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

Year 3/4 Blogpost 14.07.23

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.

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 19th July - Year 6 Leavers' Assembly

Friday 21st July - Non-pupil day

Monday 24th July - First Day of Summer Holidays

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

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

ShoeShare – Clarks & UNICEF

YEAR 3/4 EMAIL

Our emails will not be checked regularly from Thursday 20th July until Monday 4th 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

Please can you make an effort to finish all outstanding pages in your Maths and English homework books. Whilst no official homework will be set over the Summer, 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 were 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

BOOK COLLECTION

All children will need to hand 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 will also be handed up - 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 Tuesday 4th September.

Much love,

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey 💙💛

  Happy Friday, everybody! 

We had a fantastic day today with everyone competing with their peers to win points for their house and it was lovely to see the children, staff and families cheering the children on.

This week, we held our annual open evening, where the children's work was displayed. We hope you enjoyed looking at your children's fantastic work.

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday 11th July- Year 4 Rayleigh Tennis Competition

Friday 14th July               Reports out

Friday 14th July               Non-uniform day for our school charity - Centre Algarve

Thursday 21st July          Last day of term

CLASS PHOTOS

Dear Parent/Carer,
 
Your recent Group photograph is now ready to view and purchase at https://htmp.st/DownHall23
 
There will be a free “deliver to school” option open for approximately 7 days, otherwise home delivery is available for £5 postage and packing.
 
If you need assistance, please call 01736 751555 (option 5) or click on contact us on the home page www.htempest.co.uk .
 
Many thanks,
 
Tempest Photography   

HOMEWORK PAGES

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

For the coming weeks, we ask that you complete pages that have not yet been 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 have finished your book you can complete a quiz and change your book. 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.

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. 

Love from Mrs. Hurley, Mr. Greenfield & Miss Harvey

Year 3/4 Blog 30.06.23

 Happy Friday, everybody! 

Well, Summer has certainly arrived and yet again it has been a very hot week. We are very proud of how hard the children have applied themselves this week despite the heat! Well done everybody! Remember, whilst the temperature is well above 20°C, ties can be removed as and when needed. Also, remember to bring sunhats and water bottles and the children can bring some sun cream in to apply themselves before play time and lunch time.

SPORTS DAY

On Friday 7th July we will be holding our Sports Day. Please see the letter on the website explaining the structure of the day.

• Children come to school on Friday in their PE kit but we would like your child to wear a colour t-shirt that matches their team colour: Brooklyn - Blue; Deepdene - Green; Hambro - Yellow; Teignmouth - Red.

• Parents can join their child for a picnic lunch which will be 12:00-1:15pm. Please ensure that you complete the Google Form on the Sports Day letter so we know what your child is doing at lunch time on this day - you can use the link below. Please collect your child from their classroom at 12:00pm as you would usually at the end of the day. The children will be collected from the field by their teacher at 1:15pm.

• Please note that the above timings are approximate but we will try to stick as close as possible to them.

Sports Day 2023

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday 4th July - Open School 4:30-6:30

Friday 7th July - Sports Day

Tuesday 11th July- Year 4 Rayleigh Tennis Competition

HOMEWORK PAGES

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

Year 3
English Page 80
Maths Page 54

Year 4 
English Page 80
Maths Page 60

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.

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. 

Love from Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield & Miss Harvey