Year 3/4 Blogpost 20.10.23

Dear Parents,

We made it! Thanks for all so much for your support. May we take this opportunity to wish you and your children a happy and restful half term. It has been an absolute pleasure to teach all of your amazing children and I know that I speak for all of us when I say we could not be more proud of them all.

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.

SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

This week children have voted for their School Councillors. Those who wanted to be considered needed to give a speech to their class who then voted on who they wanted to represent them. Well done to everyone who stood for election as it takes determination and bravery to write and deliver a speech. Democracy is important at Down Hall and the following children were elected as their class:

School Councillors:

Garnet - Sienna

Moonstone - Olly 

Opal -  Aiden 

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

As part of our topic on Rainforests we will be making a shoebox diorama relating to the layers of the rainforest. Please can we ask you to start collecting a shoebox and card to enable us to make these after the half term. 

Thanks for you support.

HOMEWORK
Must Do
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Thursday 2nd November
Homework Pages
Year 3 - English Pg 18-19
Maths - Pg 9

Year 4 - English Pg 14-15
Maths - Pg 23

• 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 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 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 4's. 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.
• Create a shape poem to do with Halloween. It could be in the shape of a pumpkin or you could let your imagination run wild. Please bring into school to share after the half term.

Have a super holiday and see you on the 30th of October.

🎃

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield 

Year 3/4 Blogpost Friday 13th October

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week.
In English this week we have started to focus on Acrostic Poetry. In Maths, we have begun to focus on addition and subtraction, focusing mainly on the mental strategies that can be used for addition. 

Please remember that with the onset of colder weather, all children need a warm and waterproof coat at all times. The weather can be very up and down this time of year.

World Wellbeing Day

It was lovely to see all the children come into school on Tuesday in their comfortable clothes for World Wellbeing Day. In school, we used the film 'Inside Out' as a way of discussing our emotions, answering questions and completing tasks.

East of England Sumdog Maths Contest

Calling all of you amazing mathematicians! 

You have been entered into the Sumdog Competition. It starts on Friday 13th October at 3.30pm, and finishes at 3.30pm on Thursday 19th October.

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 👍

SCHOOL COUNCIL

If your child would like to be a school council representative then please prepare a presentation for your class to be shared on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon of next week. We will be delighted to have a child from each class represent Year 3/4 children on our Down Hall School Council.

HARRY POTTER DAY

Thank you to everyone who came along to the Harry Potter Book Day event! It was very busy but it was lovely to see so many people attend. 

We didn't have time to fit everything in so here is a link to the activities should you want to have a go at them or finish your drawings and of course for anyone else who did not attend. At the end of the video, there are some spells and it shows you how you use your wand to cast them which looks really fun!

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/twinkl-partnerships/harry-potter/book-day 

HOMEWORK

Must Do
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Friday 20th October
Homework Pages
Year 3 

English Pg 5
Maths - Pg 22

Year 4

English Pg 5
Maths Pg 22

• 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 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 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 3's/4's. Please practice these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• In this week's assembly the children learnt all about Digital Wellbeing. The following link has a number of games that reinforce the messages and tips that were given during the assembly. 

Interland

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

Year 3/4 Blogpost Friday 6th October

 

Year 3/4 Blogpost Friday 6th October

Dear Parents,
We hope you have all had a lovely week.
In English this week we have started to write our persuasive text on Brazil. In maths, we are coming to the end of number and place value and will be starting addition and subtraction next week. 

Please remember that with the onset of colder weather, all children need a warm and waterproof coat at all times. The weather can be very up and down this time of year.

Jamie Knight                 

We were very lucky to have a visit from Jamie Knight this week who was very busy all day. He worked with each class and held a masterclass after school as well as showing his amazing skills to the parents. 

   

Cress

This week, we have carried out a scientific experiment and have been observing how cress seeds grow in different environments. Ask your child to explain to you what their one looked like this week. We have now put them all in a place where they can get their needs (light, warmth, water) and will observe if and how they change.

Harvest Collection

Thank you to everyone that kindly donated food for The One Love Project; a soup kitchen and food bank providing support for those families and children that really need it. We celebrated today in school with a special assembly where we all shared songs that we have rehearsed for the occasion.  We thank you for your continued support in helping our children to understand Children's Rights and learn how to look after ourselves, each other and our world. 

RSS Articles 24 and 27: Every child has the right to the best possible health and a good standard of living.

               

World Mental Health Day Tuesday 10th October

The The theme for 2023, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘ Mental health is a universal human right’. Down Hall Primary School see wellbeing as ‘being comfortable, healthy and/or happy’. To celebrate this very important day, we would like the children to come to school wearing clothes that are comfortable, and if possible linking to the colours of ‘Inside Out’ which are: Green, Purple, Yellow, Blue and  Red. We hope that this will encourage them to explore some of their own emotions. Throughout the day, children will be taking part in class activities relating to World Mental Health Day. We aim to raise awareness of mental health and drive positive change for everyone’s mental health. Should you wish to continue doing activities at home, please use the following link and sign up for suggestions:

https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/mental-wellbeing-intofilmplus

Harry Potter Book Day

Dear Parents/ Carers

Thursday 12th October is Harry Potter book day and Miss Harvey is inviting any fellow Harry Potter fans to attend a special after school event full of Harry Potter activities to celebrate. 

This will be straight after school until 4pm and all children are welcome to attend but be quick as there are only 30 spaces.

Dressing up is encouraged so please feel free to bring something to change into for the event. 

A letter will come home by owl on Monday with a reply slip.

HOMEWORK

Must Do
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Friday 13th October
Homework Pages
Year 3 

English Pg 20-21 - Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Maths - Pg 16-17 - Solving Number Problems

Year 4

English Pg 22-23 - Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Maths Pg 12-13 - Rounding

• 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 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 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 3's/4's. Please practice these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Bring in a photo, drawing or create a poster showing what you do take some time out for yourself. E.g. reading, listening to music, playing football, art, etc and we will share them over next week.
• We have been growing cress. Do any of you grow anything at home? If so please bring in or send a picture of something you are growing at home.

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

Year 3/4 Blogpost 29.09.23

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week.
In English this week we have been looking at persuasive writing. The children have begun planning their own travel brochure about Brazil to support our learning in project lessons. In maths we have continued to look at Place Value including comparing and ordering numbers and Roman numerals.

HARVEST FESTIVAL
For Harvest this year we are collecting for The One Love Project; a soup kitchen and food bank providing support for those families and children that really need it.  We will celebrate in school with a special assembly where we will share songs that we have rehearsed for the occasion.  If you are able to send in any non-perishable items for the collection before Friday 6th October they would be most gratefully received.  We thank you for your continued support in helping our children to understand Children's Rights and learn how to look after ourselves, each other and our world. 

RSS Articles 24 and 27: Every child has the right to the best possible health and a good standard of living.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to pop in and see us.

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Friday 
Homework Pages
Year 3 - English Everybody Pg 64-65
Maths - Everybody Pg 12-13

Year 4 - English Everybody Pg 64-65
Maths
Everybody Pg 15

Must Do

• 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 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 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 2's, 5's and 10's. Please practice these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Making our school community a better place - if you have any suggestions on how to do this please can you write your ideas down and share them with your teachers.

If you have any issues or questions, please come and see us at the end of the day. 

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

Year 3/4 Blogpost 22.09.23

 Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week.

This week, in Year 3/4 we have been finishing off our writing of our version of 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'. The children are producing some very detailed and creative work.

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 Thursday 28th September
Homework Pages
Year 3  

Maths - P10 & 11

English- P58

Year 4 

English- P60

Maths- P10 & 11

Must Do

• 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 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 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 10s. Please practice these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog  - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Create a poster about the differences between a website and a webpage

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher (just as you did during your Computing lesson) or hand write neatly on to paper and bring it into school.
Please ask for help if you are unsure!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blogpost 23/09/22

 

Year 3/4 Blogpost 23/09/22

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. It was lovely to see some of you attend our parent overview meeting. 

This week, in Year 3/4 we have started to look at The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which the children have enjoyed. 

In math's, the children have been learning about number of place value including partitioning, comparing numbers and also work on finding 1,10,100 and 100 more/less than a given number. 

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

HOMEWORK

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Due Wednesday 20th September
Homework Pages
Year 3

English Everybody Pg 38-39

Maths - Everybody Pg 6+7

Year 4 

English Everybody Pg 36-37

Maths - Everybody Pg 8+9

Must Do

• 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 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 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 2's. Please practice these as we do in school.

Can Do

• Continue logging on to TTRS, Sumdog  - your logins are stuck in the front cover of your Reading Records.
• Roman Soldiers Activities

Remember you can either type out your homework on a Google document and share it with your teacher (just as you did during your Computing lesson) or hand write neatly on to paper and bring it into school.
Please ask for help if you are unsure!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blogpost 08.09.23

Dear Parents,

A huge welcome to you if you are joining us here in Year 3/4 and a big hello if you were with us last year! The children have had a very busy week and have all settled in well to their new classes. It is so great to see the children smiling when they are coming into school each day. 

OVERVIEW MEETINGS
We will be conducting a Parent overview meetings as follows:
Tuesday 12th September 2:30 - Year 3/4 - Moonstone Class
Wednesday 13th September 2:30 - Year 5/6 - Sapphire Class
Monday 18th September 2:30 - Year 1/2 - Amethyst Class

This will be your opportunity to meet your child's class teacher. Please arrive just before 2.30pm. Due to PE taking place outside the only access to the school is via the Brooklyn Drive entrance.  Please come to the school office.

We hope to see you all there!

Thank you

GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Google Classroom is an essential part of your child's learning journey here at Down Hall. It is a place where the children can access their lessons in school as well as sharing any learning that they have been doing at home. Some of the children have been shown how to do this in class. Others will have the opportunity to do some in their Computing lesson next week. To access Google Classroom from home please do the following:
Go on to the Down Hall Primary School Website
https://www.downhallprimary.com/
Sign in to your child's Google account. Once you are logged in it will take you to the Learning Hub. You will need to click on the Classroom icon. Then you should have access to the Year 3/4 Google Classroom 2023-24.  

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Friday 8th September     Due: Thursday 14th September
Must Do

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult at least 3 times per week and then discuss the text afterwards, asking for opinions, favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. Shortly, you will be able to take a Reading Record home for your parents to comment on. These will be collected by teachers and checked from time to time.
• High Frequency Words - Learn the words specific to your year group. Start with the first 5 words in the list and learn them. Follow the order as the appear, down the page. Practise spelling them out loud and writing them down. The year 3/4 spellings are located in your child's reading record book. We will be reviewing these spellings weekly through handwriting and class activities.
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 2’s. Please practise these at home by writing them down.

Can Do

• Practise writing out numbers in words up to 50. For example: 1 - one   2 - two  3 - three  etc…
  

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!

INTRODUCING OUR AMAZING YEAR 3/4 TEACHERS

MOONSTONE CLASS

Hi there. My name is Mrs Hurley and I am very excited to be your child's teacher this year. I cannot wait to get to know your child over the coming year. Mrs Holland (LSA) works alongside to support several of our class members, whilst Miss Mkandawire will be joining us as a trainee teacher. The happiness and safety of your child is very important to me, if you ever have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to come and see me. My classroom door is always open.

GARNET CLASS
Hello, I am Miss Harvey and Miss Clark is the class LSA. We are both here to support all of the children with their learning and to ensure your child feels safe and is happy in school. I look forward to a great year with this class and getting to know your children. If you have any questions, please come see me.

OPAL CLASS
Hi. My name is Mr Greenfield and Miss Baker is the class LSA. We are both looking forward to teaching your children this year. I am looking forward to getting to know your children more as the year progresses on unless they are Tottenham fans!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to pop into class.
If you would like to speak to us feel free to call the office and we will get back to you when we can. Alternatively, if the matter is urgent you can always email us at: year3_4@downhallprimary.com
Have a fabulous weekend,
Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey