Year 4 Monday 16th October 2017

I am sure that you will all agree, Year 4 lead their assembly with confidence and skill. I was proud of every single one of you - well done!

Please check out the last blog re the "Year 4 Friday Film Night" this friday!

We will be continuing to work hard right up until the last minute this Friday, the end of the first half term in Year 4! We have all come a long way already! I look forward to meeting all the families this week during Parent Consultations.

Those of you taking part in the Tag Rugby on Wednesday - please come to school in your tracksuit bottoms and trainers (uniform in a bag to change into after), we will give you a top to wear - remember a warm, waterproof coat and your water bottles. You will be walked up to the rugby club, where family members can meet us to watch if they are able!

Mrs. Kwan has kindly offered to do some gardening with us this week, weather permitting, so it would be a good idea to have a pair of wellies in school and some gardening gloves/gloves if you have them.

Thanks,

Mrs. J and Mrs. Scott

Year 4 Celebration time! NEXT Friday!

Celebration time!!!!!!!!!!!

We reached our Class Dojo target of 2500 points!!!!!!! This is achieved during lessons when we see children using building learning powers skills to help them with their learning of their attitude towards and behaviour for learning.

Well done - that's a record!!!! It is certainly evident in the work you have produced too!!!!

In order to celebrate this we have decided to have a movie and "sweet treats" evening in the school hall.

We are planning for this to be NEXT  Friday (20th October), arrive in the school hall for 6:15 - movie to start at 6:30. 

You may come wearing your PJs if you wish and bring a cushion and/or a cuddly blanket/toy.

The children have requested to watch the BFG (our classroom theme), this is a PG rated film so you can choose to stay and watch the film with your child or leave them to watch it with us with your permission.

We do hope you can come and enjoy the movie, but understand if you are unable to make it and I'm sure we will have many other celebrations throughout the year.

Year 4 Wednesday 11th October 2017

We are busy practising for our assembly this Friday and can't wait for you all to come along and watch us! 9:20 in the school hall as usual, please come through the front of the school and the office staff will kindly let you in - thank you!

If costumes could be in tomorrow that would be great, then we can have a final run through and see if we need to add anything.

A reminder that "meet the teacher" parent consultations are next Tuesday (Late 5:30 - 8pm) and Wednesday (early 3:30-6pm) 10 minute slots - please sign up in the year 4 cloakroom if you haven't already - I look forward to meeting you all and please do come prepared to tell me anything I need to know about your child (likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses and any additional information I may need to know!)

Last week we spent our literacy lessons acting out a WW2 drama and then using that to plan and draft a story, this week we are editing and copying up - they are true epics and the handwriting that is being produced, as well as all the excellent literary devices, is superb...............a few children are close to achieving their pens ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have been working on addition strategies this week in numeracy and will be using those to problem solve and carry out reasoning investigations.

I cannot believe it is almost half term, keep up the hard work and super learning Year 4 - you are absolutely brilliant!!!!

"What's the point?" Whole school project! Please help - get involved in inspiring a class!

"What's the point?" Project...........

In order to inspire our young learners and to enable them to understand how their literacy skills are so important, we are launching a "What's the point?" project! It's simple - please could you send a photograph of yourself or a family member using literacy skills in the work place (writing as well as reading). Your child's class teacher will aim to show a different one before literacy lessons to spark discussion and to contextualise writing as well as inspiring them to foster a love for writing. We would also like to display these picture as well as use them on blogs and on the school Facebook page, so please make the teacher aware if you do not wish this to happen with your photograph.

Thank you in advance for your support in this fun project; The children will really enjoy seeing your pictures!!!!!

Mrs. Johnson - Literacy coordinator

Fishy Friday in Year 4! Monday 9th October 2017

On Friday, Mr. Stentiford taught us for the morning! We learned all about his job, fish, diseases and parasites! It was fascinating!

 Ro is famous............look closely at this new parasite!

Here are some of the new parasites discovered by Year 4 scientists. We thought carefully about the tools they have and how they attach to the host.

Some excellent hairstyles Year 4!

Year 4, you certainly made a great effort on Friday with Wacky Hair day!!!!!

Mrs. Johnson's turn at the Staffroom Wednesday Bake Off Challenge!

My turn at the Wednesday Staffroom Bake Off Challenge! Proof that I can bake..........I hope!!!!!
Well, Freddy certainly enjoyed licking the bowl out...........and he seems ok!!!!!!!!!

 It's a messy job but someone's got to do it!!!!!!

 Here it comes.........hope it's ok?????

 Here is the first cake.........a family recipe "War Time Whacky Chocolate Cake" with no milk or eggs!!!!!!!! Hope you're hungry Staffroom??????

The courgette cake is still cooking.........fingers crossed!

Year 4 Monday 2nd October 2017 - something fishy..............!?

Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Kwan for their help during our bake off quest last week, in preparation for the Harvest cafe on Friday.
Thank you to all of you who were able to make it to the Harvest celebrations, I am sure you'll agree that ALL the children were fantastic - the focus, the team spirit, the clear reading, the quality of the singing and the music............and,  of course, all the children who helped serve at the cafe. We couldn't have done it without you!

Here are some pictures from our Farm to Fork visit to Tesco today; Fish was the theme of the day!
We look forward to Mr. Stentiford coming in on Friday to continue our learning about fish and sustainability.
Thank you to our volunteers who accompanied us today!

We did some very poignant drama today based around WW2 in preparation for our story writing!

The atmosphere was electric!

We left the first part of our stories on a cliff hanger, emerging from our Anderson shelters to see what damage had been done!

FYI: Spellings came home TODAY, due to children leaving a different times on Friday - 7 x tables this week too!

Mrs. J and Mrs. Scott.