What an incredible week! (plus dates and home learning)

 

Wow! What an amazing four days we've just had. I can't believe that it hasn't even been a full week. It's a shame that the week has been suddenly cut short but given the busy few days we've had I'm sure the children will appreciate the extra day of rest and can come back for Spring term 2 ready and relaxed.

In preparation, here are a few dates and notices for next term:

Monday 28th Feb         - INSET Day

Tuesday 1st March       - All children return to school

Thursday 3rd March     - World Book Day. Children to dress up as their favourite book  character and bring a present wrapped lunch. 

Friday 4th March          -  Planetarium visit. Packed lunch needed. 

Thursday 24th March   -  Year 4 class assembly.

On Wednesday afternoons, those children not swimming will be doing a collaborative learning project on food and farming with Reception. There will be a rotation of activities but for two of the afternoons, children will need a change of forest school clothes that they can get dirty.   

Home learning

I didn't have the chance to explain the children's home learning to them but I was hoping that they could either do some research about fairtrade or find as many items as possible at home or in shops with the fair trade logo.  They have also been given their times tables booklets to complete and it would also be great for them to read regularly. 

   

 

The class exceeded all my expectations on Wednesday night at the Pavilion and I am so incredibly proud of each and every one of them, as I'm sure you are too. I can't wait to see the recording of the performance. 

The Shakespeare play was the highlight of the week for me but below are a few photos from the rest of the week.

We hope you have a lovely half term.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne & The year 4 team. xxx 

One more sleep...

 

Hello everyone,

It's very exciting in year 4,  with just one more sleep until our Shakespeare Performance. The children today should have come home with a list of items that they will need to have with them for tomorrow afternoon/evening. 

 What the children will need to take with them tomorrow afternoon:

• Rain jacket

• Backpack (you do not need pencil cases or books)

• Plastic bag for drink bottles (that may leak)?

• Afternoon / early evening snacks and drinks

• Black clothes and shoes

• Character t-shirt (these will be given out at school)

• Script?

• Permission slip for filming (if not already returned)

If your child's black clothing and shoes are not in school already please send these in tomorrow.

If you haven't signed and returned the permission slip please also send this back tomorrow.

I hope all the children have a good night's sleep and I can't wait for you to see what superstars they all are tomorrow.

Kind regards,

The Year 4 Team . xx

Take a bow Year 4

 

We have had a very busy week rehearsing for our Shakespeare performance which culminated in a dress rehearsal this afternoon to years 1, 2 and 3 in the hall. 

Year 4 were AMAZING!!!!!!! I am more than a little bit excited about their performance on Wednesday evening. 

You should have received a letter via emailing detailing the school start times and after school time arrangements for Wednesday. If you haven't received this please contact a member of staff ASAP. 

A quick reminder that regardless of the start time on Wednesday, all children should come to school in their school uniform and have their black clothing with them (you can leave this at school) to change into.  

I am so incredibly proud of each and everyone of them. I haven't set any home learning but do encourage them to learn their lines, especially from scene 8 onwards. 

Have a fantastic weekend and I can't wait to see your little stars next week.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne & the year 4 team. 

Home Learning and next week

 

We've enjoyed another lovely week with your wonderful children. It is clear that they have been practicing their Shakespeare lines so thank you all. The play is really beginning to take shape and I'm so proud of the children's hard work and perseverance.

Home Learning

• For home learning this week the children have been given a times tables sheet to complete. This is focusing on the 7s and 9s which are the times tables we will look at next week so it would be helpful to complete them. They were also sent home with a multiplication square which I have told the children they can keep at home. 
• Can the children please make a list of authors or types of books they would like for our class library.
• The children have been given the project to order play equipment for break times on the playground. It would be great if they could start thinking about this. 

Please can children also practice their Shakespeare lines, spellings and do some reading. 

Learning & activities next week

• Teacher & parent/carer meetings are next week on Tuesday 8th and Thursday 10th. Bookings are to be made using school cloud via the links emailed to you. If you need an in person consultation please get in touch.  
• On Tuesday the children will be going on their Songlines visit to the museum. 
• Throughout the week the children will continue to practice their Shakespeare performance with a performance to other classes on Friday. Please could the children bring in their (labelled) black clothing on Friday. 

Fitness February

To help motivate your child to walk, run, cycle or scoot we are challenging the school to record how many KMs we can travel in the month. 

Fill in the form here every time you do some exercise and help us to reach our target. 

There will also be competitions between each class to see which year group travels the furthest. Please share any photos and videos of anything that gets your child moving.

I'll look forward to speaking to many of you next week. Have a lovely weekend.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne & the Year 4 team  

      

Bringing in personal property / year 4 project

In class this afternoon we had a discussion about personal property, such as toys and special items. The children had some wonderful insights and we discussed this subject at length, giving every child the chance to share their view. We discussed that not everyone might have the same access to such luxury items and that toys can become damaged or lost if in school. We also considered whether this is something we will be doing at middle school.

The children voted and a majority vote in favour of NOT bringing in toys and precious items from home. This includes fidget toys, unless we have given your children an item for them to use. Please do not allow your children to bring in their own.

The class shared their view that there were not enough fun things to play with at breaks and so Mr Spracklen has agreed to give year 4 a budget to coordinate ordering new play equipment for the whole school. Year 4 will chat with children in the younger years and develop a list of items that the school could enjoy playing with (part of their home learning is to think about this).

Thank you, in advance, for supporting us in reinforcing these discussions at home. Please communicate with us if you have any other areas for discussion.

Kind regards,

The Year 4 team