Friday 25 June 2021

Y 3/4 Blogpost Friday 25th June 2021

Dear Parents,

We've reached the end of a very busy week but all the children are still working very hard and we are very pleased with how well they are coping at the end of a long and challenging year! This week, we have been looking at instructions in English and identifying this genre's features. In maths, we have been working on our times tables and fractions. Next week we will be conducting assessments on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Please go to Google Classroom to see how you can support your child this weekend with some revision tasks.

YEAR 4 TENNIS

A big thank you to the Rayleigh Tennis Club for coming into school and coaching the Year 4 children today. The children had such a fantastic time and told us that it was great fun! Congratulations to the following winners:

OPAL Colby and Daisy

MOONSTONE Luca and Violet

GARNET Carter and Lexi

Here are a few photo's from the

                 

          




SPORTS DAY

Next Friday the children will be participating in our own Sports Day. We will be conducting this event as a Year 3/4 Phase but will remain in our socially-distant class bubbles. Unfortunately, due to Government regulations, we are unable to welcome parents to this event. We understand how disappointed you may be but please understand that we are following the guidance as closely as possible to keep everyone in our school community safe.

PE KIT

Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct PE kit. Thank you.

HARES ABOUT TOWN

This summer, if you head into Southend, you are in for a "hare-raising" surprise! The Hares About Town trail starts on the 1st July. There are 30 hares dotted all around the town, each with their own story to tell. Accompanying the hares are over 50 leverets, including our school leveret Lenny. 

Miss Wakefield and Mrs Holmes were very lucky to have a sneak preview of all the Hares on Tuesday. They are AMAZING and include a hare that has been created by one of the parents at school. Mrs Cairns' hare "View of Lupus" can be found in Priory Park.

We have been given some trail maps to sell, on behalf of Fair Havens. The suggested donation for these is £1 and we will be selling them at the gate, after school next week.

Have a fabulous weekend and see you Monday!
Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Friday 18 June 2021

Y 3/4 Blogpost Friday 18th June 2021

Happy Friday everybody,

We hope you have had a great week and are enjoying this beautiful weather. Please may we remind you that your children need to come to school wearing suncream and a hat. Likewise, when it is raining please bring in a coat to school. We encourage the children to drink plenty of water during the day also so please continue sending your child in with their water bottles.

This week we have focused on fractions in Maths. In particular, equivalent fractions. Mrs Hurley and Mr Law have also been teaching times tables across the school and we are going to be trialling these methods in each class. Times tables are the foundations of all reasoning and problem solving and children are expected to know these to instant recall and fluency by the end of year 4.

Year 4 Multiplication Check

The multiplication tables check (MTC) is optional for primary schools in 2021.The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will help schools to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided. We have been practising in class so that the children can complete the check in school next Wednesday.

New School Website

Over the past few months we have been working on refreshing our school website. This started with the individual phase group pages and now includes the whole of the website. We have added lots more photographs of our wonderful children and premises and hope to add more in the future. We have also had a little rearrangement of the information available to hopefully make it easier to access the information you need. There is also a "Children's Hub" tab at the end of the taskbar which gives quick links to many of the common learning platforms that your child might find useful to support their learning. We hope you like the changes and a massive thank you to Mrs Balkwill for working so hard in driving this project through to completion! Visit our lovely new site here:

https://www.downhallprimary.com/home

Classes For Next Year

One reason to visit our new website today will be to check out the letter that explains arrangements for classes in September. The letter explains how the classes will be organised in September and, on Monday 21st June, your child will come home with a slip of paper that will tell you exactly which class they will be joining in September.

Homework Tasks

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.

  • Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and MyOn.

  • Year 4 - please continue practising your times table check on Mathsframe

Can Do   

  • As we have been learning about reflections in Science, can you make a list of any reflective surfaces that you can see outside of school. If you would like to make a diagram of these objects that would be great too.


End of term reports

On the 8th of July, your child will receive their end of term report detailing their progress and areas for future development. Although there are no formal assessments made this year, due to the National lockdown at the beginning of the Spring Term, the report will contain an indication as to whether your child is working towards or working at national expectations. There will be an opportunity to discuss this report in a Zoom parent/teachers meeting after you have received the report. Further details of all of this will follow shortly so keep an eye on the weekly newsletter!

Have a wonderful weekend and see you all on Monday.

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Friday 11 June 2021

Y 3/4 Blogpost Friday 11th June 2021

Happy Friday everybody,

We hope you have had a great week and are enjoying this beautiful weather. Please may we remind you that your children need to come to school wearing suncream and a hat. We encourage the children to drink plenty of water during the day also so please continue sending your child in with their water bottles.

This week we have focused on fractions in Maths. In particular, making a whole, tenths and tenths as decimals. The children have really enjoyed these lessons and showed excellent learning behaviour's. In English we are going to be writing stories based on a mystery. It is great to hear such vivd imaginations...

Homework Tasks
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.
  • Maths Homework Book - this week we would like you to complete any pages on fractions if you have not already done so.
  • Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and MyOn.
  • Spelling and Reading Common Words - keep looking at these words often, doing a chunk at a time. The lists can be accessed from our Key Stage web page "Useful Information" tab - use the link below and scroll down to see the menu of word lists.  Practise how to spell them by looking at 5-10 words at a time.


Can Do
Euro 2020 Country Fact Sheet 
Use the Internet and non-fiction books to research a country that is participating in
Euro 2020.
Record your answers using notes and illustrations.
Colour in the country on the map below and draw its flag next to it.

End of term reports

On the 8th of July, your child will receive their end of term report detailing their progress and areas for future development. Although there are no formal assessments made this year, due to the National lockdown at the beginning of the Spring Term, the report will contain an indication as to whether your child is working towards or working at national expectations. There will be an opportunity to discuss this report in a Zoom parent/teachers meeting after you have received the report. Further details of all of this will follow shortly so keep an eye on the weekly newsletter!

Have a wonderful weekend and see you all on Monday.

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey