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Goldfinches WB 27.3.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 23rd Mar 2023 @ 7:46pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Brilliant participation in Forest Schools.
Friday Superstar: Bella
Top Table: Daisy and Hattie
Coming soon:
Cake Sale: It is Goldfinches’ turn to bake/supply cakes for the cake sale on Wednesday 29th March. Cake will be on sale at the end of the day 30p each or 4 for £1.
Disco: Thursday 30th March
INSET: Friday 31st March
DT: Next week we will make torches in DT. Please send in any clean plastic yoghurt/fruit pots, cardboard tubes/small cardboard boxes into school.
Llandudno presentation: for those who were unable to attend, the presentation is attached to this blog. All children were given a kit list today.
This week we have:
Worked so safely and sensibly in Forest schools with bow saws and hand drills to begin work on ‘Bugstock’ our Bug Hotel.
Prepared a class worship to report on the litter survey we did as part of our Science topic on Human Impact. We will share this with the rest of school on Tuesday.
Next week we will:
Writing: Write our own story based on ‘When the Giant Stirred’ which will be our best piece of writing so far in Year 4!
Spellings: words with the sound s spelt sc
Words to learn: scissors, ascend, descend, science, scientist, scene, muscle, fascinate, crescent, scent
Reading: We will further develop our understanding of the characters and plot in Ariki and the island of wonders.
Reading homework: I am really impressed with how the children are choosing such a wide range of books to read in quiet reading time. One of my favourite times of the day is chatting about which books the children have enjoyed and having a 1:1 read. Please help to support this developing love of books and reading at home by listening to and chatting about your child’s reading books daily and signing their diary.
Maths: We will complete our unit on finding the perimeter of rectangles and rectilinear shapes.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. At the moment we are learning the 9x table. Your child will come home with a paper activity on Friday 24th to try at home. Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts.
Please ensure your child uses the below Maths Frame game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
If this link doesn’t work on a tablet, try googling Maths Frame Y4 Multiplication check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Mondays and Fridays.
Items from home reminder: there have been some items from home being brought in to school. Please ensure these are kept at home so they don’t end up being lost/taken in school and causing distractions and fall outs. Thank you for your support in this.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Simmonds and Miss Nelson.
Goldfinches WB 20.3.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 7:29pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have been super litter pickers helping improve our school grounds.
Friday Superstar: Elliot
Top Table: Archie and Callum
This week we have:
…worked so hard in our assessments and developed our speech sandwich writing in When the Giant Stirred.
We loved meeting our special guest in worship Aoife Mannion a professional footballer who plays for Man United and Ireland and who lives locally. She talked about the girls’ football team she coaches and invited the girls to come along and try it out. 6-7pm Fridays at Sir John Deanne’s College. Speak to Mrs Evans for further details.
We have enjoyed the theme of connections in science week and were very confident in presenting our Volcano posters to the children in Robins.
Parents’ evenings: From 1.30pm -6pmTues 21st and 3.30pm-6pm Wed 22nd.
Forest Schools session: Thursday 23rd March. Please send your child to school in OLD, WARM clothes with a warm coat and wellies/old trainers they can change into. Hat and gloves recommended if particularly chilly.
Llandudno parents’ meeting: after school on Thurs 23rd March. Children can go to a crèche while parents attend. If you can’t make it, the power point presentation will be attached to the Class Web page and blog. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you want me to chat with you further.
Next week we will:
Writing: We will practise writing direct speech using the correct punctuation. We will infer the characters’ thoughts and emotions to write a recount and use modified adjectives (sad- saddest, happy – happiest)
Spellings: Spellings with the suffix ious
Words for the test on Friday 24th March: vicious, suspicious, curious, serious, obvious, anxious, tedious, furious, oblivious, devious
Reading: We will infer details and refer to the text to find evidence to back up our answers and identify key vocabulary in our Ariki and the Island of Wonders text.
Reading homework: Reading is getting better and better in Year 4 with the children showing they are becoming more and more independent in their reading and more confident in their shared reading. Keep up the great work everybody!
Maths: We will choose and use appropriate methods of multiplication, learn to present our Science data in a bar chart, measure in m and KM and find the perimeter of a grid.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. We are currently working on the 9x as a class in addition to our personal times tables.
Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts for the 2, 5, 10, 4, 8, 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Science: As it is Science week we will enjoy some activities with the theme of Connections.
PE: Mondays and Fridays.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Goldfinches WB 13.3.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 9th Mar 2023 @ 8:59pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have been marvellous mathematicians this week.
Friday Superstar: Jacob C
Top Table: Ella and Molly
This week we have:
…worked so methodically in our maths lessons learning methods of division. We are already absorbed in ‘When the Giant Stirred’ and ‘Ariki and the island of wonders’ in our English lessons and are using these texts to support some beautiful descriptive writing. We are learning about the human impact on the environment in Science and thoroughly enjoyed the Science assembly too.
HOME- Our new whole school topic
This half term we have begun our new whole school topic- Home. This has been planned around the theme of the importance of our homes to us and the human conflicts and natural disasters that result in homelessness for others. We are hoping to use photographs of our children’s homes as part of our displays. If you would like to, please send or e-mail a photo/copy of your home into school after half term. Thank you.
Cake Sale – thank you for buying lots of delicious cakes. We raised an impressive £174.04. It is Goldfinches’ turn to bake/donate cakes for our next sale on 29th March.
Friday 17th March- Non uniform day. £1 which will be donated to COMIC RELIEF. Please ensure clothes and footwear are suitable for PE.
Next week we will:
Writing: We will apply our understanding of fronted adverbials to writing a diary extract and recap using direct speech within a speech sandwich.
Spellings: Spellings with the suffix ous
Words for the test on Friday 17th March: famous, fabulous, joyous, tremendous, jealous, enormous, glamourous, disastrous, adventurous, nervous
Reading: We will infer details and refer to the text to find evidence to back up our answers within our Spring assessment texts.
Reading homework: Reading is getting better and better in Year 4 with the children showing they are becoming more and more independent in their reading and more confident in their shared reading. Keep up the great work everybody.
Maths: We will choose and use appropriate methods of multiplication. We will complete our Spring Maths assessments.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. We have introduced the 9x table this week.
Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts for the 2, 5, 10, 4, 8, 3, 6 and 9 times tables.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Science: As it is Science week we will enjoy some activities with the theme of Connections.
PE: Mondays and Fridays.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Goldfinches WB 6.3.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 2nd Mar 2023 @ 8:08pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have settled back beautifully this week.
Friday Superstar: Chloe
Top Table: Freddie and Nathan
This week we have:
…had a wonderful start back to school. We have been launched into the tropical theme of a Pacific Island in our new books ‘When the Giant Stirred’ and ‘Ariki and the island of Wonders’. We loved World Book day and had fun creating book based artwork, having ‘Book talk’ time, reading with our friends in Y6 and learning to perform a poem. We have also wowed Mrs Evans and Miss Furnival with our knowledge of volcanoes as we created a group poster.
HOME- Our new whole school topic
This half term we have begun our new whole school topic- Home. This has been planned around the theme of the importance of our homes to us and the human conflicts and natural disasters that result in homelessness for others. We are hoping to use photographs of our children’s homes as part of our displays. If you would like to, please send or e-mail a photo/copy of your home into school after half term. Thank you.
Thurs 9th Cake Sale. This is for the children in KS1 to bake/donate cakes which will be on sale after school for all children. 30p a cake or 4 for £1
Choir have the lovely opportunity to sing at a local Care home next Friday 10th March.
Next week we will:
Writing: Develop our rich and varied language by choosing precise nouns e.g. Minnow or trout rather than just fish. Palm tree rather than just tree.
Spellings: Spellings with the prefix ir when added to words beginning with r
Words for the test on Friday 10th March: irrelevant, irresistible, irresponsible, irregular, irrational, irradiate
These are tricky words with tricky meanings so please spend some time ensuring your child understands the meaning (using google dictionary)
Reading: We will predict details from our new text and use our retrieval skills to select answers from the text about the settings and characters.
Reading homework: Please continue to support your child’s love of reading and the chance to disappear into another world whilst they do! Please sign when your child had read independently and comment when they have read aloud to you.
Maths: We will continue to develop our division methods using place value counters to help.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. We are introducing the 9x table this week.
Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts for the 2, 5, 10, 4, 8, 3 and 6 times tables.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Science: We will enjoy a Science assembly on Thursday in preparation for Science week the following week.
PE: This will be on Mondays and Fridays for the next half term.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Goldfinches WB 27.2.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 16th Feb 2023 @ 5:00pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have been amazing writers this week.
Friday Superstar: Alex
Top Table: George and Jacob C
This week we have:
…worked beautifully on the final stories from Escape to Pompeii- this is the best piece of writing we have done so far in Y4! We enjoyed investigating materials which are insulators and conductors of electricity and continuing to map the route of the Romans into the counties of Britain (or Britannia as it was known then)
HOME- Our new whole school topic
After half term we will begin our new whole school topic- Home. This has been planned around the theme of the importance of our homes to us and the human conflicts and natural disasters that result in homelessness for others. We are hoping to use photographs of our children’s homes as part of our displays. If you would like to, please send or e-mail a photo/copy of your home into school after half term. Thank you.
World Book Day- Wednesday 1st March- dress up, own clothes or pyjama day. Please wear whatever makes you happy and comfortable.
After half term we will:
Writing: no spoilers here but we will immerse ourselves in our new text for writing and reading…. Watch this space!
Spellings: Spellings from the Y3/4 Statutory word list
Words for the test on Friday 3rd March: experiment, extreme, famous, favourite, February, forwards, fruit, grammar, group
Reading: We will predict details from our new text. Have a wonderful day on Wednesday immersed in many different reading activities.
Reading homework: Please continue to support your child’s love of reading and the chance to disappear into another world whilst they do! Please sign when your child had read independently and comment when they have read aloud to you.
Maths: We will apply our understanding of using both informal and formal methods of multiplication to solving problems and begin to link this with division.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class.
Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts for the 2, 5, 10, 4, 8, 3 and 6 times tables.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: This will be on Mondays and Fridays for the next half term.
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, safe and restful half term
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson, Mrs Simmonds and Miss Furnival.
Goldfinches WB 13.2.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 13th Feb 2023 @ 7:37pm
Apologies for the delay in this week's blog but the whole School Spider server went down last week and we were unable to post our blog.
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have enjoyed lots of different mental health activities
Friday Superstar: Amber
Top Table: Lexi and Daisy
This week we have:
… enjoyed lots of different activities to support our mental health. Stories, art work, yoga, gratitude notes, passing the smile, giving someone a compliment and receiving one back, connecting with each other and the world, finding signs of spring and enjoying our school grounds.
Next week we will:
Writing: plan and write our final story from Escape from Pompeii. I am really looking forward to these as the children have been so immersed in the story.
Spellings: Spellings from the Y3/4 statutory list.
Words for the test on Friday 17TH Feb: century, circle, certain, complete, continue, consider, describe, decide, different, difficult.
Reading: We will read and retrieve key information from the text using subheadings, diagrams and sections and use this to retrieve and explain.
Reading homework: Please continue to support your child’s love of reading and the chance to disappear into another world whilst they do! Please sign when your child had read independently and comment when they have read aloud to you.
Maths: We will develop our skills of methods of solving correspondence problems and develop our ability to work logically.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class.
Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts for the 2, 5, 10, 4, 8, 3 and 6 times tables.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: This will be on Mondays and Fridays for the next half term. Indoor gymnastics on Monday and outdoor (where weather permits) Team building and tactics games on Fridays.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Goldfinches WB 23.1.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 5:40pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have been immersed in history learning this week!
Friday Superstar: Bobby V
Top Table: Alex and Matthew
Coming soon: Y4 Multiplication Tables Check meeting for parents 3.30-4pm Thurs 26th Jan. Please e-mail admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk to let us know if you will be attending.
This week we have:
… loved beginning to learn about the Romans and the importance of Chester during Roman times. We impressed our adults with how engaged and enthusiastic we were on our fantastic trip to Chester Grosvenor Museum. We have recapped our knowledge of what life for the Celts was like in Britain before the Romans arrived. Written some super explanations of the digestive system based on our yucky practical session!
Next week we will:
Writing: Use our understanding of writing direct speech and using the speech sandwich to write a conversation between the characters.
Spellings: Spellings with the suffix ssion set this week to be tested next Friday 27th.
Words to learn: discussion, permission, confession, depression, submission, possession, admission, transmission, progression, impression
Reading: We will look further at how organisation and pages such as the contents and index support our understanding of Non Fiction writing. We will improve our dictionary skills to look up the meanings and synonyms of new vocabulary.
Reading homework: Please continue to support your child’s love of reading and the chance to disappear into another world whilst they do! Please sign when your child had read independently and comment when they have read aloud to you.
Maths: We will develop our multiplication skills and methods looking at factors, factor pairs.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. introducing 3x and using this to learn the 6x by doubling. Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts. I will be holding a meeting for parents soon to share information about the National Y4 Multiplication Check.
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
History: We will explore what resources Britain had that the Romans wanted.
PE: This will be on Mondays and Fridays for the next half term. Indoor gymnastics on Monday and outdoor (where weather permits) Team building and tactics games on Fridays.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Goldfinches WB 16.1.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 6:46pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Well done everyone for your hard work this week.
Friday Superstar: Ethen
Top Table: Bella and Lydia
Coming soon:
Trip to Chester Grosvenor Museum. Thursday 19th January. Please ensure you have given permission for your child to attend this fantastic day out. Please send your child with- a snack, water bottle and packed lunch (or order a CAT bag). As we will be outside for part of the day, please ensure your child is wearing warm footwear and tights or trousers as well as a warm coat, hat and gloves.
Multiplication Tables Check meeting for parents. Thursday 26th January. 3.30-4pm. Please e-mail admin to let us know if you will be attending the meeting.
This week we have:
Enjoyed being immersed in exploring the questions ‘How great was Alexander the Great?’ and ‘What did the Greeks do for us?’ within our History lessons and have produced some super learning. We are becoming very knowledgeable about volcanoes through our writing and shared reading lessons. We have shown a great interest in finding the area of rectangles in Maths.
Next week we will:
Writing: Learn more about the volcanic eruption in Pompeii and infer what it might have been like to live in Pompeii during Roman times.
Spellings: Homophones (words with the same sound but different spellings and meanings) set this week to be tested next Friday 20th.
Words to learn: their, there, they’re, our, are, peace, piece, pane, pain, whale, wail. Please support your child to know the different meanings as well as spellings.
Reading: We will learn about how the organisation and features of non-fiction books (contents, diagrams, labels, headings etc) help us to understand what we are reading.
Reading homework: I have been really impressed with how the class is settling down to read after lunch. One of my favourite times of the day is chatting about which books the children have enjoyed and having a 1:1 read. Please help to support this developing love of books and reading at home by listening to and chatting about your child’s reading books daily and signing their diary.
Maths: We will complete our unit on finding the area using squares and move onto methods of multiplication.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. At the moment we are recapping 8x and introducing 3x. Your child will come home with a paper activity on Friday 13th to try at home. Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts.
Please ensure your child uses the below Maths Frame game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: This will be on Mondays and Fridays for the next half term. Indoor gymnastics on Monday and outdoor (where weather permits) Team building and tactics games on Fridays.
Items from home reminder: there have been an increasing number of items from home being brought in to school by the children. Please ensure these are kept at home so they don’t end up being lost/taken in school and causing distractions and fall outs. Thank you for your support in this.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Simmonds and Miss Nelson.
Goldfinches WB 9.1.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 5th Jan 2023 @ 7:34pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Happy New Year and welcome back everyone!
Friday Superstar: Harriet W
Top Table: Hannah and Chloe
Coming soon: Trip to Chester Grosvenor Museum. Thursday 19th January. Please ensure you have given permission for your child to attend this fantastic day out.
This week we have:
… welcomed the lovely Miss Nelson to our Goldfinches nest and have loved getting to know her.
… returned refreshed and full of lovely enthusiasm to work. We have loved being introduced to our new Writing and Reading texts ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and ‘Volcano’ and have already developed some interesting new vocabulary. We enjoyed voting for our new Recognition Board class target ‘To get straight on with our work’.
Next week we will:
Mondays: Miss Wilkinson will be teaching Goldfinches on Mondays from now on. Mrs Evans will continue to teach Tuesdays-Fridays.
PE: This will be on Mondays and Fridays for the next half term. Indoor gymnastics on Monday and outdoor (where weather permits) Team building and tactics games on Fridays.
Writing: Use our senses to describe the sights and sounds of Pompeii in the past and begin to organise our ideas into paragraphs.
Spellings: Spellings from the Y3/4 Statutory word list set this week to be tested next Friday 13th.
Words to learn: different, difficult, disappear, early, earth, eight, eighth, enough, exercise, experience.
Reading: We will look at how organisation and pages such as the contents and index support our understanding of Non Fiction writing.
Reading homework: Please continue to support your child’s love of reading and the chance to disappear into another world whilst they do! Please sign when your child had read independently and comment when they have read aloud to you.
Maths: We will complete our unit on addition and subtraction and problem solving and move on to finding the area using squares.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. At the moment we are recapping 8x and introducing 3x. Please continue to support your child to learn their tables fluently in order, out of order and know the division facts. I will be holding a meeting for parents soon to share information about the National Y4 Multiplication Check.
Please ensure your child uses this game at least a couple of times a week to get used to speed and time limits and prepare them for the online check.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
History: We enjoyed exploring the question ‘How Great was Alexander the Great?’ this week and will continue with this inquiry next week.
PSHCE: We will be focusing on the theme of being unique and being proud and confident to be ourselves in our No Outsiders lesson this week.
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, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Simmonds and Miss Nelson.
Goldfinches WB 12.12.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 8th Dec 2022 @ 9:40pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
What an absolutely incredible performance from each and every one of our gorgeous Goldfinches!
Friday Superstar: Daisy
Top Table: Freddie and Matthew
This week we have:
… performed like superstars! Each and every one of our Goldfinches shone on stage, had so much fun and made us proud. We enjoyed making Christmas crafts and creating beautiful cards in our art lessons. We have done our best piece of writing so far in Year 4 with our diaries based on Leon and the Place Between.
Next week we will:
Enjoy many more Christmas celebrations.
Monday: This is Mrs Judge’s last day with Goldfinches before she leaves. We will have our Christmas Story worship in church with Vicar Andrew. Today is also non-uniform day in exchange for cakes/biscuits/treats for the school fair.
Tuesday: It’s off to the Panto we go. (In school by 8.50am at the latest please) then afterwards we have our school Christmas fair from 2.30pm.
Thursday: Carol service in church. Carols on the playground from 2.30pm for parents/family members.
Friday: Christmas jumpers- just for fun today! School finishes at 1pm.
PSHCE: We will be focusing on the theme of friendship in our No Outsiders lesson this week.
Music: Goldfinches’ last Ukulele lesson until later in the year.
Maths: Learning more Roman Numerals and solving Christmas themed puzzles.
Spellings: No spellings set this week- it’s Christmas! (If you do feel the urge to practise, please look back at the spelling lists in your child’s diary and choose the tricky ones)
Reading homework: We hope you all enjoy curling up with a book over the next few weeks. Please continue to support your child’s love of reading and the chance to disappear into another world whilst they do!
Times tables: If you want to practise any tables, we will be having a big focus on the 3x table in the first few weeks back after Christmas. Use hit the button, coconut multiples, Maths Frame times tables check games to support you.
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.
Goldfinches WB 5.12.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 1st Dec 2022 @ 6:41pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Super focus and concentration during the assessments.
Friday Superstar: Evan
Top Table: Jacob H and George
This week we have:
… worked so hard on all of our assessments showing great perseverance and concentration. Enjoyed the rehearsals for Matilda and sang beautifully in the Christingle service.
Next week we will:
Matilda: Performances on Wednesday afternoon and evening and Thursday evening. Costumes: School uniform on the bottom half (with tights or leggings under skirts for girls) and school shoes for all. Please send in a named white shirt if you have one. (School has some we can provide but any support in this will be appreciated) School will provide a tie for each child. Girls’ hair must be neatly plaited, tied back or in a bun please.
Writing: we will continue to write in the role of another character to develop our diary writing skills.
Reading: We will learn to answer questions with more depth and detail as we read and discuss ‘The Train to impossible places’.
Reading homework: We are so pleased with how our lovely Goldfinches are improving with getting their diary signed and reading with greater independence.
Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 will be from the y3/4 statutory spelling list and due to a busy week and lots of assessments this week- these will be the same spellings as last week.
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday 9th December: breathe, build, busy, business, calendar, caught, certain, accidentally, answer, bicycle.
Have a go at using the pyramid to practise at home.
Maths: We will develop our addition and subtraction problem solving skills using a variety of methods to solve them.
Maths Homework: Have a go at the 8x table fortune teller and board game.
Have a go at the Maths Frame game which is modelled on the end of Year 4 Multiplication Check https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
If you play the normal mode it will give any fact up to 12x12 with 6 seconds to answer. If you click ‘adjust difficulty’ you can choose the times table and change the time.
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.
Goldfinches WB 28.11.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 4:25pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Marvellous maths this week everybody.
Friday Superstar: Alexia
Top Table: Amber and Naomi
This week we have:
… learned about the importance of staying safe online and using search engines sensibly and safely. Worked so well with our ability to use exchanging in the column method of subtraction.
Next week we will:
Monday: KS2 Christingle service in church.
Writing: we will write in the role of another character to develop our diary writing skills.
Reading: We will learn to answer questions with more depth and detail as we read and discuss ‘The Train to impossible places’.
Reading homework: Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 will be from the y3/4 statutory spelling list
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday 2nd December: breathe, build, busy, business, calendar, caught, certain, accidentally, answer, bicycle.
Have a go at using the pyramid to practise at home.
Maths: We will work on our arithmetic skills and complete our Autumn term assessments
Maths Homework: There is a multiplication square in diaries. Support your child to complete it in this order: 1x, 10x, 5x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 3x, 6x, 12x, 9x, 11x, 7x. You will see that by the time they fill in the last few times tables, most boxes are already completed!
Have a go at the Maths Frame game which is modelled on the end of Year 4 Multiplication Check https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
If you play the normal mode it will give any fact up to 12x12 with 6 seconds to answer. If you click ‘adjust difficulty’ you can choose the times table and change the time.
Dance: Our dance is going very well and it is lovely to see the enthusiasm of Goldfinches.
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.
Goldfinches WB 21.11.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 4:17pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
A very active week this week with super enthusiasm from all.
Friday Superstar: Charley
Top Table: Archie and Elliot
This week we have:
… travelled back in time to learn all about the Ancient Greeks with Penelope and Andros. The day was packed full with hands on learning experiences from handling artefacts to find clues about life, weapons to find out about battles and the army, making our own clay coins, learning a dance and using drama to explore myths and facts. Wonderful listening, enthusiasm and contributions from everybody. Enjoyed dance with Donna which was successful in learning our part of the dance for Matilda.
Next week we will:
Monday: School photographs
Wednesday: Film night
Friday: Christmas light switch on 4.30pm (Choir)
Writing: look at plural and singular nouns and the rules for spelling them. We will meet a new character from Leon and the Place Between and develop our diary writing skills using a rich vocabulary.
Reading: We will continue to follow Suzy on her strange and unusual journey and pick up interesting vocabulary and make inferences about the characters and settings.
Reading homework: Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 will continue with words with the prefix ‘ey’ ‘ei’ eigh’
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday 25th November: drey, whey, survey, convey, eighth, eighteen, weight, neigh, neighbour, sleigh
We have used rainbow writing to help us practice this week. Have a go at home!
Maths: We will continue to practise using the formal column method to subtract and exchange and then apply our addition and subtraction methods to solving problems.
Maths Homework:
Have a go at the online game Tommy’s Trek. You can select the times table you want to practice and easy, medium or hard levels. We are recapping our 8x table at the moment so make sure you challenge yourself with the 8s as well as any others you want to get faster at. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/318/Tommys-Trek-Times-Tables
Dance: We will be working on our Matilda dance with Donna again this week.
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.
Goldfinches WB 14.11.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 4:50pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Well done for working hard to settle back in to routine everyone!
Friday Superstar: Bella
Top Table: Hattie and Molly
This week we have:
…been superstar problem solvers in maths, enjoyed finding out about our teeth and also what it was like to live in Greece 2500 years ago! We have loved beginning to learn the songs for Matilda and have impressed Mrs Evans with our use of ambitious vocabulary in our writing.
Thurs 17th November- Greek workshop in school.
Matilda: Tickets are available to book for our KS2 Christmas performance. Goldfinches class will be dancing as Children from the play. Shirts and ties are kindly being provided by Donna North and they will just need their school skirt/trousers and shoes for the performances.
Next week we will:
Writing: Explore further into our book ‘Leon and the Place Between’ and develop our use of ambitious verbs, adverbs and adjectives in our descriptive writing.
Reading: We have loved reading our new book ‘The Train to Impossible Places’ and are keen find out more about Suzy and the strange world she is about to enter.
Reading homework: Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 words with the spelling patterns eigh, ey, ei
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday 18th November: grey, prey, obey, they, eight, eighty, freight, rein, vein, veil
We have used the strategy of colouring the vowel patterns in different colours.
Maths: We will continue our unit on addition using the formal column method with exchanging. We will work on recalling the 8x table facts.
Maths Homework:
There is an 8x table game in book bags- match the card to the answer as quickly as you can. Turn over the cards and play matching pairs. 1 person hold the answer card and say the matching fact e.g. hold 32 and say- “I am 4 times 8 or 8 times 4”
Have a go at the online game ‘Maths Chase’ to practise the division facts for the 4x table https://www.mathschase.com/games/division-4/
For the 8x table, use these online challenges to practise https://www.timestables.co.uk/8-times-table.html
Music: This half term is Goldfinches’ turn to have weekly Ukulele lessons on Thursday afternoons.
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.
Goldfinches WB 7.11.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 4:26pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Welcome back everybody- we hope you had a wonderful half term!
Friday Superstar: Nathan
Top Table: Alex and Jacob C
This week we have:
…entered the circus and used our senses to predict and write setting descriptions about our new book ‘Leon and the Place Between’. We have sorted foods into their food groups and designed a balanced meal in science to launch our new topic of teeth, digestion and healthy food choices. It was lovely to see how engaged Goldfinches were in their first Ukulele lesson- they really impressed the teacher!
Book Trade – Message from our new School Councillors
We will be holding a book trade on the first Friday back after half-term (Friday 4thNovember) straight after school. Please bring your book in on book trade day to swap your unwanted books for a new one to enjoy. Recommended for adults too. Thank you from, school council.
Next week we will:
Writing: Develop our descriptive writing skills as we ‘Step into the magic’
Reading: We have begun our new book ‘The Train to Impossible Places’ and will find out more about Suzy and the strange world she lives in.
Reading homework: Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 words with the prefix ‘inter’
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday 11th November: international, intercity, interact, interrelated, internet, interlock, intermediate, intergalactic
We have used spelling doodles to help us practice and there is a blank doodle in your child’s bag to use at home.
Maths: We will begin our unit on addition using the formal column method. We will rehearse our division by 4 facts out of order and build up our recall of the 8x table facts.
Maths Homework:
Have a go at the online game ‘Maths Chase’ to practise you’re the division facts for the 4x table https://www.mathschase.com/games/division-4/
For those of you who have moved onto your 8x table, use coconut multiples to practise. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Music: This half term is Goldfinches’ turn to have weekly Ukulele lessons on Thursday afternoons.
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.
Goldfinches WB 31.10.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 7:47pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Happy half term everybody!
Friday Superstar: Freddie
Top Table: Chloe and Harriet W
This week we have:
…enjoyed doing our best writing yet in Year 4 with our own stories inspired by Gorilla! We discovered what modern day Greece is like in Geography and we learned to create our own Avatar to promote online safety in computing. In Maths we have been amazing at estimating and placing numbers on different number lines.
Book Trade – Message from our new School Councillors
We will be holding a book trade on the first Friday back after half-term (Friday 5thNovember) straight after school. In the half-term holiday, we suggest you sort through your books to find any you don’t want anymore. Please bring them in on book trade day to swap your unwanted books for new ones to enjoy. Recommended for adults too. Thank you from, school council.
After half term we will:
Writing: Launch our magical new Pathways to writing book. Watch this space…
Reading: We will finish reading and discussing stories from ‘A World Full of Animal Stories’ and understand how using inference (the facts from the text + our knowledge of the world) can help us understand what we are reading.
Reading homework: Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 words from the Y3/4 Statutory word list/
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday5th November: accident, accidental, accidentally, address, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath
We have used different colours to underline the tricky parts to help us practice.
Maths: We will practise recalling the division facts for the 4x table and use the 4x table to help us learn the 8x table. We will focus on rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 in our place value lessons.
Maths Homework:
Have a go at the online game ‘Hit the button’ to practise your 4x table and increase your speed with the 4x and division by 4 facts. If you are really fast, try the 8x table. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Play 4x table dominoes (print outs in bags. Cut out the dominoes and match the answers with the questions)
Music: This half term is Goldfinches’ turn to have weekly Ukulele lessons on Thursday afternoons.
Science: We will begin our new topic learning all about teeth, digestion and the effects of a healthy and unhealthy diet.
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 half term,
Mrs Evans, Mrs Judge and Miss Wilkinson.
Goldfinches WB 17.10.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 4:32pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Wow! A whole half term almost complete! We have done so much learning and are really beginning to show how grown up we are.
Friday Superstar: Amber
Top Table: Logan and Bobby V
This week we have:
…enjoyed using a speech sandwich to write a conversation between Hannah and the Gorilla! We made super progress in recalling our 4x table facts both in and out of order. We had fun comparing the pitch of different thicknesses of elastic bands during science. Played along to Mamma Mia with the glockenspiels and discovered where in the world Greece and that it is made up of so many islands! A huge well done to everybody who is working hard at home on their reading, spelling and times tables. Remember little and often is the key to improving your learning.
Parents’ evening: Please sign up for a slot on either Wednesday 19th or Thursday 20th October. If you would prefer a phone call, please contact school and we will arrange a call on a separate evening.
Harvest: Thank you for all of your harvest donations so far. If you would like to make a Harvest donation to the Food Bank, the following items are currently in short supply and would be greatly appreciated: rice pudding, jam, long life fruit juice, tinned fruit, jelly, tea bags, custard, tins and mashed potatoes. Our donations will be delivered to the local food bank. We look forward to seeing anyone who can make it at our service in Church on Monday 17th October.
Next week we will:
Writing: we will use Gorilla for inspiration to write our own animal fantasy stories.
Reading: We will continue to read and discuss stories from ‘A World Full of Animal Stories’ and understand how using inference (the facts from the text + our knowledge of the world) can help us understand what we are reading.
Reading homework: Please comment in your child’s diary when they have read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 words with the suffix ‘ly’ and the effect on the y ending where the y changes to ily and ally.
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday 21st October: happily, sleepily, cosily, cheekily, angrily, breezily, heavily, basically, frantically, magically.
We have used look, cover, write, spell and check to help us practice.
Maths: We will continue to consolidate the 4 times table and focus on using prior facts to help us learn it out of order and know the associated division facts. We will learn to round numbers to the nearest 1000, 100 and 10.
Maths Homework: Have a go at the online game ‘Happy Burger’ to practise your 4x table and build some delicious burgers. https://www.timestables.co.uk/happy-burger.html
Complete the division by 4 sheet. You can use the 100 square to help you if you colour in the multiples of 4 first.
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.
Goldfinches WB 10.10.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 6th Oct 2022 @ 4:28pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We had such fun in the forest this week!
Friday Superstar: Matthew
Top Table: Charley and Hannah
This week we have:
…loved reading the twist in the story in our Gorilla book! We had fun exploring how we can change the volume of different instruments during science. We have worked very hard on our handwriting and presentation and are trying hard to apply it in all our different subjects. We continued to build on our teamwork, persevence and problem solving skills during forest schools where we learned to tie different knots to help us make a Pendulum Paint Tripod.
Parents’ evening: Please sign up for a slot on either Wednesday 19th or Thursday 20th October.
Harvest: Thank you for all of your harvest donations so far. If you would like to make a Harvest donation to the Food Bank, the following items are currently in short supply and would be greatly appreciated: rice pudding, jam, long life fruit juice, tinned fruit, jelly, tea bags, custard, tins and mashed potatoes. Our donations will be delivered to the local food bank.
Book Fair: Our annual book fair will arrive next Thursday (13th) and be in school for 2 weeks.
Next week we will:
Writing: Continue to use our book ‘Gorilla’ to explore using adverbials of time, place and manner (e.g. later that night, beside the bed, curiously) to the front of our sentences to become fronted adverbials.
Reading: We will continue to read and discuss stories from ‘A World Full of Animal Stories’ and understand how using inference (the facts from the text + our knowledge of the world) can help us understand what we are reading.
Reading homework: Hooray! Diaries have finally arrived! Please comment when your child has read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 words with the prefix ‘auto’
Spellings to learn for our test on Friday14th October: autograph, autopilot, automobile, automatic, autocue, autobiography, automated, autobus.
We have learned to use boxes, coloured pens and different styles of writing to help us practice
Maths: We will consolidate the 4 times table and focus on using prior facts to help us learn it out of order e.g. 7x4 =? “I know 5x4 is 20 and 2x 4 is 8 so 7x4 = 28”
Maths Homework: Colour the multiples of 4 on a hundred square (in diaries) and talk about the pattern made.
Play pass the ball and say the multiples. Can you pass a ball/pair of socks to and from each other and count up in multiples of 4. If you get really quick change this so the thrower shouts a question e.g. 4x6 and the catcher says the answer =24.
Here is a link to an online activity: https://www.timestables.co.uk/4-times-table.html
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.
Goldfinches WB 3.10.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 4:30pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Amazing teamwork this week.
Friday Superstar: Alexa, Naomi and Callum
Top Table: Nathan and Evan
This week we have:
…had a wonderful day at Petty Pool developing teamwork, leadership and friendship skills. We showed so much perseverance and patience and made Mrs Evans very proud. We have used our research to write and present a report on Gorillas in our very own mini book. We enjoyed visiting church for worship with Vicar Andrew.
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.
Harvest: Thank you for all of your harvest donations so far. If you would like to make a Harvest donation to the Food Bank, the following items are currently in short supply and would be greatly appreciated: rice pudding, jam, long life fruit juice, tinned fruit, jelly, tea bags, custard, tins and mashed potatoes. Our donations will be delivered to the local food bank.
Next week we will:
Writing: Use our book ‘Gorilla’ to explore moving adverbials of time, place and manner (e.g. later that night, beside the bed, curiously) to the front of our sentences to become fronted adverbials.
Reading: We will support your child to choose from our large collection of books to both in school and at home. Lots of children have enjoyed choosing from the recommended reads basket this week. We will continue to read and discuss stories from ‘A World Full of Animal Stories’ and use questions to support our understanding.
Reading homework: Hooray! Diaries have finally arrived! Please comment when your child has read aloud to you and sign when they have read independently to themselves. Please support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily. 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 ‘ture’.
We have learned to use a spelling doodle to help us practice (paper copy in your child’s bag)
Spelling words to learn for our test on Friday7th October:
picture, creature, nature, adventure, furniture, moisture, fracture, puncture, structure, temperature
Maths: We will continue to 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 fortune teller game (paper copy in bags) and click on the link for this week’s online game: Number Diving. Use this to practice the 4x table and if you are really successful, add the 8x table.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/number-diving.html
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.
Goldfinches WB 26.9.22, by Mrs Evans
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.
Goldfinches WB 19.9.22, by Mrs Evans
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.
Goldfinches WB 8.9.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 7:50pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We have had a super start to Year 4.
Friday Superstar: Archie
Top Table: Ethen and Lydia
Mrs Judge, Mrs Evans and Miss Wilkinson have enjoyed getting to know all of our lovely Goldfinches. Highlights have been creating our own lunchtime and end of the day prayers, sketching our beautiful Goldfinches, beginning our gorgeous Pathways to Reading book 'A World of Animal Stories' and learning the words to Mamma Mia in our appraising music lesson.
Mondays: Mrs Judge
Tuesdays-Fridays: Mrs Evans
Miss Wilkinson is our Teaching assistant.
This week:
Wednesday 14th September: Please sign up for one of the four slots on our Meet the Teacher evening. 3.15pm, 3.45pm, 4.45pm or 5.15pm - these are for parents and there will be a creche available for your children to attend on the evening.
We will continue to have lots of lovely activities to support getting to know each other and the classroom and to help us all settle quickly into our routines.
Writing: We look forward to beginning our new Pathways to writing book.
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 have begun to read and discuss stories from ‘A World Full of Animal Stories’
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. We are still waiting for our order of reading diaries to arrive so as soon as they do we will issue your child with one.
Spelling: We will set our first set of spellings to go home to learn next Friday 16th September.
Maths: Our focus will be on place value and we will spend time recapping the 10x and 5x tables and using these facts to support our learning of the trickier ones.
Maths Homework: There will be a weekly times table homework. This might be an activity or game on paper or a link on the class blog to an online game.
PE: Our PE day is Friday morning and we have a lovely long session. 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.
Goldfinches WB 5.9.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 5th Sep 2022 @ 10:25am
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
We are so happy and excited to see you and hope you have all had a wonderful summer.
Mrs Judge, Mrs Evans and Miss Wilkinson can’t wait to continue to get to know you in these next few weeks. We are going to enjoy lots of new learning together.
Mondays: Mrs Judge
Tuesdays-Fridays: Mrs Evans
Miss Wilkinson is our Teaching assistant.
This week: We will have lots of lovely activities to support getting to know each other and the classroom and to help us all settle quickly into our routines.
Snack: Please support us to continue to be a healthy school by sending in a healthy snack (e.g. fruit, cereal bar, cheese and crackers) and a named water bottle each day.
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.
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.
Maths: We will spend time recapping the 2x, 10x, 5x tables and using these facts to support our learning of the trickier ones.
PE: Our PE day is Friday morning and we have a lovely long session. 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.
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.
Goldfinches WB 18.7.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 18th Jul 2022 @ 1:58pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
The final blog for the class of 2021-2022!
Friday Superstar: Samuel
Top Table children: Amy and Harriet
We would just like to say what a pleasure it has been to see our wonderful Goldfinches grow and mature over the past year. We are proud of each and every one of them in their journey through the Year 4 curriculum and their own personal development. They are more than ready to fledge up to Skylarks and start their Year 5 adventure but we still want to see them popping in to Goldfinches to say hello next year!
This week:
Please remember we finish at 1pm on Thursday 21st July.
DT: We will use our Scientific knowledge of electricity and circuits to make our own working torches. Please send in any clean and empty plastic bottles, yoghurt pots/packaging for us to recycle.
Science: We will be setting up and carrying out our own Science experiments. Again, we would be grateful if you could raid your recycling bins for clean/empty packaging.
Reading books: Please ensure all school reading books are returned.
Reading: The Library Reading Challenge is on once again and it would be lovely to hear how well our children have got on with it over the summer holidays.
Times Tables: Continue to use the websites you love to keep the tables ticking over.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Final PE session for Y4 on Monday.
Geography/Art: We will add the final touches to our lovely river collages.
Thank you also to all of our lovely Goldfinch parents and families for your support over the past year. Have a wonderful, safe and relaxing summer.
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge.
Goldfinches WB 4.7.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 3rd Jul 2022 @ 7:24pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
What superstar performers this week!
Friday Superstar: Gracie
Top Table children: Tilly and Alexa
This week:
Tuesday afternoon- Forest Schools. If wet weather please bring a raincoat and old trainers/wellies. If hot, please bring a sun hat and suncream.
Wednesday is Transition day, where Goldfinches will visit Miss Beattie and Mr Beswick in Skylarks class.
Tuesday and Wednesday – Please feel welcome to pop in after school to look through your children’s work books and celebrate their work with them.
Writing and Reading: We will introduce our final Y4 writing book alongside the new shared reading text.
Reading homework- Please continue to support your child to read for 10-20 minutes daily and to sign their diary.
Spelling homework: This week’s words are more words from the Y3/4 statutory spellings. These will be the last set of spellings this year.
Spellings: minute, natural, naughty, notice, occasion, occasionally, often, opposite, ordinary.
Maths: we will continue to learn about equivalent fractions.
Times Tables Homework: Keep working on TTRock stars to increase your fluency in recalling the times tables.
Or Hit the Button and Coconut multiples are always good fun and support quick thinking skills:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Science: We will be starting our final topic ‘Changing State’
RE: We will learn about the importance of the book of Exodus in Judaism.
Geography: We will learn about the water cycle and its importance to our world.
PE: Monday and Friday - striking and fielding games.
German: We will have a go at a listening comprehension.
Computing: We will complete our computing topic ‘Reading Power’
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge.