I hope you have had a great half term!? Here comes a very exciting and busy final half term.........lots of learning, fun, reflecting on your fabulous time here and looking towards your blossoming future - enjoy every second that these 7 weeks bring!!!!!!!! I won't tantalise you with what is in store, but it will be encouraging independent thinking and learning, skills and application!!!!!!
Thank you to all of you who supported us, despite the weather, for the Dorchester Arts parade - you were all stars........you can see a film clip as well as photos and the story on the Echo website!
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow - fingers crossed for sun!
Which reminds me, if this glorious weather is to remain (fingers crossed) could children please make sure they have a sun hat in school and named sun cream in their bags - also water bottles are essential as they are soooooo active at play times and need regular hydration!
I hope you have had time to read the letter about next Saturday and are able to come along and join in the fun!?
This week looks to be very fun - Celts morning tomorrow (water bottles and sun hats may be necessary - not to worry if they're not Celtic!!!!!!! :-) ), Christine Griffin is coming in on Tuesday, she is the lady who is facilitating our link with the school in Uganda, and we will be doing some Ugandan cooking!!!!!!! (Very exciting!) Wednesday afternoon is our second puppet work shop with Holly from Stuff and Nonsense Puppet Theater. All that as well as cross curricular work on History - art/literacy, science investigations separating more materials, French cafe work and measure in Numeracy. The spellings from a fortnight ago will be done this week! We were doing tests last week so felt that the children were already doing a lot!
A request please, if you have not already, could you return your parent questionnaires to the office asap as we have not had many back from Year 4! Thank you,
The children have been busy learning about a multitude of things the last couple of weeks including; pie charts and carroll diagrams (reading and interpreting them making links to other learning with fractions too), complex sentences (ask them about Sammy crab and Alan crab), producing persuasive leaflets about Fairthorne using publisher, diary writing, exciting science focusing on materials and observational skills, athletics (javelin, discus and sprinting), in RE learning about Samsara, Karma and Moksha in Hinduism (life and death) and, finally, being introduced to the Celts..........phew - busy!!!!
The children may also have told you about our visitor last week, Holly a puppeteer. We made some amazing Macbeth themed puppets and Holly will be coming back to finish them with us next week. The reason we are making the puppets is that we have been invited to take part in the Dorchester Arts Week parade. There will be a slip coming out this week to see who will be able to join in the parade - we need as many of Year 4 as possible who can make it. The parade will take place on Saturday 24th May starting at the Corn Exchange at 11:30 and parading up the street to the Borough Gardens. I will be walking with the children and Mrs. Scott has said she will come as well. It would be lovely to have as many of you there as possible as not many other schools have been asked to join in so it is an exciting opportunity as well as a privilege to have been asked.
Keep up the electrifying learning Year 4 - your brains are soaking it all in and developing all the time!
I hope you have all recovered after our EPIC adventure last week! I know I'm still tired and aching in places I never knew existed! I can also honestly say that I have never had so much fun before - you were all a real joy to take away - great senses of humour, team spirit, resilience (especially in the face of some TERRIBLE weather), bravery, kindness and respect. I don't think your parents would believe just how brave some of you were - those activities were no mean feat! We saw some natural leaders emerge who were excellent at supporting their group and taking control of team activities in a fair, calm and logic manner - superb! Many of you overcame fears of some sort or another, whether it was heights, water, eating, the dark or sleeping away from home - and that new found bravery and skills that you have developed and learned to help you achieve these goals, is what it is all about! I am sooooooo proud of ALL of you!!!!!!!!!!
Ofcourse there were also some VERY funny moments, which I am sure you will all treasure and remember forever!!!!!
Please invite your parents to come in over the next couple of mornings to see the photos on the white board - we will also be displaying them in our cloakroom!
All that remains is to say a HUGE, GIGANTIC, MASSIVE, COLOSSAL THANK YOU to Mr. Farrington, Mr. Macbean, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Brown for giving up their time to join us and for making our trip sooooooooo memorable and fun - we couldn't have wished for better people to have shared our experience with - THANK YOU!
Ooooooo! Before I forget, it is the Year 4 information morning this Thursday at 9:10 in the hall!
I hope you have had a fantastic holiday? I am sure you are also both excited and apprehensive about this week and our fantastic adventure to Faithorne.............tomorrow is the time to share any questions, or worries - I am sure everyone will be feeling and wondering the same things, so have a great nights sleep and we will all get excited together tomorrow!!!!!!
Easter Egg colouring
competition.All entries need to be with the school office
by Wed 2nd April, to allow sufficient time to judge the entries and
to hide them in the shops!Sorry for any
confusion caused.
