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

Year 3/4 Blogpost - Welcome back!

Dear Parents

We hope you have all had a restful summer and welcome you and your child back to a brand new

school year! Thank you for assisting us in a smooth return to school.

As you are already aware the decision was made to carry on as we were before we broke up

for the summer. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AqvnhZaWaeNok1zgc6w7PeT7X_8Khl7W/view

Therefore, the children will still only need their reading book from

home, water bottles and lunch boxes (washable, of any type).

We will be reviewing current arrangements next week so please keep an eye on the school website

as this is where we will let you know when changes will be implemented.

If you have any further questions please email your class email:

year3_4@downhallprimary.com and the appropriate teacher will respond accordingly.

Kind regards,

Mrs Hurley Miss Harvey Mr Greenfield