Home Learning Information for Year Four

This coming term, the home learning expectations are as follows:

Each week, there will be times table practice and either a written consolidation or Mathletics task set. (30 minutes)

In school, we have a weekly focus on a spelling rule. A list of spellings to learn that follow the week's rule will be provided. (20 minutes)

Children should read with an adult at least three times a week at home. Where possible, this could be every day. Renaissance Home Connect enables parents to see information about their child's progress within Accelerated Reader.

 

This home learning will be set on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. Home learning will recommence on Thursday 19th April. 

As always, there will be no Home Learning to complete during the half term break. 

On Wednesday 4th July, children will meet their Year Five teacher for next year and the preparation work set that day will replace home learning for the final weeks of the year.

Spelling tests will take place in the same way they did during the previous terms.

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Ever seen Romans dance to the Macarena?

4MR enjoyed a brain break today in between final preparations for the Roman Museum this afternoon. We love singing and dancing together!

Fun with words and sentences in 4MR

This week, some children in 4MR were given the opportunity to explore words and build sentences using a variety of games. They loved learning new spellings of words and also sharing top tips with their friends.
A lot of laughter was heard when building sentences too!

Below are some pictures of the children in action

A Trip to Verulamium!

Last week, the Year Four children travelled to St Albans, where the third largest Roman Settlement in Britain was located. Verulamium Museum exhibits everyday life in Roman Britain. In a workshop hosted by museum curators, the children had the opportunity to handle different artefacts that would have been found at a Roman market from food to clothing and household items. They made deductions and learned how they were used every day in town.

In the museum, the children had a go at playing an old Roman game called Three Men's Morris and making their own mosaic. All of the children had a go at sketching the artefact that impressed them the most.

Before lunch, the classes viewed a restored Hypocaust and learned how the Romans invented underfloor heating. Below are some photos from the trip.

4MR Freya's incredible story writing!

Year 4 are currently being taught how to write African stories in English and have made an incredible start!

Freya's story writing has blown us away with her descriptive language and important theme.

Here is the first half of the story. We can't wait to see how the story develops and ends!

It was a scorching hot day in the grasslands of Africa. The trees were lifeless, offering no shade to the poor animals. Some just strong enough for the smallest of birds to perch on. An enormous elephant stomped by. His skin as dry as a rock. Elephant had two enormous ears, four plump, stubby legs and a small, boring nose.
Poor Elephant got bullied by all the other animals for having such a stubby nose. "Look at my magnificent beak," squawked Vulture. 
"Look at my velvety nose," declared Zebra.
Elephant was never allowed to join in with their games. One day, Elephant decided he'd had enough of their mean ways. He was going to prove to them that he was to be treated equally. 
He strode into the middle of the savanna to see all the animals lying on the floor, craving water. He had decided what he was going to do. "I'm going to search for water. When I'm back, you will all be begging me for a drop!" he declared. The animals laughed with all the energy they had left. When Elephant had gone, they whispered and chatted about how silly Elephant was.
Elephant had started his journey when he thought he heard some mysterious cackling. He thought it was just him remembering the animals laughing at his nose. Then it got louder. Elephant grew scared. Turn back or keep going - what will Elephant do?


Well done, Freya! A truly incredible start!

Future Me

On Thursday, Joshua from 4CH led a fun filled football coaching session as part of his Future Me. This was the last pledge he needed in order to get his Bronze Badge. Joshua took full responsibility from the session and took the time out of his lunch time to write down his activities on a  coaching session plan sheet and collect all equipment. Joshua showed maturity throughout and took on all advice given to him about how to run the session. Children were really excited to be taught and gain some valuable top tips to improve their passing and shooting. Below are some clips and pictures from the session. Well done Joshua, Fantastic leadership skills!

4AW Lion King - Look who is reading our reviews

4AW were really pleased to get an email from The Lion King to thank us for our reviews. The reviews have been posted backstage at the Lyceum theatre so that the cast can read them all. Thank you to everyone involved with The Lion King.