Bourn Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 8th December 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week in Rosewood, we’ve been looking at newspaper reports, their features and how they are set out. Today, we’ve started planning our own newspaper report about a surprising story at school.
What we have enjoyed this week...
On Tuesday, we had the GenR8 Christmas assembly, and spent the day making Christmas decorations. We made a Christmas card and a 3D paper snowflake. These were quite intricate, but it was wonderful to see the children persevering with them, then helping others when they had got it. They all really wanted to succeed at this, and those of you who visited the classroom on Wednesday’s Open Afternoon would have seen how pretty they looked. It was lovely to hear that some of the children had then made more snowflakes at home that evening!
How you can help...
Children are expected to read for 25 minutes each day - this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school. If you can read to your child as well, this is really beneficial and helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Ensure your child practices times tables daily – Times Tables Rock Stars have stated the benefits of practising little and often – 3 minutes a day on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Topmarks.co.uk and ictgames.com have some free multiplication games (Hit The Button is popular).
Homework is sent home on Friday and is due back in school on the Wednesday. Remind your child to practise their spellings daily and encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
This week, the homework includes a times table to learn. We will be starting weekly times table tests. The children will be told on a Friday which times table to practise, then will be tested on the Wednesday. We have now covered all of the times tables up to 12 in our maths lessons, so this is really the time for the children to be working on their recall speed. In the multiplications check, which all year 4 children have in the summer term, they only get 6 seconds to answer each question, so these weekly sessions will also help the children with the timings. This week, it will be the 9 times table.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Tanmaya found the Christmas decorations tricky at first, but persevered. Her beautiful, finished snowflake is a testament to her determination.
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Severn is a great classmate, helping others with this tricky task.
What we will be learning next week...
We will be using clay in art, starting with trying out different techniques, then planning and creating a 3D sculpture. If you have any old newspapers at home that we could use to bulk out the interior of our sculptures, it would be really helpful, thank you.
NOTICES
Please ensure your child brings in a coat each day now the weather is more changeable. A water bottle is also needed.
If your child’s hometime arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know as soon as possible.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
For information, the time before registration in the morning is when some iPads are made available for children to quiz. They also have an early morning task to complete before collective worship each day. This is an opportunity to revisit learning previously covered in class and is an important part of them reinforcing their knowledge. Children arriving in after the register is started are not getting this opportunity.
If your child’s home-time arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 1st December
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 1st December 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week ,in Rosewood, we’ve been looking at our 12 times tables and going over some division questions. In English, we’ve been revising sentence structure and thinking about adverbs. We’ve been excited to start our DT projects. We had fun investigating different styles of torches, thinking about how they might be used in different scenarios and thinking about how they have been designed to help that. We’ve then looked at the different materials we had collected and thought about how best they could be used.
What we have enjoyed this week...
We were visited on Tuesday by an Apple Professional Learning Specialist, who ran a workshop with the children on using videos and green screens. We had great fun trying it out ourselves, but found that our blue school uniform was also interpreted as the green/blue background, so it created some interesting effects!
How you can help...
Children are expected to read for 25 minutes each day - this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school. If you can read to your child as well, this is really beneficial and helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Ensure your child practices times tables daily – Times Tables Rock Stars have stated the benefits of practising little and often – 3 minutes a day on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Topmarks.co.uk and ictgames.com have some free multiplication games (Hit The Button is popular).
Homework is sent home on Friday and is due back in school on the Wednesday. Remind your child to practise their spellings daily and encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Isaac - He has been really focused on his assessment work this week and worked really well with his group in music.
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Isla - She always shows exemplary manners around school.
What we will be learning next week...
We will be completing our DT projects this coming week. Thank you for bringing in recyclable materials for us to use. We will be looking at newspaper reports in English and thinking about how to structure our own reports over the week. We will also be reading more of How To Train Your Dragon – we left it on a bit of a cliff-hanger, so are very excited to find out what happens next …
NOTICES
Please ensure your child brings in a coat each day now the weather is more changeable. A water bottle is also needed.
If your child’s hometime arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know as soon as possible.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
For information, the time before registration in the morning is when some ipads are made available for children to quiz. They also have an early morning task to complete before collective worship each day. This is an opportunity to revisit learning previously covered in class and is an important part of them reinforcing their knowledge. Children arriving in after the register is started are not getting this opportunity.
If your child’s home-time arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 24th November
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 24th November 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week in Rosewood, the children have all been working really hard on revisiting their prior learning for assessment week. I’ve been really impressed by the concentration they have shown. They were really excited about this week’s Big Write and have been planning and writing their narratives based on an image they were shown.
What we have enjoyed this week...
They have enjoyed some Go Noodle active videos as brain break activities in between the assessments. Whilst the children in orchestra played their concert, the rest of the class composed and performed their own pieces of percussion music inspired by an image. What was really nice was that several of the groups chose to use the same image as their Big Write task and it’s always interesting to see (and hear) the different interpretations.
How you can help...
Children are expected to read for 25 minutes each day - this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school. If you can read to your child as well, this is really beneficial and helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Ensure your child practices times tables daily – Times Tables Rock Stars have stated the benefits of practising little and often – 3 minutes a day on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Topmarks.co.uk and ictgames.com have some free multiplication games (Hit The Button is popular).
Homework is sent home on Friday and is due back in school on the Wednesday. Remind your child to practise their spellings daily and encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Isaac - He has been really focused on his assessment work this week and worked really well with his group in music.
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Isla - She always shows exemplary manners around school.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week, we will start our DT task – of designing and making a torch. Please can the children bring in clean recycling materials to help with this (e.g. cardboard boxes and tubes, plastic bottles and tubs, tin foil, etc.). As we will be doing DT in the afternoons, we will not be visiting the Nature Reserve next week.
NOTICES
Please ensure your child brings in a coat each day now the weather is more changeable. A water bottle is also needed.
If your child’s hometime arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know as soon as possible.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Many thanks to those who have donated items for the class Christmas hamper – it looks very exciting!
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 17th November
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 17th November 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week, in English, we have been practising our skim reading and scanning skills and working out when they might be helpful to use. In Maths, our topic has moved into looking at the other times tables. When comparing the 3, 6 and 9 times tables, we enjoyed identifying the different number patterns we could see in the 9 times table and thinking about the similarities between the those three tables. As ever, any chance to practise the times tables is a big help!
A highlight of Rosewood's week was our visit to the Cambridge Central Mosque. It was fascinating to find out more about this beautiful building and we would like to thank the mosque and our guide for the opportunity, as well as the parent volunteers who accompanied us. The children had some good questions and were great at spotting the repeated patterns used in the building. We saw the prayers inscribed in the roundels in the prayer hall, visited the ablutions area and talked about why the garden includes a fountain. We saw a beautifully decorated piece of the black silk cloth that previously covered the Ka’aba in Mecca and learnt why the clock in the atrium showed lots of different times.
What we have enjoyed this week...
A group of children took part in a local school cross-country event on Wednesday at Milton Country Park – well done to all of those who took part. Congratulation to Yas, who came 3rd in the Year 4 girls race and to all of our runners – Bourn came first overall across the Year 3 and 4 ages.
In Science, we were fascinated to find out the results to our tooth decay experiment (using eggshell in place of tooth enamel). Some of results were surprisingly disgusting – please ask your children to share what we found out!
How you can help...
Children are expected to read for 25 minutes each day - this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school. If you can read to your child as well, this is really beneficial and helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Ensure your child practices times tables daily – Times Tables Rock Stars have stated the benefits of practising little and often – 3 minutes a day on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Topmarks.co.uk and ictgames.com have some free multiplication games (Hit The Button is popular).
Homework is sent home on Friday and is due back in school on the Wednesday. Remind your child to practise their spellings daily and encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Wilf - He has been using taking lots of opportunities to help himself with his learning, including doing extra times tables for his homework.
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Rosewood Class for showing wonderful manners during our visit to Cambridge Central Mosque, listening attentively and for asking interesting questions.
What we will be learning next week...
Next week is assessment week and we will be revising our reading comprehension and maths core skills. The following week (the week commencing 27th November), we will be starting our DT projects. We will be making torches, learning from the electrical circuit work we did in science before half-term. Please can you encourage the children to collect suitable recycling materials they could use for their torches (cardboard boxes, tin foil, some plastic, depending on how they want to build it), so that these can be bought into school for Monday 27th
NOTICES
Please ensure your child brings in a coat each day now the weather is more changeable. A water bottle is also needed.
If your child’s hometime arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know as soon as possible.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Friday 10th November
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 10th November 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week in Rosewood, we’ve been looking at how to write speech in our English lessons – identifying the various features, what punctuation marks we need to use and where they go. We enjoyed showing the position of the inverted commas compared to the words spoken by using whiteboards at the front of the class. It allowed us to see what happens when we move the reporting clause. In Maths, we’ve been looking at our 3, 6 and 9 times tables and seeing the various patterns involved. In our Geography lesson, we were comparing the geography of Cambridge with that of Zermatt in Switzerland. We compared topography (lowland versus mountainous regions), urban versus rural areas and have thought about light pollution.
What we have enjoyed this week...
Many thanks to the parents who came in to talk to Rosewood class about the festival of Diwali. The children asked some great questions and we now know where the name comes from, when the festival occurs and how it is celebrated.
How you can help...
Children are expected to read for 25 minutes each day - this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school. If you can read to your child as well, this is really beneficial and helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Ensure your child practices times tables daily – Times Tables Rock Stars have stated the benefits of practising little and often – 3 minutes a day on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Topmarks.co.uk and ictgames.com have some free multiplication games (Hit The Button is popular).
Homework is sent home on Friday and is due back in school on the Wednesday. Remind your child to practise their spellings daily and encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Jameson for taking control of his own learning in maths, making notes to help him remember his times tables.
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Callum is quick to volunteer to help keep the classroom tidy.
What we will be learning next week...
Monday is Odd Socks Day – this is part of Anti-Bullying Week. Wearing odd socks to school on Monday encourages the children to express themselves and celebrate their individuality. If you would like to donate to the anti-bullying alliance, details were provided in the email sent on the 9th November. We cannot accept cash in school, so if you would like to donate to the anti-bullying alliance, the link was on the email sent on the 9th.
During the week, we will be checking the result of our tooth decay experiment we set up. We will be comparing the effect of various drinks (cola, sugar-free cola, sports drink, orange juice, milk or water) on egg shells. We’ve made predictions today and will see whether we were right next week.
On Tuesday, we will be visiting Cambridge Central Mosque – please can children bring in a packed lunch that day?
Please ensure your child brings in a coat each day now the weather is more changeable. A water bottle is also needed.
If your child’s hometime arrangements change, please remember to let Debs in the office know.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Friday 3rd November
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 3rd November 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week, in Rosewood, we’ve started a whole host of new topics! In English, we’ve started our new book – How to Train Your Dragon, where we have started to learn about the (non-heroic) hero. We learnt that subordinating conjunctions are used to connect a subordinate clause (which doesn’t make sense by itself) to a main clause in a sentence. We then included some subordinating conjunctions in our descriptions of dragons and our recap of the story so far. In Maths, we’ve spent a few days learning about area and how we can best work it out. In PSHE, we were very surprised to find out how some incredibly successful people had experienced failures in their lives, but we learned how they persevered and kept trying.
What we have enjoyed this week...
Our Geography topic this half-term is Europe. We had a blank map of Europe to fill in the country names and even before we got the atlases out, I was really impressed by the knowledge shown by the children (shout out to Sam T for his amazing geographical knowledge!). Today, we enjoyed a Maths investigation task, using our new knowledge about area – working out the visible area of 5 blocks in different configurations to see what the largest and smallest areas could be.
How you can help...
Children are expected to read for 25 minutes each day - this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school. If you can read to your child as well, this is really beneficial and helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension. Ensure your child practices times tables daily – Times Tables Rock Stars have stated the benefits of practising little and often – 3 minutes a day on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com) Please click this link for more information on how to support your child learning their times tables using TTRockstars.
Topmarks.co.uk and ictgames.com have some free multiplication games (Hit The Button is popular).
Homework is sent home on Friday and is due back in school on the Wednesday. Remind your child to practise their spellings daily and encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Shrirang is always pushing himself in his learning to move forwards.Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Cameron is always polite and positive to everyone.
What we will be learning after half-term...
We will be visiting the Book Bus on Monday, so please remind your child to bring back their book. We will also be carrying out an experiment on tooth decay (please see the notices below).
For our science experiment on Friday, we would be grateful if a few people could bring in a clean glass jar with a lid (with labels removed please). We only need a few more.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Please ensure your child brings their water bottle in to school every day as well as suitable clothing. The weather is becoming more autumnal now and coats may be needed for outdoor play (especially when it rains).
We will be at the church on Friday for the Harvest Service.
Mrs. Wheatman and Miss Hensleigh are running a KS2 parents/carers online safety workshop next Thursday (9th November) from 6-7pm. Please use the link below to sign up. It will not be viable to run this workshop unless there are more than 10 people attending, therefore if you are able to come, please do sign up below. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Friday 20th October
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 20th October 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week in Rosewood, we’ve been finishing off work on various units. In English, we’ve been consolidating our knowledge on different types of noun and have been working on personal and possessive pronouns. In History, we’ve been considering our big question on the legacy of the Ancient Greeks (is it democracy, sports, language or myths and legends?). We have also finished our electricity topic in Science, but will be revisiting it in our DT project after half-term.
What we have enjoyed this week...
We’ve enjoyed the movement breaks to Go Noodle when the weather has been too wet to be outside. Children may want to try this at home over half-term if the weather doesn't improve...!
https://www.gonoodle.com/
How you can help...
We have not set homework over half-term but we have discussed with the children that we would still encourage daily reading and times tables practice over the break. Times Tables Rock Stars have really stated the benefits of 3 minutes practice a day – 3 minutes on garage (a session within TTRS) is beneficial – if your child would then like to do more, that would be fantastic. Good sites include https://www.topmarks.co.uk (Hit the button is popular), https://www.ictgames.com (Tables Tennis is enjoyed in class and Spooky Spellings on the same site and can help with spellings).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Evelyn - she is always on task and focussed with her work.Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Ranaldo – he always wishes his teacher to have a good break time, have a good lunch time, have a good day.Congratulations also to Isla, our first Values Ambassador from Rosewood. Isla is a fantastic role model. She demonstrates empathy and helping others. She is always on task and focussed and demonstrates beautiful manners.
What we will be learning after half-term...
We will be starting new units across all our lessons. The first day back will be a Nature Reserve Day!
After half-term, we will be completing a DT project, for which we will need some recycling to make our own torches. Please can you encourage your child to think about what they might need to create a torch (we will provide bulbs and wires from our science resources), and start saving some useful supplies? Thank you. As a reminder, please ensure any food packaging has not contained nuts or sesame seeds, due to allergies in school. Many thanks.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Please ensure your child brings their water bottle in to school every day as well as suitable clothing. The weather is becoming more autumnal now and coats may be needed for outdoor play (especially when it rains).
We will be at the church on Friday for the Harvest Service.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 13th October 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week in Rosewood, we’ve been working on exchanging in addition and subtraction in Maths, setting out our calculations with one digit per square in our books. In English, we’ve talked about different synonyms for emotions and used them as a basis for our own emotion poem. We’ve started the book ‘Love That Dog’ by Sharon Creech, another story told entirely in poems. We’ve practiced our 6-times tables using some different methods. In Music, we sang a four-part piece, with four separate songs sung at the same time! We found that some of the songs were easier to sing over others. In Art, we’ve completed our still life pencil drawings of a fruit bowl.
What we have enjoyed this week...
In History, we learnt some Greek myths and then had fun working on the field in small groups to ‘freeze-frame’ key points of the stories, before performing them to the rest of the class on the stage.
How you can help...
Ensure your child reads at home for 25 minutes each day (this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school). Please also read to your child. This really helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension.
Ensure your child practices times tables daily. Times tables is a big focus in Year 4. A little bit each day can really impact their overall understanding of Maths (even if it's reciting a times table on the way home, it can really help). Your child has access to Times Tables Rock Stars – if they are having difficulty accessing this at home, please let us know. A couple of minutes a day is beneficial.
Ensure your child practises their spellings daily.
Also encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours' Award Winner of the Week:
Dorothy - she has been using the working walls to support her independent learning and has been a really helpful classmate.
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' Winner of the Week
Myra - she always shows and models good manners.
Congratulations also to Sam T. and Zach, who were voted in by Rosewood to be on the School Council.
What we will be learning next week...
We will be visiting the Book Bus on Monday, so please remind your child to bring back their book. We will be considering the legacy of the Ancient Greeks in history.
After half-term, we will be completing a DT project, for which we will need some recycling to make our own torches. Please can you encourage your child to think about what they might need to create a torch (we will provide bulbs and wires from our science resources), and start saving some useful supplies (as a reminder, please ensure any food packaging has not contained nuts or sesame seeds, due to allergies in school). Thank you.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Please ensure your child brings their water bottle in to school every day as well as suitable clothing. The weather is becoming more autumnal now and coats may be needed for outdoor play (especially when it rains).
We will be at the church on Friday for the Harvest Service.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
6th October 2023
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 6th October 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
This week, in Rosewood, we’ve been looking at shape poems in English. We shared some different examples (the apple poem made us laugh) and then created our own shape poem about clouds. We had to think carefully to ensure our poem was the right size for our outline. Some children came up with ingenious ideas to solve this. In Maths, we have now finished the module on place value and have just started a new topic on addition and subtraction. We’ve also started learning the 6 times table. Practising this at home will really help to embed it.
In History, we compared the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks to the modern sports festival and discussed some similarities and differences.
What we have enjoyed this week...
Today, we read out our Harvest poem in church and have listened to our classmates give speeches on why they would make a great school councillor. We voted on that today and the results will be announced next week.
Here are some of our amazing shape poems!
How you can help...
Ensure your child reads at home for 25 minutes each day (this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school). Please also read to your child. This really helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension.
Ensure your child practices times tables daily. Times tables is a big focus in Year 4. A little bit each day can really impact their overall understanding of Maths (even if it's reciting a times table on the way home, it can really help). Your child has access to Times Tables Rock Stars – if they are having difficulty accessing this at home, please let us know. A couple of minutes a day is beneficial.
Ensure your child practises their spellings daily.
Also encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
There were no certificates this week as we were celebrating Harvest Festival in Church.
What we will be learning next week...
We will be visiting the Nature Reserve on Monday and will be learning some Greek myths in History.
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Please ensure your child brings their water bottle in to school every day as well as suitable clothing. The weather is becoming more autumnal now and coats may be needed for outdoor play (especially when it rains).
We will be at the church on Friday for the Harvest Service.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
29th September 2023
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 29th September 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
In English, we have continued our exploration of poetry, looking at figurative language. We’ve been looking at similes and metaphor. In Maths, we’ve been looking at rounding and have also recapped Roman numerals. In History, we wrote our names in the Ancient Greek alphabet and looked at how their language still shapes the words we use today. We were shocked by the turn in Cloud Busting, when we found out the terrible thing that had happened! In PSHE, we talked about the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child and had some great group discussions about Articles 12 (consideration of children’s views) and 28 (access to education).
Homework has been sent home today. It is due back in on Wednesday.
What we have enjoyed this week...
How you can help...
Ensure your child reads at home for 25 minutes each day (this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school). Please also read to your child. This really helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension.
Ensure your child practices times tables daily. Times tables is a big focus in Year 4. A little bit each day can really impact their overall understanding of Maths (even if it's reciting a times table on the way home, it can really help). Your child has access to Times Tables Rock Stars – if they are having difficulty accessing this at home, please let us know. A couple of minutes a day is beneficial.
Ensure your child practises their spellings daily.
Also encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!
Isla - She is a real friend to the class, making sure all are included.
What we will be learning next week...
We will be investigating and creating shape poetry and reading further in Cloud Busting. In Maths, we’ll be finishing our place value unit and moving on to addition and subtraction. We will be visiting the Book Bus on Monday, so please remind the children to bring their Book Bus books back (and see if they can remember what the technique that uses lots of words close together that begin with the same letter or sound!).
Rosewood have PE on Monday and Thursday mornings. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit that morning and they won't need to get changed back into regular uniform afterwards.
Please ensure your child brings their water bottle in to school every day as well as suitable clothing. The weather is becoming more autumnal now and coats may be needed for outdoor play (especially when it rains).
We will be at the church on Friday for the Harvest Service.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
22nd September 2023
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 22nd September 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
In English, we have continued our exploration of poetry. We’ve been looking at alliteration and blank verse. In Maths, we’ve continued with place value, looking at larger numbers up to 10,000, partitioning them flexibly. We learnt about Ancient Greek systems of democracy in History and showed democracy in action when we voted what we would like our Community Challenge to be. Homework has been sent home today. It is due back in on Wednesday.
What we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed returning to the Book Bus for the first time this term. As a reminder, children get free choice of what books they would like to read from the bus (they are not limited to specific book levels as they are with their classroom readers). However, children can only borrow one book at a time, and their previous loan must be returned before they are allowed to borrow another one - please see below for further information.
In Art, in our Light and Shade unit, we’ve been looking at still life and had a go at drawing an apple. The children really focused on this, and although we are not yet finished, their artwork was really impressive!
How you can help...
Ensure your child reads at home for 25 minutes each day (this is in addition to the daily reading that happens at school). Please also read to your child. This really helps develop their vocabulary and comprehension.
Ensure your child practices times tables daily. Times tables is a big focus in Year 4. A little bit each day can really impact their overall understanding of Maths (even if it's reciting a times table on the way home, it can really help). Your child has access to Times Tables Rock Stars – if they are having difficulty accessing this at home, please let us know. A couple of minutes a day is beneficial.
Ensure your child practises their spellings daily.
Also encourage them to at least check their homework over the weekend – that way, if there is anything they are unsure about, they can ask on Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!
Lauren - every morning, she demonstrates her beautiful manners during registration.
What we will be learning next week...
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15th September 2023
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 15th September 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
In Maths, we have started our topic on place value (up to thousands). We have worked out where various three-digit numbers would be on a number line and partitioned them into their component parts. We've also made a start on times tables, with a daily 'Supermovers' song - everyone joins in the times tables but the dancing is optional! Rosewood have been learning about two different types of poetry in English, as demonstrated in 'Cloud Busting'. First, they wrote their own haikus on the theme of friendship. Then, we talked about rhyme and moved on to limericks. They enjoyed reading their limericks out to their classmates. We've continued reading more of the story, and this week came to a bit of an unexpected twist, which surprised us! The poetry theme continued into Music, where we added in body percussion to Tony Mitton's poem 'It's a rap rap.' Most people found it easier to clap and tap out the beat, rather than reciting the words in between.
What we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed using the https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_all.html website to test out different circuits in science. We really liked making predictions and then testing them to see what happened. We also talked about how trying some of our ideas on this simulation was fine, but not to try them out in real life.
How you can help...
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!
Rocco demonstrated wonderful manners when he collected up the left behind equipment on the field after lunch and returned them to his classmates.
What we will be learning next week...
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
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8th September 2023
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 8th September 2023
What we have been learning and enjoying this week
Rosewood Class have had a great start to the new school year with everyone settling in well. The whole school began the year in the same way, setting out clear expectations for learning and behaviour at school and the children are already showing great focus and resilience. In Maths, we've had a few days of Inspirational Maths, encouraging us to look at Maths in a different way and remembering that there is no such thing as a 'Maths' brain - everyone can do Maths! In English, we've started out new reader, 'Cloud Busting' by Malorie Blackman. The entire story is told via poetry and we've been writing our own haikus on friendship.
What we have enjoyed this week...
It was great to start back with PE with Mr French (especially as our lesson was in the morning before it got too hot)!
Our new unit in Science is electricity and this afternoon we've been building simple circuits, which the children really enjoyed. We also spoke about keeping safe around pylons and substations.
How you can help...
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winners of the week!
Millie for really taking on board our manners focus and holding the door open for the Year 3 and 4s each day.
Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviours Award' winner of the week!
Sam B for really focusing on his English and Maths learning this week.
What we will be learning next week...
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