Year 3/4 Blogpost Friday 19th November 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you are all well.  As you know, there have been a number of positive cases of Covid these last couple of weeks in Year 3/4.  We would like to thank you all for being so supportive and making sure that your children have received both lateral flow and PCR tests.  

Unfortunately, Mrs Hurley also tested positive and was not in school this week. We are hoping that she returns on Monday 22nd November. 

If your child is off school and feels well, work can be found on their Google Classroom pages. These will continue to be updated daily. Please ask your children to submit work if you would like it to be checked.  If they are feeling unwell, then we do not expect them to complete work. We wish everyone a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming you back soon.

HOMEWORK

Please see the classroom blog for details. Please can you keep your homework books at home for the time being.

CHILDREN IN NEED

We had a great time in our pjs at school today. Thanks so much for your kind donations. We will give a updated total as soon as we hear how much the Down Hall children have raised!

Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 12th November 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. We have had a super busy week in Year 3/4 and next week looks even busier! If you are currently self-isolating at home, we wish you all better and cannot wait to see you in school soon!

Here are a few messages that you need to know...

Friday 19th November 2021

This year to celebrate Children in Need, we will be having a pyjama day at school on Friday 19th November. Children can wear their favourite PJs to school, however please remember that all children still need to wear sensible outdoor shoes so that they will be safe going outside, and to also bring a coat.

The children will be taking part in fun activities during the day, with prizes and rewards to be won. Suggested donation is £1 per child to raise money for such a great cause, but you can give more if you wish. There will be a bucket for donations at the gate during morning drop off. 

Children in Need has strong links to our work on SMSC and RRS.  We will be looking at the charities that Children in Need supports and making specific links to the Spiritual and Social threads of SMSC and to the following RRS Articles :

Article 1: All children under 18 have all the rights in the convention. 

Article 23: Any child with a disability must be provided with support so they can live as fully and independently as possible. 

Article 27: All children have the right to a good standard of living which meets their physical, social and mental needs. 

We thank you for taking part and can’t wait to see everyone in their favourite PJs!  If you want to find out more you can check out all of the information here.

Together we can change young lives - BBC Children in Need

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 17th November

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring back your Homework books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES
Year 3    English Homophones  Maths  Written Subtraction
Year 4    English Tricky Homophones  Maths  Written Subtraction

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 5'/6's. Please practise these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Write a story about how your family commemorates Remembrance Day. Do you have any relatives who fought in the war? Perhaps you have got medals that have been passed down. Submit as a Google document please.
• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog and Myon or Big Cat - your logins are stuck in  the front cover of your Reading Records.

REMEMBRANCE DAY 

The children all took part in a variety of classroom activities to commemorate Remembrance Day. We sat respectfully for a 2 minutes silence at 11am. We also learned about the poppy and its significance.

This year we are covering ‘Celebrating our Differences’ in PSHE. In light of this, we would like to participate in ‘Odd Socks Day’ to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week. 

There is no pressure to buy the latest fashion or buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks, it could not be simpler! The theme is ‘One Kind Word’ so we will be linking our work to the Rights in the UNCRC. The children will design their odd socks and then place a kind word on their sock to share with their peers.

A24:  Every child has the right to the best possible health, including mental health.

A1:  Children’s rights apply to all children, everywhere, all the time.

 

Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 5th November 2021

Dear Parents,
We hope you have all had a lovely week. Year 3/4 children have been super busy continuing their learning on column addition and subtraction. It has been amazing to see how much progress each child has made towards this written calculation method. In English we have been studying Shape Poems. We did these to coincide with Bonfire Night in mind. The children also participated in an online assembly relating to firework safety provided by Essex Fire Service. It was also lovely to be able to participate in a whole school assembly this morning - albeit by Zoom but lovely to see all the children nonetheless. 

WHOLE SCHOOL ENGLAND SUMDOG CONTEST

Calling all of you amazing mathematicians! 
You have been entered into the Sumdog England Competition. It starts on Friday 5 November at 3.30pm, and finishes at 3.30pm on Thursday 11th November at 9am
Why not have a go and get your class on the school leaderboard?
I will be monitoring how well each class is doing. The winning class will get extra playtime!
Let's show our school what great mathematicians we are!
Good luck.
Mrs Hurley 

WINTER IS FAST APPROACHING

Please ensure your child brings a warm coat to wear on a daily basis.
Many thanks

SCHOOL COUNCIL
Article 12 of the UNCRC states that every child has the right to have their voices heard in matters that affect them.  With this in mind we cannot wait to get the School Council up and running so that our children can share ideas, take discussions back to classes and ALL children can be involved in decision making in a democratic way.  A huge well done to everyone brave enough to put themselves forward.  Classes have now voted and the results have been counted!  Congratulations to our new School Councillors:

Opal: Lexie W

Moonstone: Lottie

Garnet: Leo C

We know you will do a great job of representing your classmates in meetings and keeping us informed.  The first meeting will take place very soon!

REMEMBRANCE DAY 

Next week we will be conducting a special day of Remembrance on the 11th November. We will be learning about the meaning of this special day. If the children have any items that they wish to share please feel free to bring them in to school.

Poppies and other items will be for sale next week. Please read the school newsletter for more details.

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 10th November

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your back your Homework Books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3    English Noun Phrases Maths Mental Addition and Subtraction

Year 4    English Noun Phrases   Maths Roman Numerals

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 4's/5's/6's Please practise these as we do in school.

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.

This year we are covering ‘Celebrating our Differences’ in PSHE. In light of this, we would like to participate in ‘Odd Socks Day’ to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week. 

There is no pressure to buy the latest fashion or buy expensive costumes. All you have to do to take part is wear odd socks, it could not be simpler! The theme is ‘One Kind Word’ so we will be linking our work to the Rights in the UNCRC. The children will design their odd socks and then place a kind word on their sock to share with their peers.

A24:  Every child has the right to the best possible health, including mental health.

A1:  Children’s rights apply to all children, everywhere, all the time.

 

Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Thursday 21st October 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. We are so very proud of all our children. They have all worked really hard and tried their best this term, which is all we ever ask of them.

Thank you to those of you who have booked an appointment with us for tomorrow's Parent/Teacher Consultations. We are very much looking forward to seeing you.

CHRISTMAS CARDS

Your child has bought their artwork home. Please read the accompanying letter and follow the instructions. The artwork must come back to school on the first day back after the holidays  please.

HOMEWORK

We would like you all to enjoy a well deserved rest so we are not setting any formal homework over the holidays. 

If your child would like to be a school council representative then please prepare a presentation for your class to share in the first week back. We will be delighted to have a Down Hall School Council for the first time in ages...

HARVEST FESTIVAL

Thank you so much to all of you that have contributed to our Harvest Festival collection this year for South Essex Extended Services.  Every single donation does make a difference and is given to children and families in our own local community that need it the most. 

RRS A 27:  Every child has the right to a standard of living good enough to meet their physical, social and mental needs.

Have a wonderful holiday!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 15th October 2021

 Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. Year 3/4 children have been super busy learning all about addition in maths. Some children have been introduced to the column method so it would be great to see you practising this for your homework this week. In Art, we have been very busy creating our Christmas card for you to purchase cards. We will be sending these home for you to look at next week.

Parent/Teacher Consultations

Please continue to  book an appointment to meet with your child's class teacher on Friday 22nd October, 8:30am to 3:30pm.  Use the Scopay app to secure your slot.  We will, once again, be using Zoom.  A meeting link will be sent to you nearer the time. 

Harvest Festival

Our Harvest Festival collection continues with a collection box at the gate and any contributions are greatly appreciated.  Here is the link to our Harvest Blog and to our Harvest Festival Samba song to get you in the mood! Thank you to all those that have already contributed!

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 20th October

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your back your Homework Books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3    English Capital Letters    Maths Written Addition

Year 4    English Capital Letters    Maths Written Addition

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 4's/5's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.
• Practise painting a picture at home. What brush skills did you use? You may bring your artwork into school to share with your class.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 8th October 2021

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. Year 3/4 children have been super busy learning all about addition and subtraction and discovering the importance of Black History Month through poetry. In science we have studied fossils and how they are formed.

Parent/Teacher Consultations

You are now able to book an appointment to meet with your child's class teacher on Friday 22nd October, 8:30am to 3:30pm.  Please use the Scopay app to secure your slot.  We will, once again, be using Zoom.  A meeting link will be sent to you nearer the time. 

Phase Emails

Please remember, that if you wish to contact your child's class teacher, you can use the phase email.  The address to use for the Year 3/4 teachers is: year 3_4@downhallprimary.com

Your emails will be responded to as soon as possible by a member of staff. This may not be until the following working day (or Monday, if sent after 4pm on Fridays.)

If you wish to inform a teacher of your child's absence, an appointment or a change in drop-off/collection arrangements, please contact the school office rather than the phase emails, as these are not checked regularly during teaching hours.

Finally, please remain courteous and polite to our staff when emailing. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated and will be forwarded to Mrs Nelson.

Harvest Festival

Next week we will be starting our harvest festival collection for the children and families in our own community who might need a helping hand.  There will be a collection box at the gate from next week and any contributions will be greatly appreciated.  Here is the link to our Harvest Festival to get you in the mood!  Harvest Festival Samba

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 13th October

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 from time to time. Please make sure you bring your back your Homework Books by Wednesday of the following week.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3    English Nouns and Adjectives    Maths Place Value and Partitioning

Year 4    English Nouns and Adjectives    Maths Place Value and Partitioning

• 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 practise - this week we are looking at 4's/5's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 1st October 2021

 Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week.

This week, in Year 3/4 we have been using the film 'The Avengers' as a stimulus for our writing.  The children are producing some very detailed newspaper reports.

In maths, the children have been learning about greater/less than and also work on numberlines and negative numbers. Our learning of Roman Numerals features in this week's homework and although it is for Year 4 children it would be great to see all Year 3 children give it a go please.

We are still waiting for homework books to arrive.  Hopefully they will be with us next week.

Please remember that with the onset of colder weather, all children need a warm and waterproof coat at all times.

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Friday 8th October
As our homework books have not arrived, we will continue setting your homework on Google Classroom.

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 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 3 100% scores to move up a level.
• High Frequency Words - Learn the words specific to your Spelling Group. Practise spelling them out loud and writing them down.
• Times table practise - this week we are looking at 4's. Please practise these as we do in school.

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.
• Roman Numerals worksheet

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher or hand write neatly onto paper and bring it into school.
Please ask for help if you are unsure!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield