Year 4

Spellings - Week commencing 17th January

This week's words all end in tion

information,  adoration,  sensation,  preparation,  education,

location,  exaggeration,  concentration,  imagination,  organisation

Please also practise your 7 and 9 times tables.

This week's test will take place on Friday afternoon, after out theatre visit.

Week Commencing 10th January

We continue looking at homophones.

cereal, serial, check, cheque, through, threw, draft, draught, stairs, stares

We will also test the 11 and 12 times tables again this Friday.

Week Commencing Tuesday 4th January 2022

This week we are again looking at homophones / near homophones.

accept,  except,  affect, effect,  aloud,  allowed,  weather,  whether,  whose,  who's

Please also practice your 11 and 12 times tables.

Happy New Year - Welcome Back!

I hope that you have all had a really good rest and enjoyed the time with your families. We return tomorrow and look forward to the new challenges that lie ahead.

PE will be on Mondays and Wednesdays this term. The sessions will be lead by Kixx and Active Fusion. I am not yet sure if they will start this week but will let you know as soon as I do. For this week, make sure you have your kit and be ready to go outside. 

Thank You!

On behalf of the Year 4 Team, I would like to thank you all for your kind words, cards and gifts. Have a lovely Christmas and come back ready for the next challenges that lie ahead.

Mr D. 

Party Food: If you would like to send in some party food for Thursday that would be great. We will, no doubt, finish eating it in the new year.

Homework - week commencing Monday 13th December:

There will be no homework this week as a way of saying thank you to the children for their hard work this term. It will return in January.

Spellings - Week commencing 6th December

This week's words are all from the year 3 / 4 spelling list.

interest,  experiment,  potatoes,  favourite,  imagine,

material,  promise,  opposite,  minute,  increase

Please also practise the 7 and 9 times tables.

Spellings for week commencing 29th November

All of this week's words have ough in them.

thought,  although,  dough,  through,  breakthrough,

thought,  bought,  brought,  fought,  ought

Please also continue to practise your 9 times tables.

Year 4 Rugby Champions

Well done to Team C: Sofia, Ewan, Saoirse, Abdul and Flynn for winning our tournament today. They won 3 and drew 2 of their games scoring 5 tries in the process, winning the tournament by a single try from Team E: Eva, Luca, Archie & Ezekiel. 

The children have developed their rugby skills well over the half term but need to remember that they should not be passing forwards! There was some amazing play during the games and the try of the day was scored by Ezekiel who avoided the whole of the opposing team.

Spellings - week commencing 22nd November

All of this week's words end in cian

musician, politician, electrician, magician, mathematician,

dietician, statistician, technician, clinician, beautician

Please also practise your 9 x tables.

Year 4 Cake Sale - Year 4 will be leading next week's cake sale, on Thursday. Any donations of shop bought cakes would be appreciated. Please bring them in on Wednesday or Thursday morning. Thank you!

We had a great day at the museum and learned lots about the Romans in Doncaster and also about how we find out about the past. The children were especially taken by the coprolites!

A big thank you to Mrs O'Mahoney, Mrs Lewis, Mrs Sunderland and Mr Wells for their help.

Mrs Young, who has just booked a visit to the museum, passed on the following comment which she received  from one of the staff at the museum today. 

We are really looking forward to meeting your class, especially after year 4’s visited yesterday, they were an absolute pleasure, a real credit to your school.
All the best,

 Ashley

Comments like this make me feel so proud. Well done!

Spellings for week commencing 15th November.

All of this week's words end in ure

sure,  pure,  cure,  measure,  treasure,

pleasure,  enclosure,  creature,  furniture,  picture,

nature,  adventure,  leisure,  endure,  mature

We will again look at our 7 times tables in our test on Friday.

We measured 250ml of fizzy drink and weighed it on the scales. We then stirred the liquid to encourage the CO2 to leave the liquid. When we re-weighed the drink we discovered it was 2g lighter. We did this with several types of fizzy drink and found that there was 2g of CO2 in each 250ml sample.

Spellings - Tuesday 9th November (sorry these are late)

This week's words all have the suffix ly

sadly,  gently,  simply,  finally,  usually,

completely, comically,  happily,  angrily,  humbly,

nobly,  basically,  frantically,  dramatically,  famously

Please also practise your 7 times tables.

Spellings - week commencing 1st November

information,  adoration,  sensation,  preparation,  admiration,  fixation,  inflammation,  elevation,  restoration,  relegation,  personification,  substitution,  illustration,  destruction,  observation

Times tables - keep practising you 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 times tables, there will be a mixed test on Friday.

Half Term Home Learning

If anyone wants to do any extra work this half term then the following tasks can be completed:

• read as much as you can
• practise your times table - times table checkers are available online
• make a musical instrument, video yourself playing it, send in a picture of you playing it or bring it in on our return
• ​​​​​​​Have Fun!

Spellings for Monday 11th October

This week we are looking at more prefixes.

irresponsible,  irrelevant,  irregular,  intercity,  interact,  international,  interrelated,  interchange,  anticlockwise,  antiseptic,  antisocial,  autobiography,  autograph,  automatic,  automaton  

Year 4 Hockey Tournament

Today, we ended our unit of work on hockey with a class tournament. Each child was placed in a team and then the six teams played each other. There were some close games and lots of really good play. At the end of the tournament, Team D: Shantay, Nell, Flynn, Archie and Abdul were declared the champions having won all 5 of their games, scoring 8 goals in the process.

What really pleased me, was the way that every child had a go and tried their best for their team.

At the end of the tournament I asked each team to elect a star player and the winners of these awards were: Team A - Meadow, Team B - Abby, Team C - Eva, Team D - Nell, Team E - Aoife and Team F - Stephen

We have been reading Escape from Pompeii in English and have all writte diary entries from the points of view of Livia or Tranio. More diary entries will be added during teh next few days.

Spellings for week commencing 4th October 2021

All of this week's words have prefixes

disappoint,  disagree,  disobey,  misbehave,  mislead,  misspell,

inactive,  incorrect,  illegal,  illegible,  immature,  immortal,

imperfect, impossible,  impatient

Please also practise your 2, 3 and 6 times tables.

Spellings for week commencing 27th September

All of this week's words contain 'ou'

young,  touch,  double,  trouble,  rough,  country,

tough,  courage,  cousin,  couple,  youngster,

touching,  doubling,  countryside,  together

Please also practise your 3 and 6 times tables.

Spellings for week commencing 20th September

all of this week's words have the /i/ sound spelt y within them:

myth,  gym,  Egypt,  symbol,  mystery,  pyramid, 

dynasty,  synagogue,  mysterious,  mystical,  mythical, 

gymnastic,  symbolic,  gymnasium,  symbolism

Please also practise your 6 times tables.

This morning, to celebrate Roald Dahl Day, we joined in a Roald Dahl draw along organised by Doncaster Stories. You can see some of the drawings of George's Grandma, Willy Wonka and Mr Twit here.

Spellings, week commencing 13th September

adoring, adored, funnier, funniest, beginner, beginning,

forgetting, forgotten, gardener, gardening, limited, limiting,

preferred, prefer, preferring

This morning we joined the contractors at Lovell Homes and planted three silver birch trees alongside the path from school to the lake. The children also buried a time capsule on the site and agreed it should be opened in 15 years time. Therefore we need a reunion on 10th September 2036, so put the date in your diaries!

Lovell Homes Time Capsule: Year 4 will be burying a time capsule at the Lakeside Development this Friday. If any of the children have any small artefacts that they would like to include, they should bring them in tomorrow. Sorry for the short notice on this, but it should be a bit of fun. We will write about the artefacts in class tomorrow.

Class Representatives: Thanks to all who put themselves forward to be Year 4's representatives during the year. Meetings will start over the coming weeks.

Congratulations to:

School Council -Saoirse and Joseph

Sports Council - Isabella and Mason

Eco Council - Shantay and Stephen

Chaplaincy Team - Abby and Ewan

Reading & Spelling Books: These have both been sent home today. Reading books should be brought in as often as possible so that children can be heard read on a regular basis. Please record in their diaries every time that they read at home. Spelling books need to be brought in each Friday for their test.

Guitar Lessons: These start on Thursday for those who have signed up for them.

Monday 6th September 2021

The Year 4 email, year4@stpeter.doncaster.sch.uk is now live for us.

Spellings: week commencing 6th September

think,  told, used,  whole,  work, across, any,  began

both,  clothes,  during,  following,  great,  I'm,  lady

Please also practise your 3, 4 and 8 times tables.

Useful Information

This year, Year 4 will be supported by Mrs Lewis (Monday - Wednesday) and Mrs Sunderland (Thursday - Friday)

On Wednesday afternoons, Mrs Lewis and Mr Wells will cover the class during my PPA.

PE will be on Wednesday and Thursday and children should come dressed in their PE kits on these days.

We have a library session on Fridays and I encourage all of the children to make good use of the books on offer.

Further information is in my start of year letter. (see the document below)

As next week sees the start of the Jewish Year 5783, it seemed appropriate for the children to find out about it at the start of our new school year. They really enjoyed tasting the sweet treats. Thanks to Mrs Sunderland for organising this.

Great to be back!

It was lovely to have the children back in school today, all looking very smart in their uniforms. They have settled back in well and made our new class member, Rory, very welcome. 

Keep up the good work!

One day to go

Just one day to go and we are almost ready.

PE days for this year are: Wednesday - Indoor and Thursday - Outdoor.

2021 - 2022

Welcome to Year 4

We will be back in school in two days time and I am looking forward to seeing how you have grown and what you have been doing over the summer.

I will be moving to the year 4 email address by the end of the week and will confirm when this is the case. Until then, I am available at year3@stpeter.doncaster.sch.uk.

2020-21

End of year

A big thank you to all pupils for their efforts this year. Well done to you all.

Welcome to year 4. 

Last year saw lots of challenges for us all in many different ways. I hope that this year will be more straight forward. We have lots of interesting topics and activities planned which I hope you will find engaging and exciting. I look forward to seeing you do your best and be confident enough to try anything. Remember, we are all learning!

Contact

Should anyone wish to send photos in of home learning then you can email them to me at

year4@stpeter.doncaster.sch.uk  

Many thanks

Mr Wynne

IMPORTANT

Please be aware that we are still having to open windows and doors to create ventilation through the classroom throughout the Winter months. I would advise that pupils are sent to school with enough layers to prevent them from getting cold. This could be in the form off vests, skins or fleeces. I will try to rotate places as much as possible so that the same people are not in the same position for longer than necessary. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Spellings week beginning 5th July

Spelling Rule 35 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - t to w

therefore, though, thought, through, various, weight ,woman, women

Spelling Rule 35 - Common exception words (6 of 6)

path, bath, past, pass, last, grass, fast, class, child

29.6.21 Yorkshire Cricket Challenge.

Our Y3 and Y4 classes took part in a challenge set by Yorkshire Cricket today.

This consisted of 4 challenges. There was the bean bag target toss, target batting for points, rebound catches in 30 seconds and target bowling at some stumps. Although some of the activities were challenging the pupils enjoyed the experience. Well done to all involved.

Fusion Series

We took part in the Fusion Series this morning with Will from Active Fusion. We participated in a range of activities where our best scores were recorded against each other and to be compared with other schools. The activities included speed bounce, target throw, seated throw, shuttle run and standing long jump. The pupils all enjoyed the activities.

Spellings week beginning 28th June 2021

Spelling Rule 34 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - sep- to su-
separate, special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise

Spelling Rule 34 - Common exception words (5 of 6)
who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, parents

Times Table Check Activities

https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go/resource/multiplication-tables-check-practice-tg-ga-190

https://collins.co.uk/pages/primary-mathematics-times-tables-test-simulator

Spellings week beginning 21st June 2021

Spelling Rule 33 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - pro- to sen-
probably, promise, purpose, quarter, question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence

Spelling Rule 33 - Common exception words (4 of 6)
eye, could, plant, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, should, would
Christmas

A HUGE well done to everyone in class this week. Your work rate, effort and development of skills has been great. You have helped each other and worked so well as a team. Thank you.

Y4 Orienteering 18.6.21

We completed our sports week with an orienteering extravaganza this morning. Lots of teamwork was evident as the pupils completed various tasks. They included creating a picture from jigsaw pieces, finding numbers on cones and the letter it corresponded to and finding different symbols. Then they had to find symbols at different points returning to base after each one so that the next person could go. We then moved to explore the area further with races against each team. Again finding points that led us to the next until a code word was found. The pupils really enjoyed the session and could not believe how quickly the time had gone by.

Final Results were as follows

1st Team - 53 points

2nd Team 5 - 49 points

3rd Team 1 - 42 points

4th Team 6 - 40 points

5th Team 2 - 37 points

6th Team 3 - 31 points

Well done to Team 4 of Isla, Jenson, Jude, Caiden and Saria who were the winners.

Y4 French Boules (our version)

Using a hoop as a target each pupil threw 2 boules in turn. Those still in the hoop scored points. After playing a round of small group games pupils were allocated points for a win and a draw. The final results were as follows

1st Jack 19 pts

2nd Analise 18 pts

=3rd Oscar, Louis, Caiden and Ivy 16 pts

This was something different but enjoyed by all.

Y4 European Football Competition 17.6.21

This morning we played our Euro Competition. Denmark, Ukraine, France and Portugal were the competitors. After playing each other once in a league basis two teams were level on points. It went down to goal difference with Ukraine being one goal better than Portugal. Well done to all pupils who played.

Final standings

1st Ukraine 

2nd Portugal

3rd France

4th Denmark

Players of the competition voted by fellow players were Frankie, Isaak and Isaac.

Basketball Shoot Out 17.6.21

We had 5 rounds of shoot out with the winners of each progressing to the winners circle. They were Isaak, Jack, Scarlett H-E (twice), Jude, Analise, Veera, Isaac, Zainah and Molly. Following a tense round of free shooting Isaak came out as the winner. 

Y4 Euro Penalty Shoot Out 16.6.21

The shoot out provided us with lots of shocks as some of the favourites left the competition in the early rounds. This left it open for some surprises to the Final. The semis were played between Netherlands (Frankie and Amaarah) and Belgium (Molly and Louis) with Belgium winning 2-1. The second semi final went to sudden death with Spain (Gabriel and Scarlett H-E) against Scotland (Isaak and Ivy). Spain progressed 4-3 after 7 penalties each.

So the final was between Belgium and Spain. Belgium scored both of their penalties putting pressure on Spain who missed their final shot and so BELGIUM (Louis and Molly) were the WINNERS.

Well done to all participants.

Y4 Sports Day  16.6.21

We decided to do our Sports Day today as the weather forecast is not great over the next few days.

Following trials last week the final participants were decided for each team.

Below are the results of the races

Sprint: 1st Gabriel, 2nd Frankie, 3rd Issak

Egg and Spoon: 1st Arina, 2nd Frankie, 3rd Veera

Top and Tail: 1st Jenson, 2nd Isaac, 3rd Oscar

Though the Hoop: 1st Isaac, 2nd Ivy, 3rd Jude

Ball Carry: 1st Harry, 2nd Analise, 3rd Jude

Skipping: 1stJenson and Oscar, 2nd Jude, 3rd Analise

Target Throw: 1st Isla, 2nd Jack, 3rd Arina

Relay: 1st Yellow, 2nd Red, 3rd Blue

Team positions:

1st Green     2nd Yellow     3rd Blue     4th Red

A big well done to all pupils for their efforts and sports person ship.

Sports Week: Planned Activities for Y4

Monday: Golf, Bowls, Dance

Tuesday: Dance

Wednesday: Kixx, Euro Foootball Competition, Dance

Thursday: Sports day, Basketball, Dance

Friday: Penalty Shoot out, Team building/OAA, Dance

The timetable of activities for sports week will be posted on Friday. PE kit can be worn all week. Could I ask that when pupils are competing as a team that they come in something of that colour if they have it. This could be a t-shirt, shorts, hat or headband. If you don't have anything of that colour then that is not a problem.  Thank you.

Cricket Competition 10th and 11th June

We concluded our cricket unit with a competition. 4 teams payed each other once. Following the games 3 teams had won 2 and lost 1 so we went to runs scored.

Team 4 came out on top by 9 runs. Team members were: Nello, Bella, Esme, Caiden, Louis, Analise, Eliza and Gabriel.

Throughout the games there was some great bowling, batting and some fantastic catches.

Well done to all pupils.

Spellings week beginning 14.6.21

Spelling Rule 32 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - or- to pre-
ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps, popular, position, possess, possession, possibly, potatoes, pressure

Spelling Rule 32 - Common exception words (3 of 6)
everybody, even, great, break, steak, pretty, beautiful, after, father, sugar

Pupils will need to come in PE kit on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week from now until the end of term please.

Spellings week beginning 7th June 2021

Spelling Rule 31 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - me- to op-
medicine, mention, minute, natural, naughty, notice, occasion, ?occasionally, often, opposite

Spelling Rule 31 - Common exception words (2 of 6)
climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, old, every

Maths work will be on time next term. Here are some maths games to help.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/hickoryDickory/index.html

Any extra support with money

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/customCars/index.html

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/the-change-game/

Times table practice.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Bowls Championship 21.5.21

Despite the weather not being kind today we still managed a bowls tournament inside for PE. It was a new experience for most but they adapted well. The knockout competitions were won by Esme and then by Harry and Frankie. Learning how to judge the pace of the bowl was tricky at first but by the end the quality of the bowling was very good with balls being left close to the Jack. Well done to you all.

Web pages to help with next weeks work

https://vimeo.com/542117411 Give change

https://vimeo.com/543587957 working with money

Spellings week beginning 24th May 2021

Spelling Rule 30 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - i to ma-

imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library, material

Spelling Rule 30 - Common exception words (1 of 6)

door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, children, wild, money

Maths links for this week

https://vimeo.com/536869312  Pounds and pence

https://vimeo.com/538605634   Ordering money

https://vimeo.com/539031416   Estimating money

https://vimeo.com/539534378   Converting pounds to pence

https://vimeo.com/540295785    Adding money

https://vimeo.com/541564507   Subtract money

Maths activities to help with money

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/

Spellings week beginning 17th May 2021

Spelling Rule 29 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - fo- to h

forward, fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history

Spelling Rule 29 - Homophones and near-homophones (2 of 2)

one, won, sun, son, to, too, two, be, bee, blue, blew

Spellings week beginning 10.5.21

Spelling Rule 28 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - ei- to fe-

eight, eighth, enough, exercise, experience, experiment, extreme, famous, favourite, February

Spelling Rule 28 - Homophones and near-homophones (1 of 2)

there, their, they're, here, hear, quite, quiet, see, sea, bear, bare

Y4 Tennis Competition 7.5.21

What a great run of sessions we have had. The weather has not affected any and so improvement has been fantastic. We have built up our hand, eye co-ordination and physical stamina through activities like ball balance, ball bounce, movement shuffle and sprint, target shot and tactics to name a few. The competition was run around a series of courts where pupils rotated to play 7 different pupils. There were some fantastic rallies and choice of shots by many pupils. The use of forehand and backhand shots were shown by many pupils. There were a number of games that were won by 1 or 2 points. 

The final results are as follows:

Joint first: Jack and Frankie

Joint second: Isaak, Amaarah and Caiden

Well done to all pupils.

Suggested web pages to help with decimals

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/zsbd7p3

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/120/match-fractions-decimals-and-percentages

Spellings week beginning 3rd May 2021

Spelling Rule 27 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - ci- to ea-

early, earth, circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear

Spelling Rule 27 - Words ending in –tion

station, motion, fiction, national, section, infection, emotion, action, education, celebration

Spellings for week beginning 26th April

Spelling Rule 26 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - br- to ce-

calendar, breath, breathe, build, busy, business, caught, centre, century, certain

Spelling Rule 26 - The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns)

Lucy's, Tom's, girl's, boy's, woman's, child's, man's, dog's, cat's

School council representatives.

We voted for our different class representatives for various councils this week. I am pleased to say:

School councillors are Jude and Ivy

Environment councillors are Bella and Isaac

Sports councillors are Frankie and Lewis

Y4 Tag Rugby Competition.

Following our unit of work on Tag rugby we finished with a competition. The pupils were able to transfer the skills learned in these sessions to compete at a high level. The games were fast flowing with faints, dodging and great tagging alongside some great tries. Team 4 of Zainah, Isaac, Oscar, Amaarah, Bella and Molly were the winners. Well done to everyone.

Spellings for week beginning 29th March

Spelling Rule 25 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - a to bi-

play, accident, accidentally, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, actual, actually

Spelling Rule 25 - Contractions

play, aren't, can't, couldn't, didn't, don't, hasn't, hadn't, haven't, he's, they've, you've

Spellings for week beginning 22nd March

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 24 - Homophones and near-homophones (4 of 4)

peace, piece, plain, plane, rain, reign, rein, weather, whether, who's, whose

Spelling Rule 24 - The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly

enjoyment, sadness, madness, careful, cheerful, playful, hopeful, hopeless, badly, sadly, madly, gladly

Spellings for week beginning 15th March 2021

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 23 - Homophones and near-homophones (3 of 4)

grate, great, groan, grown, he'll, heal, heel, here, hear

Spelling Rule 23 - The /ʒ/ sound spelt s

television, vision, decision, treasure, pleasure, measure, usual, usually, unusual

Spellings for week beginning 8.3.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 22 - Homophones and near-homophones (2 of 4)

not, knot, mail, male, main, mane, meet, meat, medal, meddle, missed, mist

Spelling Rule 22 - The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w

war, warm, towards

Spellings for 1.3.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 21 - Homophones and near-homophones (1 of 4)

Accept, except, ball, bawl, berry, bury, brake, break, fair, fare

Spelling Rule 21 - The /ɜ:/ sound spelt or after w

Word, worm, work, world, worth

Spellings for 22.2.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 20 - Possessive apostrophe with plural words

girls', boys', babies', children's, men's, dogs', parents', people's, rabbits', women's

Spelling Rule 20 - The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu

Wallet, wander, want, wash, watch, swallow, squabble, quality, quarter, squash

Spellings for 8.2.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 19 - Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey (e.g. eight, they... etc.)

Vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, they, obey, beige, veil, sleigh, reign

Spelling Rule 19 - The /i:/ sound spelt –ey

Donkey, donkeys, monkey, monkeys, chimney, valley, trolley, key, keys

Spellings for 1.2.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 18 - Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc (Latin in origin) (e.g. science, ascent... etc.)

Science, scene, discipline, fascinate, crescent, ascent, scent, descent, scissors

Spelling Rule 18 - The /ʌ/ sound spelt o

Other, brother, mother, another, smother, nothing, Monday

Why not join the Great British Bird Watch this Weekend. To get involved follow at

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/

Spellings for 25.1.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 17 - Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt – gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que (French in origin) (e.g. rogue, unique... etc.)

league, tongue, antique, unique, plague, dialogue, rogue, vague, catalogue, monologue

Spelling Rule 17 - The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll

All, stall, small, walk, talk, stalk, always, also, almost, although

Spellings for 18.1.21

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 16 - Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly French in origin) (e.g. chalet, chef... etc.)

Chef, chalet, machine, brochure, charade, crochet, parachute, champagne

Spelling Rule 16 - Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter (2 of 2)

Dropping, dropped, sadder, saddest, madder, maddest, running, runner, runny

Important notice.

Unfortunately, work will only be posted on teams from today. If you cannot access teams then please email me so that we can try to resolve the issue. Thank you for your understanding. 

Spellings for 15.1.21

Spellings: Practise your spellings for this week.

You could use spelling frame.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 15 - Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin) (e.g. echo, chemist... etc.)

Scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character, school, ache, chemistry, monarch

Spelling Rule 15 - Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter (1 of 2)

Humming, hummed, drumming, drummed, drummer, stopping, stopped, stopper, sitting

Extra help and practise 

Additional division activities and games can be found on

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/multiplication-and-division

Science

Watch the following clips.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2882hv/articles/zcwnv9q

Draw or write about what electricity is.

5.1.21

Morning all. Following the decision late last night, I am currently organising work that will best suit as many pupils as possible. My aim is to get work on here as soon as possible. Please be patient. In the mean time pupils can be reading any texts that they might have at home and use Top Marks to improve mental arithmetic skills. Keep safe.

4.11.21

Welcome back everyone. I hope that you have had a restful break. PE days are the same this term but pupils should come in their PE kit and stay in it all day. Home Learning activities to link with our Rivers topic will be posted later in the week. As before Christmas, reading books will be given out on Friday's to be returned the following Monday. I will post some of the work and activities on here should any pupils need to self isolate or are  away due to illness. Fingers crossed that we all keep safe and well.

Maths work: 

Multiplying by 10

https://vimeo.com/474994166

https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Y4-Autumn-Block-4-D1-Multiply-by-10-2019.pdf

English work: 

Look through the book examining the illustrations. 
Identify what the poem is about. Simple explanation in 3-4 sentences to include beginning middle and end.
 

4.11.21

Spellings for Friday 8th January

Spelling Rule 14 - Endings which sound like /??n/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian (2 of 2)
hesitation, injection, invention, magician, mathematician, musician, permission, politician, tension

Spelling Rule 14 - Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it
hiking, hiker, hiked, nicer, nicest, shiny, shiniest, shinier, shined, shining

A message from staff in Year 4

We would like to thank you, the pupils, parents, carers and anyone else who has supported us this term. It has seen lots of challenges, many of which have been overcome and others that are still work in progress. Can we thank you for the kind messages, cards and gifts that we have received. The pupils have developed and have continuously worked hard during these times. Keep as safe as possible and we will see you next year. 

Personal Sports Challenge 17.12.20

We took part in a personal sports challenge today. It consisted of a sprint, speed bounce, javelin throw, standing jump and shot putt. Each pupils score was recorded and totalled up. This gave us the chance to beat our personal best next term and to find out who recorded to best scores in class this time.

Boys:

1st Frankie 1176.2 pts, 2nd Jude 1175.6 pts, 3rd Gabriel 1053.7 pts

Girls:

1st Ivy 976.8 pts, 2nd Veera 959.9 pts, 3rd Esme 939 pts

11.12.20 Spellings for next week

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 13 - Endings which sound like /??n/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian (1 of 2)
completion, expression, discussion, confession, admission, expansion, extension, comprehension, electrician

Spelling Rule 13 - Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –y with a consonant before it (2 of 2
lay, laid, laying, happier, happiest, say, saying, dried, drying, drier, driest

Christmas Party day 

It is our party day next Wednesday after the Christmas Lunch. We will be doing some socially distanced games and activities. Could I please ask that if you are sending any party food in that it comes already pre-packaged and that it is handed in tomorrow or Monday. Things you may wish to include are: crisps, cakes, buns, biscuits or Haribos etc. Children can come in their own clothes.

As part of our Christmas celebrations we will be singing Oh Little Town of Bethlehem. The following link has the tune and words to learn. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7_TGZaOIE

4.12.20 Spellings for this week

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 12 - The suffix –ous (2 of 2)

mountainous, obvious, outrageous, poisonous, serious, spontaneous, tremendous, various, vigorous

Spelling Rule 12 - Adding –ed, –ing, –er and –est to a root word ending in –y with a consonant before it (1 of 2)

flying, fried, cried, crying, trying, tried, replied, replying

What have we been doing this week?

We have been doing Topic work about Roman Gods and Goddesses. Then on Wednesday it was no pens day and we did some mosaic work. In PE we did basketball and throwing for distance. In Maths we are doing subtraction with no exchange and exchange.

By Jude, Arina and Bella.

27.11.20 Spellings for next week

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 11 - The suffix –ous (1 of 2)

dangerous, famous, enormous, humorous, glamorous, courageous, curious, hideous, courteous

Spelling Rule 11 - Adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in –y

cries, denies, fries, lies, replies, supplies, tries, carries, tidies, worries

As part of our Christmas celebrations we will be singing Oh Little Town of Bethlehem. The following link has the tune and words to learn. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7_TGZaOIE

25.11.20 No Pens Wednesday

So today has been no pens Wednesday. An ideal opportunity to create our own and class mosaics. We started by looking at different mosaics and how they were made. Discovering that the pieces were made mainly from cut stones, smoothed down by rubbing rocks against them. They were 8 to 10mm in size and some even smaller! They called the pieces tesserae. A mortar was used to fix them in place. Wealthy people had more intricate designs.

20.11.20 Spellings for this week.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 10 - Endings which sound like /??n/ (e.g. erosion, pension... etc.)

Division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television, erosion, fusion, passion, pension

Spelling Rule 10 - The /a?/ sound spelt –y at the end of words

cry, fly, dry, my, reply, July, supply, by, why

13.11.20 Spellings for next week.

Spelling Rule 9 - Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/ (e.g. adventure, creature... etc.)

measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure, creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure

Spelling Rule 9 - The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –al at the end of words

hospital, legal, pedal, animal, capital

Next weeks work will include the following

Maths: Subtraction of 3 and 4-digit numbers with and without exchange. 

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/289/KS2-Maths-Invaders

English: Writing our own newspaper article as if we were in Pompeii and reporting on the events. Can you think of any adverbs and adjectives that you might use?

RE: Investigating the special book of Judaism and learning more about it.

Topic: To complete our work on Hadrian's Wall.

Science: Investigating gases.

6.11.20 Spellings for next week.

Spelling Rule 8 - The suffix –ly

sadly usually completely finally comically happily angrily gently simply humbly nobly basically dramatically

Spelling Rule 8 - The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –el at the end of words

Camel tunnel squirrel travel towel trowel tinsel

5.11.20

Some links for the Maths we have done this week.

https://vimeo.com/461778453 adding 3 digit numbers

https://vimeo.com/461778690 adding 4 digit numbers

2.11.20

Welcome back for half term 2 and the run up to Christmas. I hope that you are all still safe and had a nice break. The weather wasn't too kind to us but there were opportunities to get out and about. Remember to keep in touch if you need to. 

23.10.20: Spellings

Spelling Rule 7 - The suffix –ation

information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration, fixation, inflammation, elevation, restoration

Spelling Rule 7 - The /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –le at the end of words

table, fable, apple, topple, bottle, little, middle, fiddle, juggle, double

Maths: Adding 3 and 4 digit numbers with and without exchange.

Try the following to help

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

https://vimeo.com/461778453

Our Science topic after half term is about the 3 states of matter.

Follow the link to get some ideas of what we will be talking about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcvv4wx

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkgg87h

23.10.20

Year 4 Hockey Competition.

Following weeks of PE and learning different hockey skills we finished with a competition of four teams who played each other twice. As the games progressed the skill level increased as did the game play and positioning of players. The competition was eventually won by the RED team who managed to adjust to the intensity of the competition quickest. They scored the most goals and conceded the fewest. Well done to Frankie, Harry, Nello, Alex, Isaak and Gabriel.

Also, a mention must be given to Annalise for her tenacity in the tackle, Arina's close ball skills, Jenson's array of passing, Isaac B's positioning, Louis's fair play attitude and Jack's dribbles.

23.10.20 What have we been doing this week?

In English we have written up our diaries which was fun and now we are working on newspaper reports. We have designed ABBA album front covers and they turned out quite well. We used pastels and felt tips for it. In Maths  we enjoyed doing negative numbers. I loved counting in 25's. When we were rounding to the nearest 1,000 I found it a little hard. In PE our topic is jumping and we've been jumping for height and distance. We have learned how to sound proof a room and in Topic we learned about Boudicca and her rebellion and wrote about how people felt before it. We like our Topic.

By Esme, Scarlett H-E and Ivy

Maths today involved negative numbers. For more practice try the following:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/znwj6sg/articles/zxthnbk

20.10.20

Counting in 25's from today.

https://vimeo.com/460096277

16.10.20

Spellings for this week

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 6 - More prefixes (3 of 3)

redo refresh return reappear redecorate subdivide subheading submarine submerge misbehave mislead misspell

write written wrote wrong wrap wrapper wreck wrestle wrinkle wrist

Next week

Maths: Rounding to the nearest 1,000, counting in 25's, negative numbers, multiplication and division  facts recall.

English: Complete diary work and move onto Newspapers

What have we done this week?

Over the last week in year 4 we have been learning about rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000. In PE we have been doing hockey and learning to dribble, pass and shoot. With Dan from Active Fusion we have used our leg strength to push off the ground to make us faster at running. On Monday we drew Celtic people and learned about Boudicca’s rebellion and then we drew people whose lives were changed because of the rebellion. In Science we learned about vibrations and pitch. We learned how sound waves need air to travel, so sound cannot travel in space. In Reciprocal Reading we are looking at Krindlekrax. We found out that Corky and Ruskin are friends. We have been learning about Abba and listening to different songs like Mama Mia, Dancing Queen, Winner Takes It All and Louis’s favourite, Waterloo. In English we watched videos of volcanic eruptions to help with our diary writing to work alongside our book Escape from Pompeii. 

By Isla, Oscar and Louis

9.10.20 Spellings for next week

Spelling Rule 5 - More prefixes (2 of 3)

irresponsible, irrelevant, intercity, interact, international, interrelated, anticlockwise, antiseptic, antisocial, autobiography, autograph

There will also be a selection from the following

knee, know, knock, gnat, gnaw, knit, gnome, knot, known

Next weeks work will include

Maths: 1, 10 and 100 more than a number, comparing 4 digit numbers, ordering and rounding to the nearest 1,000.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/266

English: Writing diary entries

6.10.20

Measuring with a ruler, some help

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/99/itp-ruler

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7/articles/zqf4cwx

Spellings for next week

Spelling Rule 4 - More prefixes (1 of 3)

disappoint, disagree, disobey, inactive, incorrect, illegal, illegible, immature, immortal, imperfect, impossible, impatient

Maths 

We will move on to using 1,000's representing it in different ways, partitioning them, and placing them on number lines as well as learning times tables and reviewing rounding.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/569/Parachute-Number-Line

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/554/Dienes-Identify-and-Represent-Numbers

English 

There will be a focus on changing text from third person to first person and a focus on using a dictionary to find the meaning of new words.

2.10.20

We have been learning about Roman Roads today. Can you find out the names of any others or how they were made? Use Google to do your research.

25.9.20

Next weeks Maths looks at rounding to the nearest 10, and 100

If you want some practice try these.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh8dmp3/articles/zpx2qty

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding

Spellings for next week

https://spellingframe.co.uk/    Year3/4

Spelling Rule 3 - The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou (e.g. couple, touch... etc.)

country, young, touch, double, trouble, couple, courage, cousin, rough, tough

24.9.20

Placing numbers on a number line.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/37/placing-numbers-on-a-number-line

Comparing numbers on a number line

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/37/placing-numbers-on-a-number-line

21.9.20

Do you want to listen to the first part of Joseph? If so, use the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnlqKPIZQzI

18.9.20

Spellings for next week

Use the following link to practice.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Select y3/4

Spelling Rule 2 - The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words (e.g. gym, myth... etc.)

myth, gym, Egypt, pyramid, mystery, dynasty, symbol, synagogue, mysterious, mystical

17.9.20

Time team Roman Archeological digs. Have a watch, you might find out something amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiioE82rd24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3otE4GUe0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B64Wc2uh8GE

16.9.20

Please remember that if you are away from school then you can use various websites to keep you learning.

Sound: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82

Topic: 

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j

Maths: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/z9w3g82

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts

Spellings: https://spellingframe.co.uk/

15.9.20

I hope that everyone has had a good weekend. This week is assessment week. All of the pupils have tried their best today with their assessments. 

11.9.20

Spellings homework to be tested next Friday.

Use the following link to practice.

https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Select y3/4

Spelling Rule 1 - Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable

beginner, beginning, forgetting, forgotten, gardener, gardening, limitation, limited, limiting, preferred, prefer

10.9.20

We began our Topic work today by finding out what we already know about the Romans. Pupils can find out more and deepen their knowledge by following the links below

https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_rome.php

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j

9.9.20

We started our Science topic about sound today. What do you know? Find out more on

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82

5.9.20

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at Roman numerals and place value in maths. Here are a few games to play to get an idea of what you will be doing.

Place value:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsjqtfr/articles/z9w3g82

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts

Roman numerals:

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/563/Snowball-Smashhttps://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/289/KS2-Maths-Invaders

2.9.20

We tried Multiplication Miner yesterday. Have a go at home by following the link

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular

Spellings will follow the Spelling Frame website and a link will be available for pupils to try the games. I will also post the spellings on here.

Outdoor PE kits will be needed to be brought into school on Thursdays, and Fridays initially, starting next week on the 10th of September. 

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

Children's work and expectations can be found by following

NEWS - CORONAVIRUS NEWS - SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CLICK ON Y4. 

Homework 13.3.20

Spellings: Glamorous, Vigorous, Courageous, Outrageous, Serious, Obvious, Curious, Hideous, Spontaneous, Courteous, Invention, Injection, Action, Hesitation, Completion

Spelling Rule 11 - The suffix –ous (1 of 2)

Maths:

Practice times tables: Use Y4 practice on the computer.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu

Homework 6.3.20

Spellings: Division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television, poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, tremendous, enormous, jealous, humourous

Maths: Year 4 times tables test and hit the button.

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu

English: https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 10 - Endings which sound like /ʒən/ (e.g. erosion, pension... etc.)

Homework 28.2.20

Spellings: simply, humbly, nobly, basically, frantically, dramatically, measure, pleasure, treasure, enclosure, creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure

Maths: mathsframe.co.uk    magical maths mission and Guard the Garden

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu

English: https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 9 - Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/ (e.g. adventure, creature... etc.) spelling tiles and practice test

Canals and River Trust Visit

Today, we had a visit from Claire from the Canals and River Trust to talk to us about rivers. Through a question and  answer session to begin with the pupils were able to display their knowledge and build upon what they already knew with new information. This led on to the purpose of rivers through time and how they were used to benefit the people who lived near them. From there we discovered the use of canals and how they changed the transport links between places. Onto the practical work which saw the pupils develop a landscape showing the journey of a river from source to mouth. I was pleased by the way the pupils were engaged in the activities and how they were enthusiastic about the tasks.

Hockey Competition

Our hockey unit in PE came to an end this week. We have had a great run of weather and it held out until the end. After developing our stick skills of passing, moving, shooting, dribbling, attack and defense we embarked on our own competition. We were divided into six teams and played five games each. The standard of play was very good with some stand out performers, Anish, Oscar, Kajus, Dorian, Belle and Tayzer. The competition came down to the last game, with Team 6 winning, so leveled on points with Team 2. However, by goal difference Team 6 were crowned the winners.

Well done Team 6

Kajus, Oscar, Cruz and Dorian.

Homework 7.2.20

Spellings: Autobiography, Autograph, Information, Adoration, Sensation, Preparation, Admiration, Sadly, Completely, Usually, Finally, Comically, Happily, Angrily, Gently

Maths: mathsframe.co.uk    magical maths mission and Guard the Garden

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu 

Homework 31.1.20

Spellings: Redecorate, Subdivide, Subheading, Submarine, Submerge, Interact, Intercity, International, Interrelated, Supermarket, Superman, Superstar, Antiseptic, Anti-clockwise, Antisocial

Maths: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

English: https://spellingframe.co.uk/

Spelling Rule 8 - The suffix –ly

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu 

Homework 24.1.20

Spellings: Beginner, Prefer, Preferred, Gardening, Gardener, Limiting, Limited, Limitation, Disappoint, Disagree, Disobey, Misbehave, Mislead, Misspell, Inactive

Maths: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

English:https://spellingframe.co.uk/  

Spelling Rule 7 The suffix- ation   

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu 

No pens day. 22.1.20

Today, was no pens day so there was a slight change to our day. We began with reading a text and applying emphasis to different words and pausing between different words. It was great to see how the pupils adapted and the range of spoken language used improved from beginning to end. We then completed a science experiment about changing the state of chocolate with us photographing what we did and what we found out. Following this, we read a power point and increased our knowledge of Monet before choosing on of his paintings and recreating it using our finger tips.

Homework 17.1.20

Spellings: Consider, Exercise, Guard, Knowledge, Occasion, Occasionally, Potatoes, Separate, Weight, Breathe, Continue, Experience, Guide, Learn, Often

Maths: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

English:https://spellingframe.co.uk/    Spelling Rule 6 - More prefixes (3 of 3)

Topic: Continue with Rivers menu 

Homework 10.1.20

Spellings: thought, believe, circle, eight, eighth, grammar, interest, possess, naughty, possession, remember, sentence, various, breath, consider

Top marks Maths: hit the button all times tables.

Continue with Rivers menu homework.

Welcome back after the Christmas break. I hope that you have enjoyed the time away from school and are ready to have a productive term like in the Autumn.

Our topic focus this term will be on rivers and I hope that the activities planned for will be enjoyed by you all. 

Home Learning for the Spring Term

Home Learning Menu

Spring Term

Rivers

You are expected to choose an activity from the list to complete and hand in. It is hoped that over the Spring term that you will have completed all of the activities suggested.

Advent Calendars

We made our own Advent calendars with a focus on thinking about how we treat others and how we prepare for Christmas through our own actions.