Author: year4

Welcome Back, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and we wish you a Happy New Year!

Firstly, I would like to thank the children for their fantastic effort of dressing up for our Temples, Tombs and Treasures exit point yesterday, they all looked amazing!

In the morning, we were lucky enough to have Ancient Egyptian workshops. We discovered hidden artefacts, explored aspects of Ancient Egyptian life and learnt how the Ancient Egyptians measured.

During the afternoon, the whole of Year 4 took part in a ceremony in which we chose a Pharaoh, killed a Pharaoh, mummified a Pharaoh, had a funeral procession and a burial.

I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did!

Please find the photos attached.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Egyptian Day Photos

 

 

Home learning for this week is to complete the maths test questions. The approaching week is assessment week, so this would be great practise to build up confidence. All maths packs have been sent home.

Please continue to read for at least 20 minutes for Buster’s Book Club every night (ensure this is being recorded in reading records). On another note, reading records need to be in school on a daily basis as we are unable to update the weekly spelling lists, change books and keep an up to date record of your child’s progress.

Do not forget to practise your maths times tables for the Times Table Challenge on Friday, only two more to go until the end of term!

A polite reminder again, PE is every Friday so please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school (letters have been sent home regarding this matter).

Good luck to everyone in all the assessments that are taking place this week and be the best that you can be.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Just to remind you all PE is every Friday, therefore PE kits should be in school.

On another note please can you ensure that your child has their own water bottle in school on a daily basis, as we are anxiously trying to keep sickness to a minimum as we enter the winter months.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

 

Home Learning – 25.11.16 (Due in 30.11.16)

Have you been inspired by any of the Olympic events this year?

Research your favourite Olympian and create a biography.

Features of a Biography Checklist:

Have I…

• Written in third person.
• Written in past tense.
• Written about the key events and influences in their life.
• Summarised their main achievements.
• Organised chronologically (starting from the beginning of their career).
• Include a heading and sub – headings.
• Include conjunctions and vary your sentence openers (SPAG focus this week).

 Maths this week is to practise your times tables for the times table challenge. Can you achieve the award you’re working towards before Christmas? (three more challenges to go).

Please continue to read for at least 20 minutes for Buster’s Book Club every night.

(please find sheet attached).

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

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Home Learning – 11.11.16 (Due in 16.11.16)

Home learning this week is to create a fact file on Howard Carter. Research as many facts as possible. Remember to include a heading and sub-headings.

Points to address:

• Who is Howard Carter?
• Why is he famous?
• Were there any significant events in his life?

Maths this week is to practise your times tables for the Times Table Challenge on Friday.

Please continue to read for Buster’s Book Club every night, congratulations to both Birch and Chestnut for having the highest percentage of readers last week!

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

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Firstly, well done to all of the children for putting in a lot of effort over half term and creating fantastic shoe box habitats! We hope you managed to have a good look at them as you arrived for parents evening.

Home Learning for this week:

For English, create an acrostic poem on ‘Autumn’ (worksheet provided).

Maths this week is to practise your times tables for the Times Tables Challenge on Friday (remember the skills and techniques that you have learnt this week).

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

 

Home Learning for half term is to create a shoe box habitat (sheet attached below). All children have been provided with a paper copy.

Please make sure you are continuing to read for Buster’s Book Club. What class can do the most extra reading?

Thank you all for your hard work over the term, have a lovely break!

Year 4 Team.

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Thank you to all of the children for their hard work this week during our assessments, only one more week until the end of term!

Home Learning for this week:

Our SPAG focus for the next few weeks is sentence structure focusing next week on capital letters and full stops. Home learning is a worksheet provided.

Please check the MyMaths website for this weeks home learning.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

Home Learning for this week:

To write your own non-chronological report about something that you are interested in. For example, a hobby, pet, sport etc.

Remember to include all of the features from the enclosed checklist.

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Please check the MyMaths website for this weeks home learning.

Thanks for your continued support.

Year 4 team.

 

Homework for this week:

My Maths is now back up and running and we hope that the glitches have been sorted out, please see homework for this week. https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

SPAG homework this week is attached below. Children need to choose the correct word to fill in the blank. There are two worksheets, challenge yourself can you complete both of them?

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Many Thanks,

Year 4 team.