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Writing
Writing
In our writing lessons, Year 4 have been reading Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill, a wonderfully illustrated non-fiction book that details Sir Ernest Shackleton’s epic and perilous Antarctic expedition aboard the Endurance. To help us prepare for our final writing piece—a formal newspaper article reporting on the expedition—please encourage your child to read a newspaper article at home to spot key features like headlines, subheadings, and quotes; reading digital news online together on CBBC Newsround is a fantastic way to practice!
Spellings
Spellings
Our spelling works for next week are words with the prefix 'in-' meaning not:
incorrect indefinite inflexible invisible incurable invisible
inactive inadequate inelegant inability insecure
Maths
Maths
This term in Year 4 maths, we are kicking off by refreshing our skills in formal column addition from Year 3. We are focusing on keeping place value neatly aligned across hundreds, tens, and ones, while mastering renaming when column totals reach 10 or more. Consolidating this core foundation ensures the children feel completely confident before we step up to adding larger 4-digit numbers and tackling multi-step word problems. You can support your child at home by practising number bonds and doubles to allow for quick mental addition.
READING
READING
Daily Reading
Remember to read every day and record it on boom reader.
Please remember that you can also add books that your child has read at home to boom reader!
TIMES TABLE
TIMES TABLE
Please help your children to become fluent with all times tables. Keep practising!
Useful links: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Please log on to the Letterjoin website to find 100s of great resources to help your child practise their handwriting!
Website: www.letterjoin.co.uk
Username: lj8296 Password: home
Key Days
Key Days
Library: Thursday (both classes)
Outdoor PE: Monday and Thursday (Einstein), Monday and Friday (Armstrong)
Topic Project
Topic Project
For your Year 4 History project exploring childhood across the ages, choose one historical era - the Romans, Tudors, or Victorians - either craft a physical replica of a toy from that period or create an informative presentation (such as a poster, booklet, or slides) about it.
Whichever option you pick, your project should clearly name the toy, state its historical period, describe the materials used to make it (like wood, clay, or cloth), explain whether rich or poor children played with it, and detail how it was played with.
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