Year 3/4 Blogpost 31.03.23

Happy Friday everybody! We have made it through another term at Down Hall. Please make sure you rest up over the Easter break. Plenty of things going on this week. Please do read our newsletter for all our wonderful news!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 17th April - first day back to school

Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday

Monday 8th May - King’s Coronation Bank Holiday

WHOLE SCHOOL TRIP TO BARLEYLANDS

On Monday, all of Down Hall Primary School had an amazing time at Barleylands Farm Park. Year 3/4 had a lot of fun on the bouncy pillow and also feeding all the animals. After lunch, we had a very bumpy tractor ride around the farm. We made our own bread and it tasted delicious. 

ANIMAL VISIT TO YEAR 3/4

We have had a visit from Miss Harvey's hedgehog, Hedwig. He is an African Pygmy Hedgehog. We took turns at holding him. He was very shy and would curl up in a ball if he felt a bit threatened. The habitat of a hedgehog is very much under threat. On our visit to Sweyne Park, we didn't see any evidence of them which is very sad.

SCHOOL OPENING TIME CHANGES

Back in December we notified you of the need to

change the school day times, increasing the hours

children are in school from 31.5 hours to 32.5

hours per week. This has been a decision made by

the Department of Education.

From September 2023, our morning registration

will be at 8:45. Gates will open at 8:35 and close

at 8:45.

Many thanks for your cooperation with this.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Homework for all three classes was handed out and is available to view on Google Classrooms. 

Year 3
English 

Page 34-35
Maths
Page 34-35
Year 4 
English 
Page 28-29
Maths
Page 54-55

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 Sumdog

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

• Easter Holiday task -   you have been working so hard this term. It's now time to take a break and have two weeks off. See the tick list below of things we hope you manage to do!

We are available on our Year 3/4 email for matters that arise from time to time. Please could you ensure that you are emailing the school office in regards to any administrative matters such as child absence or changes to pick up. Again, we would like to reiterate that we would prefer you to come and see us at the end of the day if there are any issues or questions that you have. 

Have a wonderful Easter break, stay safe and we look forward to welcoming you all back for a very exciting summer term!

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey