Year 3/4 Blog Friday 2nd December '22

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have all had a lovely week and are beginning to think about the upcoming Christmas break. Looking ahead to Christmas Jumper Day which will be next Friday, please come to school in regular school uniform (including a tie) wearing a Christmas jumper if you choose to do so. Check out this week's newsletter for more details.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 9th December - Christmas Jumper Day

Wednesday 14th December - Christmas Dinner Day

Friday 16th December - PTA Christmas Grotto/Christmas Sale

Tuesday 20th December 9:30am - EYFS nativity to parents

Tuesday 20th December - last day of school

Thursday 5th January 2023 - return to school

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Article 28 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that "All children have the right to an education".  We take this right very seriously at Down Hall and just over 3 years ago, the School Council chose to raise money to sponsor a child to go to school who currently did not enjoy this right.  

We are now in our 5th year of sponsoring Thoko, a girl from Malawi, to go to school.  It is through wearing our Christmas jumpers and making a donation on this day that pays for Thoko's education for the whole year!  So, feel very festive in your Christmas jumper on Friday, but also feel very proud when you make your suggested £1 donation that you are making a massive impact on the life of another child. 

 

                                  

PLASTIC BAGS

Please can you provide your child with a strong plastic bag. This bag will be used to put your child's previous school books in. Many thanks.

HOMEWORK
Must Do
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Thursday 8th December
Homework Pages
Year 3 - English everybody Pg 8-9 Verbs
Maths - everybody Pg 12/13 Partitioning numbers

Year 4 - English everybody Pg 6 Verbs
Maths everybody Pg 6 Counting in Multiples

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes at least 3 times a week 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 3x 100% scores to move up a level.
• High Frequency Words - Learn the words in your Reading Records. Practice spelling them out loud and writing them down.
• Times table practice - this week we are looking at 5's/6's. Please practice these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• https://school-learningzone.co.uk/key_stage_two/ks2_religious_education/ks2_christmas/ks2_christmas.html

Click on the link to find out all about the true meaning of Christmas.

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development.

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day. Just come down the steps to see us!

Have a great weekend!

Kind regards,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey and Mr Greenfield