Year 4 - Spring 2 - Week 5

Date: 22nd Mar 2022 @ 11:11am

The sun has been shining this week and so have we!

To begin our week, we reflected on our monthly value of Sacrifice in Collective Worship. We discussed whether a sacrifice always has to be in the form of a physical object and the hardest sacrifice we believe would be tricky to make. Following this, we connected our knowledge of The Easter Story to ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,’ recognising the sacrifice of Aslan the lion. 

In RE, we took the time to self assess our knowledge of the topic ‘Exploring Betrayal in the Easter Story’. In order to reflect upon this topic, we discussed the importance of power and the effect of betrayal, trust and forgiveness, the concept of salvation and recalled the significant incidents of betrayal and trust in the Easter Story. 

Our attention turned to decimals in Maths this week, as we discovered what happens to a one and two digit number, when it is divided by 10 or 100. Using a handy tenths and hundreds chart, we soon identified that our numbers jump back a column when dividing by 10 and two when dividing by 100… not to forget the importance of ensuring our decimals point stays in the same place when we make the jumps. Later in the week, we moved onto ordering decimals and placing them on a numberline. We loved using our whiteboard pens to draw on our tables to create number lines and place our given monsters on our line, from the smallest decimal to the largest. 

On Monday, we celebrated World Poetry Day by using a Double Bubble Map to identify the similarities and differences between Narrative and Free-Verse poems. We then read and recognised different forms of poetry and select your favourite poems. We brought our story of ‘When the Giant Stirred’ to a close by planning and creating a first person retelling of the story. Whilst planning our own stories, we ensured we reflected on the use of direct speech in the text, the use of appropriate pronouns and fronted adverbials to begin our sentences. We are so excited to bring our pieces of writing to life next week in our Author Books. To ensure we are ready for our big write, we designed a tropical island scene to illustrate our stories. 

It was time to put all our developed skills into practise this week, as we carried out our own rounders round robin. Each time had 10 minutes batting time, to see how many rounders they could gain. In History, we looked at how the Romans have influenced our lives today. We discussed how there was a period of great unrest in Britain - native tribes and foreign invaders fought for power and control over the country. However, even though the Romans were no longer ruling the country, they had made a lasting and significant mark on everyday life in Britain. 

As the week draws to an end, we look forward to spending our last week together before the EGGcitement of half term. Have a great weekend, Year 4!

Reminders:

-Please ensure your child’s clarinet is brought to school ready for their Clarinet Lesson on Monday.

-Parent-Teacher Meetings on Wednesday 30th March.

-Please continue to bring in recyclable materials for our mural as part of Earth Day.