Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Goldfinches WB 19.9.22
Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 5:01pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have been settling in well to the Year 4 routines this week.
Friday Super star: Jacob H
Top Table: Alexa and Daisy
This week we have…
Enjoyed starting our new writing and reading books ‘Gorilla’ and ‘A world full of animal stories’. Shown Mrs Evans how beautifully we can read around the class during shared reading. Achieved our first recognition board treat.
Thank you to all who attended our meet the teacher evening- it was lovely to put names to faces and meet you in person. I have saved the power point onto the Goldfinches’ class page. If you were unable to attend and want to pop in and have a chat, please contact me via the office to arrange a suitable time.
Diaries: We are still waiting for diaries to arrive so please bear with us and the post its we are using in the meantime!
Forest Schools: Our first forest school session will be the morning of Thursday 6th October. Please send your child in to school in old, warm clothes, old trainers/wellies and a waterproof coat. Please send in their uniform to change in to for the afternoon in case we end up very wet and muddy.
Next week we will…
Writing: use expanded noun phrases to add detail to a setting description.
Reading: use questioning to support our understanding of a story.
Reading homework: Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily and to sign their diary once they have read. In year 4 it is fine to have a mixture of your child reading aloud to you and them reading quietly to themselves.
Spelling homework: We are learning words with the prefix ‘dis’ ‘mis’ ‘un’ ‘in’ which give a word the opposite meaning. Our test will be next Friday 23rd Sept. I have sent home a copy of ‘roll and spell’ which is a fun way to practise spellings.
disable, disagree, misunderstood, mistreat, unfair, unlikely, inhuman, inactive, misspell, mistrust
Maths: we are working on place value activities with 4 digit numbers, number lines and using practical equipment to make, partition and order numbers.
Maths Homework: We have spent time recapping the 2x, 10x, 5x tables and using these facts to support our learning of the trickier ones. Homework is a 5x table pairs game (which your child will have in their bag. (Also attached to the bottom of the blog) Please cut up the fact cards and play pair/snap/match. The focus is on fluency and speed. If your child is really secure and fluent- add in the division facts and include the commutative way of asking the fact e.g. 3x5 and also 5x3…… 7x5 and also 5x7
Here is a link to Hit the button which is a fun way to practise any of the times table facts. Again please focus on answering the 2x, 10x and 5x with speed both in order, mixed up and division facts.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
PE: Friday mornings. Please come to school wearing appropriate PE kit- White t-shirt, black/blue plain hoodie and tracksuit bottoms or shorts, hair tied back and earrings removed or covered. As the grass might be wet first thing, please send your child with spare school shoes and socks to change in to after.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via a note in your child’s diary or through the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Mrs Evans, Mrs Judge and Miss Wilkinson.