4W 2021 - 2022
Miss Ward
4W's Class Page
Key reminders:
Monday: Spelling test & library slot - please bring in your book to be changed.
Friday: Weekly Xtables and Reading racetrack - please listen to your child read 4x a week
Our PE days* are on Tuesday (indoor- dodgeball) and Friday (outdoor- tag rugby)
In 4W we have been learning some very catchy Xtables songs to help us improve speedy recall of Xtables.
Use the links below to watch the video for your chosen Xtable.
TT Rockstars - In 4W we have been working extremely hard on our multiplication tables. The children are enjoying taking part in daily tournaments at school, as well as individual leaderboards. I have noticed a fantastic improvement in each child's recall of multiplication facts. Keep up the hard work 4W!
Please aim to access TT Rockstars at home as much as possible in preparation for our Y4 multiplication test.
Spellings - Spellings are set on spelling shed each week and reset every Sunday ready for the test the following Monday. Your child will have a copy of the spellings for each week in their reading racetracks, or you can download from the files at the bottom of the page.
March 2022
PSHCE
Today, we have been looking at team building and how it is important to recognise that sometimes we might need help from others. The children have had lots of fun listening to each other's instructions on how to navigate the cup stacking activity, without using their hands!
January 2022
Welcome back Year 4! I have added your Spring Newsletter to this page so that you can have a look at what we are going to be getting up to this term. You should have all received either a small copy of your spellings that will be in the back of your reading racetrack books or have taken a larger copy home for your grown ups. I have also put a link to that document on here as well so that you can check them each week if you like. The ones that are highlighted in yellow are scheduled to be on Spelling Shed during a holiday. This means that you will have extra time to learn these spelling before you come back to school.
Week beginning 22nd November 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 11
although, thought, through, various, weight, woman, women.
These are on Spelling Shed so make sure you are accessing the assignments that have been set for you each week.
**Spellings for Y4 are the ones labelled Year 4 - any others have been accidentally set by other year groups and will not be the correct ones**
Week beginning 15th November 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 10
separate, special, straight, strange, strength, suppose, surprise, therefore, though, although
DT - 10th November
This week, we have been exploring different structural shapes to build a variety of bridges. We decided a Truss bridge would be a good place to start as we could make triangular shapes to help spread the weight of the bridge equally, thus making it stronger.
Then, the children were challenged to be an engineer and build their own bridges using only TWO items...
Spaghetti and Marshmallows!
Here's how we got on...
Week beginning 8th November 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 9
pressure, probably, promise, purpose, quarter, question, regular, reign, remember, sentence.
Week beginning 2nd November 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 8
ordinary, particular, perculiar, perhaps, popular, position, possess, possession, possible, potatoes
Week beginning 18th October 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 7
medicine, mention, minute, natural, naughty, notice, occasion, occasionally, often, opposite
Week beginning 11th October 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 6
imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library, material.
6th October - Science!
Continuing with our Electricity topic, we were investigating which materials are good conductors and insulators. We tried a variety of classroom objects to decide which materials would be suitable to make a switch with.
Week beginning 4th October 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 5
forwards, fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history
Week beginning 27th September 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 4.
earth, eight, enough, exercise, experience, experiment, extreme, famous, favourite, February.
Tuesday 21st and 28th of September - PE - Dance!
We have been exploring the different levels we can use to perform a dance. We have been practising a variety of dance styles from around the world and then creating our own.
Week beginning 20th September 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 3.
circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear, early.
These are on Spelling Shed so make sure you are accessing the assignments that have been set for you each week.
All passwords for spelling shed have been reset, they are case sensitive and will not work if you use s p a c e s or CAPITAL LETTERS. The assignment is labelled Week 3 - Year 4 Spellings
Maths 15th September
We have been using counters and place value charts to help us identify the value of a digit within a number.
Science 15th September
Today, we have been exploring how to construct a simple circuit. The children were given a selection of components and challenged to make a bulb light. As you can see... we have some very BRIGHT children in our class!
Week beginning 13th September 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 2.
breath, breathe, build, busy, business, calendar, caught, centre, century, certain.
These are on Spelling Shed so make sure you are accessing the assignments that have been set for you each week.
**Our Autumn Term newsletter is available to download from the files below**
Week beginning 6th September 2021 - Here are your spellings for week 1.
accident, accidentally, actual, actually, address, although, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle.
These are on Spelling Shed so make sure you are accessing the assignments that have been set for you each week.
Welcome to 4W!
Here you can keep up to date with the fantastic things we have going on in Y4 and any important dates you might need to remember.
- Key reminders have been moved to the top of our class page! -
*Please ensure your child has the correct PE kit in school and it is clearly marked with their name. Long hair should be tied up and all jewellery (including watches and fitbits) will need to be removed. Earrings should be either removed or covered up with tape.
The school PE kit:
- Plain white t-shirt
- Navy blue shorts
- Black pumps
An optional outdoor PE kit can be used (navy/dark coloured joggers, jumper and trainers) in addition to the basic kit of pumps, shorts and top if you wish.
I'm looking forward to welcoming you back soon, but just in case you have forgotten what I look like...
This is me!