lancaster City Museum. We learnt a lot about the Roman Empire and life as a Roman Soldier. Many thanks to the museum staff who made this an informative learning experience. Have a look in our gallery for pictures of our visit. 

Have a brilliant weekend

The Year 4 team