Y4 Concert at Thomas Hardye School tonight at 6.30pm

Reminder - Y4 Concert at Thomas Hardye School tonight at 6.30pm

(Children arrive 6ish)

Year Four Story Time in the School Library 3.10pm today (Monday)

As part of book week, Y4 will be having a story in the School Library at 3.10pm today.

Read by Mr. MacBean.

Parents are welcome to attend.

Festivals Around the World

Can you find out about a festival from another part of the world, one that is not generally celebrated here?

Why do people celebrate the festival? 

What do they do? 

Think about -traditions, costumes, songs, cards, special foods, etc... 

Here are some examples that you could find out about:

Fastelavn - Denmark

Dangpai Losar - Bhutan

Carnaval - Brazil

Purim - Israel

Hanami - Japan

Fourth of July - U.S.A.

Bastille Day  - France

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - Mexico

Laternenfest - Germany

Year Four Home Learning Activity (Friday 24th February 2023)

Festivals Around the World

Congratulations Year 4!

 

Wow!!!! What magnificent actors the class of year 4 are! I am so incredibly proud of each and every one of them as I'm sure you are too. 

They performed the most amazing production of Shakespeare's Macbeth. I couldn't have asked for more from them and I am in awe of them all. At just 8 and 9 years old and successfully achieved something I'm fairy sure I couldn't done at that age. 

Thank you parents and carers for all your support in helping the children practice their lines and prepare for the performance. 

I don't work on Thursdays and Friday is an INSET day and so I won't see them until next term. Please tell them how proud I am of them and I wish you all a very happy half term..

Lots of love,

Ms Browne

P.S. reminder that tomorrow children are invited to wear pjs or onesies in support of Duchennes. 

Details for Wednesday

 

Dear parents and carers,

Just and quick reminder about what to expect on Wednesday. 

Mr Spracklen's letter sent via email on 26th January has all the information you need. If you are unable to find this email please email me and I can resend it.  

In the letter, it explains that there will be a different suggested start time on Wednesday 8th. If your child will be arriving at 8.45am please can you email me to let me know as soon as possible c.browne@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

If children are arriving at 8.45am, they should bring two snacks for the day. 

If children are coming at the suggested start time, they should brig one snack.

Please can all children make sure they have a labelled bottle of water for the day. 

An evening meal will be provided for the children and parents and carers will be able to be collect their child at the end of the performance. 

Doors will open for ticket holders at 16:00. The performance will start at 18:30.

Children should bring ALL clothes for their costume tomorrow (Tuesday 7th) please. These will stay in school and will go home with your child after the performance on Wednesday. 

If you have any remaining questions please get in touch. 

Kind regards,

Ms Browne

Please return these library books

 

Dear parents and carers,

Please can you look at home for these 7 outstanding Dorchester library books. They were borrowed by children in year 4 on the day we went to watch Matilda. 

If have returned one of the books to Dorchester library please let a member of the year 4 team know.  

Please bring the books into school with your child ASAP and we will return them for you. 

If the books are not returned to Dorchester Library by 18th February then the Prince of Wales School will be fined (and will eventually need to pay for the full cost of the book). 

If you know that the book is lost or damaged please get in touch with a member of the team. 

A list of the books is below.

Thank you for your support,

The Year 4 team   

• Ghost dogs by Susan Gates

• Uki and the outcasts by Kieran Larwood

• My headteacher is an evil genius by Jack Noel

• Big top bonanza! by Steven Butler

• The treasure under the jam factory by Chrissie Sains

• The good turn by Sharna Jackson

An amazing week

 

Hello everyone, 

We had an incredible five days in year 4 this week. The children had a wonderful time meeting Jam the juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex and also going on their trip to Athelhampton House (photos at the end of this blog). 

The children also had lots of Macbeth rehearsal time and impressed Mr MacBean on Friday with the performance so far. Having not seen the play before, he was able to give some great advice as an audience member. Mr MacBean's key advice is for children to please project their voices. I have been trying to get them to do this for a few weeks but any additional practice or encouragement from you would be appreciated!

It was great talking to many of you this week during the parents' evenings. We always value the input from families and based on feedback from you we have sent out the kit list for Hooke Court so that you can start organising equipment you may need. Next term, we will also be sending spellings booklets. These should hopefully be harder to lose than individual sheets and will contain other spelling activities. The booklets will have spaces for POW staff to add spelling errors that we notice children making during their writing in class. 

The children will bring home paper copies of the booklets next term, but online versions can be found below. We will advise what spellings we are working on as the spellings are generally practised over a two week period in mine and Mr MacBean's spelling group (so the booklet will be used in Spring 2 and Summer 1). The booklet for Mrs Bernard's group is just for Spring 2. 

Mrs Bernard's group's booklet 

Ms Browne & Mr MacBean's group's booklet

This week's home learning:

For this week's home learning we would like the children to use purple mash to write a biography of someone of their choice. The person can be real or imagined. 

Children are also encouraged to continue learning their lines whilst projecting their voices and to practice spellings (using ed shed) and their times tables. As discussed with many of you this week, if your child is struggling with one of the tables, click the button can be a good way for them to learn the tables before returning to TTRS.  

Macbeth

As you know the Macbeth performance is on Wednesday. Please refer to the letter sent to you via email about the details of the event. Please get in touch if you have any questions or comments. 

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mr MacBean and the year 4 team.