Dear all,
In English this week, we have continued looking at the Snowman and have begun to plan our story opening. We have been using our sentences skills and story techniques to write sentences and paragraphs to apply these skills and form the structure in our planning.
In Maths, we have continued with have begun our measures unit and have focused on children learning more efficient methods to calculate money in order to solve a focus problem. We have also been focusing on developing the children’s times table knowledge. Please encourage your children to practise at home using games and activities. Sumdog is a good resource for this type of consolidation. For those children, who are confident with tables then we have been looking at their related division facts.
In RE, we continue with Prayer, Saints and Feasts unit and have looked at the Hindu festival of Diwali and at a prayer said during the celebrations. We used this as a stimulus to create our own prayers for our class prayer book and hall display.
This week saw the beginning of our Anti-bullying fortnight with wearing odd socks. The children explored each others differences and how we can value diversity. Next week, we will look at we can be tolerant of other cultures and faiths.
A big thank you for all family members that walked with the children and attended the Remembrance mass at Sacred Heart church on Tuesday. The children were amazing and enjoyed such a special occasion. We look forward to hopefully seeing you at the whole school Advent Mass in a few weeks time.
Celebrations:
Golden Key
4s: Liberty Ricketts: ‘For using the gifts God has given her to be a kind, thoughtful, helpful and funny member of the class.’
4B: Phoebe Churcher: ‘For using the gifts God has given her to commit to her learning.’
Showstopper Writer:
4S: Amelie Booth: ‘For creating effective short sentences to show character’s actions.’
4B: Aston Lewendon: ‘For being a reflective learning when editing his writing.’
Reminders/Dates:
Please send in a coat (hat, scarf and gloves) and water bottle with your child– changeable weather will ensure that the children are warm and dry and with our school’s reduce plastic cups initiative, the children need to take a water bottle in to lunch each day.
As the weather gets colder, we will still be undertaking PE outside so could you please send in a pair of plain black leggings or tracksuit bottoms if your child doesn’t already have a pair in their kit.
We have had a lot of children misplace jumpers, PE kit and cardigans over the last week. Please ensure that each item of clothing is named. We encourage children to place items they have removed in a recognisible/memorable place (chair, bag, coat peg, or PE bag) to avoid them being lost.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
The Year 4 Team