Year 4 update and Hooke court information session

 

Hello everyone,

This week, the children have continued working with fractions, have learnt about some of the issues facing wildlife and have enjoyed developing toothpick and plasticine pavilion frames in DT. 

On Tuesday, the children that will be transitioning to Dorchester Middle School met with Mrs Ray, (assistant headteacher and head of year 5) and Mrs Hurst (teaching assistant). They enjoyed chatting to Mrs Ray and Mrs Hurst and getting to know one another informally. On Friday, Mrs Whiting (DMS year 5 tutor) will come and meet the children informally during the playtime after lunch. 

Hooke court and Roundhouse sleepovers

On Friday 19th May, we will have the Hooke court parent and child information session at 3pm (we will also talk briefly about the roundhouse sleepovers). It would be great to see as many of you there as possible as it is a great opportunity to learn alongside your child what to expect and to answer any questions you or your child may have.

Home learning

For this week's home learning, we would really like the children to focus on their times tables They have been sent home with a double A4 sheet of tables questions and as well as regular TTRS sessions they have a 2do on purple mash which is designed to look like the actual multiplication check. 

Dates Coming up

Next week is our #InspiredToLearn Global Awareness Week (in partnership with Development Education in Dorset - DEED). Children will get the chance to share their heritage and will have two cultural workshops. 

Monday 22nd May - we are inviting children in all classes to celebrate the cultural wealth of our school. Children are welcome to wear clothing associated with

their families cultural heritage and/or bring in items to share with their class. 

Friday 26th May - Year 4 fishing trip / last day of term. 

Monday 5th June - All children back to school. 

5th June - 16th June - Multiplication tables checks will be administered

26th June - Class photographs 

As ever, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch. 

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mr MacBean and the year 4 team  

  

Message for families of children going to DMS.

 

Dear parents and carers of children that will be attending Dorchester middle school in September,

Over the next few weeks we will be asking the children to write a list of 4 or 5 children that they would like to be in the same class with at DMS. Whilst we cannot guarantee that children will be placed with all the children on their list, every effort is made to ensure that they are with at least one child. 

It would be helpful if you could start a discussion with your child at home to start thinking about who they might like to go up with. 

If as a family there are children that you feel may not be suitable please let us know directly via email. 

If you have any questions please let me or Mr MacBean know. 

Kind regards,

Ms Browne & Mr MacBean

Week 3 update

 

Hello everyone,

Summer term 1 is shaping up to be a busy and exciting time for children and staff. We hope to see many of your tomorrow for the Coronation event (see emailed letter for details).

For this week's home learning we would like the children to:

• Continue to practice their times tables on a daily basis for 15 minutes. The children will be doing the national multiplication test in June and using Times Tables Rockstars is one of the best ways to prepare for this. The class has been split into two groups and are taking part in a battle of the bands. 

• Read daily and practice their spellings (Wr words for Mrs Bernards group; unit 13 -ion words for mine and Mr MacBean's groups). 

• Research an environmental problem that interests them. In the second half of this half term we will be focusing on environmental concerns and the children's completed home learning will help to identify issues that interest children most.    

I have copied a few key dates below for your attention, although the emailed Summer term newsletter and parent information session email have the full list of upcoming events and activities. 

Friday 5th May         - from 1pm School based Coronation event.

Saturday 6th May     - POW sining for the coronation at Salisbury fields. 

Monday 8th May       - Bank Holiday / community makeover day.

Thursday 11th May   - Cressida Cowell visit. 

Friday 19th May        - Hooke Court parent and child information session

Kind regards,

The year 4 team