Y 3/4 Blogpost 27.05.22

Happy Friday, everybody! What a lovely week we have all enjoyed in Year 3/4. We cannot believe that the school year is coming to an end in a few weeks time. It has been such a joy having all the children back in school, right where they need to be! We have got a lot of acitivities to do in Summer 2 so watch this space!

Sports Day 2022

Sport's Day will be held this year on Friday 8th July! This will be in the morning for KS2 and in the afternoon for KS1. All parents will be able to come and watch this year and there will be a picnic lunch which you can attend as well. There will be further details to follow but we wanted you to have the date in your diary now so you can make plans as need be. We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Today we marked the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a special assembly and a picnic lunch for the children. It was a lovely sunny day on our school field and all of the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The PTA arranged a non-school uniform day for Friday 27th May and asked the children and adults to wear red, white and/or blue clothing for a suggested donation of £1. Thank you to the PTA for arranging this and to our Down Hall families for your support.

Homework

As it is a very special May holiday and many families will be making the most of spending some well needed time together, we have made the decision not to set any formal homework. However, please find the time to read with your child and if you are in Year 4, we would love you to keep practising for your Year 4 multiplication timestables check. Details are below and also in this week's newsletter. The date for this test is in the second week back after the holidays so do make it your priority to get 25 out of 25.

https://www.mathshed.com/en-gb/mtc?fbclid=IwAR2082ubkl49hENTf_59HlNVWdGVBRkbynxT9gRE7RbAron0-LpWC8CIGEo

Have a fantastic holiday and we will see you on Tuesday 7th June.

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 20.05.22

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have had a lovely week. With sunnier weather coming, please can the children bring a sunhat into school and also apply suncream before school. Children should bring in a bottle of plain water in a named drink container. Please ensure your child's jumper or cardigan is named so we know who to return it to should it be left outside.

LIBRARY VISIT

Next week each class will be walking up to Rayleigh Library. Details were sent out last week. We have not received letters advising that any children are not allowed to go so we will take it that ALL children will be walking there.

ASSESSMENT WEEK

This week the children have taken part in assessments covering maths, Reading, GPS and spelling. The progress they have made since September is amazing and we feel so very proud of the effort that they are all making. Well done to each and every one of you!

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 52-53 Targeted Pg 52-53  Stretch  Pg 73
Maths - Time Problems
Everybody Pg 44-45 to be completed

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 97-98  Targeted  Pg 97-98  Stretch Pg 68-69
Maths - Time Problems
Everybody Pg 51 to be completed

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

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS and Sumdog 
• 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
• Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. This marks 70 years of The Queen being on the throne. In order to celebrate this special occasion, a competition is being held to invent a new pudding and you have been invited to create your own design.  Did you know...? The recipe for Coronation chicken was created in 1953, by florist Constance Spry and chef Rosemary Hume, to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth II. It is believed to be inspired by the ‘Jubilee Chicken’, which was created for George V’s Silver Jubilee in 1935.  

Please draw a picture and give us the name of your pudding. You can include the recipe too either as a Google document or handwritten. We look forward to seeing your creations!  

Have a lovely weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Y 3/4 Blogpost 13.05.22

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have had a lovely week. With sunnier weather coming, please can the children bring a sunhat into school and also apply suncream before school. Children should bring in a bottle of plain water in a named drink container. Please ensure your child's jumper or cardigan is named so we know who to return it to should it be left outside.

HOMEWORK

Please try playing Code Combat up to level 16.

Try the challenge levels if you get to this point.

Other than this, there is no homework set in books but please do continue to read every day and playing TTRS and Sumdog. Year 4's don't forget to practise your times tables on Mathsframe ready for your check in June. Remember you need to get 25/25 to pass!

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

LIBRARY VISIT

Your child would have come home with two letters - one letter tells you how to join Rayleigh library and the other gives details of our visit to our local library not next week but the week after. If your child did not bring these forms home please ask your child's teacher for another copy. No permission is required however if you do not wish for your child to take part, please inform the school office in writing. Last day for forms is Monday.

Have a lovely weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Y 3/4 Blogpost 06.05.22

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have had a lovely week. With sunnier weather coming, please can the children bring a sunhat into school and also apply suncream before school.

YEAR 4 MULTIPLICATION CHECK

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

We have begun a daily assessment in class using the iPads and can see progress made already. Keep up the great work!

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 22-23 Targeted Pg 20-21 Stretch  Pg 20-21
Maths
Everybody Pg 38-39 to be completed

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 22-23 Targeted  Pg 22-23 Stretch Pg 30-31
Maths
Everybody Pg 42-43 to be completed

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
• Design a poster to show what you already know about Electricity. You may ask your teacher for paper to do this or you could complete it as a Google Doc/Slide if you wish. 5 housepoints are up for grabs! Please see attached example if you are not sure what to do.
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Have a lovely weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog 29.04.22

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you have had a lovely week. This week we have been putting the finishing touches to our autobiographies. We cannot wait to share them with you! Thanks for providing baby photos. There are some super cute children in Year 3/4. In Maths, we have now reached the end of our unit on Decimals. However, we still ned to practise dividing by 10 and 100 as this is an area that the children have struggled with.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 18-19 Targeted Pg 18-19 Stretch  Pg 18-19
Maths
Foundation Pg 14-15 Targeted Pg 14-15  Stretch  Pg 14-15  

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 62-63 Targeted  Pg 62-63 Stretch Pg 46-47
Maths
Foundation Pg 34-35 Targeted Pg 34-35   Stretch Pg 34-35

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
• Please can you draw a picture of a food chain and provide an explanation of each one (Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer, Decomposer)

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blog - 22.04.22

Happy Friday everybody! How lovely it was to see the children coming back to school well rested and ready for the Summer Term here at Down Hall. Please do read our newsletter for all our wonderful news!

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS

As previously stated, ALL clubs will begin next week. Please refer to the school website for further details.https://www.downhallprimary.com/

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 20-21 Targeted Pg 16-17 Stretch  Pg 14-15
Maths
Foundation Pg 10-11 Targeted Pg  10-11 Stretch  Pg 10-11

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 44-45 Targeted  Pg 48-49 Stretch Pg 41-42
Maths
Foundation Pg 10-11 Targeted Pg 10-11  Stretch Pg 10-11

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
• Autobiography task - please bring in on Monday

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. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Year 3/4 Blogpost 01.04.22

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!

RAISING MONEY FOR UKRAINE 

The children all look fantastic for their yellow and blue non uniform day. Mrs Valentine has been very busy selling ribbons which have been made by Mrs Gittings. We very much appreciate your donations to this cause. We will let you know after Easter how much we have raised for the Disasters and Emergency Committee appeal for Ukraine. Thank you

Please see information on below on Easter holiday activities with ACtiveAte and Essex Libraries.

 

Easter Holiday Activities

ActivAte Holiday Clubs

Essex are pleased to be working in partnership with Active Essex to deliver over 100 Essex ActivAte holiday clubs across Essex – supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of school aged youngsters!

We have once again extended the offer to provide spaces for those from low income working families, alongside those who are eligible for benefits based free school meals.

Find clubs near you and book here: www.activeessex.org/children-young-people/essex-activate/

 

 

 

Library Activities

There are lots of events and activities taking place in libraries during the Easter holidays.  I would be grateful if you could share the information below with your colleagues, networks and the families you support

• Children’s Author Events – 8 children’s author events with 3 children’s authors are taking place across the county. Full details and booking information is on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/easter-holiday-author-events-for-children/
• Big Easter Book Hunt – find golden tickets hidden in library books between 2 and 23 April to be entered into a prize draw to win a Lenovo Tab M7: Full details on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/big-easter-book-hunt/
• Circus at the Library – several libraries are running circus themed events across the Easter holidays.  Additionally Chelmsford Library will be running a circus skills workshop (booking required and for which there is a charge): Full details on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/circus-at-the-library/
• Essex Libraries Photo project – we are looking for families to send us photos of them reading in their favourite places in order to create colourful customer galleries in local libraries. Full details of how to submit photos can be found on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/essex-library-service-photo-project/
• Story of the Month – to celebrate the Essex Year of Reading we are launching a virtual story of the month. The video we share will be accompanied by activity ideas. The March story is up on our website now: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/story-of-the-month-march/
• Bringing Stories to Life – we are hosting some storysack workshops in conjunction with ACL: Full details and booking information is on our events listing: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/?&EventName=bringing&page=1
• Other events and activities – there will also be other family events and activities taking place at numerous libraries and full details can be found on our events listing which is searchable by library and by audience: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English 
Foundation Pg 85-86  Targeted Pg 90-91  Stretch  Pg 32-33
Maths
Foundation Pg 9 Targeted Pg  9 Stretch  Pg 9

Year 4 
English 
Foundation Pg 94-95 Targeted  Pg 94-95 Stretch Pg 32-33

Maths
Foundation Pg 9 Targeted Pg 9 Stretch Pg 9


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. Just give us a wave and we will pop over! 

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