Weekly News 27.3.26
It is hard to believe that it is nearly the Easter break and that the children will then be entering the last two terms in Year 4. They have been working incredibly hard and producing excellent work this week. We have been enjoying writing newspaper reports, making a moving or light up picture in Technology and using the 24 digital clock. Here is what we’ve been up to in more detail…
Maths
In maths this week, we have been learning about time. We started the week learning how to use 24 hour digital time e.g. 17:30 is the same as 5.30pm, 21:40 is the same as 9:40pm and 04:55 is the same as 4.55am. We matched these 24 hour digital times with analogue times on clock faces, and drew the hands on empty clock faces. We then moved on to converting units of time e.g. How many minutes are there in 6 hours? How many days in 6 weeks? How many months in 8 years? 4 minutes = _____ seconds, 8.5 hours = _____ minutes. The children did incredibly well with this. We also use the song ‘30 days has September’ to help us remember how many days are in each month – many of the children didn’t know this song so if you get a chance to practice at home, that would be very helpful (if you don’t know it yourself you can find it on you tube).
Next week we will be learning about position and direction again, and learning to plot points on a grid to draw a polygon and then how to translate the whole shape on the grid.
English
In English this week we have been learning about how to write newspaper reports. We identified the features of a good report and then started to learn these skills ourselves. We have learnt how to write a snappy headline and an introduction. We then used time conjunctions to start our sentences in our main story section of our newspaper reports, ensuring we retold the events in chronological order e.g. After that, Immediately, A few minutes later, Just then, Moments later, The next day. A trickier one that we tried to use was Meanwhile. Next, we learnt how to include quotes in a news report using direct speech and reported speech. We have also focussed on ensuring we were writing in the past tense consistently and using the correct past tense verbs.
Next week we will continue to learn some more skills for newspaper reporting and then write our showpiece.
Thematic
In Technology this week, we designed and made a picture that had a moving part or light up part, or both. We designed the picture and the electrical circuit that we would need, and thought about materials and tools we would need. Then we made our pictures in groups using the electrical components that we had learnt about in science last week. The light up/moving pictures that were created were amazing. Have a look below…
We have started our RE for this term too this week. We are learning about Christianity and the build up to Jesus’ arrest and death on the cross. We found out about Palm Sunday and wrote in role as either Jesus or one of the members of the crowd when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Next week we will continue to learn about why Christians celebrate Easter.
Spellings
Spellings to learn this week are:
echo, scheme, chorus, character, ache, chaos, stomach, chemistry, orchestra, technology
RED WORDS: possible, potatoes, pressure
Love to Learn
Your Love to Learn challenge this week is a science challenge. As we have been learning about electrical insulators and electrical conductors, we would like you to make a poster about this. Your poster should show which materials conduct electricity and which materials are insulators. It should explain what the words conductor and insulator mean and explain how insulators can keep us safe around electricity. You can include pictures on your poster too.
Please hand in this home learning task by Wednesday 1st April.
Please continue to read at home at least 4 times a week and play TTRS as often as possible.
Other News
