Y4 Friday Blog - 3/10/25
Date: 1st Oct 2025 @ 12:14pm
Important Information!
This year, spelling practice has moved from Spelling Frame to Spelling Shed. A few parents have been met with an error message when logging into Spelling Frame for this reason. Fingers crossed, Spelling Shed should now be set up, with a working link below. Usernames and passwords are now stuck into Reading Records.
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.
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 Shed.
Please note that our spelling quiz will be on Thursday 9th October
Spellings
intercity
international
interfere
interview
intercept
intercom
internet
interchange
interface
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 Italy - the home of the great Valentino Rossi!
Each week, we will find and share a new fact on the blog...
PEOPLE & CULTURE
Since the rise of the Roman Empire, Italian art, architecture, and culture have had an influence around the world. Famed Italian painters include Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Italy is also at the heart of the Catholic Church, which is governed from Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome.
The family is at the center of Italian society. Young people often live at home until they are in their 30s, even if they have a job. When parents retire, they often go to live with their children.
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!
Previous week's answers...
After she has cut off 1.2m, there will be 3.6m remaining.
This is then shared into 2 equal pieces, meaning each piece is 1.8m
Our learning this week in Year 4
English
Our first English book of the year is Escape from Pompeii, a fantastic and gripping story about 2 friends trying to escape the erupting volcano.
Our modelled writes are now complete, and it is time to plan and write our independent piece! However... we have had to put a pause on it, as this week is Oracy Week! We have been looking at, learning, and performing a poem from Robert Louis Stevenson. Pictures of the performance will follow!
Oracy Week
Maths - Statistics
In maths, the unit of 'perimetre has come and gone! We are already on our next unit - statistics
We have been looking at a variety of bar charts, line graphs and other , ensuring we are reading and understanding the displayed data, before we ever glance at the question!
Have a fantastic weekend!
The Year 4 team