W/C 12th September 2025 

This week in Maths we have continued our learning on place value and have been partitioning numbers to 10,000. We have been developing our use of mathematical language to be able to explain the difference between numbers, using 10’s, 100’s and 1,000’s. Next week in Maths, we will be using a number line to estimate numbers up to 10,000 and comparing and ordering numbers up to 10,000. 

In English this week, our learning has continued to link to the text 'The Comet' by Joe Todd-Stanton, and we have enjoyed writing our own newspaper articles about a comet landing in Tonbridge! Next week we will explore the character, ‘Nyla’, from the book, and write a diary entry, making sure we included feelings and use the past tense and informal language.  

In Geography, we have been learning about the river Rhine and features of rivers. We will next week be learning about how the Rhine affects the city of Cologne.

This week in Science, we explored how sound travels. We observed how sugar moves when placed on cling film over a bowl, just by making a noise near it. The vibrations caused by the soundwaves moved the sugar. We learnt lots of amazing facts about sound, so feel free to ask some questions about sound at home! 

Thursday also marked the start of our history topic, The Romans. We spent the day learning about Romulus and Remus and how Rome came to power. This also included arts and crafts in preparation to re-enact the battle of the Romans and the Sabine tribe. What a brilliant start to our topic!

 

W/E 5th September 2025

Year 4 have had a wonderful first week back. The children have enjoyed catching up with old friends and have made some new friends as we have welcomed several new students. 

We have written and signed Class charters and reminded everyone of the high expectations we have for them at Bishop Chavasse. All the children have settled into school life quickly and have been working hard already. 

We have had a lot of RHSE based learning to support children in their return to school. They have been thinking about the skills and qualities that make them special and what strategies help them to learn well and stay on the green zone of regulation. We have developed our teamwork skills by working together to build towers out of foam building blocks, to represent the wise man and the foolish man, before using this to think about strong foundations like in the story of the wise and foolish man from the Bible. We also competed in our House Teams in some team challenges Friday afternoon, building friendship and communication skills. Great work everyone!

In English, the children have all written a recount of a favourite memory from their holidays. They used first person and past tense as well as some rich vocabulary for description. We have also reflected on how everyone has felt after the first week in year 4.

We are looking forward to a full timetable of learning next week. In Maths we will be concentrating on place value and partitioning numbers to 1000. In English we will read the book ‘The Comet’ by Joe Todd Stanton and write a newspaper report about a comet landing! We will also develop our interview skills and use direct speech and non-direct speech.