Y4 Friday Blog - 04/07/25

Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 4:51pm

Welcome to the Year 4 Blog!

Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.

Every Friday, the blog will be shared with the class to recap our learning and make them aware of their homework. Moving to online homework has allowed us to become a more eco friendly school. Throughout the week we will be learning about the spelling rule in preparation for the quiz on Thursday. Spelling frame can be used for practise along with the spelling strategies shared on the blog below. Log in details for Spelling Frame or TT Rock Stars can be found on the inside cover of your child's Reading Record book.

Homework

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference. E.g. "Why do you think the character is unhappy?"

Please note that reading books will be changed when completed. Please write a note in your child's reading record book when a book has been completed and sign the relevant parent signature box. Thank you in advance.

Spellings - Please find this weeks spellings below and a link to spelling frame.

Please note that our spelling quiz will be on Thursday 10th July

Spellings

Spelling Rule 31 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - me- to op-

ordinary

particular

peculiar

perhaps

popular

position

possess

possession

possibly

potatoes

pressure

Geography Fact of the Week!

Mrs. Macdonald (our Geography boffin) has had a great idea! To make sure our knowledge of the world is solid, each class will be spotlighting a different country in Europe.

For this term, we have the country Slovenia

Each week, we will find and share a new fact on the blog...

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Slovenia is healthy!

In Eastern Slovenia, many thermal springs can be found which have beneficial health effects. Here, you can find several natural health resorts and spas where experts will help you on your journey to health and wellbeing based on individual treatment. They will pamper you in their wellness centres in a multitude of ways and make sure that you’ll feel great in your skin. There’s lots of fun, too. Attractive water parks with daring slides and other water attractions are particularly thrilling for the youngest visitors.

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Maths Problem of the Week

Each week, a new maths problem will appear on the blog... Can you solve it?

The answers will be posted in next week's blog!

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Previous week's answers...

If the area of the shape is 75cm2, then each square must have an area of 25cm2... Therefore, each side must be equal to 5cm.

There are 8 sides on display, meaning the perimeter must be 40cm.

Our learning this week in Year 4

Something a little bit different!

English

We have started our final modelled write of Y4!

We set the scene of our write, describing the terrible situation which Naledi and Tiro have found themselves in. Then, we used some fantastic grammar! We dipped into Y5 grammar, using dashes for parenthesis, adding extra information - we might have even thrown in a semi-colon or two!

Recycling Workshop

Today, we had a visit from Robert Beckett, a facilitator from Chorley Council, delivering a workshop on recycling. We found out that 70% of plastic pollution in the ocean, sinks down to the bottom - this means it can never be recovered! We found out that fast-fashion items, like cheap clothing and the latest gadgets, contribute terribly to plastic pollution. And, we got some inside knowledge that food recycling bins will soon be coming to every home in Chorley!

It was a fantastic morning, with a perfect mix of teaching, conversation and fun activities!

Safeguarding - morning routine

If you are dropping off your child at the classroom door/ KS2 entrance door and need to pass a message on to a member of staff please do so by speaking to the staff member who monitors the door in the morning. If you need to enter school for any other reason, adults can only enter the school building via the main school entrance and seek assistance from the school office team. If you are attending a meeting with a member of staff, you must sign in at the front desk as a visitor and have an ID lanyard.

Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school and children safe.