Year 4 Blog- 27th February
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 2:23pm
Reminder that swimming is every Monday so children will need to bring in their things every week!
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.
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 5th March
Spellings
Lesson19-
automatic
august
launch
haul
astronaut
cause
author
applaud
autumn
audience
English
This week in English, we have begun our exciting new class text, Rumaysa. The children have made a fantastic start and are already fully engaged with the story. We have been exploring the rich vocabulary used in the book and collecting adjectives to describe the characters. As part of this, the children have been thinking about how characters might be feeling during the events occuring.
Using this knowledge, as a class the children wrote a letter in the role of Rumaysa who was asking another fairytale character for help. Following this, the children then independently wrote a reply to Rumaysa in response to the previous letter.
Maths
Addition and subtraction
This week in maths we have focused on using column addition and subtraction when dealing with decimals. We have looked at using estimation and the inverse to check if we have the correct answers as well as dealing with tricky exchanges between tenths and ones. The children have used what they already know about tenths to help them with these questions and have done a brilliant job!
Weekly Awards!
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...
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.
