Year 3/4 Blog Thursday 24th February 2022

Dear Parents,

We hope you all had a lovely holiday and are looking forward to lots of lovely learning at Down Hall this half term.

We have posted this blog a day early due to the Parent teacher conferences taking place tomorrow. Please remember there is no school FRIDAY 25th FEBRUARY.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 2nd February

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 48-49 Targeted Pg 54 Stretch  Pg 50

Maths
Foundation Pg 29 Targeted Pg 2 Stretch  Pg 29

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 54-55 Targeted Pg 56-57 Stretch Pg 50-51

Maths
Foundation Pg 30 Targeted Pg 30 Stretch Pg 30

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 regularly. Please bring your homework books back to school when you are finished so that we can check them. Thank you.
• Please make sure that your child is continuing to read and work on the Year 3 and 4 spellings which can be found in their reading record books. 

• 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 practice - Please log on to TTRS and complete your challenge..

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.
• Math's - Year 4 will be completing their statutory Multiplication Tables Check in June this year. To this end, please can you ensure your child is regularly accessing and practicing these at: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

As always, we are available on our email. However, we are also available if you have any quick questions at the end of the day on the playground. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

year3_4@downhallprimary.com

Have a fabulous weekend!

Best wishes

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 11th February 2022

Dear Parents,

We hope you have had a good week and that you are looking forward to the half term break. There has been a small homework task set relating to our RRS if you choose to do it. Other than that, we would like you to relax and enjoy a well deserved rest. The Year 3/4 teachers look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 21st February.

RRS HOMEWORK

Your child will have bought home their favourite recipe from our cooking sessions in class. We would love it if your child could show off their culinary skills by making this dish for their family. Please share any photos of your child's meal on Google Classroom.

Article 24 (health and health services) Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food, and a clean environment and education on health and well-being so that children can stay healthy.

Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities. 

CHINESE NEW YEAR

As part of our learning about the Chinese New Year, we carried out Chinese
cooking and art activities with the children.
This included making and tasting different foods such as rice, chicken noodles, spring rolls

and sweet and sour sauce and Chinese spices.

We hope that by cooking more regularly in school, we will help the children to develop

a love of cookery and a willingness to try new and different foods. 

A slideshow will be available to view on Google Classroom at some stage soon.

MID-YEAR REPORT

Today your child will come home with their Mid-Year Report. This report is different to previous years in so far that we have focused fully on areas for development in reading, writing and maths. "What can we do to help my child at home?" is probably the most common question as teachers that we are asked so we have very clearly set out 3 next step targets that we will be focusing on for your child in school for the rest of the year ahead. This will give you a clear understanding of areas for development in each curriculum area and enable you to further support these at home too. There will be a chance to discuss this report with us on Friday 25th February on our Parent/Teacher Consultations day - details of which can be found in the letter below:

Parent/Teacher Consultations

INVITATION TO ALL PARENTS

Times tables are at the heart of mental arithmetic, which in itself helps form the basis of a child’s understanding and ability when working with numbers. Once children have learnt their times tables to fluency and instant recall, they are then able to work more confidently through a wide range of calculations and problem solving. 

Join us for a Parent Workshop based on Times Tables and how they are taught at Down Hall Primary.

Tuesday 1st March 2022 1.30-2.15pm

At this stage Mrs Hurley will be conducting this session via Zoom but there may be a change in restrictions which will enable the session to run in the school hall with social distancing measures put in place. If this is the case then we would need to limit numbers to a maximum of 30 people. 

With special guests (Times Table Champions)

If you would like to attend, please email Mrs Hurley: year3_4@downhallprimary.com

MESSAGE FROM MISS SHARMAN - PE

After half term, we will be making some exciting changes to our PE lessons.  

We will be welcoming some new coaches from Jack Of All Sports to our team. 

Mrs Perrins, Mr Attfield, Mr Gray and Mr Harrington will deliver lessons along with Mrs Williamson.  

Please ensure that your child has the correct PE uniform on PE days.  This should consist of:

• Plain, navy blue tracksuit (No logos please e.g. Nike/Puma etc)

• Plain, navy blue shorts

• School t-shirt

• Plain, black trainers (No bright coloured soles or stripes please)

We are really looking forward to working with Mr Harrington and his team and can't wait to welcome them to Down Hall.

If you have any questions regarding PE, please email me using the Year 5/6 email address:

year5_6@downhallprimary.com

Miss Sharman

PTA COIN RUN

Thanks so much to the wonderful PTA parents for organising today's coin run. It was lovely to

see you all back in school! I hear that you have a lot of fun activities planned

for the children over the next few months.

Thank you to all parents who contributed money to today's fundraising event.

Have a great holiday!
Mrs Hurley Mr Greenfield Miss Harvey

YEAR 3/4 BLOG - Friday 4th February '22

Dear Parents,

We hope you've had a great week and also hope that you are all well! This week in Year 3/4 we have been completing our half termly assessments in the morning. We will use the results to inform our next steps in teaching and to ensure that we continue to close any gaps in the children's learning.

INVITATION TO ALL PARENTS

Times tables are at the heart of mental arithmetic, which in itself helps form the basis of a

child’s understanding and ability when working with numbers.

Once children have learnt their times tables to fluency and instant recall,

they are then able to work more confidently through a wide range of calculations and

problem solving. Join us for a Parent Workshop based on Times Tables and how they are taught at

Down Hall Primary School.

Tuesday 1st March 2022 1.30-2.15pmAt this stage Mrs Hurley will be conducting this session via Zoom but there may be a change in

restrictions which will enable the session to run in the school hall with social distancing

measures put in place. If this is the case then we would need to limit numbers to a maximum

of 30 people. 

With special guests (Times Table Champions)If you would like to attend, please email Mrs Hurley: year3_4@downhallprimary.comWe would love to hear from you!

CHANGES TO PE LESSONS

After half term, we will be making some exciting changes to our PE lessons.  

We will be welcoming some new coaches from Jack Of All Sports to our team. 

Mrs Perrins, Mr Attfield, Mr Gray and Mr Harrington will deliver lessons along with Mrs Williamson.  

Please ensure that your child has the correct PE uniform on PE days.  This should consist of:

• Plain, navy blue tracksuit (No logos please e.g. Nike/Puma etc)
• Plain, navy blue shorts
• School t-shirt
• Plain, black trainers (No bright coloured soles or stripes please)

We are really looking forward to working with Mr Harrington and his team and can't wait to welcome them to Down Hall.

If you have any questions regarding PE, please email Miss Sharman using the Year 5/6 email address:

year5_6@downhallprimary.com

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 9th February

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 regularly. Please bring your homework books back to school when you are finished so that we can check them. Thank you.
• Please make sure that your child is continuing to read and work on the Year 3 and 4 spellings which can be found in their reading record books. 

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 64-65 Targeted Pg 64-65 Stretch  Pg 52-53
Maths
Foundation Pg 26 Targeted Pg 26 Stretch  Pg 26

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 64-66 Targeted Pg 64-66 Stretch Pg 52-53
Maths
Foundation Pg 26-27  Targeted Pg 26-27 Stretch Pg 26-27

• 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 practice - Please log on to TTRS and complete your challenge.
• Chinese New Year - research this topic and bring your notes into school on Monday.

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.
• Math's - Year 4 will be completing their statutory Multiplication Tables Check in June this year. To this end, please can you ensure your child is regularly accessing and practicing these at: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

As always, we are available on our email. However, we are also available if you have any quick questions at the end of the day on the playground. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

year3_4@downhallprimary.com

Have a fabulous weekend!

Best wishes

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey