Welcome to Year 4!

Our value this term is: Thankfulness

Your teacher is: Mrs Foy

Your Teaching Assistants are:   Miss Kingston (Monday & Tuesday)

                                                                  Mrs Murray (Wednesday AM)

                                                                   Miss Rawlings (Thursday AM)

Dear Parents & Carers,

We’ve had another busy and exciting week of learning!

Next week, we are looking forward to our visit to Waltham Place Farm on Wednesday 1st October. Please do check the trip information letter for trip details. A reminder, there will be no coach departing from school, due to the very close proximity of the trip venue. Parents are required to drop off at the Ormandy centre (SL6 3JH) at 9:15am and collect the children from the Ormandy Centre at 2:30pm.The children will need to wear school uniform and a waterproof coat. They will need appropriate footwear for the farm depending upon the weather i.e. wellington boots. They will also need a packed lunch and a water bottle.

On Thursday 2nd October, Year 4 (with the support of Year 1) will be leading our Harvest Service at the Church, which will begin just before 9am. Afterwards, why not head over to school and join the Macmillan Coffee Morning, hosted by the School Council! Everyone is warmly invited to enjoy a cuppa and a slice of homemade cake in support of a wonderful cause.

I have noticed that, due to the change in weather, there is an increased amount of mud being brought into the classroom on school shoes after break and lunchtimes. This then makes for unpleasant sitting on the floor during class reading time at the end of the day. To combat this and to help keep our classroom clean and comfortable, children are welcome to bring in a pair of indoor shoes, such as slippers or Crocs. Research even suggests that a “shoeless, slipper-wearing” classroom can help improve learning outcomes for children! These do not need to be brand new and will only be worn in the classroom—children will put their school shoes back on when moving around the building and outside.

A quick reminder to check the Homework tab each week for the spelling list and the link to Atom Learning, where the children have been set their homework tasks. The current homework set is due on Monday 6th October. 

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

Mrs Foy

Maths

This week we learnt the rules for rounding to the nearest 10, 100, and 1000. The children enjoyed using manipulatives to practise this skill and had great fun playing Rocket Rounding! We also explored Roman numerals and even learnt a song to help us remember the patterns and rules for identifying them.

English 

In English, the children have worked really hard to plan their own Viking myth, inspired by Arthur and the Golden Rope. They produced some fantastic setting descriptions, focusing on using prepositions and fronted adverbials. Next week, we are looking forward to writing out our completed myths!

Science

In Science, we explored classification keys and how they can be used to identify and sort different living things.

Guided Reading

Our Guided Reading sessions this week focused on learning the meaning of Viking words and understanding the importance of a glossary to help locate definitions. We also began reading our new end-of-day class book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief—which has already captured lots of interest!

History

In History, the children explored Viking homes and compared how they differ from our homes today. They also learnt about Viking sagas and how these stories were told. We finished our unit by plotting key dates from the Viking era onto a timeline.