Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Devon
The Year 4 Team
Curriculum Overview
This week in Devon
Week beginning 27th October
In English, we have listened to the first chapter of Beetle Boy. The children have responded with their likes, dislikes, questions and predictions for this exciting book.
In reading, the children are continuing to develop their reading skills through the book, Harklights. Before half term, Boom reader login details were sent home so that parents can record all the great reading taking place.
In Science, we have moved onto our new topic of sound. The children enjoyed observing how sounds were made using rubber bands, guitars, drums and their own voices!
Well done to the children that brought in a leaf and shared their spiritual connection to it. We will be using these as inspiration for our class spiritual tree.
Class Timetable
This is an example timetable of what a typical week in Devon will look like.
PE is on Tuesday and Wednesday this term.
October Home Learning
Home Learning
The next spelling test will be Tuesday 4th November.
Put on website 29.10.25 Test 04.11.25 | |||
sage | olive | jade | emerald |
angrily | angrily | tripped | there |
cheekily | cheekily | chatted | their |
sleepily | sleepily | robbed | wiser |
automatically | automatically | hummed | wisest |
frantically | frantically | stopped | nice |
dramatically | dramatically | stepped | nicest |
finally | finally | where |
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heavy | heavy | were |
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naughty | naughty | which |
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busy | busy | why |
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The link below will take you to the spelling scheme we are working from in school.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/
This document contains spelling strategies that are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words:
Southborough's Spelling Strategies
Times Tables Rockstars!
To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account.
Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!
Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.
Reading
Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book.
https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864
Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.
Below is a list of the 100 most common words that your child is expected to know how to spell by the end of Year 4 (please see attachment).
The spelling strategies document below shows what strategies are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words:
Times Tables Rock Stars
To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account.
Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!
Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.
This week we are focusing on the multiplication tables for x3, x6 and x9.
If you know them well, maybe challenge yourself with the corresponding division facts. For example:
6 x 7 = 42
42 ÷ 6 = 7
Maths strategies
Please see below attachments for examples from White Rose Maths including the four operations, (add, subtract, multiply, divide) and how we extend learning using reasoning style questions.