YEAR 3/4 BLOG - Friday 28th January '22

Dear Parents,

We hope you've had a great week and also hope that you are all well! This week in Year 3/4 we have been continuing to draft and publish our creation stories and we aim to share these across all the 3 classes soon. In math's, we have been looking at area and perimeter. We were able to go outside; and using a variety of measuring tools, we were able to find the perimeter of different objects that contained a square or an oblong/rectangle.

PE - MONDAY

Could all children in OPAL and GARNET class please wear their PE kit to school on Monday? They will be taking part in some PE taster sessions. Tuesday will be normal PE for all of Year 3/4. Thanks

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 2nd February

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. 

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English - 
Foundation Pg  30-31    Targeted Pg 34-35 Stretch  Pg 22-23
Maths - 
Foundation Pg  25 Targeted Pg  25 Stretch  Pg 25

Year 4 
English -  
Foundation Pg 30-31 Targeted Pg 29-30 Stretch Pg 27-28
Maths - 
Foundation Pg 20-21  Targeted Pg 20-21  Stretch Pg 20-21

• 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 - this week we are learning our 7/8 times tables. Please practice 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.
• 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
• Reading Comprehension - Chinese New Year.Chinese New Year. Please write your answers fully by including the question in it. Answers on a piece of paper or share as a Google doc. You can complete as much of this selection of work as you would like. House points will be given to those who extend their own learning.

As always, we are available on our email. However, we are also available if you have any quick questions at the end of the day on the playground. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

year3_4@downhallprimary.com

Have a fabulous weekend!

Best wishes

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

YEAR 3/4 BLOG - Friday 21st January '22

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday everybody! It has been a very busy beginning of the Spring Term in Year 3/4 - we have been continuing to write our creation stories to their conclusion in English. In Maths, we have been looking at length and area. Part of our lesson involved measuring our feet and using cm and mm to accurately do so. We also ordered and compared these measurements as seen in the photo below. The children came up with a thought provoking question. Does the tallest person always have the largest foot?

In Science, the children have begun growing some cress seed as part of an ongoing investigation. This photo marks day one of this task.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 26th January

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. 

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English -  Apostrophes
Foundation Pg   46-47    Targeted Pg 50-51 Stretch  Pg 40-41
Maths - Length/Area Questions ONLY
Foundation Pg 38-39  Targeted Pg 38-39 Stretch  Pg 38-39

Year 4 
English -  Apostrophes
Foundation Pg 52  Targeted Pg 50-51   Stretch Pg 40 and 44
Maths - Area
Foundation Pg 46-47  Targeted Pg  46-47   Stretch Pg  46-47

• 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 learing our 7/8 times tables. 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.
• Maths - 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 practising these at: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

This activity exactly mirrors the 'Multiplication Tables Check' that will be given to children at the end of Year 4. They are tested on their multiplication tables up to 12 x 12. There are twenty-five questions and children have six seconds to answer each question and three seconds between questions. The questions are generated randomly using the same rules as the 'Multiplication Tables Check' 

Watch this video together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct5cDctLVTI

YEAR 3 - feel free to do this as well!

Have a fantastic weekend,

With love from the Year 3/4 teachers

Friday 14th January 2022

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a wonderful week. It flew by! The children are continuing to work really hard on their division in maths. It is great to see all their hard work in learning their times tables now paying off. In English, we are writing our own creating stories based on an ancient Chinese example, Pan Gu. We hope to be able to show you these at some point. 

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 19th January
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.  If there is not a copy already in you reading record, one will be glued in on Monday or sent home as a paper copy. Year 3/4 spellings can also be found in the Year 3/4 section in our school website. 

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English - Suffixes
Foundation Pg 70-71  Targeted Pg 72-73   Stretch  Pg 66-67
Maths - Counting in Multiples
Foundation Pg 8 Targeted Pg 8 Stretch  Pg 8

If you have completed these previously, please revise multiples and remember to apply them in your maths work.

If you are finding your homework a bit tricky please ask your teacher for some help 👍


Year 4 
English -  Suffixes
Foundation Pg 76-77  Targeted Pg 76-77  Stretch Pg 61-62

Maths - Mental Multiplying and Dividing
Foundation Pg 23 Targeted Pg 23  Stretch Pg 23

• 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 learing our 7 times tables. 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.

• Maths - A TTRS battle has been set up between the three classes.  The battle will run from today until next Wednesday.

As always, we are available on our Year 3/4 email. However, we are also available if you have any quick questions at the end of the day on the playground. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

Have a great weekend.

Lots of love from

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Friday 7th January 2022

Dear Parents,

Welcome to 2022 and a new term at Down Hall Primary School. We hope that you all had a wonderful festive break and are now ready to settle in to the Spring term.

PROJECT

This term we will be studying China and the Ancient Shang Dynasty. Chinese New Year takes place on the 1st of February this year and we will be making some Chinese food to celebrate. If you have any connections at all to China and its culture please let us know as it would be great to have you share your experiences.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 12th January
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.

HOMEWORK PAGES
This week your homework is to review time. We have not covered this in class but learning to tell the time is a super important life skill.

Year 3
English - Prefixes
Foundation Pg 62-63  Targeted Pg 68-69  Stretch  Pg 60-61
Maths - Clocks
Foundation 
Pg 43  Targeted Pg 43  Stretch  Pg 43


Year 4 
English -  Prefixes
Foundation Pg  68-69 Targeted Pg  68-69  Stretch Pg 56-57

Maths - Clocks
Foundation Pg 50 Targeted Pg 50  Stretch Pg 50

• 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 reviewing 1-6 times tables. 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.
• For our project this term we are looking at China. Please can you research a landmark to share with your class ie. The Great Wall of China.

As always, we are available on our Year 3/4 email. However, we are also available if you have any quick questions at the end of the day on the playground. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

Have a great weekend.

Lots of love from

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL 🎄

Dear Parents,

Firstly, thank you for your continued support this term, it’s been a challenging one for all of us, but your cooperation and understanding has been really appreciated.

The children have all be so resilient and worked very hard this term, we are extremely proud of you.

HOMEWORK

We will not be setting any formal homework over the Christmas holidays but please could your child continue to read for 15 minutes per day? It would great if they were able to log into MyOn and TTRS if they are able to as well.

CHRISTMAS SONG

We would like to share with you a bit of Christmas cheer. Please log onto Google Classroom later on today to access a recording of our song!

Merry Christmas to you all. Thank you so much for all your kind gifts and words of appreciation.

May 2022 be kinder to us all.

Kind regards, and stay safe! 

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Yera 3/4 Blogpost - Friday 10th December 2021

Dear Parents/Caregivers,
We hope you have all had a lovely week and are beginning to think about the upcoming Christmas break which begins next Friday. Christmas Jumper Day has been lovely. Once again, thank you for your donations that will go towards Thoko, our sponsored child in Malawi. Please keep your eyes peeled for your child's picture in the special Christmas supplement of the Evening Echo. Details will be published in the weekly newsletter.

Next Friday, we would love it if all children could be present at 'normal' going home time (3pm). We will be working on a surprise for you all and would like you to be on the playground to see it! 🎅🎅🎅

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 15th December

• 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 leave your homework books at home for the time being. Your answers are at the back of your book so ask a grown up to go through them with you 😃

HOMEWORK PAGES

Must Do
Year 3
English - Commas
Foundation Pg 42-43 Targeted  Pg 46-47 Stretch  Pg 38-39
Maths - Counting in Multiples
Foundation Pg 8  Targeted Pg 8  Stretch Pg 8 

Year 4 
English - Commas
Foundation Pg 46-47 Targeted Pg 42-43  Stretch Pg 38-39

Maths - Mental Multiplying and Dividing
Foundation Pg 23 Targeted Pg 23 Stretch Pg 23

• 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 reviewing 1-6 times tables. 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.
• You are allowed to bring Christmas cards in for your friends if you wish!

Have a lovely weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog Friday 3rd December 2021

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.

As you will be aware, due to Covid, we are required to keep the classrooms well ventilated.  Therefore, doors and windows are open during the day.  As the weather has decided to take on a wintery feel, we would encourage children to bring coats to school every day. If they would like to wear an extra layer, please encourage them to do so.

This week in Year 3 and 4, the children have enjoyed finishing their letters. In maths we have been reviewing money, measurement and times tables. They have planned a science investigation which we wil be doing in class next week. In project we took a look at the Bronze Age and why it was so much better for Stone Age people.

EMERGENCY SERVICES CENOTAPH

Today we took part in the Unite The Uniforms campaign in honour of the millions of people who have served in the NHS and emergency services. Thank you so much for your kind donations. These will go towards building the UK’s first ‘Emergency Services Cenotaph’.

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 4th 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.  You can read an update on our School Council activities here.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 8th December

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English - Capital Letters for names and I
Foundation Pg 32-33 Targeted  Pg 36-37 Stretch  Pg 34-36
Maths - Using Times Table Facts
Foundation Pg 23-24 Targeted Pg 23-24   Stretch  Pg 23-24 
Year 4 
English - Adverbials

Foundation Pg 18-19 Targeted Pg 20-21 Stretch Pg  20-21

Maths - Written Multiplication

Foundation Pg 25 Targeted Pg 25 Stretch Pg 25

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 leave your homework books at home for the time being. Your answers are at the back of your book so ask a grown up to go through them with you 😃

• 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 reviewing 1-6 times tables. Please practise these as we do in school.
• Please practise the appropriate spelling list. This is on Google Classroom. You have already been learning these in your handwriting lesosns. You will be tested on these next week.

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.
• We would like to sing some Christmas songs together. Please can you share a list of songs that you think would be appropriate for us to sing.

Have a lovely weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield