Year 4 Spellings 12.10.26

 

Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.

Year 4 Wild Passport Day

 

Wild Passport Day: Rope Skills!

What a brilliant Wild Passport Day we had exploring rope skills!

Our young adventurers showed fantastic resilience as they tackled tricky knots, learning how to tie a timber hitch and a clove hitch to join sticks together. Practising sheer lashing to build flagpoles took real determination and patience!

We showed brilliant resourcefulness by using natural materials and braiding wheels to weave cord and craft round braid bookmarks using the Kumihimo technique. During free choice time, everyone got creative with binoculars, magnifying glasses, maps, and compasses to explore the outdoors.

Working in small groups really brought out our reciprocity—children helped each other hold sticks, measure cord, and design colorful flags to attach to their poles.

Finally, taking time for reflectiveness allowed us to look back on what we accomplished. It was wonderful to see everyone think about how much their knot-tying and lashing confidence grew throughout the day.

Well done to all our fantastic outdoor learners!

"Tying the clove hitch was really tricky at first, but I kept trying and didn't give up until my flagpole stayed up!" - Isabella, Willow 

"My partner helped hold the sticks still while I wrapped the cord, and then we swapped so they could tie theirs too." - Zachary, Maple

"I loved using the braiding wheel to turn plain thread into a cool bookmark—it felt like magic!" - Elliot, Elm 

Year 4 Subject Blog - Maths

 

We have had a busy and successful Half term in Maths! The children in Elm, Maple, and Willow have been putting in tremendous effort to master their understanding of Place Value.

 We took a hands-on, practical approach to breaking numbers down in unusual ways. While it was tricky to wrap our heads around at first, the whole year group showed incredible perseverance, and everyone got there in the end! We explored number lines that don't start at zero. The children learned a step-by-step method to tackle these: first finding the overall value of the line, dividing by the number of intervals, and then filling in the missing steps accurately.

What a fantastic effort from all three classes! Keep up the brilliant mathematical thinking, Year 4!

"At first I thought flexible partitioning was impossible, but once I broke the numbers apart, it suddenly all clicked!" - Kevin, Elm 

"I used to get stuck when number lines didn't start at zero, but now I know the secret trick is finding the value of the intervals first!" - Happiness, Maple 

"Place value is like solving a code—once you figure out what each digit is worth, you can build any number you want!" - Jason, Willow 

Year 4 Cinema Permission

 

We are delighted to inform you that a trip has been booked for our Year 4 children. In celebration of the Into Film Festival. The children will be attending a viewing of SpongeBob the Movie at Vue Cinema, Romford.

All of Year 4 will be in attendance and we will have a private screening of the film.

On Thursday 19th November all children should be in school by 8.45am as we will be leaving promptly from 9.15am. We will be travelling by bus and expect to return to school by 1.00pm.

The children will eat lunch at school once we have returned from the cinema. In case we are back late that day, all children will need to bring a packed lunch  in a carrier bag that is clearly labelled with their name and class. 

Please fill in the attached form here

Year 4 - Greek Wow Day

 

On Tuesday 10th November, Year 4 will be hosting a fantastic Greek WOW Day in school!

To celebrate our Ancient Greeks topic, children are invited to come to school, dressed up as their favourite Greek person – this could be a famous Greek, an ancient Greek figure, philosopher, warrior, god or goddess!

Throughout the day, the children will take part in a range of fabulous Ancient Greek-inspired activities, bringing their learning to life and making links with our exciting curriculum topic.

We can’t wait to see Year 4 transform into a wonderful world of Ancient Greece for the day! 

There is no need to buy an outfit!  Below are some examples of homemade costumes for inspiration. It’s a great opportunity for the children to get creative, use their imagination, and have fun making something themselves!

Black History Month - We Need Your Help!

 

As part of our celebrations for Black History Month, our Year 4 classes will be creating a vibrant art display inspired by the work of Matthew Small.

In order to do this, we are asking for your help to collect clean, dry recycled materials that the children can use for their creations.

Materials that we are looking for include, cardboard, plastic items, paper goods and textiles. Please send any collected items into school with your child.

Do you play a specific role in the community? If so, we would love for you to come into school and share your experiences and inspiration with the children. Please let your child's class teacher know if this is something that you would like to do.

Many thanks

Year 4 Team

Year 4 Spellings 05.10.26

 

Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.