Year 4 - Spring 1 - Week 3
Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 1:04pm
We can’t quite believe it’s Friday again – time really does fly when you’re having fun!
During Collective Worship this week, our focus was unity. We discussed how being united means working together, supporting one another and celebrating our differences. To reflect this message, the children created leaves and fruits to form a class tree. Each leaf and fruit included a message showing how, when we come together, we grow stronger just like a tree needs all its parts to thrive.
With a little help from some familiar friends from Sesame Street, we learnt all about Shabbat, the Jewish Day of Rest. We discovered that Shabbat takes place each week from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday and is a special time for rest, family and reflection. We also learnt about the story of creation from the Torah, where God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. Using a flow map, we sequenced the events of Shabbat, including family meals, prayers at the synagogue and drinking from the Kiddush cup.
In Maths, we focused on using the grid method to multiply a one-digit number by two- and three-digit numbers. The children confidently connected this learning to their understanding of multiplying by 10 and 100 to support calculations with larger numbers.
Later in the week, we compared our own lives to the life of a Roman child. We explored the activities, games and jobs Roman children would have experienced and identified similarities and differences to our lives today. Using fronted adverbials, the children wrote a diary from the perspective of Tranio, outling what he did in his daily life as a Roman child.
In Geography, we learnt about how tectonic plates move and the impact this has on the Earth. This learning linked closely with Art, where the children illustrated volcanoes set within landscapes, carefully applying their understanding of shape, colour and detail.
The highlight of the week was our teddy bear picnic. The children had great fun building dens and creating cosy spaces to host their cuddly friends.
Year 4, you have worked your socks off this week. We are incredibly proud of you and hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Reminders:
- Parent-Teacher Meetings go live on 27th January at 6pm