Hello everyone, 

We have had a lovely week in year 4. We welcomed our Ukrainian student to our class on Tuesday and the children have been wonderfully supportive and kind. It has been lovely watching them having fun and sharing laughter with him. 

We have been looking at fractions in maths and continuing to look at our wonderful world and consider why it needs protecting. In PSHE we have been looking at friendships and what makes a healthy relationship. I have shifted PSHE lessons to Friday afternoons. This should give time for you and the children to discuss what we have looked at in class over the weekend. Friday's lesson looked at how we communicate positively with our friends and that just because we are friends with someone, it doesn't mean that we'll always want to do the same things. We discussed how we should try to negotiate with each other and to try to be respectful and kind.

• There are still a number of children that don't have PE kits in school. PE kits are needed on Mondays and Thursdays please.
• As the summer weather (finally) warms up please ensure that all school jumpers and cardigans are labelled.  Children should also have a labelled bottle of water daily and we encourage them to wear a sun hat and have sunscreen applied before school. 

Home learning

Please continue to encourage your child to read and practise spellings and times tables on a daily base. In addition, this week's home learning activities are:

• Maths worksheet on fractions.

• Decorate bunting for Queen’s jubilee (your child should have bunting sheet in their book bags).

• Create a list of new and interesting jobs people might have in 100 years time (that don’t exist today) these ideas will support a careers competition we will be entering in a few weeks time.

Coming up

- On Monday Miss Easton from DMS will be coming to informally meet the children going to DMS during playtime. Year 4 will have a later break, separate from the rest of the school to accommodate this. 

- Bunting decorated by children to be returned to school by Wednesday 18th.

- Class trip to Weymouth on Thursday 26th May. Details to follow soon.

- Friday 27th. School Jubilee celebrations. Children to wear red, white and blue and bring a royal packed lunch. 

- Half term is 30th May - 3rd June.

- INSET is on 6th June.

- 7th June - all children return for a busy and exciting summer term 2. 

As ever, if you have any questions, comments or concerns please get in touch.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne and the year 4 team. xx