Year 4 blog-13th February

Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 12:29pm

Welcome to the Year 4 Blog!

Book Fair Poster Competition Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered our book fair poster competition. There were lots of fantastic posters from every class which made it a very tricky decision.

The winner in year 4, who has recieved a £5 book fair voucher is:

Elliott

The book fair will be open during parents evening on Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th February in the out of school club room. It will also be open on Thursday 26th February in hall from 8:30am – 9am. All payments are made online through a QR code. The children will be taken as a class to visit the fair throughout the week to browse the books available. We are able to order extra copies of books should this be needed.

Let’s GO ALL IN together for the National Year of Reading and earn lots of exciting new books for our school.

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World Book Day – Thursday 5th March 2026

For World Book Day this year we invite the children to dress up as their favourite book character. The children will participate in lots of fun reading activities throughout the day and share their favourite stories.

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. EdShed can be used for practise along with the spelling strategies shared on the blog below. Log in details for EdShed 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 Shed.

Please note that our spelling quiz will be on Thursday 26th February

Spellings

Lesson 18-Challenge words

Breath

Caught

Exercise

Medicine

Although

Business

Different

Extreme

Possession

Thought

English

Fast Fashion-Persuasive writing

This week we have been learning about fast fashion and how harmful it can be to our environment. We have looked at a poster about fast fashion and labelled the features that make it a persuasive poster. We have recognised the importance of a good title, subheadings, statistics and facts. We have then planned and created our own perusasive poster on fast fashion including the new information we have gathered.

Maths

Fractions

We have started a new topic based on fractions and how we can find a fraction of a number. This has required the class to use their previous fraction knowledge and apply it to a new idea. A very tricky concept but year 4 have put in all their effort and have a good understanding.

Weekly Awards!

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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 Switzerland

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

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What is the geography of Switzerland like?

Over 50% of Switzerland is covered by mountains. The Swiss Alps are located in the south and central regions of the country while the Jura Mountains are in the west. Dufourspitze is the tallest mountain in Switzerland and it is 4,634 metres above sea level.

The area between the Swiss Alps and Jura Mountains is a hilly plateau called the Mittelland. A number of rivers cross this plateau including the River Rhine. It’s the most fertile area in the country. Most of the population of Switzerland live in this region. There are also a number of lakes in Switzerland including Lake Constance and Lake Geneva.

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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.

Safeguarding - home time routine

At the end of each day, Y4 will line up on the playground football pitch. Each child will be dismissed individually, only when a member of staff has seen the adult who is collecting. If they are signed up for OSC, the children will need to be collected from the front office, so OSC can sign in, and sign out, the children they are expecting.

If you need to speak with the class teacher at the end of the day, please allow them to dismiss the class first.

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

Safety in PE

We would like to remind all parents that for the safety of all children and following guidance from Chorley SSP, jewellery is not to be worn during PE. This includes earrings, bracelets and watches. All children will be asked to remove their jewellery at the start of every PE lesson. This will ensure their own safety during the lesson and the safety of others. If a child is unable to take out their own earrings, adults in school will not be able to do it for them. This will mean they will have to take another role in the lesson such as observing, coaching or officiating.

For this reason, if your child is not confident taking out earrings, please do not put them in on our PE days. This year, our PE lessons are on Wednesday and Thursday, however we may also have extra lessons on other days throughout the year.

Thank you for your support in keeping our children safe.