Year 4

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children were able to respond to ideas in the text they have been exploring called ‘Hermelin’.  They used retrieval skills to gain an…

This week in Ithaca… In Maths, the children explored full, half and quarter turns, using the language of clockwise and anticlockwise. Also, the children were able to classify angles as…

This week in Ithaca… In Computing, the children learnt about computational thinking and explored how the four strands that make up computational thinking is used to solve a problem. The…

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children were able to plan the main sections for their explanation text, write a draft and edit using their plan effectively and publish…

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children were able to retrieve and record information from non-fiction texts. The children used skimming skills to find the keywords and summarise information…

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children continued to build on their holiday brochure. The children were able to write a guide overview using evocative language in the heading,…

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children were introduced to holiday brochure jigsaw shapes. The children were able to pair sentences with the associated shapes to construct a complete…

This week in Ithaca… In Maths, the children built on their knowledge of measuring lengths using metres and centimetres and were introduced to kilometres. The children were able to understand…

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children focused on writing a short adventure extract. The children considered various features to aid their writing, such as describing their setting using…

This week in Ithaca… In English, the children focused on using dialogue accurately, writing direct speech, writing an engaging paragraph and using ‘slow write’ prompts. In Maths, the children continued…