YEAR 3/4 BLOGPOST - FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2022

Dear Parents,

We hope you have all had a lovely week. The children have worked hard and are also managing to have fun at school too! 

This week, they have been impressing us with their writing, as well as their scientific knowledge about Forces. They are really enjoying learning about the Romans and in particular, what it took to become a Roman soldier.

Homework books will be sent home next Friday. Please encourage your child to log on to Google Classroom and read our homework post.

Please remember that all school uniform needs to be labelled with your child's name.  We have already had a number of jumpers and cardigans left behind which are unnamed. 

Following the passing of Her Majesty, the school will be closed on Monday 19th September due to the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

OVERVIEW MEETING

Thank you to all those who were able to attend on Monday. Please don't worry if you were unable to make the meeting as you should have got all the information now that we shared. If you have any questions about the notes from the meeting, please just pop and ask us.

TIMES TABLE BOOK COVERS

Many congratulations to the following winners of our competition:

OPAL - Lucy F

MOONSTONE - Isabelle D

GARNET - Noah H

Your artwork will now grace the covers of your classmate's times table books!

HOMEWORK AND 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 homework as well as sharing any learning that they have been doing at home. This week we have set homework on Google Classroom. Your child will need to access their homework from Google Classroom. They have been shown how to do this in class. 
Please make sure your child has logged in to their 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 2022-23. Here you will find this week's homework tasks. Next week, your child will be bringing home homework books.
Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Friday 16th September     Due: Thursday 22nd 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. Practice spelling them out loud and writing them down. The year 3/4 spellings are located in the middle your child's reading record book.
• Times table practice - next week we are looking at 2’s. Show your parents how we learn our times tables now at Down Hall Primary School. Times Table Parent Workshops will take place in school later this term.

Can Do

• Play Sumdog and TTRS
• What are your favourite family memories of Queen Elizabeth II? Please write or draw them and don't forget to let us know if you make the journey to London to see The Queen at the Palace of Westminster.

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

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you Tuesday morning,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Friday 9th September '22 - Welcome Back Year 3/4

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. 

YEAR 3/4 PARENT OVERVIEW MEETING
We will be conducting a Parent Overview Meeting next Tuesday 13th September at 2.30pm in Moonstone class. We hope to see you all there!

HOMEWORK AND 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 homework as well as sharing any learning that they have been doing at home. This week we have set homework on Google Classroom. Your child will need to access their homework from Google Classroom. They have been shown how to do this in class. 

Go on to the Down Hall Primary School Website

https://www.downhallprimary.com/

It will take you to the it ask you to 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 2022-23. Here you will find this week's homework tasks. Very soon, your child will be bringing home homework books.

Year 3/4  Homework Tasks - Friday 9th September     Due: Thursday 15th 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. Practice spelling them out loud and writing them down. The year 3/4 spellings are located in your child's reading record book.

• Times table practice - next week we are looking at 2’s. Show your parents how we learn our times tables now at Down Hall Primary School.

Can Do

• Design a front cover for our new times table books. The winning entry will be displayed on each book. You can draw it or do it on the computer. Good luck!

• 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 handwrite 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. Miss Bamber (ISA) works alongside to support several of our class members. 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 Mrs Bates is the class ISA. 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 Mrs Jankowska is the class ISA. 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

Year 3/4 Blogpost 15.07.22

Happy Friday, everybody, and welcome to the last blog for this academic year! It has been an absolute pleasure to teach such a lovely group of children and we are so very proud of each and every one of them! We wish them all the very best on their next steps of their educational journey.

YEAR 3/4 EMAIL

Our emails will not be checked regularly from Wednesday 20th July until 1st September. 

PHASE GROUP EMAILS
Please remember that if your child is moving classes then a new email address will be your point of contact. If your child is moving into Year 3 or Year 4 then our email is:

year3_4@downhallprimary.com

If your child is moving up to Year 5 then your point of contact is:

year 5_6@downhallprimary.com

HOMEWORK

Whilst no official homework has been set, it might be an idea to get your child to read regularly and log on to TTRS and Sumdog occasionally. As well, it is still not too late to enter the Summer Reading Challenge - details are on the bookmark bought home by each child.

LOOKING AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER

If you have any particular questions about next year, please ask rather than worry about these over the summer. It might be a good idea if your child is entering Year 3 to have a look at the Year 3/4 class pages of our website to see the overview of learning that will be covered.

https://sites.google.com/downhallprimary.com/year3-4

HOT WEATHER

As I am sure you are all aware, the forecast for next week is for very high temperatures. You may send your child into school in their PE kit on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as it might help them feel more comfortable during the day.

We will also be making some capacity for children to spend some time inside at lunch times if they wish to avoid becoming too overheated. Please ensure that children come to school each day with a sun hat, a bottle of cool water and sun cream already applied.

To help us all cool down, the fabulous PTA will be selling ice creams after school on Wednesday!

BOOK COLLECTION

All children have handed in their reading diaries. We will pass these on to their next class teacher so they are ready to be re-issued in September.

The children's school work books are all handed up also - current book and most recent completed book. These completed books are sent home after the October half term.

Thank you to all of you who have supported us this year. It has been a pleasure to teach your children and we are grateful to you for your kind words. Wishing you a very happy and calm summer ahead.

Remember: children return to school on Monday 5th September.

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 08.07.22

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday, everybody! This week, the children have been taking part in assessments and they have done us all proud! Every single child has given it their absolute all and that is all that really matters. Next week will be Week 6 - our final full week. Thursday sees the return of our Open Evening. We cannot wait for our children to share all their amazing work and learning from the year. You will also receive your child's report next Friday.

Please see below for important diary dates. 

Saturday 9th July             PTA Summer Festival

Thursday 14th July          Open Evening 4-6pm

Friday 15th July                 Reports out

Wednesday 20th July       Last day of term

LIBRARY VISIT

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week we visited the Rayleigh library and learnt about our project about Britain 1900-1950. And  it was about how schools were years ago going back to the 1900's and we discussed how it was like back then and the person who was telling about what are learning about is called Karen. If you want to get a library card it would look a bit different to the children's one because the children’s one is green and the adults one is orange 

You can borrow books and you can get 14 at a time so you don't have to come back. which is renewing. Essex has 74 libraries. Everybody who brought a library card got one book or some people got two.Thank you to the workers at the library for letting us go to library and talking about what it was like back then and thank you to the people who took us down to the library.

By Alfie L and Maxwell (Moonstone Class)

SPORTS DAY

What a day we have all had. The children had so much fun and were so well behaved. Congratulations to all the winners in the sprints and relays, throwing and jumping events. A massive well done to all the children who showed such determination and enthusiasm. Many thanks go to Miss Sharman for organising all the events. And lastly, a huge thanks to all our lovely families. We hope you enjoyed your day with us!

MEDAL CEREMONY

Apologies that we ran out of time to complete the medal ceremony on Sports Day.

On Monday at 3pm the gates will be open for all parents to come and watch the KS2 winners receive their medals. We hope you can make it.

PSHE - CHANGING ME

This half term in Personal, Social and Health Education we are learning about how to cope with change. This includes learning about change in ourselves as we grow from a baby to how we are now. It also includes a lesson next week in which we will be noting the differences between male and female bodies, using the correct terminology. This lesson is very much laying the foundations for future Relationships and Sex Education, which is now a statutory requirement to be taught in schools. We see this as a crucial part of Safeguarding our children and keeping them safe. We are planning to deliver this lesson on Wednesday 6th July.

UNICEF SHOESHARE APPEAL

Once again on the last day of term we are collecting shoes in partnership with Unicef and Clarks, who will cleverly turn our old shoes into money that will help fulfil the rights of children around the world. You can send your child with a spare pair of shoes on the final day this term so that they can place their unwanted school shoes into our collection box. If you have any other unwanted pairs you can send these in too and if you want to get started early with a big shoe clear out, we will have a box ready to take them from Monday 11th July. Shoes must be in a wearable condition with no holes or broken soles and paired together with an elastic band. You can find out more about Shoeshare here; UNICEF & CLARKS SHOESHARE APPEAL.  Our last collection total was 145 pairs of shoes, let's see if together we can smash this total!

Article 28 & 29:  Every child has the right to an education

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Preview YouTube video ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

HOMEWORK PAGES

Please can you make an effort to finish all outstanding pages in your Maths and English homework books. We know how hard you've worked this week on your assessments so we will be setting no other formal work.

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 01.07.22

Dear Parents,

We've reached the end of a very busy week but all the children are still working very hard and we are very pleased with how well they are coping at the end of a long and challenging year! Next week as well as conducting assessments on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning, we will be walking up to Rayleigh library for our visit. Please read the details for this visit below. Friday is the KS2 Sports Day - you should have received a letter outlining all the important details you need to know.

Please see below for important diary dates. 

Friday 8th July                -    Sports Day

Saturday 9th July            -    PTA Summer Festival

Thursday 14th July          -   Open Evening 4-6pm

Wednesday 20th July      -   Last day of term

LIBRARY VISIT

Next Monday, Garnet class will be walking up to Rayleigh library to participate in activities relating to our current Project, Britain 1900-1950. Children will need to come to school in school uniform but may wear comfortable walking shoes if they wish. Moonstone will be walking up on Tuesday and will be in PE kits and Opal will be going on Wednesday. The children will leave school at 9.30 and will return by 12pm in time for lunch.  

YEAR 4 TENNIS

A big thank you to the Rayleigh Tennis Club for coming into school and coaching the Year 4 children today. The children had such a fantastic time and told us that it was great fun! Congratulations to the following winners:

OPAL Violet and James

MOONSTONE Dylan

GARNET Izzy

SPORTS DAY

Please see the letter that was sent home on Thursday afternoon for arrangements. Sports Day will take place on Friday 8th July beginning at 9.15am.

PSHE - CHANGING ME

This half term in Personal, Social and Health Education we are learning about how to cope with change. This includes learning about change in ourselves as we grow from a baby to how we are now. It also includes a lesson next week in which we will be noting the differences between male and female bodies, using the correct terminology. This lesson is very much laying the foundations for future Relationships and Sex Education, which is now a statutory requirement to be taught in schools. We see this as a crucial part of Safeguarding our children and keeping them safe. We are planning to deliver this lesson on Wednesday 6th July.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3

English 

Foundation Pg 38-39 Targeted Pg 38-39  Stretch  Pg 48-49

Maths

Everybody Pg 55 to be completed

Year 4 

English 

Foundation Pg 41-42  Targeted  Pg 40-41  Stretch Pg 54-55

Maths

Everybody Pg 64-66 to be completed

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 24.06.22

Dear Parents

We hope you are all well and enjoying the lovely weather. Please see below for revised diary dates. We have had an extremely busy week this week. District Sports and TTRS Day definitely being ones to remember...

Diary Dates

Tuesday 28th June         -    Year 4 Tennis Coaching

Friday 1st July                -    PTA Disco

Monday - 

Wednesday 4-6th July    -    Rayleigh Library Visits

Friday 8th July                -    Sports Day

Saturday 9th July            -    PTA Summer Festival

Thursday 14th July          -   Open Evening 4-6pm

Wednesday 20th July      -   Last day of term       

Times Tables Rock Star Day

On Friday 24th, June the whole school took part in a TTRS day. We dressed up as rock stars and took part in math's activities throughout the day. During our assembly we learnt all about the importance of learning our times tables and how using Times Table Rock Stars can help us. We had a live battle between 2 of our school’s quickest children and even Mrs Hurley and Mr Greenfield got involved. It was amazing to see how fast some children are – but the main message was the importance of accuracy.

We had lots of fun playing TTRS and challenging other classes to battles! We played a game in pairs using dice. We rolled a dice each and multiplied the numbers together to see who was quickest – it was very competitive! We also created our own board games and posters to help us learn our times tables. The children also took part in a Times Table Treasure Hunt which was so much fun!

We all had a great fun filled day learning our times tables in a variety of ways. Congratulations to our winners and to everybody for taking part.

If you are unsure about your child’s TTRS login details, please ask your child’s class teacher for more information.

Mrs Hurley  

RRS

A huge thank you to all of the children, parents, staff, governors and PTA members who took part in our recent reaccreditation for the UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award.  We are happy to share with you our recent report confirming our success in maintaining the Gold Award.  Take a look at the report here and read more about what RRS means for us and our children in school here.  

We thank you all for your continued support in learning about Children’s Rights which is key to fulfilling our curriculum statement; learning to care for ourselves, each other, our school and our world.

Go team Down Hall… WE ARE GOLD!  

Homework Pages

Year 3

English 

Foundation Pg 36/37  Targeted Pg 56/57  Stretch  Pg 42/44

Maths

Everybody Pg 53/54 to be completed

Year 4 

English 

Foundation Pg 56/57  Targeted  Pg 32/33 Stretch Pg 36/37

Maths

Everybody Pg 61 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
• Complete the task sheet uploaded on to Google Classroom

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Y 3/4 Blogpost 17.06.22

Happy Friday everybody. We hope you have been making the most of this lovely weather. There are lots of things going on in our last 6 weeks or so together so we have condensed these down into a handy diary list for you all. We will go into details about each event as we get closer to it in the blog so be sure to check in every Friday to get important information for the week ahead!

Diary Dates

Thursday 23rd June       -    KS2 District Sports - Garons Park

Friday 24th June            -    Times Tables Rock Stars Day

Friday 1st July                -    PTA Disco

Monday - Wednesday 4-6th July - Library Visits

Friday 8th July                -    Sports Day

Saturday 9th July                -    PTA Summer Festival

Thursday 14th July         -    Open Evening 4-6pm

Wednesday 20th July     -    Last day of term      

Times Table Rock Stars  

This week your child has been practising their Times Table Rock Stars in class. We would like all children to continue practising over the next week. The best level to choose is the Studio one which has all the times tables on it. We will be having battles between the classes next week.We are preparing for our TTRS day on Friday 24th June. We would love your child to dress up as a rock star. Hopefully they will be practising for the upcoming battle at home. Don’t forget to ask your teacher for your log in if you don’t already have one.

We have lots of fun activities planned for this day and hope we learn more about the importance of learning our times tables and how using Times Table Rock Stars can help us.

So grab your bandanas, don your wigs and grab your air guitar!

KS2 District Sports

Congratulations to all of the children who have been selected to take part in District Sports next Thursday.  Mr Grey and Mr Attfield had the difficult job of choosing from lots of children who have performed exceptionally well in their PE lessons since Easter.  

If your child has been selected, I would like to thank you for how quickly you have all returned letters and requests for programmes.  If you still need to pay for your programme(s), please send the money into school with your child or pay at the office.  I will issue programmes for the children to bring home on Monday.

On the day of the event, children should come into school wearing their PE kits.  Please keep an eye on the weather forecast and send appropriate clothing, a hat, a full water bottle and a packed lunch. 

If you have any questions regarding District Sports, please email me on year5_6@downhallprimary.com 

Miss Sharman

Homework Pages

Year 3

English 

Foundation Pg 16-17  Targeted Pg 22-23   Stretch  Pg 24-25

Maths

Everybody Pg 30-31 to be completed

Year 4 

English 

Foundation Pg 11-12  Targeted  Pg 17-18 Stretch Pg 17-18

Maths

Everybody Pg  12-13 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 (get your costume organised!)

Have a fantastic weekend!

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey