Year 3/4 Blogpost 15.07.22

Happy Friday, everybody, and welcome to the last blog for this academic year! It has been an absolute pleasure to teach such a lovely group of children and we are so very proud of each and every one of them! We wish them all the very best on their next steps of their educational journey.

YEAR 3/4 EMAIL

Our emails will not be checked regularly from Wednesday 20th July until 1st September. 

PHASE GROUP EMAILS
Please remember that if your child is moving classes then a new email address will be your point of contact. If your child is moving into Year 3 or Year 4 then our email is:

year3_4@downhallprimary.com

If your child is moving up to Year 5 then your point of contact is:

year 5_6@downhallprimary.com

HOMEWORK

Whilst no official homework has been set, it might be an idea to get your child to read regularly and log on to TTRS and Sumdog occasionally. As well, it is still not too late to enter the Summer Reading Challenge - details are on the bookmark bought home by each child.

LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER

If you have any particular questions about next year, please ask rather than worry about these over the summer. It might be a good idea if your child is entering Year 3 to have a look at the Year 3/4 class pages of our website to see the overview of learning that will be covered.

https://sites.google.com/downhallprimary.com/year3-4

HOT WEATHER

As I am sure you are all aware, the forecast for next week is for very high temperatures. You may send your child into school in their PE kit on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as it might help them feel more comfortable during the day.

We will also be making some capacity for children to spend some time inside at lunch times if they wish to avoid becoming too overheated. Please ensure that children come to school each day with a sun hat, a bottle of cool water and sun cream already applied.

To help us all cool down, the fabulous PTA will be selling ice creams after school on Wednesday!

BOOK COLLECTION

All children have handed in their reading diaries. We will pass these on to their next class teacher so they are ready to be re-issued in September.

The children's school work books are all handed up also - current book and most recent completed book. These completed books are sent home after the October half term.

Thank you to all of you who have supported us this year. It has been a pleasure to teach your children and we are grateful to you for your kind words. Wishing you a very happy and calm summer ahead.

Remember: children return to school on Monday 5th September.

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 08.07.22

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday, everybody! This week, the children have been taking part in assessments and they have done us all proud! Every single child has given it their absolute all and that is all that really matters. Next week will be Week 6 - our final full week. Thursday sees the return of our Open Evening. We cannot wait for our children to share all their amazing work and learning from the year. You will also receive your child's report next Friday.

Please see below for important diary dates. 

Saturday 9th July             PTA Summer Festival

Thursday 14th July          Open Evening 4-6pm

Friday 15th July                 Reports out

Wednesday 20th July       Last day of term

LIBRARY VISIT

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week we visited the Rayleigh library and learnt about our project about Britain 1900-1950. And  it was about how schools were years ago going back to the 1900's and we discussed how it was like back then and the person who was telling about what are learning about is called Karen. If you want to get a library card it would look a bit different to the children's one because the children’s one is green and the adults one is orange 

You can borrow books and you can get 14 at a time so you don't have to come back. which is renewing. Essex has 74 libraries. Everybody who brought a library card got one book or some people got two.Thank you to the workers at the library for letting us go to library and talking about what it was like back then and thank you to the people who took us down to the library.

By Alfie L and Maxwell (Moonstone Class)

SPORTS DAY

What a day we have all had. The children had so much fun and were so well behaved. Congratulations to all the winners in the sprints and relays, throwing and jumping events. A massive well done to all the children who showed such determination and enthusiasm. Many thanks go to Miss Sharman for organising all the events. And lastly, a huge thanks to all our lovely families. We hope you enjoyed your day with us!

MEDAL CEREMONY

Apologies that we ran out of time to complete the medal ceremony on Sports Day.

On Monday at 3pm the gates will be open for all parents to come and watch the KS2 winners receive their medals. We hope you can make it.

PSHE - CHANGING ME

This half term in Personal, Social and Health Education we are learning about how to cope with change. This includes learning about change in ourselves as we grow from a baby to how we are now. It also includes a lesson next week in which we will be noting the differences between male and female bodies, using the correct terminology. This lesson is very much laying the foundations for future Relationships and Sex Education, which is now a statutory requirement to be taught in schools. We see this as a crucial part of Safeguarding our children and keeping them safe. We are planning to deliver this lesson on Wednesday 6th July.

UNICEF SHOESHARE APPEAL

Once again on the last day of term we are collecting shoes in partnership with Unicef and Clarks, who will cleverly turn our old shoes into money that will help fulfil the rights of children around the world. You can send your child with a spare pair of shoes on the final day this term so that they can place their unwanted school shoes into our collection box. If you have any other unwanted pairs you can send these in too and if you want to get started early with a big shoe clear out, we will have a box ready to take them from Monday 11th July. Shoes must be in a wearable condition with no holes or broken soles and paired together with an elastic band. You can find out more about Shoeshare here; UNICEF & CLARKS SHOESHARE APPEAL.  Our last collection total was 145 pairs of shoes, let's see if together we can smash this total!

Article 28 & 29:  Every child has the right to an education

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Preview YouTube video ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

HOMEWORK PAGES

Please can you make an effort to finish all outstanding pages in your Maths and English homework books. We know how hard you've worked this week on your assessments so we will be setting no other formal work.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 01.07.22

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! Next week as well as conducting assessments on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning, we will be walking up to Rayleigh library for our visit. Please read the details for this visit below. Friday is the KS2 Sports Day - you should have received a letter outlining all the important details you need to know.

Please see below for important diary dates. 

Friday 8th July                -    Sports Day

Saturday 9th July            -    PTA Summer Festival

Thursday 14th July          -   Open Evening 4-6pm

Wednesday 20th July      -   Last day of term

LIBRARY VISIT

Next Monday, Garnet class will be walking up to Rayleigh library to participate in activities relating to our current Project, Britain 1900-1950. Children will need to come to school in school uniform but may wear comfortable walking shoes if they wish. Moonstone will be walking up on Tuesday and will be in PE kits and Opal will be going on Wednesday. The children will leave school at 9.30 and will return by 12pm in time for lunch.  

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 Violet and James

MOONSTONE Dylan

GARNET Izzy

SPORTS DAY

Please see the letter that was sent home on Thursday afternoon for arrangements. Sports Day will take place on Friday 8th July beginning at 9.15am.

PSHE - CHANGING ME

This half term in Personal, Social and Health Education we are learning about how to cope with change. This includes learning about change in ourselves as we grow from a baby to how we are now. It also includes a lesson next week in which we will be noting the differences between male and female bodies, using the correct terminology. This lesson is very much laying the foundations for future Relationships and Sex Education, which is now a statutory requirement to be taught in schools. We see this as a crucial part of Safeguarding our children and keeping them safe. We are planning to deliver this lesson on Wednesday 6th July.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3

English 

Foundation Pg 38-39 Targeted Pg 38-39  Stretch  Pg 48-49

Maths

Everybody Pg 55 to be completed

Year 4 

English 

Foundation Pg 41-42  Targeted  Pg 40-41  Stretch Pg 54-55

Maths

Everybody Pg 64-66 to be completed

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey