Friday 9th January 2025

RIC 

The Lighthouse

 

Before he pushed the loaded supply boat out into the sound, he turned his back to the wind, reached into his waistcoat pocket and delicately drew out a folded square of paper. He re-read the copper-plate writing that was so familiar. "Thy way is in the sea, and my path in the great waters." He read the words slowly and deliberately and, although he was not religious, the message carried some deeper significance which was not clear to him. He returned the paper back into his pocket, repeated the words in his mind, and pushed the bow of the boat seaward.

The lighthouse defiantly stood proud of the jagged rocks; a broken jaw of granite. He was always met by the three keepers who stood unwavering in any weather; the sealskin collars on their coats were drawn up to their chins.

 

R: What was written on the folded piece of paper? 

I: Why did he repeat the words in his mind? 

C: What do you think the word unwavering means?

 

Friday 9th January 2026

LC: To understand when a text does not make sense. 

 

When check your work, you read what you have written carefully and look out for any mistakes.

Mistakes can be things like:

• missing or extra punctuation
• spelling mistakes
• incorrect tenses
• missing or extra words

  Teacher model: 

  One morning a little little girl wearing a red cape decided to visit her sick Grandma she packed a baskit of cackes and started walking through the woods. The little girl stoped to look at the flowers on the way and singing to to herself.

  Your turn: Read through the sentences and check which sentences do not make sense, where the break down is in the sentence and the paragraph and correct. You can annotate on the sheet. This is what you should be doing in your own writing all the time. 

  Amir likes to play with all the other boys in his class. She really likes weekends when they can organise a day out. The boys decided that on Saturday, they wood go to the cinema and get a pizza on the way home. So, when Tuesday finally arrived, Amir jumped into bed and cleaned his teeth. He could wait to see his friends. The boyshad arranged to meet outside the cinema at 11.00am. It was a lovely summers day with the moon shining brightly. It was a shame to be inside but they wanted to see the film. Once the film was started, they were very hungry so slowly hurried to the take away to get their burgers.

  Adapted

  Your turn: Read through the sentences and check which sentences do not make sense. 

  

   

   

Grammar:  Compose and write sentences with fronted adverbials for when.

Improve the sentences below. 

My turn: 

until the romans arrived in britain, there were no public baths.

After the Romans arrived in Britain they began building straight roads

 

Your turn:  

before the Romans came celts did not live in towns

After burning down Colchester Boudicca and her tribe headed for Londinium.

When Boudicca and the Britons was defeated, the Romans controlled most of Britain for the next 350 years.

While the Romans was present in Britain, they introduced many new ideas and inventions.

Friday 9th January 2026

LC: To explain how paragraphs are used to build up ideas, and how these are linked.

09.01.26

LC: To review learning on multiplication and division. 

Complete pages 148-150 in your MNP workbook.

Adapted 

09.01.26

LC: Addition with counting on.

 

Review

Alphabet Scramble 

Rearrange the words below into alphabetical order. Then write each word three times to help you remember how to spell them..

suppose   medicine   particular   mention   special possession   surprise   peculiar   straight   separate

 Choose one or two words to practise using the Sticky Word Strategy: 

Learning

Focus: Use the first three letters of a word to check its spelling and meaning in a dictionary, with a focus on Y4 Statutory Words.             

 special           possession            surprise               peculiar 

 probably       imagine                 experience          guard 

 remember     favourite             important       though 

although 

Look up each of these words in a dictionary, using the first three letters to help you find them quickly.

Practise and Apply

Word to Sentence Spellers

Practise putting each of these words into a sentence orally with your talk partner. When you have practised a few times, write each sentence in your Spelling Journal. Take care to spell the words correctly.

 special          probably       imagine                 experience         favourite      important