Dear All, here is your homework for this week coming - some will be printed off and popped in your homework books.  Remember homework is due in on Monday please and only spend up to 45 minutes on it (unless you want to do more!)   

Reading: Please read to anyone, even if you are reading to your dog, teddy or goldfish!

English: You have simile sentences to give your writing a bit of an extra flare.

Music: ABBA research (to extend your Swedish music repertoire) linked to your music sessions.
Which song is your favourite and why?

• Waterloo (1974)
• Mamma Mia (1975)
• Dancing Queen (1976) (This is ours!)
• Chiquitita (1978)
• Gimme Gimme Gimme (1979)
• The Winner Takes It All (1980)

Maths Maze puzzle see below and see the NRich link for how to and for maths if you choose - NRich 

​Thank you, Miss Chalcraft, Miss Bennett and Mrs White

Meet Harrison and Jeff ...  our new characters from our own story version of a favourite of ours from the Book of Hopes. What a super week of writing, number lines, Romans, electricity, tennis in the sun and much much more! Super effort all round Year 4.
Happy Weekending, 
​Miss Chalcraft, Miss Bennett and Mrs White

Dear Parents,
Please follow this link for the Year 4 Homework for this week. The homework will be set every Wednesday, to be completed in homework books. Homework will be due in on a Monday usually, but as they are late coming home, collection day will be Tuesday next week.  We will mark and go through the homework together in class. 

Electrical Safety in YOUR home link

This week, there is a spelling recap, two small maths questions for place value that consolidates work we have been doing this week and a Science question. 

If your child has a Nessy or IDL account, please make this a priority and this can take pace of homework, or be an addition if you feel you would like to.

Any questions please ask, as always reading everyday is encouraged and if you need any book reviews let me know and I can send some home.

Thank you so much,
Miss Chalcraft, Miss Bennett and Mrs White

The children have said that their highlights this week were watching 'Where the Wild Things Are' (linked to our Book of Hopes written work), drawing mosaic patterns linked to Romans and best of all, Science! Making circuits with bulbs and motors ... that worked in many combinations! Well done Year 4!

Hope is:
'I think HOPE is if you wanted to get something, like a pencil case, it would be - I hope I get one' 
'It is when you want an object, it is a happy thing, makes you feel happy' 
'It is about hoping not to get hurt' 
'It is a wish, a want or a need' 
'It is something positive' 
The Romans
We found out that The Romans really improved Britain when they invaded. 'We talked about toilets and baths yesterday!' 'Did you know they all went to the toilet together for a chat?' 'They watched gladiators fight with wild animals for fun!' Yikes! 'They built straight roads so no one hid around a corner to surprise them'

 
Dear Year  4, 

We are so excited to be welcoming you back to school and we hope you had a super summer.  You will have received a detailed letter from Mrs Marvin about school return but here are some little extras we would like you to know about.
English - Our first teaching sequence will be a short story from 'The Book of Hope' which has been put together by the Literacy Trust.  If you haven't already dipped in, here is the link:  https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/book-hopes/
Maths - Continuing to use the White Rose scheme, starting with a lovely Place Value recap for everyone. 
Science - Electricity 
Topic - Romans 
You will also have Art/DT, RE, PE (inc. Saints South West), Music, computing and MFL

The class reader is from the Pie Corbett recommended readers list and is Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Extra Bits:

• Miss Bennett is teaching Mondays and Tuesdays in Year 4 and SENDco Wed/Thurs/Fri
• Miss Chalcraft is teaching Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Year 4.
• Mrs White is in four mornings
• PE kits need to be in school as SAINTS starts this Thursday
• Own pencil cases but only with items you need in it please
• Lunchboxes to stay in your bag
• Water bottles can stay on desk or beside desk
• Please pre-book lunch on your Gateway account, as we are unable to do it
• Lunches will be eaten in the classrooms for the time being
• You will be able to use the library, we will tell you how this will work when you are in

What have we been up to?
Miss Bennett has spent the summer catching up with friends outside, paddle boarding and enjoyed a visit to Lego Land.
Miss Chalcraft has seen friends for walks / picnics, had fun off-grid camping by the beach with a lot of time spent in the sea and also wild swimming on Dartmoor.
Mrs White has been to market, enjoyed hay harvesting and has also been on local outings for a cream tea or a garden center visit with Mrs Glover.

The classroom is looking a little different to what you are used to as all the tables are facing forwards now, see photos below.

 We are looking forward to seeing you, 
Miss Chalcraft, Miss Bennett and Mrs White