Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 25th April "From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness and a spark of divine light is in each of us." (Pope Francis)

This week’s worship has centred around the passing of our church leader Pope Francis, may he rest in the light of Christ. He certainly had more than a simple spark of the divine. Children found out about his life and reflected on his inspirational words.

We have also spent some time in reflection around our statue of Our Lady of Lourdes and thought about qualities of Mary. In RE this week, children aptly learned about our first pope, St.Peter and how Jesus forgave him for fenying Him.

This week in maths, children have deepened their understanding of fractions - fully understanding numbers greater than 1 whole, whilst also brushing up on their column subtraction skills. Times tables are a massive focus too - getting speedy and retrieving all our facts.

This week in English, children have written another Brer Rabbit story and they have learned what their writing targets are to help them improve and take that next step. We are now on our new novel, ‘The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, an empowering story of resilience in the face of hardships and passion for your art.

In computing, children have been learning how to use a program on purple mash called 2Logo, which involves controlling a screen turtle with commands.

In History, this week, children met a Viking called Sven. He looked suspiciously like Mrs Lyons with a horned helmet! However, Sven told the children about the Viking life at sea and was very proud that he was a boat builder. Children learned from him all about Viking boats and had a glimpse into the exciting life of a Viking.

They then took this into their PE lesson with a Viking boat dance.

Conversation starters

Science

What is a food chain? Can you make up your own food chain - start with a producer (plant)

My Happy mind/Religion

What have you learned about the mass this week in Holy Communion?

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, it is yet another double whammy certificate! This goes to Louisa for being a determined and enthusiastic learner. Louisa, you always put in your full effort and you volunteer your ideas to the class. you read out beautifully to the class this week too.

Virtues

This half term are virtues are Curious and Active. This week Isaac gets our star. I love how active you have been this week in taking my advice and in using your spelling dictionary to enhance your writing. Well done!

PE stars this week - Martha and Hugo for excellent portrayal of Vikings in dance.

Notices

Tuesday 29th April - we are at the Grand theatre to watch the Royal Shakespeare Company’s portrayal of ‘The Tempest,’ and we are EXCITED!

Holy Communion session for children as normal afterwards. Pick up at 4:20

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Lyons, Miss Smith and Miss Bray