Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Goldfinches WB 26.9.22
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 4:49pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Thank you for all your enthusiasm this week Year 4.
Friday Superstar: George
Top Table: Ella and Alexia
This week we have:
…loved researching facts about gorillas and categorising them. We have worked brilliantly on our understanding of 4 digit numbers, place value and partitioning and have shown a super understanding of the vibrations made by sounds in science. We impressed Mrs Evans by showing such respect and love in our reflections about the late Queen Elizabeth.
Petty Pool: Our visit to Petty Pool is this Wednesday (28th September.) Please send your child in to school wearing their PE kit – tracksuit bottoms, hoody, and trainers with wellies and waterproofs in case of wet weather. We will be outside all day. Please send a names water bottle, snack and packed lunch unless you have ordered a Cat Bag.
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 our research on gorillas to write in paragraphs and use conjunctions to link sentences.
Reading: we have a wonderful selection of reading books which we will support your child to choose from and read both in school and at home. We will continue to read and discuss stories from ‘A World Full of Animal Stories’ and use questions to support our understanding.
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: Our spelling focus this week is the suffix ‘sure’ and the rules associated with adding ing, ed, ly and ment. We have learned to use a spelling pyramid to help us practice this week.
Spelling words to learn for our test on Friday 30th September:
treasure, measure, pleasure, leisure, enclosure, measuring, measurement, measured, treasured, leisurely
Maths: We will consolidate the 4x table and look at the links between the 2x and 4x facts using doubling and halving to help us.
Maths Homework: 4x table board game (paper copy in bags) and click on the link for this week’s online game: Coconut Multiples. Use this to be as fast as possible with the 2x table and to practice the 4x table. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Our PE day is Friday morning. 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 the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Mrs Judge and Miss Wilkinson.