Year 4 Blog Friday 24th February 2023

Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 3:44pm

Year 4 Blog

Friday 24^th February 2023

Welcome to the first blog of this half term. Here is a summary of our learning this week:

In English, we retold a diary extract attempting to show the character’s feelings through actions, emotions and body language, rather than explicitly stating.  In addition, we identified verbs and adverbial phrases in sentences, and attempted to use these to enhance our writing. 

In Maths, we learnt how to label positive and negative numbers on a numberline. We also learnt about hundredths and numbers to 2 decimal places, as well as recognising and writing some decimal and fraction equivalents.

In RE, we watched a video of the Introductory Rite of the Mass and listened to a reading from Matthew’s Gospel in which he explained how God loves and gives advice to us about how to love better. Following this, we considered how we can follow Matthew’s advice in our everyday lives.

In French this week, we recapped the days of the week and how to say the 'i' sound . We learnt some new vocabulary with this sound in. Then we watched a video of this year's Carnaval de Nice which ended on Mardi Gras.  This year's theme is les Tresors du Monde - the Treasures of the World. We enjoyed looking at the floats and the costumes. Amazing!

In Science, we compared boiling and evaporation and explained what they are.  We also identified all variables and then set up and carried out an experiment. We learnt that the amount of time it takes for water to evaporate depends on the amount of water there is, when all other variables are kept the same.    

In History, we investigated Anglo-Saxon placenames using Digimaps. We found out that ‘ton’ at the end of a name means ‘settlement’ and that ‘ford’ means ‘river crossing’. We were surprised that so many place names came from Anglo-Saxon words.

In PSHE, we started a new topic about feelings.  We discussed what feelings and emotions are, and how they help us to manage different situations. In addition, we talked about how our feelings can change throughout the day.

In Computing, we practised editing and recolouring photographs, and talked about the effect that changes on an image can have. Have a look at some of our work here.  

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes each evening.  Focus on fluency and understanding. If you find any new words, make sure you find out what they mean – write them in your reading diary and try and use them in your own writing.  

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 10’s  

For example, start at 42 and count up to 182 and back again

42  52  62  etc                     182  172  162    etc

Now have a go at counting which includes negative numbers

For example, start at -12 and count to 15 and back again

-12  -11  -10  etc                        15   14   13   etc

Times tables

You should know your individual tables target.  These will be tested next Wednesday (1^st March 2023). 

Remember you can also practise your tables playing Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Spellings

Next week’s spellings all have the prefix inter or anti. You will be tested on these next Friday (3^rd March 2023).

antiseptic antidote       antibiotic     antibody      anticlockwise

antisocial           antihistamine         anticlimax    interfere     international

interrupt internet       intervene     intercept     interject

Sumdog challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the spellings above.
• A times tables challenge based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables
• A negative number challenge

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

Please keep practising your times tables as much as you can.  Knowing your tables off by heart is crucial and will help you in many different areas of maths.

Using Hit the Button can also help you practise your number bonds.  Please have a go at brushing up your number bond skills, so that you can recall them quickly and accurately.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PAJAMAS NEXT WEDNESDAY AS YOU WILL NEED THEM IN YOUR SWIMMING LESSON. PLEASE ALSO BRING A SPARE PLASTIC BAG TO PUT THEM IN AFTERWARDS!

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 4 Team