PE – team building
This half term, our focus sport in PE is hockey.
Before getting stuck into developing our hockey skills, we’ve spent some time building our teamwork and communication skills. Over the past couple of weeks, the children have taken part in a range of challenges that have encouraged them to listen carefully, take turns, think strategically and reflect on the decisions they’ve made.
To round off this mini block of learning, the children have designed their own teamwork challenges for their friends to tackle. It has been fantastic to see them putting their communication, creativity and teamwork skills into practice!
Help at home: When working together on a task, take some time to talk about what went well and what could have gone better. Encourage your child to reflect and connect about how they feel when things go well, as well as when things don’t go as planned. This can help them develop confidence, resilience and an understanding of their emotions.
Times Tables information session
Thank you to the parents who were able to join me after school for the times tables information session.
If you weren’t able to come but would like to know about the times tables check that your child will complete at the end of Year 4 please let me know.
Maths – column addition
We’re starting our Year 4 maths learning by recapping column addition.
Before using equipment to model the maths, the children enjoyed exploring the Base 10.
To make sure we really understood the procedure of column addition, we worked with a partner to ‘build’ the addition calculation and link it to the column addition.
We reminded ourselves we always start on the right (in the ones column) and that we have to make sure that the numbers are in the correct place value column.
Help at home: Build confidence by practising column addition either on paper or using an online game such as Transum column addition games (Y4 is up to level 6.)
Spellings to be tested Friday 11th September
beginning
forgetting
preferred
happily
happier
Living & Learning – I follow the school rules
Our Living and Learning statement this week is I follow the school rules. We’ve explored our three school rules:
- We’re ready
- We’re respectful
- We’re safe
We’ve thought about what these rules look like, sound like and feel like in different parts of our school day, from lining up and moving around school safely to listening carefully, being kind and working hard in lessons.
We’ve been practising “3, 2, 1 stop” so we can all quickly show:
- silent voices
- positive body language
- focus on the speaker
Being able to stop what we are doing and be ready for our learning quickly is great because it means we can make the most of our learning time. What a jam-packed year of learning and fun we’re going to have!
Help at home: Talk to your child about our three school rules. Can they explain what being ready, respectful and safe looks like at home or when you’re out and about?
So much to celebrate …
Y4 have come back to school ready to learn!
We’ve had such a fantastic start to the term with children showing great behaviour for learning and a can-do attitude to their work. Whether your child has received a certificate in Celebration Assembly, a “perfect presentation” stamp in their book, a sticker in their Reading Record, dojos for class work or a phone call home, everyone should be celebrating a great start to this year.
Help at home – ask your child what they are proud of achieving this week and what they would like to achieve next week.
A great start to the new year!
We’ve been back for 3 days but it feels like we’ve been together so much longer! What a great start we’ve had to the new year!
We’ve got some very exciting learning ahead of us including Ancient Greece in History and grouping animals in Science.
Some key information:
- In Y4, our PE days are Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please make sure earrings are taken out before school.
- This half term, Y4 will be doing Forest School on a Friday. (See letter for further details of what to bring.)
- We visit the library and celebrate our Reading Records every Friday so please have your library book and Reading Record in school every week on this day.
- Spelling tests will be on a Friday – we’ve listened to your feedback and hope that sending specific words to practise will make spelling homework easier.
If you have any questions please let me know by email, by calling school or in person at pick up.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Poole
Year 4 showcase their Design and Technology skills
Year 4 have proudly completed their Design and Technology project by designing and making their own fabric pouches. Throughout the project, the children practised sewing techniques and carefully planned their designs to create a pouch for storing a special item of their choice. They showed fantastic creativity, resilience and attention to detail while learning valuable practical skills. Every finished pouch was unique and reflected the pupils’ thoughtful ideas and hard work. 
Food Technology – Secret Garden Salad Recipe
Y4 enjoyed making their Secret Garden Salad Recipe and evaluating it with their friends.
I like the taste of the dressing – Cameron
I like all of the different flavours mixed together – Orianne
I would give it nine and a half out of ten. I like the salad and it’s good for you – Max
I don’t like the spring onions; they taste too strong – Jack D
I like the salad but I don’t like the dressing – Hattie
Help at home: Recreate the recipe at home making some adjustments to the recipe based on what your child thought about the original recipe.
Living and Learning – I can say one good thing about myself
This week our living and learning statement has been ‘I can say one good thing about myself.’
It has been lovely hearing the children be proud of themselves for a wide range of reasons.
