16 October 2020
In spelling lessons next week, we’ll be continuing to recap and practise homophones. These are words that sound the same but have a different spelling and meaning.
For example: their, there, they’re
In lessons, the children will be exploring different homophones whilst practising writing them alone and in sentences.
Although the spellings this week are not difficult, they must use the correct word in the correct context so practise them by saying the word within a sentence and then writing the word correctly.
| to |
| too |
| two |
| which |
| witch |
| off |
| of |
09 October 2020
In spelling lessons next week, we’ll be recapping and practising homophones. These are words that sound the same but have a different spelling and meaning.
For example: their, there, they’re
In lessons, the children will be exploring different homophones whilst practising writing them alone and in sentences.
Here are the specific words for the children to practise at home:
their, there, they’re, where, wear, were, hear, here
02 October 2020
In spelling lessons next week, we’ll be recapping and practising the long vowel oo phoneme (sound). This sound can be written in lots of different ways. These are called graphemes. For example:
glue, too, grew, conclude
In lessons, the children will be exploring these alternate graphemes in lessons.
Here are the specific words for the children to practise at home:
| continue | rescue |
| peculiar | conclude |
| popular | amuse |
| regular | issue |
| particular | queue |
25 September 2020
In spelling lessons next week, we’ll be recapping and practising the long vowel o phoneme (sound). This sound can be written in lots of different ways. These are called graphemes.
For example: those, window, boat
In lessons, the children will be exploring these alternate graphemes.
Here are the specific words for the children to practise at home:
| notice | phone |
| suppose | homeless |
| though/although | alone |
| window | glowing |
| hero/heroes | goes |
18 September 2020
Spelling
| In spelling lessons next week, we’ll be recapping and practising the long vowel i phoneme (sound).
This sound can be written in lots of different ways. These are called graphemes. For example: polite reply replied In lessons, the children will be exploring these alternate graphemes in lessons.
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11 September 2020
Spelling
In spelling lessons next week, we’ll be recapping and practising the long vowel ee phoneme (sound). This sound can be written in lots of different ways (graphemes) For example: money, Pete, Leeds, busy
In lessons, the children will be exploring these alternate graphemes.
Here are the specific words for the children to practise at home:
| believe |
| breathe |
| complete |
| appear |
| extreme |
| increase |
| quickly |
| busy |
| people |
| chimney |
06 March 2020
This week’s spelling focuses on adding the suffixes ful and less to words to create adjectives. the Practise these spellings – think about how creative you can be. There will be a test on Friday 13 March where ten of these words will be tested.
| fruit/ful/less
heart/less thought/ful/less care/ful/less harm/ful/less help/ful/less thank/ful/less |
use/ful/less
hope/ful/less play/ful rest/ful/less fear/less/ful doubt/ful/less home/less |
11 February 2020
This week’s spelling focuses on adding un and dis to words. Practise these spellings – think about how creative you can be. There will be a test on Friday 14 February when ten of these words will be tested.
| Spelling list
appear believe certain continue important interest learn |
natural notice popular possess able avoidable aware |
kind usual pleasure advantage obey |
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31 January 2020
This week’s spelling focuses on contractions. Practise these spellings – think about how creative you can be. There will be a test on Friday 7 February.
| I will/I’ll
I am/I’m do not/don’t I would/I’d had not/hadn’t you are/you’re you will/you/ll |
he will/he’ll
she will/she’ll is not/isn’t cannot/can’t have not/haven’t they are/they’re |
you have/you’ve
has not/hasn’t will not/won’t I had/I’d are not/aren’t could not/couldn’t |
Investigating circuits
Year 4 are learning all about electricity in their science lessons this half term. We started off our topic finding out about the difference between mains and battery operated appliances and how we can use them safely around the home and school.
Now, we’re investigating circuits. We found out how to make a circuit to light a bulb and are now using this knowledge to test our own scientific questions.
In this lesson, we had to use some key scientific vocabulary. Test us at home to see how much we’ve remembered: circuit, cell, bulb, components