Farewell from Year 3/4!

Dear Parents,

We made it! Thanks for all so much for your support. May we take this opportunity to wish you and your children a happy and restful half term. It has been an absolute pleasure to teach all of your amazing children and I know that I speak for all of us when I say we could not be more proud of them all. They are a real credit to you, your family and our wider school community. 

As it is the holidays and the children will be moving on to their new classes, we will not be setting any homework. Please take the time to relax, rejuvenate and spend time together. Although,it would be good if the children could do some reading at home - either a book or Myon, whichever they feel comfortable doing. Thank you.

REMOTE EDUCATION PROVISION

As mentioned in today's newsletter, as a school we must offer immediate remote education if, for any reason, your child is not able to attend school for a prolonged period of time. As a school we will be using the DfE approved programme, The National Academy (https://www.thenational.academy/). Here there are daily lessons for each Year Group which cover a range of subjects. There are a number of other online sources that you can use to complement this site:

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/kids/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

FACE MASKS

A polite reminder to please wear a mask when you are dropping and picking up your child to school. This is in line with current Tier 2 restrictions. Thank you for your support.

OVERVIEW MEETINGS

In normal times, we would have held our Key Stage 2 Overview Meeting with parents during the summer term. Although we cannot meet up in person we have provided you all with a link to the slides that would have been presented. Bear in mind that some of these slides do not represent our normal approach (e.g. homework/reading) but please be assured we are constantly reviewing more effective procedures in what we do.

Please follow the link below to the Year 3/4 Overview Meeting slides.

Year 3/4 Overview Meeting

CONTACT OVER THE HALF TERM

Please be aware that teachers will not be replying to emails during the half term holidays. If you do email you will not receive a response until after the half term.

Wishing you all well on the next stage of your journey at Down Hall. We will miss you but look forward to hearing how well you are doing in your new classes.

Take care of yourselves and stay safe,

Mrs Hurley Mr Greenfield Miss Harvey