Although it has been a short week, Year 4 had lots of opportunities to have fun!

On Wednesday, they participated in a skateboarding workshop, making their first jumps and zooming around the playground. Special thank you to Gene, who later showed off his amazing skills to the whole school! Very well done, Gene!

Later in the day, the class took part in yet another percussion workshop, practicing their ‘call and response’ skills.

During the rest of the week, the children completed learning centered around the Coronation. We looked at the concept of a constitutional monarchy, understanding the role of the King and the Parliament. We looked at King Charles III’s life and learnt the most important events of the Coronation. The class also used atlases and maps to locate countries of the Commonwealth and researched the role of the King in those. We spent some time looking at the Prince’s Trust as His Majesty’s most important charity and started working on some Coronation themed art, as well.

On Friday, the children enjoyed another Coronation inspired day, participating in an assembly and having a school party in the afternoon!

I hope you have a lovely long-weekend enjoying some of the celebrations and festivities!

Ms Varga

Please see your Home Learning below:

Please spend some time practicing your multiplication facts using the usual link: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

Please complete 2 reading activities and update reading logs: https://readtheory.org/auth/login

In English, the children have been learning about explanation texts. Their final piece for this unit will be an explanation text describing in detail how an invention of their own works, what parts it has and a sequenced guide using specific fronted adverbials, technical words and causal conjunctions.

This week, I would like the children to ‘design’ an invention and create a detailed, labelled diagram of it, that they can present in class and which they can use as a foundation for their writing. In class, we have already looked at inventions and grouped them according to ‘themes’. Inventions that help us multitask, inventions that allow things to work remotely and inventions that are small or foldable, therefore saving space.

The inventions need to be realistic but they can come from the children’s imagination. E.g.: a football kit cleaning station (checks the ball and pumps it up whilst simultaneously cleaning the boots and washing the kit) In class, we used Wallace and Gromit’s cracking contraptions as a starting point. Please see the link below for short video clips of those: https://wallaceandgromit.com/films/cracking-contraptions/

Please note, I am expecting an A4 sized detailed diagram, not written explanations! The children need to design an invention that they can later describe and explain in detail. Please be prepared to present these on Tuesday, 9th May 2023.

 

I hope you all  had a restful and healthy Easter Holiday! It has been lovely to welcome the children back in class and it is fair to say that we had a busy first 5 days.

On Tuesday, we started our tennis unit in PE led by Mr Mills practicing our grip and revising our technique and basic rallying skills.

On Wednesday, we started our new computing unit of Programming, where the children used ‘Logo’ and wrote their own simple code snippet to programme their ‘Logo Turtles’.

On Thursday afternoon, the class also participated in their first percussion music session with great enthusiasm.

In Maths, we looked at adding and subtracting fractions with regrouping whilst in Writing, we started our new unit of explanation text by explaining how some of Wallace and Grommit’s crazy contraptions work.

In Science we introduced Electricity as our new area of learning and in RE, we investigated Matthew’s Gospel about the Resurrection and explained how his words form our beliefs in Jesus. In History, the class moved on to the Tudors whilst in D&T the children created design briefs to start their electricity powered bedside lantern project.

Just a quick note to confirm that our PE days this term will be Mondays and Tuesdays, so children need to come in their PE kits on those days. Please may I also remind you that we need a  photograph of each child to be displayed on our Special Diversity display board. It’s a beautiful area in our hall celebrating our roots, inheritance and language and it is important that all children are represented. Please only send pictures that you are happy to stay in school.

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga

Home Learning:

Spelling: https://www.edshed.com/     Set 24- Challenge words

Reading: https://readtheory.org/  Please complete 2 activities and update your reading log

Multiplication: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check Please sepnd 15-20 mins practicing your tables.

Study Ladder: https://www.studyladder.co.uk/ Complete the tasks in your assigned pod all related to adding fractions wit the same denominator. Although the activities are labelled as y5, they are appropriate for our unit.

 

 

This week in Year 4, the children completed their final narratives, based on our class book, ‘Ice Palace’, retelling a particular scene from a different character’s point of view. I am very pleased with their efforts; we have some beautiful descriptions and stories that create an atmosphere.

In Maths, we further consolidated calculating fractions of quantities; representing problems using bar models and solving missing number fraction problems. Next week, we are moving on to adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator beyond 1 whole.

In Science, we welcomed Mrs Ennis, who gave us a talk about how she is using Science in her job, before moving on to our current topic ‘States of Matter’. We carried out some practical investigations to identify melting points and used our data to present it on a graph.

We also participated in a music assembly, accompanied by year 5, where we were introduced to some of the services provided by the Hertfordshire Music Centre, before doing some singing and dancing. Very enjoyable session!

 

The children also practiced their hymns both in class and in church for the Way of the Cross Service which is on Tuesday 28th March at 7pm at Our Lady and St Vincent’s Church.

Next Monday, we are planning to take the children on a walk and will require them to bring a change of footwear for this (they may get muddy!) and their coat.

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga

Please see your Home Learning below:

Home Learning	Due by Tuesday, 28st March 2023
Spelling	Words ending in ‘-cian’ https://www.edshed.com/en-gb
Reading	https://readtheory.org/auth/login Please log onto Read Theory and complete two activities
Multiplication	https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check Please spend 15-20 mins, practicing your mixed tables
Study Ladder	https://www.studyladder.co.uk/ Please log onto Study Ladder and complete the activities in your assigned pod, all related to Fractions.
Way of the Cross	Please learn the lyrics to all hymns included in the KS2 Way of the Cross service. A paper copy of the words were sent home last week, however the lyrics are also available on the blog.

 

 

The children in Year 4 this week, revised their learning of fractions using Cuisenaire rods, whilst in English, they developed character through role play and a diary entry task.

On Tuesday, we celebrated Mass in church as part of our Lenten journey to God. Well  done to all of our readers for their expressive words and the beautiful singing that created a reverent, prayerful atmosphere.

As a preparation for National Science week, Year 4 participated in a brilliant workshop where the class were introduced to concepts such as forces,  states of matter and sound through fun and engaging practical experiments.

In RE, we focused on fasting, as one of the three Lenten practices, and linked that with the Four Cardinal Values, thinking about what behaviours to fast on during our preparation before Easter. We also welcomed three students from Loreto College, who lead a reflection on the Easter story.

I hope you have a dry and restful weekend,

Ms Varga

Please see your Home Learning below:

Home Learning	Due in by Tuesday, 14th March 2023
Spelling	https://www.edshed.com/en-gb Set 21: words ending in -ssion
Reading	https://readtheory.org/auth/login Or alternatively, complete this task: The Earthship The Earthship-questions
Multiplication	https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Study Ladder	https://www.studyladder.co.uk/ Please complete the activities in your assigned pod all revising your fraction learning from previous years.