MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL 🎄

Dear Parents,

Firstly, thank you for your continued support this term, it’s been a challenging one for all of us, but your cooperation and understanding has been really appreciated.

The children have all be so resilient and worked very hard this term, we are extremely proud of you.

HOMEWORK

We will not be setting any formal homework over the Christmas holidays but please could your child continue to read for 15 minutes per day? It would great if they were able to log into MyOn and TTRS if they are able to as well.

CHRISTMAS SONG

We would like to share with you a bit of Christmas cheer. Please log onto Google Classroom later on today to access a recording of our song!

Merry Christmas to you all. Thank you so much for all your kind gifts and words of appreciation.

May 2022 be kinder to us all.

Kind regards, and stay safe! 

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Yera 3/4 Blogpost - Friday 10th December 2021

Dear Parents/Caregivers,
We hope you have all had a lovely week and are beginning to think about the upcoming Christmas break which begins next Friday. Christmas Jumper Day has been lovely. Once again, thank you for your donations that will go towards Thoko, our sponsored child in Malawi. Please keep your eyes peeled for your child's picture in the special Christmas supplement of the Evening Echo. Details will be published in the weekly newsletter.

Next Friday, we would love it if all children could be present at 'normal' going home time (3pm). We will be working on a surprise for you all and would like you to be on the playground to see it! 🎅🎅🎅

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 15th December

• 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 from time to time. Please make sure you leave your homework books at home for the time being. Your answers are at the back of your book so ask a grown up to go through them with you 😃

HOMEWORK PAGES

Must Do
Year 3
English - Commas
Foundation Pg 42-43 Targeted  Pg 46-47 Stretch  Pg 38-39
Maths - Counting in Multiples
Foundation Pg 8  Targeted Pg 8  Stretch Pg 8 

Year 4 
English - Commas
Foundation Pg 46-47 Targeted Pg 42-43  Stretch Pg 38-39

Maths - Mental Multiplying and Dividing
Foundation Pg 23 Targeted Pg 23 Stretch Pg 23

• 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 practise - this week we are reviewing 1-6 times tables. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.
• You are allowed to bring Christmas cards in for your friends if you wish!

Have a lovely weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 3rd December 2021

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have all had a lovely week and are beginning to think about the upcoming Christmas break. Looking ahead to Christmas Jumper Day which will be next Friday, please come to school in regular school uniform (including a tie) wearing a Christmas jumper if you choose to do so. Check out this week's newsletter for more details.

As you will be aware, due to Covid, we are required to keep the classrooms well ventilated.  Therefore, doors and windows are open during the day.  As the weather has decided to take on a wintery feel, we would encourage children to bring coats to school every day. If they would like to wear an extra layer, please encourage them to do so.

This week in Year 3 and 4, the children have enjoyed finishing their letters. In maths we have been reviewing money, measurement and times tables. They have planned a science investigation which we wil be doing in class next week. In project we took a look at the Bronze Age and why it was so much better for Stone Age people.

EMERGENCY SERVICES CENOTAPH

Today we took part in the Unite The Uniforms campaign in honour of the millions of people who have served in the NHS and emergency services. Thank you so much for your kind donations. These will go towards building the UK’s first ‘Emergency Services Cenotaph’.

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Article 28 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that "All children have the right to an education".  We take this right very seriously at Down Hall and just over 3 years ago, the School Council chose to raise money to sponsor a child to go to school who currently did not enjoy this right.  

We are now in our 4th year of sponsoring Thoko, a girl from Malawi, to go to school.  It is through wearing our Christmas jumpers and making a donation on this day that pays for Thoko's education for the whole year!  So, feel very festive in your Christmas jumper on Friday, but also feel very proud when you make your suggested £1 donation that you are making a massive impact on the life of another child.  You can read an update on our School Council activities here.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 8th December

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English - Capital Letters for names and I
Foundation Pg 32-33 Targeted  Pg 36-37 Stretch  Pg 34-36
Maths - Using Times Table Facts
Foundation Pg 23-24 Targeted Pg 23-24   Stretch  Pg 23-24 
Year 4 
English - Adverbials

Foundation Pg 18-19 Targeted Pg 20-21 Stretch Pg  20-21

Maths - Written Multiplication

Foundation Pg 25 Targeted Pg 25 Stretch Pg 25

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 from time to time. Please make sure you leave your homework books at home for the time being. Your answers are at the back of your book so ask a grown up to go through them with you 😃

• 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 practise - this week we are reviewing 1-6 times tables. Please practise these as we do in school.
• Please practise the appropriate spelling list. This is on Google Classroom. You have already been learning these in your handwriting lesosns. You will be tested on these next week.

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.
• We would like to sing some Christmas songs together. Please can you share a list of songs that you think would be appropriate for us to sing.

Have a lovely weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blogpost Friday 26th November 2021

Dear Parents,
We hope you have all had a lovely week. We have had a super busy week in Year 3/4 and next week looks even busier! We have been working on multiplication - short method in Maths. It looks like this   552

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Please continue to support your child with learning their times tables to rapid recall. In English we have been writing letters as if we are soldiers in the trenches in WW1. The children have written in a sympathetic and thoughtful manner. There was a fine line for these men in telling their mother's the watered down version versus the horrible reality.

MUTUAL RESPECT

As a Rights Respecting school, within the school community we expect everyone to treat each

other with respect. It is never acceptable for teachers or anyone to be the subject of any kind

of abuse and as such we will not tolerate any form of abuse towards our staff. If this does

occur we will contact the relevant authorities and take appropriate action.

Thank you

EMERGENCY SERVICES CENOTAPH
On Friday 3rd December we will be taking part in the Unite The Uniforms campaign in honour of the millions of people who have served in the NHS and emergency services. Children are invited to come to school wearing the colours of the emergency services; red, blue, green or orange.  In class we will be thinking about how these people help us and why it is important to honour them.  We will make links to Children’s Rights and use our pupil voice to write letters of thanks, which we will send to our local services.  Suggested donation is £1, but please give as little or as much as you wish so that we can all join in the dressing up fun!  Donations will go towards building the UK’s first ‘Emergency Services Cenotaph’.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 1st December
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 from time to time.  Please make sure you leave your homework books at home for the time being. Your answers are at the back of your book so get a grown up to go through them with you 😃

HOMEWORK PAGES
Year 3
English - Verbs and Adverbs 
Foundation Pg 8-11 Targeted Pg 8-11 Stretch  Pg 6-7 
Maths - The 3, 4 and 8 times tables  
Foundation Pg 22 Targeted Pg 22 Stretch Pg 22
Year 4 
English - Verbs and Adverbs  Foundation   Pg 6-7   Targeted Pg 6-7  Stretch  Pg 8-9

Maths - Times Tables Foundation Pg 22  Targeted Pg 22  Stretch Pg 22 

• 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 practise - this week we are reviewing 1-6 times tables. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blogpost Friday 19th November 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you are all well.  As you know, there have been a number of positive cases of Covid these last couple of weeks in Year 3/4.  We would like to thank you all for being so supportive and making sure that your children have received both lateral flow and PCR tests.  

Unfortunately, Mrs Hurley also tested positive and was not in school this week. We are hoping that she returns on Monday 22nd November. 

If your child is off school and feels well, work can be found on their Google Classroom pages. These will continue to be updated daily. Please ask your children to submit work if you would like it to be checked.  If they are feeling unwell, then we do not expect them to complete work. We wish everyone a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming you back soon.

HOMEWORK

Please see the classroom blog for details. Please can you keep your homework books at home for the time being.

CHILDREN IN NEED

We had a great time in our pjs at school today. Thanks so much for your kind donations. We will give a updated total as soon as we hear how much the Down Hall children have raised!

Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 12th November 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. We have had a super busy week in Year 3/4 and next week looks even busier! If you are currently self-isolating at home, we wish you all better and cannot wait to see you in school soon!

Here are a few messages that you need to know...

Friday 19th November 2021

This year to celebrate Children in Need, we will be having a pyjama day at school on Friday 19th November. Children can wear their favourite PJs to school, however please remember that all children still need to wear sensible outdoor shoes so that they will be safe going outside, and to also bring a coat.

The children will be taking part in fun activities during the day, with prizes and rewards to be won. Suggested donation is £1 per child to raise money for such a great cause, but you can give more if you wish. There will be a bucket for donations at the gate during morning drop off. 

Children in Need has strong links to our work on SMSC and RRS.  We will be looking at the charities that Children in Need supports and making specific links to the Spiritual and Social threads of SMSC and to the following RRS Articles :

Article 1: All children under 18 have all the rights in the convention. 

Article 23: Any child with a disability must be provided with support so they can live as fully and independently as possible. 

Article 27: All children have the right to a good standard of living which meets their physical, social and mental needs. 

We thank you for taking part and can’t wait to see everyone in their favourite PJs!  If you want to find out more you can check out all of the information here.

Together we can change young lives - BBC Children in Need

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 17th November

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring back your Homework books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES
Year 3    English Homophones  Maths  Written Subtraction
Year 4    English Tricky Homophones  Maths  Written Subtraction

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 5'/6's. Please practise these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Write a story about how your family commemorates Remembrance Day. Do you have any relatives who fought in the war? Perhaps you have got medals that have been passed down. Submit as a Google document please.
• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and Myon or Big Cat - your logins are stuck in  the front cover of your Reading Records.

REMEMBRANCE DAY 

The children all took part in a variety of classroom activities to commemorate Remembrance Day. We sat respectfully for a 2 minutes silence at 11am. We also learned about the poppy and its significance.

This year we are covering ‘Celebrating our Differences’ in PSHE. In light of this, we would like to participate in ‘Odd Socks Day’ to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week. 

There is no pressure to buy the latest fashion or buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks, it could not be simpler! The theme is ‘One Kind Word’ so we will be linking our work to the Rights in the UNCRC. The children will design their odd socks and then place a kind word on their sock to share with their peers.

A24:  Every child has the right to the best possible health, including mental health.

A1:  Children’s rights apply to all children, everywhere, all the time.

 

Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 5th November 2021

Dear Parents,
We hope you have all had a lovely week. Year 3/4 children have been super busy continuing their learning on column addition and subtraction. It has been amazing to see how much progress each child has made towards this written calculation method. In English we have been studying Shape Poems. We did these to coincide with Bonfire Night in mind. The children also participated in an online assembly relating to firework safety provided by Essex Fire Service. It was also lovely to be able to participate in a whole school assembly this morning - albeit by Zoom but lovely to see all the children nonetheless. 

WHOLE SCHOOL ENGLAND SUMDOG CONTEST

Calling all of you amazing mathematicians! 
You have been entered into the Sumdog England Competition. It starts on Friday 5 November at 3.30pm, and finishes at 3.30pm on Thursday 11th November at 9am
Why not have a go and get your class on the school leaderboard?
I will be monitoring how well each class is doing. The winning class will get extra playtime!
Let's show our school what great mathematicians we are!
Good luck.
Mrs Hurley 

WINTER IS FAST APPROACHING

Please ensure your child brings a warm coat to wear on a daily basis.
Many thanks

SCHOOL COUNCIL
Article 12 of the UNCRC states that every child has the right to have their voices heard in matters that affect them.  With this in mind we cannot wait to get the School Council up and running so that our children can share ideas, take discussions back to classes and ALL children can be involved in decision making in a democratic way.  A huge well done to everyone brave enough to put themselves forward.  Classes have now voted and the results have been counted!  Congratulations to our new School Councillors:

Opal: Lexie W

Moonstone: Lottie

Garnet: Leo C

We know you will do a great job of representing your classmates in meetings and keeping us informed.  The first meeting will take place very soon!

REMEMBRANCE DAY 

Next week we will be conducting a special day of Remembrance on the 11th November. We will be learning about the meaning of this special day. If the children have any items that they wish to share please feel free to bring them in to school.

Poppies and other items will be for sale next week. Please read the school newsletter for more details.

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 10th November

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your back your Homework Books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3    English Noun Phrases Maths Mental Addition and Subtraction

Year 4    English Noun Phrases   Maths Roman Numerals

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 4's/5's/6's Please practise these as we do in school.

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.

This year we are covering ‘Celebrating our Differences’ in PSHE. In light of this, we would like to participate in ‘Odd Socks Day’ to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week. 

There is no pressure to buy the latest fashion or buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks, it could not be simpler! The theme is ‘One Kind Word’ so we will be linking our work to the Rights in the UNCRC. The children will design their odd socks and then place a kind word on their sock to share with their peers.

A24:  Every child has the right to the best possible health, including mental health.

A1:  Children’s rights apply to all children, everywhere, all the time.

 

Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Thursday 21st October 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. We are so very proud of all our children. They have all worked really hard and tried their best this term, which is all we ever ask of them.

Thank you to those of you who have booked an appointment with us for tomorrow's Parent/Teacher Consultations. We are very much looking forward to seeing you.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Your child has bought their artwork home. Please read the accompanying letter and follow the instructions. The artwork must come back to school on the first day back after the holidays  please.

HOMEWORK

We would like you all to enjoy a well deserved rest so we are not setting any formal homework over the holidays. 

If your child would like to be a school council representative then please prepare a presentation for your class to share in the first week back. We will be delighted to have a Down Hall School Council for the first time in ages...

HARVEST FESTIVAL

Thank you so much to all of you that have contributed to our Harvest Festival collection this year for South Essex Extended Services.  Every single donation does make a difference and is given to children and families in our own local community that need it the most. 

RRS A 27:  Every child has the right to a standard of living good enough to meet their physical, social and mental needs.

Have a wonderful holiday!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 15th October 2021

 Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. Year 3/4 children have been super busy learning all about addition in maths. Some children have been introduced to the column method so it would be great to see you practising this for your homework this week. In Art, we have been very busy creating our Christmas card for you to purchase cards. We will be sending these home for you to look at next week.

Parent/Teacher Consultations

Please continue to  book an appointment to meet with your child's class teacher on Friday 22nd October, 8:30am to 3:30pm.  Use the Scopay app to secure your slot.  We will, once again, be using Zoom.  A meeting link will be sent to you nearer the time. 

Harvest Festival

Our Harvest Festival collection continues with a collection box at the gate and any contributions are greatly appreciated.  Here is the link to our Harvest Blog and to our Harvest Festival Samba song to get you in the mood! Thank you to all those that have already contributed!

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 20th October

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your back your Homework Books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3    English Capital Letters    Maths Written Addition

Year 4    English Capital Letters    Maths Written Addition

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 4's/5's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.
• Practise painting a picture at home. What brush skills did you use? You may bring your artwork into school to share with your class.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 8th October 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. Year 3/4 children have been super busy learning all about addition and subtraction and discovering the importance of Black History Month through poetry. In science we have studied fossils and how they are formed.

Parent/Teacher Consultations

You are now able to book an appointment to meet with your child's class teacher on Friday 22nd October, 8:30am to 3:30pm.  Please use the Scopay app to secure your slot.  We will, once again, be using Zoom.  A meeting link will be sent to you nearer the time. 

Phase Emails

Please remember, that if you wish to contact your child's class teacher, you can use the phase email.  The address to use for the Year 3/4 teachers is: year 3_4@downhallprimary.com

Your emails will be responded to as soon as possible by a member of staff. This may not be until the following working day (or Monday, if sent after 4pm on Fridays.)

If you wish to inform a teacher of your child's absence, an appointment or a change in drop-off/collection arrangements, please contact the school office rather than the phase emails, as these are not checked regularly during teaching hours.

Finally, please remain courteous and polite to our staff when emailing. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated and will be forwarded to Mrs Nelson.

Harvest Festival

Next week we will be starting our harvest festival collection for the children and families in our own community who might need a helping hand.  There will be a collection box at the gate from next week and any contributions will be greatly appreciated.  Here is the link to our Harvest Festival to get you in the mood!  Harvest Festival Samba

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 13th October

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your back your Homework Books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3    English Nouns and Adjectives    Maths Place Value and Partitioning

Year 4    English Nouns and Adjectives    Maths Place Value and Partitioning

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 4's/5's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 1st October 2021

 Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week.

This week, in Year 3/4 we have been using the film 'The Avengers' as a stimulus for our writing.  The children are producing some very detailed newspaper reports.

In maths, the children have been learning about greater/less than and also work on numberlines and negative numbers. Our learning of Roman Numerals features in this week's homework and although it is for Year 4 children it would be great to see all Year 3 children give it a go please.

We are still waiting for homework books to arrive.  Hopefully they will be with us next week.

Please remember that with the onset of colder weather, all children need a warm and waterproof coat at all times.

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Friday 8th October
As our homework books have not arrived, we will continue setting your homework on Google Classroom.

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your book back when you are finished and 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.
• High Frequency Words - Learn the words specific to your Spelling Group. Practise spelling them out loud and writing them down.
• Times table practise - this week we are looking at 4's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.
• Roman Numerals worksheet

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher or hand write neatly onto paper and bring it into school.
Please ask for help if you are unsure!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 24th September 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. The children have worked hard and are also managing to have fun at school too! 

This week, they have been impressing us with their writing, as well as their scientific knowledge about rocks. They are really enjoying learning about the Stone Age and in particular, how humans interacted with one another

Homework books will be sent home in due course.  Please encourage your child to log on to Google Classroom and read our homework post.

Please remember that all school uniform needs to be labelled with your child's name.  We have already had a number of jumpers and cardigans left behind which are unnamed. 

TIMES TABLE BOOK COVERS

Many congratulations to the following winners of our competition.

OPAL - Noah H

MOONSTONE - Alfie L

GARNET - Jessica DQ

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Friday 1st October
As our homework books have not arrived, we will continue setting your homework on Google Classroom.
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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your book back when you are finished and 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.
• High Frequency Words - Learn the words specific to your Spelling Group. Practise spelling them out loud and writing them down.
• Times table practise - this week we are looking at 3’s/4's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.
• Current Events - we have been looking at newspaper reports. Can you please bring in a piece of news to share with your class. It can be local, national or innternational news but it must be current. Be ready to share your opinion.

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher or hand write neatly onto paper and bring it into school.
Please ask for help if you are unsure!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 17th September 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. The children have worked hard and are getting into the routines of being in Year 3 and 4. 

This week, they have been impressing us with their writing, as well as their scientific knowledge about rocks. They are really enjoying learning about the Stone Age and in particular, how humans interacted with one another

Homework books will be sent home in due course.  Children will be expected to complete the pages set by their teacher.  Each week, the pages they are expected to work on will be posted on the blog and on Google Classroom.

Please remember that all school uniform needs to be labelled with your child's name.  We have already had a number of jumpers and cardigans left behind which are unnamed. 

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Friday 17th September  

We are hoping that our new homework books arrive next week. In the meantime, we will continue setting your homework on Google Classroom.
Must Do

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes everyday and then discuss the text afterwards, asking for opinions, favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. You will have taken your Reading Record home for your parents to comment on. These will be collected by teachers and checked from time to time. Please make sure you bring your book back when you are finished and your teacher can change it for you.
• High Frequency Words - Learn the words specific to your Spelling Group. Practise spelling them out loud and writing them down.
• Times table practise - this week we are looking at 3’s. Show your parents how we do learn our times tables now at Down Hall.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and Myon - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Design a front cover for our new times table books. The winning entry will be displayed on each book. You can draw it or do it on the computer. Good luck!

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher or hand write neatly onto paper and bring it into school.
Please ask for help if you are unsure!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog - FRIDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2021

 

Dear Parents,

A huge welcome to you if you are joining us here in Year 3/4 and a big hello if you were with us last year! The children have had a very busy week and have all settled in well to their new classes. It is so great to see the children smiling when they are coming into school each day. Well done to all the children for remembering to bring in a water bottle and a reading book from home.

HOMEWORK AND GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Google Classroom is an essential part of your child's learning journey here at Down Hall. It is a place where the children can access their homework as well as sharing any learning that they have been doing at home. This week we have set homework on Google Classroom. Your child will need to access their homework from Google Classroom. They have been shown how to do this in class. 

Go on to the Down Hall Primary School Website

https://www.downhallprimary.com/

It will take you to the it ask you to sign in to your child's Google account. Once you are logged in it will take you to the Learning Hub. You will need to click on the Classroom icon. Then you should have access to the Year 3/4 Google Classroom 2021-22. Here you will find this week's homework tasks. Very soon, your child will be bringing home homework books.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Friday 10th September     Due: Friday 17th September

Must Do

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes everyday and then discuss the text afterwards, asking for opinions, favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. Shortly, you will be able to take a Reading Record home for your parents to comment on. These will be collected by teachers and checked from time to time.

• High Frequency Words - Learn the words specific to your Spelling Group. Practise spelling them out loud and writing them down.

• Times table practise - this week we are looking at 2’s. Show your parents how we do learn our times tables now at Down Hall.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and MyOn.

• Practise writing out numbers in words up to 50. For example:

1 - one   2 - two  3 - three  etc…

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher or hand write neatly onto paper and bring it into school.

Please ask for help if you are unsure!

INTRODUCING OUR AMAZING YEAR 3/4 TEACHERS

MOONSTONE CLASS

Hi there. My name is Mrs Hurley and I am very excited to be your child's teacher this year. I cannot wait to get to know your child over the coming year. Mrs Bates (ISA) works alongside 

to support several of our class members. The happiness and safety of your child is very important to me, if you ever have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me. 

GARNET CLASS

Hello, I am Miss Harvey and Miss Clark is the class ISA. We are both here to support all of the children with their learning and to ensure your child feels safe and is happy in school. I look forward to a great year with this class and getting to know your children. If you have any questions, please contact us through the year 3/4 email. 

OPAL CLASS

Hi. My name is Mr Greenfield and Mrs Leigh is the class ISA. We are both looking forward to teaching your children this year. I am looking forward to getting to know your children more as the year progresses on unless they are Tottenham fans!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me through the 3/4 email.

If you would like to speak to us feel free to call the office and we will get back to you when we can. Alternatively, you can always email us at: year3_4@downhallprimary.com

Have a fabulous weekend,

Mrs Hurley  Mr Greenfield  Miss Harvey