Last week of term - updated

 

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone that came to POWSA Christmas Fayre on Friday afternoon and supported the event and your child singing. I know that many of you were personally involved in the preparation and running of the event so a big thank you on behalf of all the staff and children. 

This week ia a lot quieter than we expected with many children absent from school. It is such a shame so close to Christmas but I hope that none of your Christmas celebrations are negatively affected. Thank you to those families that have booked their child in for a PCR. The guidance has recently changed and close contacts are now advised to do a lateral flow test daily and do a PCR if an individual becomes symptomatic. 

As you will have seen, we have amended the activities for the week, with no celebratory activities in mixed classes. I have also delayed the introduction of our Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, until next term when we will hopefully have more children in school. 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please get in touch with me or a member of the team.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne and the Year 4 team. 

Key dates and events coming up

 

Hello everyone,

I can't believe we only have two weeks of the Autumn term left! Time certainly flies when you're having fun. 

There are a few key dates and events for the rest of this term and next term that I wanted to give you notice of.

Wednesday 8th December
Year 4 will be watching the ROAR2021Awards live in the morning. Fingers crossed for our class's winning entry. 

Thursday 9th December
Year 4's visit to the RSPB Nature Reserve at Radipole Lake is this Thursday. Children should wear school uniform tops and suitable bottoms for being outdoors. Please make sure your child brings warm waterproof clothes and outdoor boots/wellies. Lunch arrangements remain the same. Mr Spracklen will be taking half the class whilst I take the other half and introduce them to our Shakespeare play for next term. 

Friday 10th December
On Friday it is Christmas Jumper day and also Christmas technology day. After school it is the POWSA Christmas Fayre. it would be wonderful to see as many Year 4 children at the fayre as possible as they will be performing a Christmas song around the Christmas tree. 

Next week's learning / Shakespeare  

Next week, lessons will continue largely unchanged from the normal timetable. In RWI we are reading a book about visiting the North Pole and all our maths from this week has been given a festive connection. The big change will be our literacy lessons which will be all about Shakespeare. It is hoped that the roles for our Shakespeare performance will be cast NEXT WEEK. This will give the children the opportunity to begin to learn their lines over the Christmas holidays. 

This week's home learning will be for children to choose what role they would like in our play. 

Friday 17th December

Next Friday is the last day of term. There will be no hot lunches on this day but as per a letter that has been sent home, families are encouraged to create a lunch present. 

Dates for Next Term

Monday 10th January 2022

Children will visit Weymouth Pavillion in the morning. This is a great trip for children to become familiar with the Pavillion before their Shakespeare performance.

Sunday 15th January 2022

This is the deadline for parents and carers to apply to middle school for your year 4 child. Please click here to the Dorset council website for more information. If you need any help or support with applying please speak to myself or a member of the office team.   

Wednesday 16th February 2022

This is the day that Year 4 will perform their Shakespeare play at the Weymouth Pavilion as part of our Shakespeare by the Sea Festival. The class will do rehearsals at the Pavilion in the morning before returning to school for the afternoon. Children will then need to be at school in the evening for their performance. Tickets for the event will be available very soon and more details will be available shortly. 

All children will need black leggings or tracksuit bottoms, a black t-shirt and black plimsolls for the performance. If you have any concerns about sourcing these items please see a member of the team as soon as possible. 

If you have any questions or concerns or comments about the above events or any other aspects of your child's learning or well being please either email me or see me or a member of the team.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne & the Year 4 team. xxx

  

    

Maths competition

Just a reminder about the Maths competition to end our November numeracy challenge! Miss White set the task of creating a piece of art titled 'Why I love Maths'. If your child wishes to take part, these creative art pieces need to be in on Friday 19th November. Also, please keep encouraging your children to take part in some Mathletics live games at home!

Thank you!

YEAR FOUR CLASS ASSEMBLY POSTPONED

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, Year Four’s Class Assembly re-scheduled for this Thursday (18/11/21) will be postponed. A new date will be scheduled in due course. 

Autumn Term 2 - Celebrations

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a good half term break. It has been great to welcome the children back to school for Autumn term 2. 

This term our main topic is Celebrations and this week the children learnt about Diwali. During literacy and RWI, we have been looking at non fiction texts about Hinduism and Diwali.  On Wednesday the children painted their own Diya, which they should have brought home today (Friday). 

Next week in Literacy and RWI we will continue to look at non fiction texts focusing on Remembrance Day. 

In maths,  we will be looking at negative numbers and children will continue practicing their times tables so any time spent on Times Tables Rockstars will be beneficial to them. 

In science, we are exploring states of matter and children will start discovering the properties of solids, liquids and gases. 

In RE, we have started looking at symbols and the class were given the additional challenge to notice symbols in their everyday lives. 

In PSHE we are Celebrating Differences this term and we are encouraging children to accept and include others regardless of ability, gender, race and age. There is a new praise assembly award and a marvellous me badge which will be awarded to those children that celebrate differences and include others. 

For home learning this week the children need to practice their spellings, complete some times tables questions and explore non fiction texts and think about what they celebrate in a year. All children were given a copy of their home learning sheet, but should it not have made it home please see a copy at the base of this blog. 

As ever, if you have any questions, comments or concerns please email or speak to a member of the Year 4 team.

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mrs Hall, Mrs Thompson, Miss Street & Mrs Burgess. x 

     

     

Happy Half Term & Home Learning

Hello everyone,

For home leaning, the children have been given some spellings for a spelling test on Tuesday 2nd November (our first day back). The children were asked to stick these into their home learning books but in case they didn't most children have the following spellings: 

All children were also given a correct the punctuation worksheet and a maths worksheet (to either count in twos or order numbers). 

The children have also been invited to design a Christmas card for The Keep military museum in Dorchester. The children came home with information about Christmas Cards during the wars and a sheet for their design. 

The winning entry will be professionally printed and on sale in The Keep museum and children will receive free entry to the museum and a Christmas goody bag. Click here for more details. Entries to be returned by 29th October 2021 to the Keep front desk or admin@keepmilitarymuseum.org

It has been an action packed, fun and productive first half term and we are all so proud of how the children have settled into year 4. 

We can't wait for more activities and fantastic learning from the children next term which starts for the children on Tuesday 2nd November. 

Have a lovely half term.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mrs Hall, Mrs Thompson, Ms Street & Mrs Burgess. xx

 

   

Hello Everyone

Hello Everyone,

We had another fantastic week in Year 4 with a successful trip to Weymouth Pavilion and a highly successful harvest morning and French cafe. Thank you to all those parents that were able to attend or sent harvest donations into school.

This week we have the trip to the Tank Museum on Thursday 14th October. Here is a copy of the letter giving you information about the trip. If you haven't logged onto Pay360 yet please can you do so as soon as possible to give you consent to the trip. If you are unable to do this please see a member of the year 4 team before or after school.    

Please remember that hot meals will be cancelled on this day and so you will need to provide a packed lunch for your child on Thursday. 

 

Thank you for those parents encouraging their child to complete their home learning and record their reading in their reading record book. I have spoken to previous parents with children in year 5 at middle school and they agree that home learning expectations are a big change with at least a maths and literacy home learning each week and often with additional activities to complete. I am personally forgetting to do the reading records with my year 5 child as this is not a habit we have developed. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about home learning please get in touch. Year 4 home learning is being designed to help children reflect on learning completed in school and help prepare them for middle school expectations. 

This week's home learning:

• Children to continue to work on their WW2 display project (poster or diorama).
• Similes worksheet. 
• Reading and Times Tables Rockstars.      

Home learning to be handed in by Thursday of the following week (unfortunately home learning handed in after this time will not be marked). 

ALL home learning books and reading records to be returned each Friday please.  

We hope you have a lovely weekend. 

Kind regards,

Ms Browne and the Year 4 Team.