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Year 4 Please remember to bring your book bag to school every day with reading books inside. Please also bring a named water bottle and a healthy snack for breaktime. Please remember to come to school in your PE kits on PE days with appropriate footwear, hair tied back and earrings either removed or covered.. Our PE days are Monday (indoor) and Thursday (outdoor) for both classes. If you have any questions, please ask one of us. Miss Lowe and Miss Cook |
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TT Rockstars It is essential that children become secure with times tables (2x - 12x) and they should be practising these every day. TT Rockstars is a fantastic game-based app/website to support times table practice and it can be accessed via most devices. Please support children to log on at home and practice for at least 10 minutes every day. Log in details can be found in children's pink homework books. Please ask us if you have any questions or difficulties logging on.  Each week, children can compete in a 'rock battle' between the two year 4 classes. The more they play, the more points they earn for their class! |
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DT- 01.10.24 Today we had an exciting DT day where we planned, designed and made our own water turbine to be able to generate sustainable energy. We learnt all about hydropower which is a type of renewable energy. First, we researched existing products to help with our ideas and then worked together to plan out our designs in groups, thinking carefully about what materials we would need. Then we used our DT skills to make our water turbine, working together as a team and problem solving along the way to create our final product. We then evaluated our products against our success criteria.
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English - 23.09.24 To begin our unit on persuasive speech, we created information posters about freshwater. First, we carried out research to find out key information. We discovered what freshwater is, how it is used by humans and wildlife and what we can do to protect it. We created information posters to show people the importance of freshwater and encourage them to look after it. We made sure they were eye catching and easy to read.
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English - 11.09.24 This week in English we have been exploring the character of Issac from our class text 'The Rhythm of the Rain'. Using evidence from the text, we have discussed Issac's personality and emotions. We created a role on the wall for Issac based on what we had found out before hot seating the character of Issac. We generated interesting questions to ask Issac. When it was our turn to be Issac in the 'hot seat', we answered the questions that we were asked, from Issac's point of view.  |
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Geography - 10.09.24 In Geography this week, we learnt about the water cycle as part of our current unit of work Rolling on a River. Using the VR headsets, we explored each stage of the water cycle and used key vocabulary such as condensation, evaporation and precipitation. We learnt about what happens at each stage, linking this to our Science learning about states of matter. In pairs, we created our own water cycle in a bag, drawing a diagram and labelling each stage. |
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Science - 09.09.24 Today, we learnt about the melting point, which is when a solid changes state into a liquid. When melting occurs, the bonds between the particles get weaker and the particles gain more energy. We investigated the melting point of different foods, making a prediction before conducting an experiment. We melted different foods and measured the temperature using a thermometer to find out each melting point. We discussed how to ensure we carried out a fair test.  |
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Reading Regular reading is extremely important - this is a website that can help you to find books you might like. If you like the author Abi Elphinstone for instance, you will be able to find suggestions of other books similar to her style. https://www.thereaderteacher.com/bookmatch Happy browsing. |
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Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spellings Please click on the attachment below to find the list of statutory spellings that need to be known by the end of Year 4. |
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Alan Peat Sentences Please refer to the attachment below and use the different types of sentences to enhance your writing. |
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