Year 3/4 Blogpost 25.05.23

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. We have got a lot of activities to do in Summer 2 so watch this space!

Sports Day 2023

Sport's Day will be held this year on Friday 7th July! This will be in the morning for KS2 and in the afternoon for KS1. All parents will be able to come and watch 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! 

Important Dates

Friday 16th June - Father's Day Sale

Saturday 24th June - School Fete

Sports Day - Fri 7th July

Open School - Tuesday 4th July 4.30-6.30

HOMEWORK PAGES

Homework for all three classes was handed out and is available to view on Google Classrooms. 

Year 3
English Page 78/79
Maths Page 52/53

Year 4 
English Page 84/85
Maths Page 59

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 complete the Spring Poem Reading Comprehension. It is available to view on Google Classroom.

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. 

Have a wonderful May half term holiday!

Love from Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

 Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Please make sure your child comes to school prepared for the weather - whatever that may be! Sunnier weather is slowly coming, so please can the children bring a sunhat into school and also apply sun cream 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.

REMINDER OF IMPORTANT DATES

Friday 19th May - PTA Disco

Friday 26th May - Non pupil day

Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June - Break for half term

Some dates for Summer 2 term are as follows and more details will be sent nearer the time:

Friday 16th June - Father's Day Sale

Saturday 24th June - School Fete

Friday 30th June - Sports Day

Tuesday 4th July - Open Evening

Now, a message from Mrs. Hurley:

WHOLE SCHOOL SUMDOG NATIONAL COMPETITION

Calling all of you amazing mathematicians! 

You have been entered into the Sumdog  Competition. It starts on Friday 19th May at 3.30pm, and finishes at 3.30pm on Thursday 25th May.

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 

HOMEWORK:

This week we would like you to add another page of information to your magazine on Egypt. 

Here is the link to click on: https://www.canva.com/brand/join?token=Mps2YZeBs4JIkKjeWO7nvg&referrer=team-invite 


Please make sure you use your school email and not a personal one to log in.


We can't wait to see what information you add to your magazine and how you lay it out!


We have also added the spellings for this half term to look at below so please practise these.

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 have  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
• Eurovision is taking place this week in Liverpool. What information can you find out about Liverpool and the Eurovision Song Contest? Create a poster outlining all the information you can find.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs. Hurley, Miss Harvey and Mr. Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blogpost 12.05.23

 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 sun cream 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.

REMINDER OF IMPORTANT DATES

Friday 19th May - PTA Disco

Friday 26th May - Non pupil day

Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June - Break for half term

LIBRARY VISIT

We are happy to report that Opal's visit to the library will now be taking place on Friday 19th May. As with the previous trips, the children will leave school around 10am and will return by 12.15pm in time for lunch. If your child wishes to borrow books from the library then could they please bring their library card into school with them on their assigned day. If your child could please bring in a jacket in case of bad weather that would be brilliant.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Year 3
English Page 24
Maths Page 50

Year 4 
English Page 24
Maths Page 56

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
• Eurovision is taking place this week in Liverpool. What information can you find out about Liverpool and the Eurovision Song Contest? Create a poster outlining all the information you can find.

Have a lovely weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 3/4 Blogpost 05.05.23

Happy Friday everyone! We cannot believe that we are half way through the term. It has flown by. 

Please see below for other important diary dates. 

Saturday 6th May  -  King Charles III Coronation Day

Monday 8th May - Bank Holiday Monday

Tuesday 9th May - Friday 12th May - Year 6 SATs

Friday 19th May - PTA Disco

Friday 26th May - Non pupil day

Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June - Break for

half term

LIBRARY VISIT

This week, Moonstone and Garnet walked up to the Rayleigh Library. We listened to one of the librarians talking about our current project based on the ancient Egyptians. The children were given an opportunity to browse the books and children who bought their library card with them were them able to take some books out. We had a lovely time! We are in the process of rescheduling Opal's visit due to the unpredictable weather that was forecast today.

KINGS CORONATION 

Today, everybody looked fab in their red, white and blue clothes! We all enjoyed making flags and crowns ready to watch Pearl and Quartz class crown King Charlie! Then in the afternoon, each Phase group performed a short song or poem based on a royal theme. Moonstone, Opal and Garnet class shared the song "Shine" - we were awesome!

We hope you all continue to enjoy your own Coronation Celebrations over this long weekend - if you do anything exciting we would love to see a photo!

HOMEWORK PAGES
Homework for all three classes was handed out and is available to view on Google Classrooms. 

Year 3
English Page 16-17
Maths Page 8

Year 4 
English Page 20-21
Maths Page 38-39

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 make sure to watch King Charles III Coronation on Saturday. Enjoy all the celebrations. Send us pictures of what you get up to over the long weekend.

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. 

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Year 3/4 Blogpost 28.04.23

Happy Friday everyone! We've reached the end of a very busy week but all the children are  working very hard and we are very pleased with how well they are doing. Next week we will be walking up to Rayleigh library for an individual class visit. A letter was sent home yesterday. Please read the details for this visit below.

Please see below for other important diary dates. 

Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday Monday

Friday 5th May  -  Wear red, white and blue day for the Kings Coronation (see the school newsletter for more details)

Saturday 6th May  -  King Charles III Coronation Day

Monday 8th May - Bank Holiday Monday

LIBRARY VISIT

Next week, the Year 3/4 children will be walking up to Rayleigh library to participate in activities relating to our current Project, Ancient Egypt. Children will need to come to school in school uniform but may wear comfortable walking shoes if they wish. They will also need a rain coat if it is forecast. Moonstone will be walking up on Tuesday and will be in PE kits. Garnet will be walking up on Thursday and Opal will be going on Friday. The children will leave school around 10am and will return by 12.15pm in time for lunch. If your child wishes to borrow books from the library then could they please bring their library card into school with them on their assigned day.

KINGS CORONATION 

On Friday 5th May, everyone at Down Hall Primary School will be engaging in different activities to celebrate King Charles III's coronation which is being held on the 6th May. On this day, the children can come to school in non-school uniform and we ask that they dress in clothes that represent the colours red, white and/or blue in celebration of this National event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipm6nZ9OyLg

Please can you practise our song at home. Year 3/4 will be singing this at a special assembly next Friday.

HOMEWORK PAGES
Homework for all three classes was handed out and is available to view on Google Classrooms. 

Year 3
English Page 14-15
Maths Page18-19 Progress Test

Year 4 
English Page 8-9
Maths Page 18-19 Progress Test

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
• If you can, please go to the Holy Trinity Church to visit our 'throne' for the Kings Coronation.

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. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Year 3/4 Blogpost 21.04.23

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
Homework for all three classes was handed out and is available to view on Google Classrooms. 

Year 3
English 
Page 42-43
Maths
Page 14-15

Year 4 
English 
Page 32-33
Maths
Page 16-17

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
•   Discover the secrets of St George. Use the code to fill in the missing letters.

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. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Year 3/4 Blogpost 31.03.23

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!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 17th April - first day back to school

Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday

Monday 8th May - King’s Coronation Bank Holiday

WHOLE SCHOOL TRIP TO BARLEYLANDS

On Monday, all of Down Hall Primary School had an amazing time at Barleylands Farm Park. Year 3/4 had a lot of fun on the bouncy pillow and also feeding all the animals. After lunch, we had a very bumpy tractor ride around the farm. We made our own bread and it tasted delicious. 

ANIMAL VISIT TO YEAR 3/4

We have had a visit from Miss Harvey's hedgehog, Hedwig. He is an African Pygmy Hedgehog. We took turns at holding him. He was very shy and would curl up in a ball if he felt a bit threatened. The habitat of a hedgehog is very much under threat. On our visit to Sweyne Park, we didn't see any evidence of them which is very sad.

SCHOOL OPENING TIME CHANGES

Back in December we notified you of the need to

change the school day times, increasing the hours

children are in school from 31.5 hours to 32.5

hours per week. This has been a decision made by

the Department of Education.

From September 2023, our morning registration

will be at 8:45. Gates will open at 8:35 and close

at 8:45.

Many thanks for your cooperation with this.

HOMEWORK PAGES

Homework for all three classes was handed out and is available to view on Google Classrooms. 

Year 3
English 

Page 34-35
Maths
Page 34-35
Year 4 
English 
Page 28-29
Maths
Page 54-55

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. 

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