Year 3/4 Blogpost 01.04.22

Happy Friday everybody! We have made it through another term at Down Hall. Please make sure you rest up over the Easter break. Plenty of things going on this week. Please do read our newsletter for all our wonderful news!

RAISING MONEY FOR UKRAINE 

The children all look fantastic for their yellow and blue non uniform day. Mrs Valentine has been very busy selling ribbons which have been made by Mrs Gittings. We very much appreciate your donations to this cause. We will let you know after Easter how much we have raised for the Disasters and Emergency Committee appeal for Ukraine. Thank you

Please see information on below on Easter holiday activities with ACtiveAte and Essex Libraries.

 

Easter Holiday Activities

ActivAte Holiday Clubs

Essex are pleased to be working in partnership with Active Essex to deliver over 100 Essex ActivAte holiday clubs across Essex – supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of school aged youngsters!

We have once again extended the offer to provide spaces for those from low income working families, alongside those who are eligible for benefits based free school meals.

Find clubs near you and book here: www.activeessex.org/children-young-people/essex-activate/

 

 

 

Library Activities

There are lots of events and activities taking place in libraries during the Easter holidays.  I would be grateful if you could share the information below with your colleagues, networks and the families you support

• Children’s Author Events – 8 children’s author events with 3 children’s authors are taking place across the county. Full details and booking information is on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/easter-holiday-author-events-for-children/
• Big Easter Book Hunt – find golden tickets hidden in library books between 2 and 23 April to be entered into a prize draw to win a Lenovo Tab M7: Full details on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/big-easter-book-hunt/
• Circus at the Library – several libraries are running circus themed events across the Easter holidays.  Additionally Chelmsford Library will be running a circus skills workshop (booking required and for which there is a charge): Full details on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/circus-at-the-library/
• Essex Libraries Photo project – we are looking for families to send us photos of them reading in their favourite places in order to create colourful customer galleries in local libraries. Full details of how to submit photos can be found on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/essex-library-service-photo-project/
• Story of the Month – to celebrate the Essex Year of Reading we are launching a virtual story of the month. The video we share will be accompanied by activity ideas. The March story is up on our website now: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/story-of-the-month-march/
• Bringing Stories to Life – we are hosting some storysack workshops in conjunction with ACL: Full details and booking information is on our events listing: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/?&EventName=bringing&page=1
• Other events and activities – there will also be other family events and activities taking place at numerous libraries and full details can be found on our events listing which is searchable by library and by audience: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 85-86  Targeted Pg 90-91  Stretch  Pg 32-33
Maths
Foundation Pg 9 Targeted Pg  9 Stretch  Pg 9

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 94-95 Targeted  Pg 94-95 Stretch Pg 32-33

Maths
Foundation Pg 9 Targeted Pg 9 Stretch Pg 9


Must Do

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important. You will have taken your Reading Record home for your parents to comment on. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly. Please bring your homework books back to school when you are finished so that we can check them. Thank you.
• Please make sure that your child is continuing to read and work on the Year 3 and 4 spellings which can be found in their reading record books. 
• Accelerated Reader - when you are finished your book your teacher can change it for you. As soon as you are ready you can take a quiz at school. Remember that you need 3 100% scores to move up a level
• Times table practice - Please log on to TTRS and Sumdog

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and Myon or Big Cat - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Math's - Year 4 will be completing their statutory Multiplication Tables Check in June this year. To this end, please can you ensure your child is regularly accessing and practicing these at: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
• Easter Holiday task -   you have been working so hard this term. It's now time to take a break and have two weeks off. See the tick list below of things we hope you manage to do!

We are available on our Year 3/4 email for matters that arise from time to time. Please could you ensure that you are emailing the school office in regards to any administrative matters such as child absence or changes to pick up. Again, we would like to reiterate that we would prefer you to come and see us at the end of the day if there are any issues or questions that you have. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

Have a wonderful Easter break, stay safe and we look forward to welcoming you all back for a very exciting summer term!

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey