Year 4 Blog-3rd July

Date: 1st Jul 2026 @ 11:54am

Welcome to the Year 4 Friday blog!

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

Friday awards

We only had a SHINE award this week but we have extra coming next week! Well done Jese!

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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. Remember to ask questions as this will improve key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference. Children should also have their school reading books in school every day so that an adult can read with them.

Spellings - For our spelling quizzes this year, there will be a list of 10 words sent home to learn. These words will all follow a spelling rule that we are learning in class that week. Our spelling quiz will then take place on a Thursday, where children will be tested on those 10 words along with a mystery word from a previously taught week. This weeks words are listed below. You will also find the overview for the year on our Year 4 class page.

incorrect

illegible

subject

international

coronation

wildly

bravely

thoughtfully

believe

preparation

Times tables - Times tables are a vital skill, which will be used throughout the year and through the rest of the children's school journey and lives. In order to prepare every child as well as we can, we ask that children log in to times table rockstars as many days as possible each week. On there, the children can practise all of their times tables by playing different games. As you know, children will be tested on their tables in the summer term. Please continue to practise these as much as possible at home.

Euxton factor

The children really enjoyed audtinioning and watching their friends audition for Euxton Factor this week. What a talented bunch we have in our class! Well done to all those children who auditioned and showed confidence in their talents!

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English

This week we completed our independent write on our book Journey to Jo'burg. The children wrote their own versions of the story using their own characters, destinations and plots. The writing was fanstastic!

We also started our new topic on debates and discussions. We started by understanding what a debate is, what makes an effective debate and what rules should be in place for a good debate. The children then planned their own debate trying to convince other children that their favourite book is the best.

See the gallery for the photo of the whole class debate that took place. Some children were even successful in changing their friends minds!

Maths

Statistics

In maths we have been looking at graphs, charts, diagrams and how to organise information. We have learned how to read a bar graph and answer questions, how to read a line graph and answer questions based on it and how to sort numbers into carroll diagrams and venn diagrams.

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.

We hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

The year 4 team!