Maths - Doodle Spring Challenge

Reading - around 15 minutes a day to maintain and build up our stamina

Easter Quiz – all the children have been given an Easter Quiz - each question will win the children a Positive Point as they are showing perseverance in their Maths journey.  This is not homework, it is entirely optional but highly recommended.

This week:

We used our knowledge of news article to write about the ferocious Battle of Watling between Boudica and the Romans.

In Science, we created wind pipes to learn about how pitch is affected by the length of the instruments.

Fractions has been our main focus in Maths and we explored how we turn mixed numbers into improper fractions to answer addition and subtraction questions.

Have a lovely Easter

Maths: 30 minutes of Doodle Maths per week with some practice on Doodle Tables

There will be Homework Club on Tuesday for those who have not completed their homework.

Key dates:

Monday 23rd - Church visit - please come to school as per normal

Thursday 26th - Wear Purple Day - Epilepsy awareness  and Find the White Chocolate Button competition

During this sunny week, we have read our class reader book outside and found out more emotional details about Ahmet's family.  We also suspect that Brendan the bully is behind the Plant Pot Murders! 

We are delving more into fractions - ask us about ordering mixed numbers.

On the playground, we have re-enacted the battle between Boudica's tribes and the Roman army at Wattling Street. 

In the classroom, we have listened to the volume and found out which decibel is manageable or unpleasant to our ears.

Spellings: 

autobiography, automatic, autograph, autocorrect, semifinal, semicircle, semiautomatic, semiskilled, scene (view), seen  (verb to look)

Maths: 45 mins for Doodle Maths or Tables throughout the week.

This week...

Ruby enjoyed PE where we played on the gym bars and the gym equipment.

In English, Alfie is finding the CLPE English reading book very exciting and we are writing a newspaper report on the major event that happened in the playground - ask us about what happened!

Tom found the pointillism artwork intriguing where we created an image of an eye using an ear bud.

Doodle Maths / Tables - 45 mins during the week

Keydates 

Grafham Residential information meeting - Thursday 19th March

Bikeability - 27 April

Grafham Residential Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd May

In Science, we sought out sounds and their sources outside on the field to help us understand how being close to the source impacts the volume of a sound.

In English, we have delved further into our reading book and discovered that Ahmet is a refugee and how the Narrator has been trying everything possible to become friends with Ahmet.

In Maths, we have consolidated long multiplications (236 x 7) and starting the 'bus stop' method to division ( 369 divide by 3).

Hope you all have a great weekend

instrument,  inspired, inspect ,impressed ,internet, interval, interactive, interrupt, heel (foot- noun), heal (to cure -verb)

Maths - Doodle Maths and Tables - 15 mins per day 

We have started our new and exciting English class reader - The Boy at the back of the Classroom.  Today, we have drawn up the main characters and learnt about the dangers of rumours.

In Maths, we are getting comfortable with long multiplication - ask us how to answer 56 x 3.

This half term we are learning about sound and how vibrations are created and travel to our ears.

Have a lovely long restful weekend.

Reading read regularly and be ready to do your AR quiz

Maths Doodle maths and Doodle tables, don't forget your assignment 

Spelling 'shun' spelt 'tion' 'sion' 'ssion' invention, situation, persuasion, impression, extension, possession, comprehension, hesitation, description, attention 

Maths - Doodle maths and tables - assignments and practice 

Reading - Read regularly so you can do your AR quiz

Spellings - shun - tion - position, direction, imagination, relation, pollution, reflection, solution, potion, attention, introduction

Reading  - Read daily, ready to quiz in school on AR

Maths - Doodle tables and Doodle Maths, 3 times a week. Don't forget to do your assignment. 

Spelling - im (p bp m) ir (r) il (l) - impatiently, invisible, impolite, irresistible, inexpensive, impossible - non - nonstick, nonsense - homophones - their, there 

Reading - read daily and make sure you do your AR quiz at school

Spelling - "zur" spelt "sure" treasure, closure, measure, pleasure, Asian, "zhun" spelt "sion" division, television, occasion, confusion, revision 

Maths  - doodle maths and doodle tables 3 times a week. Doodle maths assignments have been set

We have completed our narratives about the Wishgranter and the children have excelled in their writing by using fronted adverbial and challenging vocabulary in their work.

In Maths, we consolidated our mathematical vocabulary;  please ask us the meaning of sum, difference, product and quotient. 

In History this week, we have discussed how artefacts help us to understand ancient civilisations.  We have investigated the lives of Ancient Sumer, Ancient Indus Valley and the Shang Dynasty.

We hope you all have a restful holiday break.

Maths - Doodle Maths and Times Tables - 10 minutes daily

Reading - one more week to meet AR targets.

We have had an imaginative week drafting our version of fantasy story.  Already, we have challenged ourselves to use imaginative vocabulary and English features.  Next week, we will be editing our drafts and then publishing these stories in a class book.

In Maths, we have been practising how to generate a calculation from a word problem.  We have looked in detail which operations to use and how to find the quickest method to answer a question.

During today's Festival of Light, we created our own krathong, a 'floating basket', that is used in Buddhism to celebrate and thank the river gods. Our homemade krathong was made by the whole class and includes own wishes for the world.  We also made lanterns that are floated up to the sky during this festival.

Group spellings:  spellings: than, that, them, then, there, think, thing, their

Bikeablitity form: returned to school by Friday 5th Dec.  The course is on 27/5/26

We have learnt how to use inverted commas and fronted adverbials (place and time) in English.  

In Maths, we have learnt that the etymology of perimeter means 'surrounding area' and how to measure the perimeter of irregular shapes.

In Science, we learnt about food chains - ask us to explain the meaning of producer and apex predator.

Class - excellent, traveller, regretted, opened, beginning, tin opener, listened, propellers, labelled, gardener  

Group - than, that, them, then, there, think, thing, their

In June, all children in year 4 will seat a statutory multiplication tables check (MTC) in England.

The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently up to 12, through a set of 25 timed questions. This skill is essential for future success in mathematics, and the check will help schools identify pupils who have not yet mastered this and provide additional support.

To help your child to become familiar with the online test - here is a link to a site that replicates the test where the question only appears for 6 seconds.  

Multiplication Tables Check - 2025 - Timestables.co.uk

Spellings

Class spellings - improbable, inexpensive, impatient, incomplete, impossible, imbalanced, inactive, immoral, imperfect, incredible

Group spellings - brought, bought, plough, through, though, tough, thought, fought, cough

In Year 4, we would like to say thank you for our costumes, props and helping us learn our complicated, long and difficult script.  We hope you enjoy the performance as we love performing for you.

DoodleMaths and DoodleTimes - 10 mins daily

Reading - 20m mins daily

We have had such fun practising for our performance and we are looking forward to our shows next week.

In Maths, we have learnt how to round to 10 and 100s.  Please ask your child about the method they use to round 2345.

In English, we have written a balanced argument to the question - Is Chaya a hero.  There have been lots of discussion around the events in the story so far.

In Science, we have started writing our investigation and will have to wait 9 days before we can gather the results to our Eggsperiment.

Spellings  

dis- dislike disabled disgrace disease disappointed disinfectant 

mis - misjudge mistaken mistake misbehaviour 

Maths  

10 minutes of Doodle Maths/ Tables a day and complete your assignment 

Reading 

20 minutes, reading every day if possible 

After half-term, we will be checking homework every week and homework club will run for 15 minutes for children who do not complete the spellings and DoodleMaths.

Performance - please encourage your children to practice their lines for the show.  Also remind them if they are creating props to have these ready by half term.

The Eco team are asking us for our help in Novemeber:

Cut the Carbon!  

This November, we’re on a mission to shrink our carbon footprints and make a real impact. Each week, our Eco-Warriors will be tracking progress and cheering you on.  There are six suggestions to help us cut carbon:

• Eat a plant-based meal
• Leave the car at home and walk or cycle instead
• Meal plan to reduce food waste 
• Lower your washing machine temperature to 30°C or lower
• Have a device-free day
• Turn down the heating by 1° for a week

There is more information on this video   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQPsAAHPj78

Bin-tastic Challenge!   

Our playground bins are ready for a makeover—and we want YOUR brilliant ideas! The Eco Team is calling on all creative minds to design a brand-new bin that’s fun, functional, and fabulous.

🎨 Your Mission:  Grab an A4 sheet of paper and sketch your dream bin design. Think bold colours, cool shapes, and eco-friendly features. Could it talk? Could it sort recycling? Could it look like a robot or a tree? 

🌱 The Eco Team will review all the designs and choose the most awesome one to inspire our new playground bins!  Deadline Friday 7^th November. 

Spelling: pretending, superheroes, frantically, friends, brake, enough, skidded, incredibly, though, completely

Group spelling : coast, approach, coach, poach, goal, grown, boast, toast

Maths - Doodle tables and Doodle maths (10 minutes daily alternating between the two)

Reading - Daily 10  to 14 minutes of reading  

Performance -  Practise your lines and your acting skills!!!     If you have volunteered to create some props please bring them in when you have completed.

Notices 

Museum trip - Wednesday 22nd October -  pack lunch, 2 x snacks (no nuts), water bottle, full school uniform

Grafham Water - an Arbor account has been opened for instalments for the residential.  A deposit of £50 to be paid by 4th November.  The full cost of £300 to be paid by 20th April 2026. 

Blog 

We have shown real resilience this week as we have had some quizzes in Maths and English.  During Science, we looked at the different habitats on the playing field.  We have learnt how to describe the weather in French - ask us what il pleut and il y a du vents means.

Spelling: submarine, subway, subtract, subtitle, substitute, submerge, subject, supermarket, superstition 

Maths - Doodle tables and Doodle maths (10 minutes daily alternating between the two)

Reading - Daily 10  to 14 minutes of reading  

Performance -  Please remind your child to memorise their lines.  We are aiming to practise without our scripts by the end of next week.

Notices 

Museum trip - Wednesday 22nd October - Thank you for all those who have paid for the trip, please pay via Arbor by Friday 10th October.

Grafham Water - an Arbor account has been opened for instalments for the residential.  A deposit of £50 to be paid by 4th November.  The full cost of £300 to be paid by 20th April 2026. 

Blog 

This week we have been practising our play! 

We went outside today and got rather wet and muddy while practising our throwing and marking in netball. 

We have been working on our 500-word stories in English this week. We will be writing them up neatly next week so we can send a copy home. This way, you can help us submit them to the competition. 

In maths, we've been working on our column subtraction. We have been practising regrouping and understanding word problems. 

During geography, we've been learning about deforestation, why trees are needed, why it happens, and what we can do to prevent it or improve it. 

Spellings - prefix re- e.g. restore, replied, rediscovered, redesign, reinvent, remembered, reflection, refreshments, rebuild, replacement

Maths - doodle maths and doodle tables - 10 minutes a day will help make great progress in their mathematics

Reading - read plenty and be ready to do an AR quiz on your book

Spellings - ic --> ically  e.g. magically saracastically logically dramatically 

Doodle tables and Doodle Maths 

Reading every day :)