Class 4
August 2018
Welcome back to school and I hope you all had a fantastic summer! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays!
We start the year with a very busy term, with lots of exciting opportunities for you. I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and we will be looking at Living things and their habitats in science. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and stories from around the world. A copy of the class timetable can be found below and subject planning is located in the 'Planning' section.
Could I remind all parents to make sure that their child has an indoor AND outdoor P.E. kit in school every day. This should include a warm tracksuit, separate outdoor P.E. trainers, shorts, T-shirt and plimsoles (which also make fantastic indoor shoes!) Make sure all clothing is clearly labelled with your child's name. Please also check regularly that items still fit your child and are in good condition, including trainers.
P.E. Kits should be at school every day please.
Please could you also ensure that your child has a named drink bottle at school every day.
Your child will receive regular homework. The homework will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. Occasionally your child will be asked to conduct research at home for a class project. Feel free to support your child with this work, and I will endeavour to make the tasks as enjoyable as possible!
If possible, we would like your child to read at least twice a week, either independently or to an adult. Please do not forget to make a quick comment and note of the pages read in their reading diary. If your child needs to change their books, they should let me know first thing in the morning and we will try to change them at some point during the day.
There will be a small quantity of focus spellings each week, adhering to the spelling patterns and rules within the National Curriculum, as well as High Frequency and Common Exception words. These will be practised during class time, but a copy of the spellings will be sent home for your information. Spelling tests will be conducted each Friday to enable the monitoring of progress. A list of spelling patterns being learnt each week and the accompanying words to be learnt will be available below for your information.
We have lots of exciting activities coming up this term and we will keep you informed of each one as it approaches. Please also see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
I hope you all find this information useful, but if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Andrea Wagg
Welcome back to school and I hope you all had a fantastic summer! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays!
We start the year with a very busy term, with lots of exciting opportunities for you. I will endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and we will be looking at Living things and their habitats in science. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and stories from around the world. A copy of the class timetable can be found below and subject planning is located in the 'Planning' section.
Could I remind all parents to make sure that their child has an indoor AND outdoor P.E. kit in school every day. This should include a warm tracksuit, separate outdoor P.E. trainers, shorts, T-shirt and plimsoles (which also make fantastic indoor shoes!) Make sure all clothing is clearly labelled with your child's name. Please also check regularly that items still fit your child and are in good condition, including trainers.
P.E. Kits should be at school every day please.
Please could you also ensure that your child has a named drink bottle at school every day.
Your child will receive regular homework. The homework will be linked to the work covered in school and is meant as a reinforcement and extension activity. Occasionally your child will be asked to conduct research at home for a class project. Feel free to support your child with this work, and I will endeavour to make the tasks as enjoyable as possible!
If possible, we would like your child to read at least twice a week, either independently or to an adult. Please do not forget to make a quick comment and note of the pages read in their reading diary. If your child needs to change their books, they should let me know first thing in the morning and we will try to change them at some point during the day.
There will be a small quantity of focus spellings each week, adhering to the spelling patterns and rules within the National Curriculum, as well as High Frequency and Common Exception words. These will be practised during class time, but a copy of the spellings will be sent home for your information. Spelling tests will be conducted each Friday to enable the monitoring of progress. A list of spelling patterns being learnt each week and the accompanying words to be learnt will be available below for your information.
We have lots of exciting activities coming up this term and we will keep you informed of each one as it approaches. Please also see the calendar below, so you can keep important dates in your diary.
I hope you all find this information useful, but if you have any concerns or questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Andrea Wagg
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Here are some dates for your diary:
Term starts 28th August Science Assembly 4th September Class Induction Meetings 4th September Individual Photographs 14th September Visit by Archdeacon 17th September Prestwold Cross Country 29th September Parents Evenings 9th-10th October Harvest 11th October Teacher Training Day 12th October Half Term 15th - 19th October Harvest Biscuit making 22nd October Delivering Harvest biscuits 24th October Food Bank Collection/Non-Uniform Day 26th October Prestwold Cross Country 3rd November Flu Vaccinations 8th November School Nurse Drop in Session 9th November Children in Need Day 16th November E-Safety Week 19th - 23rd November PTA Barn Dance 23rd November Prestwold Cross Country 1st December Christmas Decoration Day 3rd December Non-Uniform Day - Food Bank 7th December KS2 Christmas Sleepover 7th December Christmas Jumper Day 14th December Christmas Dinner 14th December Christmas Party Day 19th December Christmas Church Service 21st December End of Term 21st December |
This Week's Star of the Week: 
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TIMETABLE
Spellings:
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Our focus spellings for week beginning 19th November, tested on 23rd November:
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Year 3
gardening gardener limited limiting developing developed listening listened covered covering century certain |
Year 4
usually finally beautifully thoughtfully wonderfully carefully faithfully peacefully cruelly generally remember reign |
Planning
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Homework
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Homework set - Choose at least one activity from the homework grid to complete for each hand-in date. Try to complete a range of activities, e.g. art/English/Maths.
Hand in: 1. 21st September 2. 11th October 3. 16th November 4. 14th December Weekly Homework:
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Why not try to improve your times tables skills using the times tables speed test challenges!
Click on the buttons below to start
Click on the buttons below to start
Or you could try learning your times tables with these catchy songs!
Our Times Tables Rockstars Leader Board.....
Our Top 10 Rock Stars
Rank Name Current Speed Rock Status
1 Owein 1.68 Rock Legend
2 Lucia 1.80 Rock Legend
3 Edward 2.35 Rock Star
4 Billy 2.50 Rock Star
5 Imogen 2.97 Rock Star
6 Fearne 4.80 Support Act
7 A-J 6.19 Unsigned Act
8 Lilli 7.69 Gigger
9 Sam 8.11 Busker
10 Lacey 9.09 Garage Rocker
Rank Name Current Speed Rock Status
1 Owein 1.68 Rock Legend
2 Lucia 1.80 Rock Legend
3 Edward 2.35 Rock Star
4 Billy 2.50 Rock Star
5 Imogen 2.97 Rock Star
6 Fearne 4.80 Support Act
7 A-J 6.19 Unsigned Act
8 Lilli 7.69 Gigger
9 Sam 8.11 Busker
10 Lacey 9.09 Garage Rocker
GALLERY
Going the extra mile homework........
Here are a few examples of our 'Going the extra mile' homework.
Delivering harvest biscuits in the village...
Making Harvest Biscuits...
Here are some of our Royal Wedding cards....
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The winning cards for class 4.......
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Christmas Decoration Day
Christmas Party Day!
Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas dinner.....Yum!
Artist Workshop
On Monday 16th April, we were visited by an artist Paul Gent. He showed us some of his sketches and explained some of the techniques he used. We then went out into the village to sketch some of the buildings and interesting architecture around Wymeswold. It was a beautiful day, and we really enjoyed sitting of the bank of the brook sketching.
Paul will be back later in the month to do some work on using water colours with us.
Paul will be back later in the month to do some work on using water colours with us.
Science Week Challenge Day.....
Author Visit - Linda Chapman
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we had a visit from a local children's book author - Linda Chapman. Linda introduced us to some of her characters and stories that she has written. She then read some of 'Sopie and the Shadow Woods' to us and told us how she had come up with the ideas for this series of stories. She asked us to help her plan a new character for Sophie to battle; a Bat Goblin! We then went back to our class to plan our own 'Sopie' story, including the new Bat Goblin character.
Our Science experiments to find out about rocks and soils.
Aspiration Day
Thank you to all of the parents, friends and family that joined us for our Aspiration Day. We had a fantastic range of careers represented, from pilots to stunt men, authors to builders. The children had also put a lot of thought into their future careers, including vets, fashion designers, engineers, hairdresser and footballers.
