Year 3/4 Blog - 5th March 2021

Dear Parents,

Another new beginning 

We are really looking forward to welcoming all of our children back to school on Monday 8th March. Let us hope that we will be back together for good from this date onwards and that we can slowly begin the journey back to normality. Our return on Monday 8th will be very similar to when children returned at the end of last year. Arrival and departure will be exactly as it was; children will stay in class bubbles during the day and parents will still be asked to maintain social distancing, wear masks when outside the school gates and refrain from visiting the school office.

We will continue to use the same drop off and collection times as follows: 

Opal - 8:45am-3:10pm

Garnet - 8:50am-3:15pm

Moonstone - 8:55am-3:20pm

Please ensure that you are on time when dropping off/picking up your child. The aim of set times is to continue to reduce contact in our school community.

Here are a few reminders: 

• All adults to wear a mask 

• Only ONE adult to drop off and collect. Please arrive at your allotted time and leave the area at the school gate immediately

• School lunch menu is on our website 

• Please bring a water bottle and a coat everyday 

• Children MUST bring in one book to keep in their tray for ERIC and quiet reading time 

• PE on normal day - Tuesday

New Key Stage 2 Website

We have a new website for KS2 Year 3/4. You can access it from the classes tab on the main website. If you click on the Useful Information tab, you will be able to find the Parent Overview Meeting slides that were sent out at the beginning of the year. There are also instructions for using Google Classroom. There are seperate pages for each of our projects and information about the work being covered. We are currently focusing on Year B Summer Term, which is all about Ancient Egypt. On these pages you will also see some Homework Menus. These are not compulsory but are there as a suggestion for work that could be done outside of school if the children are interested in completing more work. There is also a direct link to our blog. This is a link to the entire feed so it has all the blogs on it. Please have a look and let us know what you think or if you encounter any problems.

World Book Day Vouchers

Your children will be coming home with the annual WBD book voucher. This year a number of the major supermarkets are accepting these vouchers. Please do let us know your experience of using them.

We understand that the children will be very tired as they adjust to the school return and the routines involved. Please be assured that we have always got the children's best interests at heart. We are here to support you, your children and our school community to the best of our ability.

Have a lovely weekend and see you all bright eyed and bushy tailed on Monday morning.

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey