Week commencing 29th September 2025
This week in class, we've been celebrating Little Way Week- a special time to reflect on how small acts of kindness, when done with great love, can make a big difference in the world around us. Inspired by this message, we created beautiful paper flowers and heartfelt posters to send out to our communities, reminding others that kindness is contagious and powerful.
In maths, we've been sharpening our number sense by rounding 3- and 4-digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1000. We've explored how rounding helps us estimate and make sense of large numbers in everyday life.
Our English lessons have been all about painting vivid pictures with words. We've been learning how to set the scene using fronted adverbials and ambitious adjectives to bring our writing to life. Whether it's a mysterious forest or a bustling city street, our stories are becoming more descriptive and exciting every day.
On the pitch and court, we've been showing real confidence in our football and netball sessions. This week, we focused on defensive strategies-learning how to anticipate movement, work as a team, and protect our goal. It's been brilliant to see everyone stepping up and supporting each other.
In RE, we've continued exploring the story of Abraham, focusing on the powerful moment between Abraham and Isaac. We've discussed themes of trust, faith, and sacrifice, and how these stories help us understand deeper values in our own lives.
We also attended Mass this week, where we showed great respect and reverence. It was a peaceful and reflective time for us to come together as a class and community.
It’s been a week full of learning, kindness, and growth- and we’re proud of everything we’ve achieved together. Let’s keep spreading joy, showing courage, and lifting each other up!
Week commencing 8th September 2025
We’ve had a brilliant first full week back at school, filled with exciting activities and plenty of opportunities to settle into Year 4 life. The classroom has been buzzing with energy, curiosity, and kindness as we’ve REACHed through faith, hope, and love in everything we’ve done.
In our RE lessons, we explored the story of Abraham, thinking deeply about how he might have felt and what life was like for him. We reflected on his journey and the courage it took to follow his faith-such a powerful way to begin our year.
On the pitch, we’ve been sharpening our football skills, focusing on marking players effectively. We practised front marking and goal-side marking, learning how to position ourselves like true defenders!
Our new unit on place value has begun! We’ve been representing, reading, and writing 4-digit numbers. Even when things got a little tricky, we showed amazing resilience and kept trying our best-well done, everyone!
In English, we’ve dived into the world of newspapers. We explored all the key features and retold the article “Heroic Schoolgirls Find Stolen Cash” using story maps and actions to help us remember. Then we used our plans to write up the newspaper report-fantastic work!
Times tables are a big focus in Year 4, and we’ve started practising them with enthusiasm. Don’t forget-you can keep practising at home using Maths Frame to boost your confidence and speed!
We’ve been exploring storytelling through drawing, looking at artists who use images to share powerful messages. Our sketchbooks are already filling up with creative visual notes that show how thoughtful and imaginative we are.
Thank you for reading our class blog-we can’t wait to share more next week. Have a lovely weekend!
From all of Year 4