Year 4 Thursday 24th October 2019

Good evening,

Thank you to all those of you who have been able to hand in the new home learning books. The children did very well with their times tables and Roman maths. Spellings will be tested tomorrow and new home learning will also come home tomorrow.

We had our pre-dress rehearsal today and it was perfect! Please can we ensure all costumes are in school tomorrow as we will be doing a final dress rehearsal for Liz and Suzanne from stamp.

This week, in literacy, we explored "what if........" ideas relating to the story of Romeo and Juliet, for example, "What if Tybalt didn't die?" "What if the letter did get to Romeo?" The children then had to write the next part of the story with a change of events as a result of a change in the story. This learning demanded us to think and reason deeply about the story and then to apply our writing composition skills.

In RE, in order to use and apply their learning, the children had to write a diary entry according to a day in the life of a Jewish child.

In light of recent changes, we felt it would be beneficial and appropriate to lead a PHSCE discussion about "changes". The children were open and honest as well as sensitive, articulate and caring. Many sensitive areas were brought up, lead by the children, and these were discussed with great maturity. The children really enjoyed this opportunity and it helped to ease any anxieties about the rest of the year in year 4, whilst also building important relationships with Miss. White and the rest of the team.

You should have received an A4 brown envelope with the Autumn 2 knowledge organiser in and 2 letters; one letter detailing final arrangements for the performance on the first Wednesday back and the other about Hooke Court. If you did not receive any of these, please see one of us tomorrow.

See you all tomorrow - many thanks again for all your support and positivity!

The Year 4 Team.