Goodbye Year 4!!

 

 

Well, we cannot believe this is the end of the summer term already for us in our time in Year 4!? The momentum certainly picked up towards the end of the term with trips galore, pupils representing the school at events like swimming, sleepovers, the list goes on! Once again, thank you for being patient and tolerant with such a busy schedule at times!

We would like to pay tribute to the Year 4 class. We have simply marveled at how much they are tolerant of each others differences, how kind they are to each other, how resilient they are and how clever and inquisitive they are too! They are a very special class, we will miss them terribly at POW but with this is the next exciting step on their educational journey.

It has been an absolute pleasure to have spent the term with Year 4 and we wish them all the very best with their move onto Middle school. Luckily being part of DASP we hear and meet our past students a lot, this is another 'perk' of the job, seeing these children growing and developing into unique individuals.

Rowan Seymour (DMS) and Helen Pegram (St Os) will be based at middle term for the first term to help children settle so please make contact with them about anything at all, they are there to help with whatever pops up.

If this is your last child at POW then we wish you a fond farewell and thank you for being part of the POW community. We wish you all happy 'sunny' summer holidays, and once again....

 

Thank you!

 

Year 4 team

Protocol for last day.....

We thought it was best to blog this information, some of you that have had children in Year 4 will probably recall what is the remit of the day, but if not then hopefully this blog will explain?...

The Leavers assembly begins at 10.10am - normally at least 1hr in length, the children have been asked to wear farming clothes for this performance.
Once the performance is done, the children will have their Leavers book, at the back it has autograph pages for the children to collect signatures and messages from staff and friends. We also allow the children to have an item signed which they generally wear like a t-shirt.
You may want to let your child wear an older top to school, once the assembly is completed they'll then get changed ready to go and collect signatures. If they wish to bring in a pen that that would be a good idea! If your child does ask this question.... no writing on the body itself!

Thank you!    Mrs Mewett

Quick Note

Hello everyone,

Just a quick reminder about bringing in some 'farm' related clothes (A checked shirt, overalls, dungarees) that can be used in the leavers assembly on Tuesday 23rd July! Feel free to bring the clothes in tomorrow (Monday) and we will store them so that they are ready. 

The rest of the leavers service will be a surprise...

Thank you for your continued support.

Maiden Castle Farm...

Year 4 travelled one last time up to Maiden Castle Farm on Friday and as it was their 15th visit we decided to do something a little different! The children were asked to bring in bits and pieces to help them create a costume for a scarecrow! I am pleased to say that all of the scarecrows look fantastic! We also had a visit from the Dorset Echo so hopefully we should see some pictures soon! We'll try and let you know when it does arrive in there so you can buy it if you wish!

We had very good fun making the scarecrows before having the opportunity to have a snack and a play on the farm! 

A massive thank you to Maiden Castle Farm and the opportunities that they have provided to children in year 4 since they started in reception! We all hope that the children at the Prince of Wales will continue to enjoy these trips for years to come!

Year 4 team

Radipole art work

In the spring term Year 4 helped the Wildlife Club to create some art work that is now on display at Radipole nature reserve. This can be found in the shelter overlooking the lake at the far end of the reserve. It would be a lovely summer holiday trip to go and see the children's work and enjoy a day out at a beautiful place. 

Fantastic swimming performance!

I would like to share with you some further details about the performance of one boy and four girls at the Dorset Swimming Gala recently.
Sebastian has become the first swimmer from our school to become County Champion, winning the freestyle race in a superb time of 18.31 seconds, an improvement by nearly a second on his swim in the west Dorset gala. Our team of girls (Jess, Lucy, Poppy-Jo and Vivien) represented West Dorset in both relays and improved their times from 1 min 40.90 seconds to 1 min 33.69 seconds in the freestyle relay and from 1 min 51.6 seconds to 1 min 45.82 seconds in the mixed styles relay.
Today we put all of the Year 4 children to a stamina and endurance test and their response was fantastic. I told them that they are without doubt the best Year 4 swimmers we have ever taught in all the years I have been teaching swimming at this school!

A few things...

Hello everyone!

 

We've noticed a few problems regarding the leavers assembly and video so hopefully I can clear up a few of them!

Year 4 are going to be performing their leavers assembly next Tuesday (23rd July) at 10.10am,  within that assembly there will be a video that year 4 and others will have created. It is based on 'The Voice' and all the children in the class have got a performance or a role to play that they have been practicing over the past week or so. We are going to be filming the video to be used in the assembly over the next few days so we would ask if the children could bring in their costumes for their groups performance tomorrow if they have not already done so. The children know what it is their group is doing.

The theme for the actual leavers assembly is based around a farm, so we are going to be asking children to bring in costumes/accessories that relate to farmers etc next Monday (22nd July).

 

With regards to the trip this Friday, all the children need to bring in are some clothes/accessories to dress their scarecrow in the theme they have been given. We have also had an offer from a parent to take some bits up to the farm so we don't have to carry everything!

 

Sorry for any confusion but I hope that this helps make things a little clearer. If you do have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask one of the year 4 team.