Kestrel - Year 3

Welcome to Kestrel Class

Have you seen the Kids’ Zone? Play games and visit some cool websites.  You can vote for your favourites.

Class Teacher: Mrs Henderson

PPA/NQT Cover: Mrs Humphreys

Teaching Partner: Mrs Sabatini / Mrs Lewis

French Teacher: Madame Lawson

End of Summer Term

Well done Kestrel Class and your families; you’ve worked really hard to continue your education through extremely challenging times. I have especially enjoyed seeing all your work and activities, which have made me very proud of all of you and a little jealous of some of the things you have been able to do.

Have a wonderful Summer Holiday.  You all deserve it. Come back to Bromet in the Autumn refreshed and ready to learn again.

Don’t forget to keep up your reading using books from home, the library (if it is open) or Borrow Box to access online books from the library, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Well done to Gabi, Diggory, Nazar, George, Tommy G, Lauren, Amelie, Aaron, Emilia, Otis, Qasim and Max who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week. This will be available to access over the Summer Holidays along with Mathletics too.

Have fun.

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 13th July 2020

Well done, you have reached the final week of this academic year and you have all worked so hard.  Please let me know about any final activities you complete this week; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.  This week is all about reflecting on this school year and looking forward to the new one.

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

Well done to Nazar, Gabi, Alfie, Lauren, Diggory, Amelie and Qasim who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

How Many Words Can You Find in the Word - IMPORTANT?

Find as many words as you can hidden within the word.

Rules:

• The words can only be formed by letters that are consecutive in the word.

For example, in the word ‘explanation’ I could offer the following words:

explanation (plan)

explanation (an)

explanation (at)

• You can't have ‘it’ because it would require a rearrangement of the letters ‘i’ and ‘t’.

Let me know how many you found and what they were.

Week Commencing 6th July 2020

Just two more weeks until the end of term.  Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

Keep checking Google Classroom and the Class Page because if I find any interesting extra optional activities I will upload them on both these areas. Next week there is so far a spelling challenge. Enjoy.

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

Well done to Gabi, Nazar, George, Qasim, Amelie, Lauren, Alfie and Otis who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

How Many Words Can You Find In The Word - Favourite?

Find as many words as you can hidden within the word.

Rules:
The words can only be formed by letters that are consecutive in the word.

For example, in the word ‘explanation’ I could offer the following words:

explanation (plan)

explanation (an)

explanation (at)

You can't have ‘it’ because it would require a rearrangement of the letters ‘i’ and ‘t’.

Let me know how many you found and what they were.

Week Commencing 29th June 2020

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

Keep checking Google Classroom and the Class Page because if I find any interesting extra optional activities I will upload them on both these areas. Next week there are so far two Natural History Museum Online Live clips, a Mindfullness breathing activity, First News Newspaper to read and a spelling challenge. Enjoy.

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

Our free access to the First News website has finished now.  Look out this week for the file with the First News newspaper on our Class Page and Google Classroom.  Enjoy reading.

Well done to George, Nazar, Gabi, Walter, Emilia, Lauren, Rosie W, Faith, Amelie, Diggory, Alfie and Qasim, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 22nd June 2020

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

Keep checking Google Classroom and the Class Page because if I find any interesting extra optional activities I will upload them on both these areas. Next week there is so far a Science activity, Natural History Museum drawing and nature activity and a reading challenge. Enjoy.

If you haven’t joined already.  Look at Borrow Box to access online books from the library.  I’m starting to work my way through the Year 3 Recommended Read list and would like to hear your children’s thoughts on any of these books.  Maybe they can persuade me to try a book they’ve read from the list.

Our free access to the First News website has finished now.  Look out this week for the file with the First News newspaper on our Class Page and Google Classroom.  Enjoy reading.

Well done to Rosie W, Nazar, Katherine, Gabi, Diggory, Tommy G, Lauren, Amelie, George, Qasim and Alfie, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Borrow Box, Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 15th June 2020

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

Our free access to the First News website has finished now.  Look out this week for the file with the First News newspaper on our Class Page and Google Classroom.  Enjoy reading.

Well done to George, Diggory, Lauren, Qasim, Nazar, Alfie, Amelie, Emilia and Tommy G, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

Summer Reading Challenge

Visit the Summer Reading Challenge at https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ to find out about this year's reading challenge and the new way they are operating it this year.

Week Commencing 8th June 2020

Look out for the International Challenge Sheet on Google Classroom on Monday and send me any photos of activities you take part in towards this.

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

Weekly Timetable for this week will be available on the Class Pages and Google Classroom by Sunday.

Well done Kestrel Class, we are fourth on the school leader board for reading 45,165 words.  Well done to Gabi, Max, Alfie and Qasim for completing reading tasks on The First News Website. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension. This is the last week we have access.

Well done to Rumaysa, Walter, George, Diggory, Lauren, Qasim, Nazar, Alfie, Amelie, Fredric, Aaron, Tommy G and Rosie W, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

Bromet School is currently trying to gain re-accreditation for the International School Award. The International Challenge Sheet can be completed to go towards gaining this award.  Children can complete the actitivites over this term and send evidence via Google Classroom or School Admin Email. Should enough children complete it, this will count as an international activity towards our award.

The Wildlife Trust

Use the link below to watch live footage of wild animals with your adult.

Child Safety Week – 1^st-7^th June 2020

The British Red Cross have created loads of educational activities to complete on their Website for Child Safety Week.  Below are a few links to some you may like to try or explore the whole of the Website for other activities.

Spot the Dangers

Investigate the picture in this 360° view of a house.  Then see if you can answer the questions.

Asthma

Watch the clip about an asthma attack in a child and see if you can answer the quiz questions.

Burns

Watch the clip about a burn injury on a child and see if you can answer the quiz questions.

Bleeding

Watch the clip about managing a bleed injury on a child and see if you can answer the quiz questions.

Quiz

Have a go at the quizzes and see how much you know.

Week Commencing 1^st June 2020

Welcome back for the Summer Term. I hope you have all had time to relax and enjoy the Half Term Break.  We have been very lucky with the weather.

Please keep sending your messages and work in; I really enjoy seeing what you have been up to.

A new Home Learning Grid has been uploaded to the Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom.  Please feel free to continue to use the last term’s one as well if you still have activities to complete.

Work is available from Monday if you wish to complete it, even though we have an Inset Day in school.  Don’t feel you have to if you wish to have another day off.

Well done Kestrel Class, we are fourth on the school leader board for reading 43,412 words.  Congratulations to Gabi who is in top place on the class leader board with 3,345 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

Well done to Aaron, Alfie, Amelie, Diggory, Emilia, Faith, Fredric, Gabi, Katherine, Lauren, Nazar and Qasim, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Well done to those children who designed and created a Lego model for the Natural History Museum Lego Life Form activity and received a Tweet back from them.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 18th May 2020

Week 5 of Home Schooling.  I hope you've had a fun week of learning.  

Well done to Emilia, Diggory and Otis who took part in this week’s Natural History Lego Life Form Challenge and were lucky enough to receive a Tweet back from them about their designs.

Thank you to those of you who have uploaded work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there’s a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s lovely to see the children’s work.  Please keep sending it in along with photos of any activities your child has completed.  They might even make it into Bromet’s Weekly Newsletter.

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

Remember, if you want any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

Well done Kestrel Class, we are second on the school leader board for reading 37,553 words.  Congratulations to Gabi who is in top place on the class leader board with 3,777 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

Well done to Alfie, Amelie, Emilia, Fredric, Gabi, Lauren, Nazar, Otis, Qasim, Rumaysa and Rylee, who have all used TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Lots of creative work going on this week.  See the photos on our pages.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

The Natural History Museum, London has a page on dinosaur facts abd activities to complete.

Have fun

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 11^th May 2020

Week 4 of Home Schooling.  I hope you enjoyed your VE Day Bank Holiday Friday. 

Well done to Otis and Rylee who took part in this week’s Natural History Lego Life Form Challenge and were lucky enough to receive a Tweet back from them about their designs.

Thank you to those of you who have uploaded work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there’s a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s lovely to see the children’s work.  Please keep sending it in along with photos of any activities your child has completed.  They might even make it into Bromet’s Weekly Newsletter.

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

Remember, if you want any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

Well done Kestrel Class, we are second on the school leader board for reading 29,245 words.  Congratulations to Qasim who has held top place of the class leader board with 3,781 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

Well done to Alfie, Amelie and Otis, who have all use TTRockstars to practise their times tables this week.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Lots of creative work going on this week.  See the photos on our pages.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

The Natural History Museum, London is offering live online learning opportunities which are then available on YouTube.  This week at 10.30am on 15^th May the chat is on Hope the Blue Whale.

Keep safe.

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 4^th May 2020

Starting Week 3 of home schooling and hopefully you are getting into a bit of a routine.  This is a strange week as Monday would normally be a Bank Holiday however due to the 75^th Anniversary of VE Day it has been moved to this Friday 8^th May. 

Thank you to those of you who have been able to upload work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there is a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s been lovely to see the work the children have completed.  Please keep sending it in. Any photos of activities you have been getting up to are welcomed too so I can included some more on Bromet’s Weekly Newsletter.

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

Remember, if you need any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

Well done Kestrel Class, we are second on the school leader board for reading 12,000 words.  Congratulations to Gabi who has held top place of the class leader board with 1,327 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

Well done to Otis, who maintains his lead with an average speed of 1.9 seconds to answer his timetables in the Studio games on TTRockstars.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Fantastic work from Rosie W who has completed some beautiful artwork and Brooke who wrote some brilliant diary entries, to name but a few.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

The Natural History Museum, London is offering virtual tours of their galleries. You have to sign up to take part.

Keep safe.

Year 3 Team

Week Commencing 27^th April 2020

One week of home schooling completed.  I hope it hasn’t been too stressful for you and your children.  I spent this week in school and therefore experienced your frustration when the links failed.  However, by the end of the week we had settled into a good routine. 

Thank you to those of you who have been able to upload work to Google Classroom.  (If you’re struggling there is a ‘How to Guide’ on the Kestrel Class Page.) It’s been lovely to see the work the children have completed.  Please keep sending it in. Any photos of activities you have been getting up to are welcomed too.

Please continue to check Kestrel Class Page and Google Classroom for updates, class weekly timetables and work.  Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

Remember, if you need any more work, a ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

Well done Kestrel Class, we are top of the school leader board for reading 7961 words in the last week on First News.  Congratulations to Gabi who is top of the class leader board with 2682 words read. Access First News to read topical news stories and practise your reading comprehension.

Well done to Otis, who maintains his lead with an average speed of 1.94 seconds to answer his timetables in the Studio games on TTRockstars.

Keep up the hard work on Mathletics too.

Fantastic work from Alfie who has completed and uploaded 3 pieces of the Home Learning Work and Aaron who wrote some entertaining diary entries, to name but a few.

Remember, you can access books to read on the Oxford Owl Website and Amazon.

Keep safe.

Year 3 Team

Free eBooks Library

Register and login, for free, to access tablet-friendly eBooks at your child’s reading level at the link eBooks.

First News - Reading Comprehension

Well done Kestrel Class, a total of 1,789 words read today on First New and we are 2^nd on the Class Leader Board.  Keep up the good learning.

TTrockstars

Well done to Otis who is 25^th on the School Leader Board for speed of answering the times table questions – 1.94 seconds.

We are 6^th on the Class Leader Board for average speed to answer the times table questions.

Week Commencing 20^th April 2020

Welcome back to school – home education style.  I hope you and your family managed to enjoy a different kind of break from school and that the Easter Bunny was still able to make a visit to your household.

From this week, school timetables and work will be set and made accessible via Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom.

Well done, if you have already managed to complete and submit work on Google Classroom.  If you haven’t, don’t worry you can start accessing it now. For those of you who need extra support to do this, please find guides, above, on ‘How to Access Google Classroom’ and ‘How to Submit Work via Google Classroom’.  Any problems just email school with your query.

Each week (by 9am on Monday), a timetable and work for Maths, Writing, Reading, Spag and PE will be published on Kestrel Class Pages and in Google Classroom.  Please use your Exercise Book to complete work.

A ‘Home Learning Plan’ for the first half of the Summer Term has also been uploaded on Kestrel Class Pages and Google Classroom along with any documents to help with the learning.

If you wish to share any of your learning with me, please upload it via the relevant Assignment on Google Classroom.

Please ensure your children are safe whilst accessing the internet.  Remind them about guidelines for internet safety by watching this clip together and discussing the points raised, before they start learning online.

CEOP KS1 Film : ‘Lee and Kim Cartoon Suitable 5 yrs – 7 yrs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWH2KzIVDk

https://www.st-marks.stockport.sch.uk/our-school/e-safety/e-safety-children-1

This is going to be a strange few weeks. If there is anything I can do to make it easier please let me know via email to: admin@bromet.herts.sch.uk

Look after each other.

Year 3 Team

Look at the results for your group's experiment.  

What can you see on each piece of bread? What do your results suggest?  Can you come to any conclusions about the most effective way for cleaning hands?  Did you expect these results?

Write a short Conclusion in your writing exercise book.

Google Classroom / Mathletics / TTRockstars

Passwords for all the above programmes were sent out with the children on Friday.  Please keep them safe.

Google Classroom

The children need to make sure they can log in to Google Classroom.  This can be done by clicking on the link below:

Google Classroom

The children then need to enter their email address and password. This will then log them into Google Classroom.  Please ask your child to send me a message in Google Classroom to confirm they have accessed it from home.

Thank you

Week Commencing 16^th March 2020:

Congratulations to Mia for being our Star this week!

This week we will be completing informal assessments along with continuing our writing task using The Black Dog by Levi Pinfold and Fractions in Maths.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science we will continue our topic on Forces and Magnets and monitor our Bread Experiment.

For Computing we are learning about programming.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In Geography we are learning about clouds.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  This week thinking about being safe.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 9^th March 2020:

Congratulations to Gabi for being our Star this week!

In English we will continue to read Black Dog by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing.

In Maths we will continue with our topic on fractions.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science for ‘Science Week’ we will complete an experiment linked to the importance of washing hands properly and constructing a tree from paper only.

For Computing we are learning about programming.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be completing spelling tests on words we have learnt in school and learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In History we are learning about Romans and the impact they had on towns and cities in England.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  This week they are discussing what they know about drugs and their attitude to them.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Parents Evening 3.30 – 6.20pm

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Parents Evening 4.15 – 6.50pm

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 1^st March 2020:

Congratulations to Ishan for being our Star this week!

Well done Kestrel Class for winning the class cup for attendance this week.

In English we will be using Black Dog by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing.

In Maths we will start looking at fractions.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science we will continue learning about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are learning about how moving images are made up of lots of still pictures.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be completing spelling tests on words we have learnt in school and learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In Geography we are learning about precipitation and using graphs to answer questions.

For Art we are sculpting a turtle out of soap, linked to our Pop Art topic.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  They will be setting themselves a fitness challenge.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Parents Evening Sign up in the KS1 Playground from 8:15- 8:45am and 3:00-3:30pm

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Maths Morning - 8:45-9:30am for KS2

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

World Book Day – Wear Pyjamas and Bring in Your Favourite Book (£2 donation)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Mother Tongue Day

Thank you to all the parents who were able to help with Mother Tongue Day, by providing food and or talking to the children about their country and language.

The children really enjoyed the opportunity to try out food and words from different cultures. They also learnt that the children in our class have a variety of different countries that their families come from, when we stuck dots on the world map.

During the day the children also were able to play a Maths game from a different country.

HELP NEEDED - Plastic Bottle Tops Request

For our sculpting session in our Art lessons we will need a large supply of plastic bottle tops.  Milk, juice, water, fizzy drinks - all needed.

Please collect and send in any you have this Half Term.

Thank You

Food Tasting - Mother Tongue Day

The labels are proving impossible to photograph.  If you are concerned about the foods please pop into the classroom tomorrow before school and you can have a look at the labels.

Thanks

Week Commencing 24^th February 2020:

Congratulations to Alfie for being our Star this week!

Mother Tongue Day – Thursday 27^th February

Thank you to those parents who have kindly offered to supply food from their native countries, which the children will have an opportunity to taste. (As soon as I have ingredient details I will post them on the website. Please let me know if there are any issues.)

During the day, the children will also have a Spanish lesson.

Please ensure your child knows which country their family originates from, so that we can mark it on a world map during the day.

In English we will be using Black Dog by Levi Pinfold to inspire our writing.

In Maths we will finish length and look at perimeter.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by the local singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Elton John.

In Science we will continue learning about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are looking at digital images and how they are made up.

This Half Term in PE we are developing our gymnastic skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will be completing spelling tests on words we have learnt in school and learning about the prefixes – super and auto.

In History we are using maps to research about the history of Oxhey Park, based on the children’s request to learn more about it.

For Art we are sculpting a turtle out of soap, linked to our Pop Art topic.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw this term the children are thinking about the topic Healthy Me.  This week they are concentrating on the importance of exercise and the effects on their body.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Mother Tongue Day – Food Tasting and Language Activities

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Garden of Dreams

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Week Commencing 10^th February 2020:

Congratulations to Max for being our Star this week!

In English we will continue using Escape from Pompeii to inspire our story writing.

In Maths we will move onto length and perimeter.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will continue learning about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are looking at digital images and how they are made up.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we are practising spelling some more Year 3 / 4 words, learning about the suffixes less / ly and looking at spelling root words by adding suffixes and prefixes.

In Geography we are learning about tectonic plates.

For DT we are continuing our topic on complex structures.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about obstacles that may hinder their achievements and how to overcome them.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Talent Show Auditions

Well done to all those children who took part in the auditions to represent Kestrel Class in the talent show next week.  We had a variety of acts taking part including magicians, dancers, singers and musicians.

The children voted for their favourite acts to put forward to the school talent show next week.

Congratulations to:

Rylee and Nazar

Walter, Bader and Tommy K

who were the talented winners of the auditions.

Number Day - Friday 7th February

Children can come to school dressed up in an outfit. Remember the theme is numbers.

Look around you for inspiration - dice, cards, phones, characters with numbers on them, calendars, watch, road sign etc.  Numbers are all around us.

Don't forget your £1 donation too.

Kestrel Class Talent Show Auditions

The auditions for our class will take place in the classroom on Thursday afternoon.  Those children who wish to audition will have the chance to do so then.

The class will vote for their two favourite acts to represent us in the school talent show next Friday.

Week Commencing 3^rd February 2020:

Congratulations to Otis for being our Star this week!

In English we will be working on speaking and listening by practising for our class assembly.

In Maths we will finish learning about money and move onto statistics.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be moving onto a new topic about forces and magnets.

For Computing we are looking at digital images and how they are made up.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we are learning about the different letters for the ‘sh’ sound, looking at 5 more words from the Year 3 / 4 spelling list and suffixes –less and –ly.

In Geography we are learning about tectonic plates.

For DT we are continuing our topic on complex structures.

In RE we will continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about obstacles that may hinder their achievements and how to overcome them.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Class Assembly 9am

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 27^th January 2020:

Please note, this week only, the Reading Records will be checked on Thursday for those children who have read 3 times and books changed.

We are still in need of tissue boxes if you haven’t already sent a box in this academic year.

Congratulations to George for being our Star this week!

In English we will be reading Pompeii by Christina Balit to practise our comprehension skills, extend our vocabulary and inspire our writing.

In Maths we are start to learn about money.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables your child needs to work on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be learning about the effects of diet and exercise on our bodies.

For Computing we are manipulating digital images linked to our Art topic of Pop Art.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we are learning about the use of apostrophes in contracted words, another spelling strategy and practising Year 3 / 4 spelling words.

In History we are comparing the Ancient Greek political system with ours.

For Art we are drawing a turtle in the style of Pop Art.

In RE we continue our topic about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about breaking down goals into small steps to make them achievable.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 20^th January 2020:

Our PE day has changed to Monday, so please make sure your child’s PE Kit is in for this day.

If you haven’t had a chance to send in a box of tissues this academic year, please do, as we are in need of some more boxes for all those sniffly noses.

Also, please ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day as they all wish to drink during the day and this is difficult if they do not have a water bottle in class.

Congratulations to Halo for being our Star this week!

In English we will continue to use Flotsam by David Wiesner to inspire our writing, this time to write a persuasive letter.

In Maths we are learning about written division methods and then moving onto scaling.

Our weekly times table test is on Monday.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice their times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables they have learnt and are working on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be learning about reproduction of flowering plants.

For Computing we are manipulating digital images linked to our Art topic of Pop Art.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we learning about the suffixes ‘sub-‘ and ‘tele-‘.

In History we are comparing the Ancient Greek political system with ours.

For DT we are continuing our topic on complex structures looking at bridge structure and local bridges.

In RE we continue our top about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about being motivated and enthusiastic about achieving a new challenge.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 13^th January 2020:

Our PE day has changed to Monday, so please make sure your child’s PE Kit is in for this day.

If you haven’t had a chance to send in a box of tissues this academic year, please do, as we are in need of some more boxes for all those sniffly noses.

Also, please ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day as they all wish to drink during the day and this is difficult if they do not have a water bottle in class.

Congratulations to Walter for being our Star this week!

In English we will be working towards writing a setting description based on one of the pictures in our book - Flotsam by David Wiesner.

In Maths we are continuing to learn about formal written multiplication methods and then moving onto division methods.

On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember to logon to TTRockstars to practice their times tables. This has been updated to reflect the tables they have learnt and are working on.

This term as part of Music we will be listening to compositions written by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we will be learning about Life Cycles of plants and animals.

For Computing we are learning about digital images and how they can be easily manipulated.

This Half Term in PE we are learning about dance linked to our History topic of the Roman Empire.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Monday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Monday.

In Spelling we will practise another spelling strategy and learn about words ending with ‘gue’ and que’.

In History we are starting our topic on Ancient Greece.

For Art we are starting our new topic on Pop Art by looking at Andy Warhol and his works.

In RE we continue our top about Jesus by looking at his stories.

In Jigsaw the children will be thinking about their Dreams and Ambitions.

Monday

PE kit due in. (No earrings or tape in school to cover them.)

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

Week Commencing 7^th January 2020

Happy New Year and Welcome Back.

Our PE day has changed to Monday, so please make sure your child’s PE Kit is in for that day.

In English, for the next 3 weeks, we will be looking at the book Flotsam by David Wiesner and using this for our writing inspiration. The focus this week is drama and vocabulary development.

In Maths we are concentrating on multiplication and will starting to learn the formal method.

For our Music we will be listening to music by a Greek composer Yiannis Chryssomallis.

In Science we are starting our All Living Things topic with sorting and classifying.

In RE we are thinking about Christians and specifically Jesus.

As part of Jigsaw the children will be revisiting their Network Hand and thinking about the people who they can turn to if they need to talk to someone.

In Spelling we are practising words with y making an ‘i’ sound, commonly misspelt words and proof reading for spelling errors.

In Geography we are learning about food trade in the UK.

In DT we are focusing on nutrition – specifically how the food we eat is produced.

Monday

INSET DAY

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Homework Goes Home

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Thursday 19th December

We will be having a movie morning with lightly sea salted popcorn.  The children have voted for the Nativity Rocks film.

This Week

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Performance as much as the children liked taking part.  It was lovely to see so many of you.

Congratulations to Katherine for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to the following children for earning our end of term awards.

Sienna for Empathy

Yaseen for Curiosity

Bader for Determination

Parents of these 3 children are welcome to attend our Awards Ceremony on Friday 20^th December at 9am.

Week Commencing 16^th December:

In English we are finishing our fables unit.

In Maths we will finish our topic on multiplication and division. .  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to Christmas Songs.

In Science we are investigating the change of state caused by temperature.

In Art, we will be making a Christmas Card.

We will also be completing some Christmas activities, watching a Christmas Film and on Friday the Children can bring a game in from home to play.

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Santa’s Breakfast

Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas Lunch

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Thursday

Pantomime at School

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Bring a Game to Play (optional)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

School finishes at 1.30pm

Have a good holiday.

KS2 Production St Matthew’s Church

Wednesday 11^th December

Children can arrive from 6pm but should arrive no later than 6.15pm.

Please drop your child off, with a member of Bromet School staff, via the main door of the church.

The children will change into their costumes once they arrive at the church.  At the end of the evening the children will change back into their home clothes before leaving.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday.

This Week

Thank you to the parents who have kindly volunteered to help us walk the children to St Matthew’s Church on Monday at 1pm.

Congratulations to Finley for being our Star this week!

Week Commencing 9^th December:

In English we are continuing to learn about Fables and the children will be creating their own imaginary world out of food. If you have any spare magazines with images of food could you please send them in.

In Maths we will continue our topic on multiplication and division. .  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to Traditional Christmas Carols.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Science we are investigating the change of state caused by temperature.

In Art, we will be finishing off constructing a lily out of paper as our final piece of work on this area.

In RE we are thinking about how Christmas is celebrated by Christians.

In Jigsaw we are giving and receiving compliments and to think about how this feels for the giver and receiver.

Monday

Christmas Performance Afternoon Dress Rehearsal at St Matthew’s Church

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Water Bottles Due In

Homework Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

PE Kits Due In For PE

Homework Goes Home

Book Bags Go Home

Christmas Performance at St Matthew’s Church

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record Due In

Book Bags Go Home

Friday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags Go Home

Water Bottles Go Home

Have a good weekend.

This Week

Congratulations to Sienna for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Alfie who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

Week Commencing 2^nd December:

In English we are going to learn and write about Fables.

In Maths we will continue our topic on multiplication and division. .  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to Christmas Songs from other countries.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Science we investigating the change of state caused by temperature.

In Art, inspired by the impressionist work of Claude Monet, we will be constructing a lily out of paper as our final piece of work on this area.

In History, we will be looking at the impact of the Romans on the roads in Britain.

In RE we are writing an advent poem and creating a candle to go with an advent promise.

In Jigsaw we are problem solving bullying scenarios in groups.

Monday

Outfits for Christmas Performance Due In

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Flu Vaccination

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

Have a good weekend.

KS2 Christmas Concert

Details about your child's part and outfit requirements were sent out in their book bag today (Thursday).  Please send outfits in by Monday 2nd December.  Thank you for your help with this.

This Week

The weather has turned colder this week and our PE lessons take place outside unless it is raining.  Please ensure your child has a school tracksuit to wear to keep warm. Thank you.

Congratulations to Sonny for being our Star this week!

Congratulations to Walter who was nominated for the Premier League Primary Stars Weekly Award by WFC in our PE lesson this week.

Week Commencing 25^th November:

In English and Maths we will be completing assessments for Reading, Grammar / Punctuation and Arithmetic and Verbal Problems.

For our Music we will be listening to Christmas inspired music written by different composers and practising our Christmas Songs.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In DT, we will be making our Fruit Salad.  Please ensure you have returned the consent form so your child may take part.

In RE we are thinking about the morals we learn from the stories The Blind Man and The Boy Who Cries Wolf.

In Jigsaw we are thinking about how to help people who have been bullied feel better.

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

Have a good weekend.

This Week

We have had a busy week. The children have made red and white poppies for remembrance; thought about bullying and being different by wearing odd socks;  visited Affinity Education Centre and worn pyjamas for Children in Need Day. All of which they have thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you for your donations for Children in Need.

Congratulations to Emilia for being our Star this week!

Week Commencing 18^th November:

In English the children will be writing their own Roman Myths.

In Maths we are starting to learn about formal written subtraction methods and the language involved with subtraction.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to classical Christmas music written by different composers and starting to learn our Christmas Songs.

In Science we will be learning about Non-Newtonian Fluids.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will learn about the prefixes mis- and re-.

In Art, inspired by Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, we will be making a lily out of paper.

In Geography we are learning about the Water Cycle.

In DT we are learning about nutrition.

In RE we are learning about the 99 names for Allah and what they mean then the children are thinking about the meaning of their name.

In Jigsaw we are thinking about solutions to everyday set scenarios.

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

Have a good weekend.

Book Bags

Please note that although the children need to bring their book bags in daily with their reading books, we will continue to change reading books on a Tuesday and Friday only.

If your child brings a letter or note in their book bag on other days please remind them to take it out and hand it in when they arrive at school.

Next Week

Next week is National Anti-Bullying week and the children will have a Kindness drama workshop on Wednesday. Friday is Children in Need Day!

School Trip

On Thursday we are off to Affinity Water’s Education Site in Bushey.  Please make sure your child is suitably dressed as we will be completing activities outside. We leave school at 9.30am and will be back by the end of the day.

Congratulations to Rosie H for being our Star this week!

Week Commencing 11^th November:

In English we will be continuing to learn and write about Roman Myths.

In Maths we are continuing to learn about formal written addition methods and the language involved with addition.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to winter inspired music written by different composers.

In Science we will be leaning about the properties of liquids, solids and gases.

For Computing we are learning more about the worldwide web.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will learn about the prefixes mis- and re-.

In History / DT we will learn about poppies for Remembrance and make our own Poppy Wreath.

On Friday we will be completing activities relating to Children in Need.

Monday

Reading Books and Reading Record

Water Bottles are due in

Tuesday

Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book Bags go home.

Wednesday

Maths Morning

Reading Books and Reading Record

PE kits are due in for PE.

Homework goes home.

Thursday

School Trip to Affinity Water’s Education Site

Reading Books and Reading Record

Book bags are due in.

Friday

Children in Need Day - Wear pyjamas and donate £1Reading Books and Reading Record (Book Bags Checked and Changed)

Book bags and water bottles go home.

Have a good weekend.

Welcome Back

School starts normal time on Monday 4^th November. I hope you have all had a good half term break and are feeling refreshed and ready to come back to school.

This term we are going to focus on the British Value - Mutual respect & tolerance of different faiths, beliefs and cultural traditions for our Show and Tell.  Therefore, I would like the children to share one of their cultural traditions or beliefs.

Week Commencing 4^th November:

In English we will be starting to learn and write about Roman Myths.

In Maths we are starting to learn about formal written addition methods.  On Monday we will complete our weekly times table test.  Remember your children can use TTRockstars to practice their times tables.

For our Music we will be listening to sleigh music written by different composers.

In Science we will be investigating different states of matter.

For Computing we are learning more about the worldwide web.

For PE we continue to focus on invasion and attacking skills.  Please ensure your child’s PE kit is in school for Wednesday. If your child has pierced ears, they must either bring tape to cover their earrings, remove them for PE or not wear earrings on a Wednesday.

In Spelling this week we will continue to look at particular homophones, where words sound the same but are spelt differently and the children will complete a spelling test on the first 5 words in the Year 3/4 Spelling List, 4 of which we have looked at in class.

In History we are researching about Roman life in Britain.

In Art we are practising the skill of shading with a pencil.

In Jigsaw we are thinking about families and how they can vary.