What have Y4 been up to?
Autumn Term 1
Week 3
This week Year 4 have been writing setting descriptions about 'The Journey' book we have been looking at. The children wrote amazing descriptions using expanded noun phrases and similes. In Maths this week we have been practising subtraction using the column method. This work ended with an investigation activity, the children had to solve addition and subtraction calculations and then decide how to sort the calculation depending upon its answer.
In French we have learnt the names of different types of fruit. We have learnt how discuss with our friends which fruits we liked, disliked, loved or liked a little. In P.E we learnt how to dodge and defend, whilst in Science we used the laptops to research a habitat of our choice and write a fact file about it.
Reminder for parents: Next Tuesday after school there is an information meeting about the Year 4 Multiplication Check.
Week 2
A fantastic second week in Year 4. In Maths this week we have been reminding ourselves how to use column addition and have solved calculations with 4-digits for the first time. We have continued reading 'Charlotte's Web' in our reading lessons, we visited the library on Wednesday so we all now have a reading book. Miss Jobe and Mrs Maltby are looking forward to seeing every-ones reading diaries next week.
In our writing lessons this week we have been looking at the beautiful picture book 'Journey'. We have continued learning about habitats in Science and in our French lessons we have been learning to count to 20. The children particularly enjoyed this short video and counting along:
Les chiffres et les nombres de 1 a 20 - alain le lait (French numbers from 1 to 20) - YouTube
In P.E we did our first lesson of tag rugby. 4LM discovered we have two Rugby experts in our class who play for Telford Hornets. They were really helpful at showing us how to hold and throw a rugby ball correctly.
Thank-you to the parents who attended our Welcome to Year 4 presentation on Tuesday. If you were unable to attend the slides used can be found in the Important Information section in the Year 4 class pages.
Week 1
What a fantastic first week in Year 4! We have settled back into school life wonderfully and are looking forward to a fabulous first half term.
We have started reading our class text 'Charlotte's Web' and have written some lovely setting descriptions during our writing lessons.
During our maths lessons this week, we have been learning about the value of each digit in a 4-digit number and reminding ourselves about what negative numbers are.
