MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

Dear Parents,

We cannot believe 2023 is nearly over! Thank you for all your kind words and gifts. Totally unnecessary of you but gratefully received by us all.

Sady we say a fond farewell to Miss Mkandawire who has been helping in Moonstone class. Thanks for your contribution to our class and we wish you the best of luck on your next steps.

We wish you a very merry Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you back on Monday 8th January 2024.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Love from Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield and Miss Harvey xxx

 

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We have had a lovely week in school and were very luck to watch the fantastic KS1 Christmas production and we will be watching Pearl and Quartz perform their Nativity next week, 

Today, we visited Father Christmas' Grotto and did some Christmas Shopping so thank you to the PTA for organsing such great events for our children. 

In maths, we have been consolidating our learning and in English we have written our own version of The Grinch. We will be completing our rainforest dioramas and Mola art in our last few days.

A reminder that as the cold weather is upon us that as well as coats it would be great to see the children wearing a hat, scarf and gloves to protect them from the chills.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday 20th December - EYFS Nativity 9:30AM

Wednesday 20th December - Last Day of term

Thursday 4th January 2024 - Non Pupil Day

Friday 5th January 2024 - Non Pupil Day

Monday 8th January 2024 - Return to school

HOMEWORK
Must Do:
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 20th December
Homework Pages:
Year 3
English Pg 68+69 - Prefixes un-, dis- and mis- 
Maths - Pg 30+31 - Solving Calculation Problems
Year 4
English Pg 68+69 - Prefixes dis- and mis-
Maths - Pg 30+31 - Solving Calculation Problems

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes at least 3 times a week is super important. Your  Reading Records 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.

• Times table practice - this week we are looking at 7s. 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 term, our project is The Shang Dynasty so please spend some time looking at where this happened and who was involved. We will be looking deeper into the ancient events over the Spring term. This work can be done on paper or completed on Google Docs and shared with your teacher.

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

Year 3/4 Blogpost 08.12.23

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have all had a lovely week and are beginning to think about the upcoming Christmas break. Christmas Jumper Day has been lovely. Once again, thank you for your donations that will go towards Thoko, our sponsored child in Malawi. 

A reminder that as the cold weather is upon us that as well as coats it would be great to see the children wearing a scarf and gloves to protect them from the chills.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday 7th December - Christmas Jumper Day/Christmas Dinner Day

Friday 8th December - PTA Christmas Movie Night

Monday 11th December - PTA Non Uniform Day

Wednesday 13th December - KS1 Christmas Production 2:30PM

Thursday 14th December - KS1 Christmas Production 9:30AM

Friday 15th December - PTA Christmas Grotto

Wednesday 20th December - EYFS Nativity 9:30AM

Wednesday 20th December - Last Day of term

Thursday 4th January 2024 - Non Pupil Day

Friday 5th January 2024 - Non Pupil Day

Monday 8th January 2024 - Return to school

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

All the children looked amazing in their Christmas Jumpers today and we have raised money that will continue to sponsor Thoko and her local community in Malawi. Thank you so much for participating in this and also for donating. Your donation will go towards our continued sponsorship of Thoko. The charity Action Aid use this money to ensure that Thoko and the other children in her community enjoy their right to an education just like all of us at Down Hall. It's amazing to think that from such a small act on our behalf, we can make such a big difference for the young people who live such a long way away but share our right to an education. Thank you all so much!

NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

Due to the children having taken part in assessments all week we have made the decision to give them a break from homework.

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

Year 3/4 Blog Post 1.12.23

Dear Parents,

We have had a very busy week this week finishing off our poetry in English and moving on to looking at Christmas stories. Next week is Assessment week and the children will be completing assessments in English and Maths. Below is a link to the spellings that the children will be tested on:

Autumn 2 Spellings

ESSEX YEAR OF NUMBERS

The Lord Lieutenant competition has launched across schools in Essex

The Lord Lieutenant has launched a competition to kick-off the Essex Year of Numbers. We’re inviting children and young people to create a 2D/3D display (maximum size 1m2 or 1m3), with a short video presentation creatively showing the many ways numbers are used in everyday life.  

Entries can include number patterns, diagrams, calculations, explanations, photographs and models. The competition offers students the chance to think creatively about maths and its everyday use. Further information and terms and conditions are available in our latest news article.

Jennifer Tolhurst, Essex Year of Numbers Competition - Essex County Council

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Our Christmas Jumper Day is Thursday 7th December.  On this day children can wear their fabulous festive jumpers and donate £1 which goes to our continued sponsorship of Thoko in Malawi.  The charity Action Aid use this money to ensure that Thoko and the other children in her community enjoy their right to an education, just like all of us at Down Hall. (Articles 28&29)

 

                                  

HOMEWORK
Must Do:
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Thursday 7th December
Homework Pages:
Year 3
English Pg 10
Maths - Pg 27
Year 4
English Pg 7
Maths - Pg 28

• 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.

• Practise the spellings for next week's assessment. 

• Times table practice - this week we are looking at 6s. 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.

• Earlier this week, the children had an assembly all on Railway Safety. Can they create a poster reminding others of some of the important facts they learnt? 

Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs. Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr. Greenfield