Class 4
April 2018
Welcome back to school and I hope you all had an eggcellent Easter! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays!
This term is a very busy one and there are lots of exciting opportunities for you and I will, as ever, endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Stone Age - Iron Age and we will be looking at Plants, Forces and Magnets in science. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and stories from around the world. We will be continuing rehearsals for our Lower KS2 performance, and will give you more details shortly. 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.
As the weather is starting to become warmer, please ensure that your child has a 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 or Miss Gessey know first thing in the morning and we will endeavour 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 can be found below. Spelling tests are planned periodically throughout the year to enable the monitoring of progress. A list of spelling patterns being learnt each week 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 & Zoe Gessey.
Welcome back to school and I hope you all had an eggcellent Easter! I can't wait to hear about all of the things you got up to during the holidays!
This term is a very busy one and there are lots of exciting opportunities for you and I will, as ever, endeavour to keep you all well informed of activities taking place in school via the website.
Our topic this term is Stone Age - Iron Age and we will be looking at Plants, Forces and Magnets in science. We will also be looking at various texts in Literacy, including poetry, information texts and stories from around the world. We will be continuing rehearsals for our Lower KS2 performance, and will give you more details shortly. 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.
As the weather is starting to become warmer, please ensure that your child has a 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 or Miss Gessey know first thing in the morning and we will endeavour 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 can be found below. Spelling tests are planned periodically throughout the year to enable the monitoring of progress. A list of spelling patterns being learnt each week 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 & Zoe Gessey.
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Here are some dates for your diary:
Term starts 9th April School Nurse Drop in Sessions 13th April Artists Workshop 16th April Open Morning - English 17th April Travelling Book Fair 17th - 23rd April Class Photos 26th April Artists Workshop 30th April May Day Bank Holiday 7th May Experience Pentecost 16th May Royal Wedding Day 18th May Artists Workshop 21st May Share a Pencil Day 23rd May Year 3/4 Show - Joseph 2pm & 7pm 24th May Teacher Training Day 25th May Half Term 28th May - 1st June Aegon Tennis Trip 12th June School Nurse Drop in Sessions 13th June Artists Workshop 18th June History Day 19th June PTA Film Night 22nd June Sports Day 26th June Class Swap Day 4th July Garden Party 6th July End of Term 13th July Joseph and his Technicoloured Dreamcoat FilmClick on the above for a link to the film Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat. You can practise your part in our Year 3 & 4 production using this.
Below are the songs we have rehearsed at school. Please practise your songs at home. |
This Week's Star of the Week: 
Year 3 & 4 Trip to How HillHere is a link to show you some dance moves used in a school's production of Joseph. Can you think of any we can use in our production?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCcN-MPvrmU |
TIMETABLE
Spellings:
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Our focus spellings for 2nd to 11th May 2018:
February, Forward, Special.
Words ending with 'ous' - e.g. curious, obvious, enormous, courageous, hideous & jealous.
February, Forward, Special.
Words ending with 'ous' - e.g. curious, obvious, enormous, courageous, hideous & jealous.
Planning
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Homework
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Homework set 17th April - Choose 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. 4th May 2. 24th May 3. 15th June 4. 6th July Royal Wedding Card Competition
We would like the children to design a Wedding Card for the Royal couple, to celebrate their marriage. The card should be A5 size (Folded A4) and could include a greeting or poem inside. Entries need to be handed in on Friday 18th May, when a winner will be chosen. ALL entries will be sent to the Royal couple. Good Luck! |
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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!
GALLERY
Going the extra mile homework........
Here are a few examples of our 'Going the extra mile' homework.
You will also find our Author Posters in the library, so why not have a look?
You will also find our Author Posters in the library, so why not have a look?
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.
Egg Rolling.....
Science Week Challenge Day.....
Our winning mascot designs for World Book Day...
Our How Hill Clay Animals and Weaving.....
Skipping 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.
Christmas Party Day!
Christmas Card competition winners!
Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas dinner.....Yum!
Understanding Christmas Activities at the Methodist Church
SNOW!
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.
New Walk Museum, Leicester -
Meet the Egyptian Mummies Trip
Christmas Decoration Day
Our Class Debate - Should football be banned at school?
Well done to the first few Year 3's to earn their pen license!
Creating our Village Collages for the Village show competition....
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We have been looking at poems this week; Daddy Fell into the Pond, by Alfred Noyes, and The Bug Chant, by Tony Mitton. The children have been practising a performance of The Bug Chant in small groups, adding their own actions and expressions to the performances. They then performed them for the rest of the class, who then voted for their favourite performance. This was the winning group's performance! Well done to you all.
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