Summer Term 2024
W/C 29th April 2024
What an excellent week! Well done to everyone for all of their hard work this week.
In English this week, we have been continuing with deconstructing our poem of 'The River' by Valerie Bloom. The children have been able to explain the features of each stanza and what we would need in order to rewrite the poem. We will be starting this next week. The children worked hard today to create a fact file about Rivers in our world and created some lovely examples which we will be displaying on our working wall.
In Maths this week, we are coming to the end of our Money topic. The children have been working hard to find change from amounts e.g. change I would get if I paid £5 for an item worth £2.56. They have been exposed to a number of different methods in order to work out these questions and should be able to use them in their homework on Purple Mash this week.
In History this week, we have been looking at 'Why did the Romans invade Britain?'. The children really enjoyed looking at the different reasons but mostly enjoyed looking at the Roman soldiers uniform.
In Science this week, we have been looking at the question 'Are all sounds the same?' The children were able to select instruments to conduct an experiment to answer this question. We had some very musical individuals in class this week.
Well done to everyone for a fantastic week. Have a lovely bank holiday and we will see you on TUESDAY!
Mrs Grayling and Mrs Gaskin 'Mrs G'
W/C Monday 22nd April 2024
We have finished another fantastic week in Year 4. What a pleasure it has been to teach this class this week.
In English this week, we have been continuing with our new English lessons looking at the poem 'The River' by Valerie Bloom. The children have started to construct and write their own versions of the stanzas of the poem with some excellent examples. Our Star Writer of the week this week came up with the following:
The River's a toddler,
She giggles and hums.
Just like a rockstar,
Beating her drums.
We could have easily given 10 star writers this week with the incredible imagination and creativity shown in class. Keep up the good work everyone!
In Maths this week, we have finished off our topic of decimals. Particularly looking at converting fractions into decimals. E.g. A half = 0.5, a quarter = 0.25. Great work everyone for working so hard to understand this concept. Next week, we will be moving onto our new topic of Money.
Keep up the good work everyone. Another fabulous week all round!
Mrs Grayling and Mrs Gaskin 'Mrs G'
W/C Monday 15th April 2024
Welcome Back Year Four!
We have had a wonderful start of our Summer Term this week. The children have been working extremely hard in all their lessons. Keep it up!
In Maths this week, we have been continuing to work on our Decimals, looking at making a whole and partitioning decimals with part part whole models and bar models. The children worked extremely hard to grasp this concept and absolutely smashed it. Well done!
In English this week, we have started our new English Scheme looking at the poem 'The River' by Valerie Bloom. The children have enjoyed picking apart this poem and are able to find rhyming words, metaphors, personification and verbs in the stanzas. Well done for all your hard work everyone.
In Science this week, we have started our new topic of Forces looking at sounds. This week, we answered the question 'Why can we hear sounds?' The children we able to label an ear with the correct terminology and explain how we hear sounds in their own words. Great job!
We are looking forward to an excellent half term with you all.
Mrs Grayling and Mrs Gaskin 'Mrs G'
