Sussex

Week beginning 14th October:

This week in Maths we have continued to work on addition using the column method, where there would be more than one exchange. We will focus on learning how to subtract two 4-digit numbers later this week, challenging ourselves with reasoning and problem solving questions. Then looking at how we might use inverse operation and estimation to check if our answers are correct.

In English this week we have finished off writing our power stories where we chose what we would ban if we had power. We then went on a rather blustery walk through our forest area and used a variety of figurative devices to describe what we could see, hear, smell etc. The children wrote some absolutely stunning descriptions!

We also celebrated the harvest festival, and thank all those who helped towards the food bank donation!

As always, well done Sussex!

Miss Towler 

A typical week in Sussex 4

Home Learning

Home learning and spellings will be set each week on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. 

Home Learning Topic Task 17.10.24 due in 22.10.24:

For your home learning this week, building on World Mental Health Day (October 10^th) and our upcoming Kindness Week, we would like you to do some ‘positive noticing’.

Positive noticing is when you actively look for and name the positives that are going on all around you.

At home, see if you and your families can work together to identify all of the positives that you are all doing in turn. For example, what are the individual actions and strengths that each of your family members demonstrate (be sure to be really specific) and what do you do that’s positive and a strength in their eyes? It could be anything. Sometimes they can seem very small and even be overlooked! See what you can spot.

For next Tuesday 22^nd October, please make sure you write down and collect your ideas. You could take photos, draw pictures, write on a post it note, create a poster or anything you like to share what you have noticed. 

We will be sharing all of the positives we have noticed in class with our friends.

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. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

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.

Well done to Ahmed who has answered 1,525 questions correctly in the last week!

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

We recommend children in Year 4 read for at least 20 minutes a day.  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.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Spelling

Spellings will be tested in class every Wednesday. 

Here are the spellings for children to learn for next week. Your children will know which group they are in. 

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: