Dear Parents,

It was lovely to have the children back in school this week and we hope you have had a lovely week celebrating Hallowe'en. This week we had a fire safety assembly in preparation for Bonfire Night. Next week, we have some special lessons lined up to celebrate Remembrance Day. In English, we are looking at a very interesting story called Where the Forests Meets the Sea which has some amazing pictures and sparked some great discussions about the past, present and future states of forests. In maths, we have continued with addition and subtraction.

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
As part of our topic on Rainforests we will be making a shoebox diorama relating to the layers of the rainforest. Please keep the shoeboxes and card coming in.

HOMEWORK
Must Do:
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Thursday 9th November
Homework Pages:
Year 3
English Pg 26-27 (Past and present tense)
Maths - Pg 24-25 (Written addition and subtraction)
Year 4
English Pg 26-27 (Past and present tense)
Maths - Pg 24-25 (Estimating)

• 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 and your reading record in with you every day. 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 8s. Please practice these as we do in school.
• TTRS - Year 4 please can you log on and complete the MTC check and practise. Thank you.

Can Do:

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog - your log ins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Next week, we will be remembering those who fought for us so it would be really nice if you did a little bit of research as to what Remembrance Day is and why we celebrate it every year on the 11th day of the 11th month. What happens at 11am? Why? Please note down your thoughts on paper and bring it in or create a Google Doc on your Drive and share with your teacher.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs. Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr. Greenfield