Evacuee farm visit, spellings and other upcoming dates

 

Hello everyone, 

It is year 4's evacuee farm visit experience on Monday. Please send children to school looking like a WW2 evacuee as much as you can manage, but please don't feel that you need buy anything new - it should very much be a make do and mend costume. Plain coloured skirts, shorts or trousers would work well but please also send your child in with shoes that could cope with mud! You may want to wrap up a box in brown paper if you have it to resemble a gas mask box but please don't worry if this isn't possible. 

This week's spellings

Other dates:

 Friday 6th October -    Dress as a farmer day for all children and staff

                                        Harvest Festival. KS2 event is at 9.15 - 10am

          

 Friday 6th October - Local Food links taster fayre in the school hall 3pm - 4pm

                                    Autumn Fest from 5pm

Wednesday 11th - 13th October - Our class residential. Details of today's presentation will be shared with families via email shortly. 

Monday 16th October - Dorchester Literary festival (details to follow)

Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th October - Parents and carers evening (details to follow)

Friday 20th October - End of Term & start of Half term

Monday 30th October -  INSET Day

Tuesday 31st October - Pupils back to school. 

If you have any questions or concerns please email or speak to a member of the team. 

Kind regards,

The year 4 team.

What an amazing afternoon

Year 4 had the most wonderful afternoon at Dorchester's street's alive event. The weather was mostly kind to us and it was clear that the children had a fantastic time.

  

Year 4 events, dress ups, residential and home learning

 

Hello everyone,

We have been having such a lovely few weeks with the new year 4 class. They are a lovely group of children and it has been such a pleasure getting to know them. There is lots going on this term so following the home learning and spellings below I will try to record what is coming up and what information you need. 

Home learning

We didn't have as many home learning sheets returned for week 2 which is a shame, but what is brilliant is that only 2 children have not returned home learning for either week. I personally know how challenging it is to get children to complete home learning so please come and talk to me if there are any ongoing challenges. Middle schools tend to be less easy going about home learning and so in year 4 we are trying to help prepare children for year 5 expectations in an encouraging way.  

This week, we have a two week home learning project. The children have been asked to create a diorama related to any aspect of World War 2. If the finished work is too big or delicate please feel free to email it to me. 

Whilst there will not be any additional home learning given next week, it is hoped that your child will continue to read, practice spellings and times table regularly. On the home learning sheet (link here) I have included a section for children to tick off the days that they have managed to do spellings times tables or read. This was an attempt to help remind children to do these tasks regularly and so if you would like to return these sheets on the 2nd October, children will be praised accordingly.     

Spellings

The spellings for Avant-garde and Trinkle should have come home on Tuesday. Logan group will receive theirs on Thursday 

 

Upcoming events

Friday 22nd September - SA.  Please ensure that all children bring wet weather gear. They should also only bring the minimum to school to keep their rucksacks light (drink bottle, snack and packed lunch). Children should be collected from the event at the end of school time. Please see the letter about this for additional information. 

Monday 25th Sep - Food, Faith and farming fortnight starts. (FYI) 

Tuesday 26th Sep - children will be asked to let me know who they would like to share a dormitory with during our residential. You may want to start talking to your child about this and email or talk to me directly if you have any questions or concerns. 

Friday 29th Sep - Dig for victory session with Wessex Wild  (FYI) 

Friday 29th Sep - 3pm Our residential information session with the children. This is a great opportunity to hear the details of the trip and ask any questions you or your child have. By this day I will also need you to let me know of any dietary preferences or medical needs (that we do not currently treat in school). 

Monday 2nd October - Children should dress as an evacuee for an evacuee farm experience. Children will get first had experience of what children evacuated to farms experienced during the second world war. Children should come dressed as an evacuee whilst also wearing wellingtons or shoes suitable for being on the farm. Please don't feel the need to buy a specific costume for this. Plain skirts and trousers and shorts with plain shirts and jumpers will work. You may also want to wrap a box to create the look of a gas mask. 

Friday 6th October -  Harvest Festival. KS2 event is at 9.15 - 10am

          

 Friday 6th October - Autumn Fest from 5pm

Wednesday 11th - 13th October - Our class residential

Monday 16th October - Dorchester Literary festival (details to follow)

Tuesday 17th and Thursday 19th October - Parents and carers evening (details to follow)

Friday 20th October - End of Term & start of Half term

Monday 30th October -  INSET Day

Tuesday 31st October - Pupils back to school. 

Please speck to a member of the team if you have any questions or concerns. 

Kind regards,

The year 4 team. 

 

#ROAR2023

This afternoon in Year Four, Mr Spracklen launched the #ROAR2023 competition with us!

This exciting project intends to promote an entrepreneurial spirit for all pupils, unlocking their innovative DNA.. We aim to do this by challenging your Year Four to create a ‘World Changing Idea’.

More information about #ROAR2023 will follow in the coming weeks...

Week 2 in Year 4

 Hello everyone,

The children are continuing to settle into year 4 well and are clearly enjoying our Second World War topic. 

This week, the children explored the reasons behind why the war started. We have been reading Michael Morpurgo's book Friend or Foe in class and today the children enjoyed the WW2 experience using the Now Press Play headsets. Next week in English, the children will be writing diary entries from the perspective of an evacuee.  

Home Learning

Thank you for helping your child complete their home learning last week. We had 25 out of 30 home learning sheets returned, which is excellent. Well done year 4!

This week, the home learning is maths based. The children were given a paper copy on Monday but should your child have not brought theirs home an electronic copy can be found here, or please ask staff for another copy.  

Spellings

All the children should have brought their spellings home to learn. I thought it would be a good idea to change the name of the children's spellings groups and also thought it would be a good idea (at the time) to name them after famous spellers. 

The group previously known as Flitwick is now called Avant-garde; McGonagall is now Logan and the group that was Sprout is now Trinkle.    

      

We hope you have a great weekend. 

Please get in touch if you have any questions, comments or concerns. 

Kind regards,

The  year  4 team

     

Week 1

 

Hello everyone, 

The children have settled into year 4 really well and have adapted well to new routines. They especially enjoyed meeting the reception children today and we can see that they are going to be wonderful mentors and friends to their new buddies. 

Swimming this week

Thank you to those families that have returned their swimming letters. Could all letters be returned as soon as possible please and by Thursday morning at the very latest. 

Home learning

This year, home learning will be sent home on Mondays to be returned the following Monday. The home learning for this week is to talk to friends and family to find out what their relatives were doing during the second world war. Paper copies should have come home yesterday but click here for an electronic copy should you need it.

Spellings

Spellings for Mrs Hall's group (previously know as sprout) and my group (previously known as Flitwick went home today (Tuesday) their spelling tests will be on Mondays. The group previously known as McGonagall, will be given their new spellings on Thursdays and their spelling tests will be fortnightly during Autumn 1 on Wednesdays.  

We hope your children are enjoying being in year 4 so far. We have a parent information session next Thursday 14th where I can give you an overview of the upcoming term and answer any questions you may have. 

Kind regards,

The year 4 team 

  

Welcome to year 4

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you had a lovely summer (despite the slightly disappointing weather). 

A detailed Autumn term newsletter will be emailed to you soon but in the meantime here are a few updates that may help you prepare for Monday:

Drop off and collection points for year 4

Please be aware that year 4 should be dropped off and collected via the year 4 front door (opposite Maiden castle road and the bicycle shed). For those of you with older children that came to POW, you'll be aware that this was the entry point before the covid times. If your child has younger siblings at POW please feel free to collect them first before coming to us. 

   

PE kits

This term, year 4 will be having PE lessons on Mondays, so ideally we would like your child to come to school with a labelled PE kit on Monday morning please. I will be sending home swimming letters so please look out for these and return them ASAP as swimming starts this week. 

Reception buddies

Year 4 will have reception buddies but please be aware that they will not be meeting them on Monday. This is to give the reception children and our new year 4 class member a chance to settle in. 

We can't wait to welcome you all back to school on Monday. 

(Ms Browne 😊)