Year 4

Homework week2

Spellings: Think, Told, Used, Whole, Work, Across, Any, Began, Both, Clothes, During, Following, Great, I'm, Lady

Activities from the Roman menu to be getting along with.

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

English games: http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

Spellings week 1

Think, Told, Used, Whole, Work, Across, Any, Began, Both, Clothes, During, Following, Great, I'm, Lady

Notices

Indoor PE will be on Tuesday.

Outdoor PE will be on a Friday.

Spellings will be given on Friday to be tested the following Friday.

Library will be on Tuesday.

Homework tasks to be completed and returned to school when completed.

Timetable

2019-20

Year 4  Autumn

Home Learning Autumn Term.

The following is a list of suggested activities for the pupils to complete during the Autumn Term which will help them to develop their understanding of our Topic, Why was the Roman Empire so Powerful? I expect the children to hand in each activity once it has been completed so that work can be displayed. There is no rush to complete all at once or to complete in any order!

1) Draw or paint a picture of Julius Caesar and or Emperor Claudius.

2) Make or draw a Roman ship.

3) Find up to 10 interesting facts about the Roman army.

4) Find out about Boudicca and write a fact file about her.

5) Create a Roman food menu.

6) Find out what types of musical instruments the Romans played. Draw and label them.

7) Create your own mosaic.

8) Find out about Roman Gods and Goddesses. You could draw/paint pictures, include fact files or present it as a booklet.

9) You choose an aspect of the Romans to find out about. It could be the army, weapons, home life, school, gladiators, religion or architecture.

I am looking forward to seeing your work and creations!

2018-19

Transition of this year's Y3 into next year's Y4

As part of the transition day the current Y3 class visited Y4. During the day they completed their Sports Day events, made wanted posters, used Top Marks Maths on the Ipad, shared what they know about the Romans and what they would like to find out and created their own mosaic. Look below at some of their work.

Day 5 Volleyball

What you might see as quite an easy game proved anything but. The skill required to get your hands correctly placed to direct the ball over the net was very challenging. Pupils were persistent though, and eventually were able to perform the skill well enough to play some good rallies.

Day 4

Darts and Maths

Today Y4 participated in a session of darts. This included top score, count down, round the board and bulls eye mania. The pupils were very enthusiastic throughout not only showing off their improving skills but also improving their maths skills.

Indoor bowls

Today we were introduced to the sport of indoor bowls. Having split the class into teams we competed in a league. Having played 11 games  each the top two teams were split by one win. The success going to William and Josh. They then had a Grand Final Play off which was won on the last bowl by runners up Patrick and Joel. There was some excellent play and team work. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the activities. Well done everyone.

Homework 17.5.19

BBC Bitesize English KS2 - Fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases

BBc Bitesize Maths KS2 - Rounding and estimating

Homework 10.5.19

BBC bitesize KS2 English grammar - adverbs and prepositions

BBC Bitesize KS2 Maths - 2D and 3D shapes

BBC Bitesize Science - sound and vibrations

Homework 3.5.19

Use BBC Bitesize science to revise the digestive system, teeth and food chains for a science quiz next week.

Use BBC Bitesize KS2 English Grammar to practise what a verb is, what adjectives are and what are nouns.

Use BBC Bitesize KS2 Maths to practise place value and decimals.

Showcase Spring 2019

How can small actions eventually change the world?

A huge well done and thank you to all of the pupils in Year 4 who designed and presented a number of activity stations that explained their learning from the Spring Term. Following a hectic week of preparations the final outcome showed off the knowledge that they have gained and the enthusiasm they had for the topic content. Included activities were locating major rivers of the world, features that make a river, what makes the world, a focus on the River Nile and Amazon River, conservation, deforestation, identification of animals, finding out the location of endangered species from around the world, information about the Matses Tribe from Peru, picture domino and a slide show of their visit to Potteric Carr Nature Reserve.

May I also thank parents, family and friends who attended, the pupils didn't quite expect the vast numbers that came.

Potteric Carr Visit 28.2.19

As you can see from the photographs below the weather was kind to us on our visit to Potteric Carr today.

On arrival we were split into two groups.

Group 1 went pond dipping to explore the creatures that live in a pond habitat and the a bug hunt in the woods. Lots of amazing creatures were found from water spiders, dragonfly nymphs, snails and giant water boatman in the pond to scarlet elf ear mushrooms, a newt, a toad, a variety of birds and even deer hoof footprints in the woodland habitat.

Group 2 had the challenge of debating wildlife issues that are currently in the news.

Should we use less plastic and how should we dispose of it?

Are intrusive species helpful? If not, what actions should we been doing to rectify the problem?

Should we feed wildlife?

All of these questions raised points that were debated really well and made even the grown ups think about their own actions and what might be a result of them!

I must add that the pupils behaviour was excellent.

Many thanks to the staff and parents for helping and to the staff at Potteric Carr for the excellent programme that they delivered on the day.

Home Learning Menu

Spring Term

How can small changes affect the world?

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.

Comments about our Liturgy. 30.11.18

I liked it that we were all together and that we each had a part. AK

My favourite part was listening to the Bible. AM

I liked the topic because it shows that we belong to God. JO

I thought it was amazing. ZC

The liturgy was good because it was well presented and it was shown in God's way. JB

Boccia Tournament 21.11.18

To say that it was our first experience at Boccia the Y4 pupils performed excellently in today's tournament consisting of 22 teams and over 100 pupils.

Our best team today was made up of Ola, Joel, Scarlett and Dylan who won their group and made it to the semi finals. Unfortunately they were beaten 2-0.

Of the other teams, 3 finished runners up in their groups losing out  on a head to head basis. The remaining teams finished 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.

Players that stood out were Scarlett, Patrick, Kaelan and Ava.

I would like to thank parents and staff for their support at the event .

Author visit- Stephen Pass

Today, Stephen Pass, author of Madge the Mermaid visited our school to inspire our young writers. He told us about his job previous to becoming an author as a journalist and then described how his change to children's story writing began. Stephen explained how he wrote the book and the time it took to develop his ideas through drafting and editing at various stages. We listened to him read parts of the book and took turns to read some ourselves. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the visit. Thank you Stephen.

Y4 Liturgy-Friends

Year 4 delivered a small liturgy on Friday afternoon to the class to round off their work about friends. It consisted of work covered about our family and God's family. Pupils gave information about Solomon, Ruth and told the story of Joseph and his coat. Pupils read out prayers and listened to the song of Abraham.  

Basketball Competition

Having practiced skills and game play over the past 5 weeks we ended with an inter house competition. Throughout the event there was some excellent dribbling by William, fantastic shooting by Leo and Josh, brilliant catching by Zuzanna and good all round play by Elena and Nicoll. After winning all three of their games the yellow team, Kirkstall came out on top. Well done to you.

Diversity Week

As part of our diversity week Y4 experienced Chinese Calligraphy. After looking at the history, tools and techniques used in Chinese Calligraphy the pupils set about writing the numbers 1-10 and 2,345.

Museum visit to explore the Romans.

Y4 had a fantastic day at Doncaster Museum today and discovered lots of new things about history and the Romans. The morning was spent exploring archaeology and its importance in learning about the past. Pupils looked at artefacts and discussed what they were and what uses they might have had. The afternoon was spent looking at the Roman invasion of Britain and the settlement that the Romans built in Doncaster. Pupils dressed as different Roman people from soldiers to rich and poor people and children. There was even a male and female Celt costume to see.  Activities included designing a mosaic, identifying the uses of artefacts, planning for a meal and playing a Roman board game. I must say that the behaviour and participation by all pupils was excellent. Thank you

Year 4 Representatives.

School council: Evie and Ola

Sports Council: Nicoll and Josh

Chaplaincy team: William and Tristan

Librarians: Annabelle and Zuzanna

We have been working hard in RE tracing back our family to make a family tree. In Maths we have worked together to solve problems and in PE we have begun our Street Dance.

Welcome to Year 4

Out discover topic this term is 'What Makes a Good Story' with a focus on the Romans.

PE days are:

Tuesday indoor

Friday outdoor

Homework will be given as a menu and will focus around our topic.

Pupils will be given the Spellings expected for Year 4 and will be tested regularly throughout the year.

There will also be regular times tables tests on all times tables to 12x12.

It is expected that pupils will read a range of books at home, not just the ones provided by school. Reading books will be changed on Mondays and Thursdays. 

Long Term Plan of Learning for this year.