Thursday 5th March 2026
✏️ Fix the Comma Splice
- The cake was baking in the oven, it started to smell delicious.
- Sarah was tired, she stayed up late.
- The football match was exciting, our team won.
- I packed my lunch, I left it on the kitchen table.
- The class was very quiet, the teacher was pleased.
Review
Super Sentence Spellers
Write the words of each sentence as I dictate them. Take care to spell the words correctly!
Learning
New Year 4 learning today.
Focus: Use apostrophes to spell words for plural possession.
Read these sentences with me.
The pupils' cloakroom was redecorated over the holidays.
How many pupils? One or more than one?
The girls' football team have a regular practice every Wednesday.
How many girls? One or more than one?
The stage lights caught the sequins on the dancers' costumes.
How many dancers? One or more than one?
The apostrophe in each example shows possession - cloakroom belonging to pupils, football team belonging to girls, costumes belonging to dancers.
In each example there are more than one. They are all plural.
What do you notice about the position of the apostrophe?
When the apostrophe is used to show plural possession, it is positioned after the s.
the pupils' cloakroom (cloakroom belonging to more than one pupil)
the girls' football team (football team belonging to more than one girl)
the dancers' costumes (costumes belonging to more than one dancer)
Practise
Blankety Blank
Choose the correct word for each sentence
The neighbourhood ____ surrounded the overflowing dustbins. cats cats'
The _________ staff room was filled with books, coffee and laughter. teachers teachers'
There were twenty ______ in the class. boys boys'
_______ evening often finishes late.
parents parents'
Would you be interested in raising money for the local ____ protection charity? cats cats'
Sports day was well attended by the _______.
parents parents'
The _____ hockey club play regularly. boys boys'
The ________ were looking forward to the residential trip. teachers teachers'
The _____ bicycles were parked opposite the school gate. boys boys'
Thursday 5th March 2026
LC: To reflect on how can we protect the environment around me by reusing.
What a busy week it is this week! As well as it being our special Book Week and World Book Day today, Science Week starts tomorrow and it is also Waste Week!
Do you remember learning about recycling last week? Can you remember why it's important to reduce waste?
Today, we are going to learn about another way to reduce waste - reusing our resources.
We are going to celebrate World Book Day with Burnley Youth Theatre's live-Streaming of a story telling session which is aiming to get children far and wide together for a mass reading of a wonderful story which explore this year's theme
"Reading for Pleasure!"
We will celebrate the love of reading with Charly the Storyteller reading: 
LC- To write hundredths.
Complete worksheet 6, pages 5-6.