Friday 9th May 2025

 

Friday 9th May 2025

 Dear Parents

Happy Friday! We enjoyed celebrating VE day with a lovely assembly with Mr. Jude. It was lovely to see the children wearing red, white and blue. 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 23rd - PTA Doughnut/Cookie Sale

Friday 23rd May - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Friday 23rd May - Last Day of Term

Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May- Half Term Holiday

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks -

Year 3: English - Pages 44 + 45 - Sentence Practice Maths - Page 38 + 39 - Fractions of Amounts

Year 4: English - Pages 40 + 41 - Sentence Practice Maths - Page 42 + 43 - Rounding and Comparing Decimals

Spelling Frame Rule 22 - https://spellingframe.co.uk/

This week we would like the children to focus on: Spelling Rule 23. Your child has their login details glued into their reading diaries. They will be tested at the end of every week on these spellings so PLEASE practise at home. These have been stuck in your child's little blue book. If your child did not have theirs in school, they were given the spelling list.

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This year the children in Year 4 will be participating in the multiplication tables check (MTC) in June. The purpose of the check is to determine whether the children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support. The Times Table Club is taking place on a Thursday after school (3:15 to 4:15), to help them prepare for this.

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs Devlin

Friday 2nd May 2025

 Dear Parents

Happy Friday!  We hope you have had a lovely week like the children, enjoying the sunshine. Please remember to read the newsletter as it's been a busy week with lots going on. Also, just a reminder that Thursday we will all be wearing red, white and blue to celebrate VE day - see the newsletter for more details.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday (school closed)

Friday 23rd - PTA Doughnut/Cookie Sale

Friday 23rd May - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Friday 23rd May - Last Day of Term

Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May- Half Term Holiday

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks -

Year 3: Please continue to practise your times tables and spellings.

Year 4: English - Pages 20 + 21 - Fronted Adverbials Maths - Page 32 - Counting in Hundredths

Spelling Frame Rule 22 - https://spellingframe.co.uk/

This week we would like the children to focus on: Spelling Rule 22. Your child has their login details glued into their reading diaries. They will be tested at the end of every week on these spellings so PLEASE practise at home. These have been stuck in your child's little blue book. If your child did not have theirs in school, they were given the spelling list.

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This year the children in Year 4 will be participating in the multiplication tables check (MTC) in June. The purpose of the check is to determine whether the children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support. The Times Table Club is taking place on a Thursday after school (3:15 to 4:15), to help them prepare for this.

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs Devlin

Friday 25th April 2025 

Dear Parents

Happy Friday!  Welcome back to another term! We hope you had a lovely Easter break.

TTRS Day - Next Friday 02.05.25

We are going to be celebrating TTRS day as a school next Friday. The children will be offered additional time to take part in activities that allow them to rehearse and join in activities using their times tables. We invite the children to dress up as a 'rock star' for the day. It has always been celebrated with our pupils in the past and hope to see all of our pupils take part in our fun-filled day.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 2nd May - TT Rockstars Day (come to school dressed as a Rock Star)

Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday (school closed)

Friday 23rd - PTA Doughnut/Cookie Sale

Friday 23rd May - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Friday 23rd May - Last Day of Term

Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May- Half Term Holiday

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks -

Year 3: English - Pages 38 and 39 if this hasn't been completed or Sentence Practice Maths - 36 + 37 - Adding and subtracting fractions

Year 4: English - Pages 40 + 41 - Sentence practice Maths - Pages 38 + 39 - Decimals

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This year the children in Year 4 will be participating in the multiplication tables check (MTC) in June. The purpose of the check is to determine whether the children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support. The Times Table Club is taking place on a Thursday after school (3:15 to 4:15), to help them prepare for this.

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs Devlin

Friday 28th March 2025

  Dear Parents

Happy Friday! It's hard to believe that we are nearly at the end of the Spring term. We'd like to say well done to all the children for the determination and resilience they have shown when completing their assessments. 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening 

Thursday 3rd April - Mother’s Day Cream Tea 3.15pm 

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt 

Friday 4th April - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Last Day of Term

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks -

Due to assessments, there is no homework this week as we would like the children to rest and enjoy the sunshine. Should you still like to do something then see below:

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs Devlin

Friday 21st March 2025

 

Friday 21st March 2025

 Dear Parents

The weather has been beautiful this week which led to being able to read and play on the field. Next week looks very different so make sure your children are prepared for the weather.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 24th March - Friday 28th March - Assessment Week 

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother’s Day Sale 

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening 

Thursday 3rd April - Mother’s Day Cream Tea 3.15pm 

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt 

Friday 4th April - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Last Day of Term

Down Hall Just Giving Page to donate to Comic Relief

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This year the children in Year 4 will be participating in the multiplication tables check (MTC) in June. The purpose of the check is to determine whether the children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support. The Times Table Club is taking place on a Thursday after school (3:15 to 4:15), to help them prepare for this.

Spelling Frame Rule 22 - https://spellingframe.co.uk/

This week we would like the children to focus on: Spelling Rule 22 (Year 3 are looking at 21) Your child has their login details glued into their reading diaries. They will be tested at the end of every week on these spellings so PLEASE practise at home. These have been stuck in your child's little blue book. If your child did not have theirs in school, they were given the spelling list.

Times Tables

The children have these stuck in their little blue books already and we are now revisiting the tables. Please practise a set you are not confident in. The children will be tested and taking part in times table activities throughout the week. Using TTRS is an excellent way to practise these.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks

Year 3

English - Pages 94 - Homophones

Maths - Pages 36 + 37 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions Children have looked at this very briefly so would benefit looking it over this weekend before assessment week. Remind your children that the denominator (bottom number) must stay the same. Then, they just add or subtract the numerator (top number) and record as a fraction.

Year 4

English - Pages 86 - -gue and -que words

Maths - Page 34 + 35 - Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Must Do

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs Devlin

Friday 14th March 2025

  Dear Parents

Well it's been another busy week and a changeable one weather-wise.  Please could we ask that you check your child's clothing is clearly labelled as they are beginning to peel off layers and leave them around our school - unfortunately, many items have no names, meaning they are now being claimed by other children.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 21st March - Comic Relief (see below) 

Monday 24th March - Friday 28th March - Assessment Week 

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother’s Day Sale 

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening 

Thursday 3rd April - Mother’s Day Cream Tea 3.15pm 

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt 

Friday 4th April - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Last Day of Term

Red Nose Day - Comic Relief Big 40th Birthday Bake!

This year marks 40 years of Comic Relief. Next Friday there will be a cake sale to raise money and children are asked to bring in a few cakes if possible (homemade or shop bought) to be sold during the day. 

Cakes will be sold at 50p a cake so if you would like your child to take part please bring in money for this and a box if they are buying more than one cake to bring home.

Below is a link to our Just Giving Page if you wish to donate money in this way but please note that this is separate to the cake sale - children will need to bring in money if they wish to buy a cake!

Down Hall Just Giving Page 

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This year the children in Year 4 will be participating in the multiplication tables check (MTC) in June. The purpose of the check is to determine whether the children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support. The Times Table Club is taking place on a Thursday after school (3:15 to 4:15), to help them prepare for this.

Spelling Frame Rule 21 - https://spellingframe.co.uk/

This week we would like the children to focus on: Spelling Rule 21 (Year 3 are looking at 20) Your child has their login details glued into their reading diaries. They will be tested at the end of every week on these spellings so PLEASE practise at home. These have been stuck in your child's little blue book. If your child did not have theirs in school, they were given the spelling list.

Times Tables

The children have these stuck in their little blue books already and we are now revisiting the tables. Please practise a set you are not confident in. The children will be tested and taking part in times table activities throughout the week. Using TTRS is an excellent way to practise these.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks

Year 3

English - Pages 14 & 15 - Phrases & Noun phrases

Maths - pages 34 & 35 - Ordering Fractions

Year 4

English - Pages 16 & 17 - Noun phrases

Maths - Page 33 - Equivalent Fractions

Must Do

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs Devlin

Friday 7th March 2025

 

Friday 7th March 2025

 Dear Parents

Welcome back to the second half of the Spring Term. We hope you have had a good week - it certainly seems to have flown by! We had a very busy week - we visited the amazing Harry Potter Studios and enjoyed World Book Day!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday 12th March - UNICEF visit for Gold Level Assessment 

Friday 21st March - Comic Relief (plans TBC) 

Monday 24th March - Friday 28th March - Assessment Week 

Friday 28th March - PTA Mother’s Day Sale 

Tuesday 1st April - Parent Consultation Evening

Wednesday 2nd April - Parent Consultation Evening 

Thursday 3rd April - Mother’s Day Cream Tea 3.15pm 

Friday 4th April - PTA Easter Egg Hunt 

Friday 4th April - Wellbeing Day (come to school wearing comfy clothing)

Last Day of Term 

Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

This year the children in Year 4 will be participating in the multiplication tables check (MTC) in June. The purpose of the check is to determine whether the children can fluently recall their times tables up to 12, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will also help your child’s school to identify if your child may need additional support. The Times Table Club is taking place on a Thursday after school (3:15 to 4:15), to help them prepare for this.

Spelling Frame Rule 19 - https://spellingframe.co.uk/

This week we would like the children to focus on: Spelling Rule 20 (Year 3 are looking at 19) Your child has their login details glued into their reading diaries. They will be tested at the end of every week on these spellings so PLEASE practise at home. These have been stuck in your child's little blue book. If your child did not have theirs in school, they were given the spelling list.

Times Tables

The children have these stuck in their little blue books already and we are now revisiting the tables. Please practise a set you are not confident in. The children will be tested and taking part in times table activities throughout the week. Using TTRS is an excellent way to practise these.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks

Year 3

English - Page 93 - The /ay/ Sound

Maths - Homework has been published on Google classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/Njg1MzY1OTY3NTY5 Record on paper the answers to the perimeter questions. Have a go at both sheets if you can.

Year 4

English - Page - The /ay/ Sound

Maths - Page 23 - Written Subtraction

Must Do

Reading: 

Remember 15-20 minutes everyday is super important but we understand this is not always manageable. Make sure you are reading as much as you can - at least 3x a week and recording what you read in your child's reading record. These will be collected by teachers and checked regularly.  When you have finished your Accelerated Reader book, 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 complete your challenges.

Can Do
Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog -  your logins are stuck in the front cover of your reading records. 

Reading Skills

Every week we encourage you to keep up all your reading at home as this makes such a huge difference. We wanted to spend a little time this week speaking more about reading skills.

Understanding what they have read (or comprehension) is vital for the children  and we support this through our VIPERS reading skills. This stands for:

Vocabulary    Infer    Predict    Explain    Retrieve    Summarise

You can explore these ideas with your child after reading using some of the following question prompts:

Vocabulary - have a good range of vocabulary in order to understand the text

• What does the word _____ mean in this sentence?
• Find a word that means _____ on this page.

Infer - understanding reached through reasoning about what you have read

• Why was _____ feeling _____?
• Why did _____ happen?
• How do you know?

Predict - what you think will happen based on what you have read

• What do you think will happen next?
• How will this character's action affect what will happen next?

Explain - what your thoughts and opinions are about the book

• Who is your favourite character? Why?
• Would you like to live in this setting? Why?

Retrieve - discuss the characters, events and setting of the story

• Who did _____?
• Where did _____?

Summarise - pick out the key events

• Retell the story in your own words.
• Pick out the important parts.

We hope this helps you discuss the books your child reads at home as the more they practice these skills the more fluent in comprehension they will become.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Harvey and Mrs. Devlin