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14th October 2022Almas Anwar

What an incredible return for a new school year. The children have settled into Year 3 really well and have adjusted well to the expectations of this year. Several new children have joined Wigmore this term and it has been great to welcome them into our school community.

It has been an exciting start to the year, with the children engaging with a variety of learning opportunities including

Drumming lessons – where children have been learning about rhythm and pulse.
Resilience building activities – learning about diversity, the qualities of a resilient learner, creating our class moto, learning about the importance of sleep.
Science – Learning about light, properties of transparent, translucent and opaque materials, light sources and how shadows are formed.
Maths – We have been learnt about Place Value and have now moved onto our next unit on Addition and Subtraction of 3-digit numbers.
English – Having completed our first unit on conflict and resolution narrative, the children enjoyed writing their own stories, we have just started our new text Why Dragons are Afraid of Mice, an explanation text.
French – The children have been introduced to the first steps of learning a new language.
Computing – The children have begun their coding journeys, learning about how to read flow charts to create a computer programme.

Reminders

Please ensure children read for ten minutes every day when possible and bring in reading books and records in every day for counting.
Children should be practicing their 3,4- and 8-times tables. www.timestables.co.uk is an excellent resource to help children with this.
Please be reminded PE is on Mondays and children should come to school in their PE kits.

Looking forward to an amazing year ahead,

Mrs Anwar, Mrs Prowse and Mr Vettese

Year 4 end of summer 1

19th May 2022Almas Anwar

Reading and Writing

The children wrote their own versions of a fantasy finding story. We have now started the whole school writing unit based on Little Red Riding Hood.

Maths

We are completing our unit on decimals and have been looking at ordering, comparing and rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.

Science

We have enjoyed exploring our school grounds, looking at the different living organisms that live there. We took pictures of the different organisms we found and created a classification key to identify these.

ICT – This term we have used our ICT sessions to get children familiarised with the multiplication test format and allow them the opportunity to learn the times tables that they are not confident with. Please continue to encourage your child to practise these at home. We appreciate your support with this.

RE – The children have enjoyed creating their own festival aswell as making Wesak lanterns this term.

In the next three weeks:

English – We will be looking at discussion and debate regarding fantasy creatures. This will link to the Spiderwick Chronicles books that we continue to read to the class. When choosing reading books this half term, please encourage your child to choose with a fantasy setting to support them with their ideas for this unit.

The Field Guide (SPIDERWICK CHRONICLE Book 1) eBook : DiTerlizzi, Tony, Black, Holly: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Maths – The next unit of work is money, which will allow children to practise what they have been learning in the current decimals unit.

Science – We will be starting our unit on Humans including animals. We will be looking at teeth, digestion and food chains.

Topic – On Monday 23rd we will be having an exciting Anglo Saxon day as a ‘WOW’ start to our next history topic.

ICT – We will continue to use these sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test but during the next half term the children will be excited to learn how top create their own animations using the computers.

RE – The children will be looking at Judaism, with particular attention to the festival of Passover and understanding the importance of festivals and family life to Jewish.

Summer 1

27th April 2022Almas Anwar

Reading and Writing

We have started to learn our model text for our fantasy finding tale and have been doing some work on making our writing more engaging for our reader.

Maths

We will continue to look at decimals for the first few weeks of this term which will then lead nicely onto a unit on money. We will continue to practise our times tables in readiness for the multiplication test in the beginning of June. Please encourage your child to learn those times tables that they are unsure of.

Science

For the first three days of term we zapped through the unit of Electricity, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Using the components to build their own circuits discovering that it will light a bulb, make a buzzer ‘scream’ and cause a motor to turn switched on their interest!

ICT – This term we have used our first session using the timestables.co.uk website to allow children to practise having a go using the test format.

RE – We have begun our topic on festivals and have been looking at which festivals are religious, which are non religious and those which have elements of both.

In the next three weeks:

English – The children will continue to look at a fantasy finding tale, leading to them writing their own. Ideas for their story could come from one of the story books we are currently reading in class – The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Maths – We will be continuing work on decimals looking at hundredths, dividing by 10 and 100, rounding, comparing and ordering decimals.

Science – We will be starting our unit on Living Things and their Habitats. This unit looks at the different ways in which living things can be grouped, using classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment. As well as this we will be looking at how environments can change and the impact of this on living things.

ICT – This term we will continue to use these sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test.

RE – Using their knowledge of festivals children will be designing their own festivals.

End of Spring Term

25th March 2022Almas Anwar

Reading and Writing

We have been looking at a diary recount linked to the book The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. We have looked at the features of a diary and identified the features in some children’s books (Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney and Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell.

We have done some reading comprehension assessments this week based on a Greek Myth and an Information Text on Kites.

Maths

In maths, we have been looking at fractions, equivalence, simplifying, and adding and subtracting. We continue to practise the four operations and applying these to problem solving.

Science

In science we have looked at the different states of matter and the particle arrangements of these. The children had lots of fun finding the weight of carbon dioxide in a fizzy drink and investigating the melting point of chocolate and amazingly they were not tempted to eat any but that’s only because the teachers ate it all!

Easter Production

We have been extremely busy learning our words and songs for the performance and the children and staff are very much looking forward to sharing the finished article with you next week. There are still plenty of tickets available for the Tuesday am performance and limited numbers available for Wednesday’s pm performance. Looking forward to seeing you there!

At the beginning of the next term:

English – We will be developing setting and character within a story focused on a fantasy character. The children will then be writing their own fantasy tale at the end of this unit.

Reading – Each class will be looking at a new book this term, our three texts are Krindlekrax, One Plastic Bag, UG, Boy Genius of the Stone Age. Using these texts, we will teach comprehension skills such as prediction, inference, retrieval and vocabulary in context.

Maths – We will be looking at decimals for the first few weeks which links well to the fractions work we are currently completing.

Science – After half term we will be looking at Electricity in the first week back, where children will be looking at which appliances use electricity, renewable and non-renewable energy sources and creating circuits.

ICT – This term we will be using some sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test later this term.

RE – We will be starting our new topic on festivals.

Children showing the particle arrangement in different states of matter

Fraction work

Wow, we believe we may have had a visit from some aliens. The children were very excited to recount their thoughts and ideas on what may have gone on.

Spring 2 (1)

2nd March 2022Almas Anwar

Reading and Writing

At the beginning of this half term in writing we did some work on grammar expectations for year 4. This included using inverted commas, plural and possessive S and paragraphing.

We have begun a new writing unit based on a diary recount linked to the book The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. We will be creating our own diary recounts, writing as a character from the book.

In our reading sessions we continue to focus on reading comprehension skills using our three texts (Krindlekrax, One Plastic Bag, UG, Boy Genius of the Stone Age). In addition to this we have our own class reader that we are reading throughout the week.

Maths

In maths, we have finished off our unit on area and have begun a new unit on fractions. This unit includes, equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers (fractions greater than 1).

Topic

We have completed our topic on rivers and mountains having looked at significant world rivers and the features of rivers.

RE – In RE the children have been continuing to study Sikhism, they have been looking at what it means to be a Sikh. Particularly how they work in the community and serve food to those who need it, regardless of their religion.

Over the next few weeks we will focus on :

English – Writing a diary account of a character, from a story we have already looked at.

Maths – We will be completing our first unit on fractions.

Science – We will be starting a new science unit on States of Matter looking at properties of solids, liquids and gases. The children will be able to learn through practical activities in class, which they are very excited about.

ICT – This term we will be using some sessions to practise times tables ahead of the times tables test next term. We may also give the children the opportunity to complete Reading Eggs and Mathletics tasks.

RE – We will be completing our unit on Sikhism focusing on the 5 Ks and their leadership.

Easter Production

In the final week of term week beginning 28th March, year 3 and 4 will be performing to parents and carers. All children will be participating through acting and singing. We will be busy learning our songs, script and making props.

The performances will be as follows:

Tuesday 29th March – 9:30 am

Wednesday 30th March – 2 pm

Unfortunately, there will be no evening performance due to parents’ evenings being held this week. Information about tickets to this extravaganza will be sent out shortly. we look forward to seeing you on those dates.

Thank you to those children who brought in work for the optional homework on the water cycle. Here are some pictures of the fabulous work our wonderful year 4 pupils have done.

Below is an example of the ‘Role on the Wall’ activity, ask your children to tell you more about this. Also here is part of our text map for our diary recount. See if your child can read it to you.

Year 4 Spring 1 Blog (2)

9th February 2022Almas Anwar

Reading and Writing

We have been working on creating our own opening and build up to an adventure story. Within this unit we have been looking at features of writing such as; alliteration, similes and personification.

We are continuing our daily reading sessions to improve their comprehension and discussion skills.

Maths

In maths, we have been looking at division. Children have been learning how to divide a 2 digit and 3 digit number by a 1 digit number, including remainders.

Your children will be bringing home with them a pamphlet for parents explaining more about the times tables check in June 2022. Children need to continue working on learning times tables at home. Below there are some very useful websites to help them with their learning and understanding.

www.timestables.co.uk – This website shows the exact format of the test children will complete

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/times-table-collection/z4vv6v4

Mathletics

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Topic

We have been continuing with our topic on rivers and mountains and have been looking at mountain environments in terms of climate and safety. We have also done some art work focusing on mountain landscapes.

RE – In RE the children have been continuing to study Sikhism, they have looked at the holy book of the Sikh religion and also found out about where Sikhs worship.

At the beginning of the next half term the sequence of learning will focus on:

English – Writing a diary account of a character, from a story we have already looked at.

Maths – We are completing a unit on area before moving onto a unit on fractions including; tenths and hundredths, equivalent fractions and fractions greater than 1.

Topic – We will be finishing off our rivers and mountains topic by looking at the features of a river and an optional homework task will be set on The Water Cycle.

ICT – We will be continuing to look at spreadsheets.

RE – We will continue to study Sikhism, finding out about the values a Sikh will live by.

Year 4 Autumn 2 Blog

17th November 2021Almas Anwar

Reading and writing

This half term so far we have been studying persuasive writing in the form of a letter. The subject of the letter was deforestation and looking after the rainforest and all its creatures. The children are currently writing their own persuasive letter from endangered animals.

We have started some new texts to Year 4 and have been working on our comprehension skills.

The texts are; One Plastic Bag, Krindlekrax, and Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age.

Maths

We have been doing lots of work on addition and subtraction, including mental methods. The children are able to use column method, partitioning and part whole model to help with solving their calculations.

We are continuing to learn our times tables in readiness for the statutory test in June. Children are making good progress towards this and we encourage them to continue learning these at home.

Science

Children are thoroughly enjoying our new topic of sound, where so far we have learnt about how sound travels.

In Music, the children have really enjoyed playing the glockenspiels and are starting to develop their ability to read and interpret simple sheet music. They are also beginning to understand and use the correct musical terminology.

Over the next few weeks the sequence of learning will focus on:

English – Writing a portal story based on a picture book (wordless book), called Journey.

Maths – We will be looking at addition and subtraction problem solving, perimeter and multiplication and division.

Science – In science we will be looking at the structure of the ear and also which materials make good insulators.

RE – We are looking at a variety of ways in which different cultures/religions worship.

Look at what we have been doing in Year 4!

Year 4

14th October 2021Almas Anwar

We have had a very busy half term in year 4. The children have settled back into school well.

Some of the highlights from this term have been:

English – We have been writing our own Finding Tale, after finding our own box of treasure! Also on National Poetry Day, we wrote poems about chocolate cake after enjoying our own.

Maths – In Maths we have been doing work on place value, leading on to rounding and negative number.

Topic – We have benn learning about the Roman invasion of Britain and the main differences between the Romans and the Celts.

ICT – Learning to code using Purple Mash

French – In French we have learnt to say our name, how old we are and where we live.

RE – In RE we have been learning about how different religions worship.

Coming up

Next week we will be designing and creating our own Roman shields. After half term, in science we will be studying Sound and in Maths we will be covering the four operations