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This term we have what is probably my favourite book of Year 4 - The Marvellous Journey of Edward Tulane. In English, we are turning chapter 5, where Edward goes on a journey aboard the Queen Mary and is lost overboard, into a plays cript.
To start the process, we split into groups and acted out the scene. I have to say, we have some incredible actors in Team Gunson this year!
This week we are going back over some of our Year 4 common exception words that haven't quite made it into our 'Brain Box' yet, as not enough children have spelled them correctly.
So, this week I would like the children to learn how to spell: opposite, potatoes, through, enough, believe, business, ordinary, possess, quarter and though. Testing we be on Friday.
Please find some key information about the upcoming term...
Our Year 4 Christmas Party will be held on the afternoon of Thursday 16th December. Read below for details.
Well done to everyone for their first 'gig' of the year!
Lots of our 'Jumping Orange' Y4 words this week. Testing will be on Friday and this will be the last spelling test of the term.
echo, school, ache, through, thought, though, enough, potatoes, possess, quarter
Key Christmas dates and present shop information. Please read below and see attached files.
This year's Year 4 will be the first children to take the government's multiplication tables check. We are busy practising hard, but any extra learning you could do at home would be a great help. Please have a read of the official guidance document attached. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
We are currently in the process of writing our spooky stories inspired by the short animation 'Francis'. We have been looking at how we can use 'show not tell' to describe how someone if feeling. Can you guess what emotion we worked on from the picture?
This week our spellings look at the 'k' sound when formed by the letters 'ch'.
chemist, character, scheme, anchor, stomach, mechanic, chemical, orchestra, chorus, chaos
The spellings will be tested on Friday.
Wednesday 15th December, 10-11am. Please see below for important information.
As part of our topic, we have been starting to make simple circuits. We have discovered that for a bulb to light up, the circuit must be a complete loop, or 'circuit'. It must also contain a power source and have no gaps. We have also gone on to explore switches and will soon be putting our new-found knowledge to the test when we create toys involving an electric circuit.