Times Table Challenge

Well done to everybody who took part in the Times Table Challenge today. It was wonderful to see so many people taking part and giving it their all. If you would like to practise at home, click on the link below. Remember, practise makes perfect so next time you could be the champion. Go for it!

Times Table Bingo Machine

The BIG Draw

On Monday the whole school took part in the Big Draw event. We immersed ourselves in a variety of independent and collaborative art activities and managed to produce some truly wonderful pieces that were then displayed in the school hall. Well done everyone - it all looked amazing!

Newsletter - 18.10.13

Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter

We have had such a super week in LKS2 and we were really impressed with everyone’s attitudes towards their assessment. Don’t forget today is celebration Friday, so feel free to come into the class and look at your child’s wonderful learning from across the half term.

Home Learning

As part of the children’s home learning in 3/4, we ask that your child is reading every day of the week. We expect all children to hand in their signed reading record on a Monday morning so we can reward them for each day they have read. If a child reads every day they will be rewarded with a sticker. 

Your child will continue to receive numeracy home learning on a weekly basis, which we ask all children to engage with. The home learning will be handed out in their blue home learning books every Friday, and your child will have until the following Friday to hand their home learning back to their teacher. As mentioned above, we are so impressed with the engagement in their home learning so far! Your child will also be receiving a booklet of mental maths questions, which we urge you to practice at home at your own pace.

Numeracy

This week in numeracy the children have been showing off all of the skills they have learnt so far over this half term. We were really impressed with the children’s attitudes towards their assessments. Every child tried their best, even when finding some sections a little bit tricky. We will be allowing children to look back at their assessment papers to see if, with a partner, they can correct any errors and make even more progress with their numeracy learning. In year 3/4, the mental maths section of the paper is extremely important and can have a big effect on the level given at the end of the test. It would be great to practice mental maths at home with your child by working through the booklets we will be sending out at the end of the term.

Literacy

This week in literacy, the children have written a diary entry as though they were a Viking for a day! We were blown away with the wonderful ideas each child had and were happy to see all of the children using a range of engaging features throughout their diary entries. We were particularly impressed with the children’s use of adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions within their writing and were even more impressed with some of the complex sentences we read! We are looking forward to giving your child a level and sharing these with you in parent consultations next week.

Spellings
These Spellings will be tested on Monday 21^st October.

Group One	Group Two
Pie	Accident
Flies	Complete
Tie	Experiment
Five	Recognise
Slide	Equipment
Smile	Separate
Bike	Comparison
Prize	Suppose
Sky	Surprise
Spy	Whose

Reminders

·        Please can all Year 4 children remember to bring their swimming kit and goggles if needed every Friday. They may also bring a snack to eat on the coach on the way back to school. This can be a biscuit or a piece of fruit.

·        Please ensure your child’s PE kit is kept in school from Monday-Friday every week.

·        Now that the weather is wet and windy, we ask that your child must bring a coat to school every day. Unfortunately, we are still seeing children coming into school dripping wet and cold. We insist that the children should wear their coat to school daily, as well as every break and lunch time.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Team 3/4

Viking Art

Over the last two weeks, we have been spending our topic sessions weaving with various threads to create the backdrop for our corridor displays. Each class took a different colour to weave to create the Viking scenery. 34B = Red for the fires of the burning villages and monasteries, 34T = green for the land that was farmed by the Vikings and 34S = blues for the waters that the Vikings sailed. 

Once we had completed the weaving, we set about making our moving pictures to go with the coloured backgrounds. 34B designed burning houses with moving flames, 34T designed Vicious-looking Vikings complete with moving swords and shields and 34S created Viking longships with moving oars.

Newsletter - 11.10.13

Lower Key Stage 2

We have had a fabulous time in LKS2 this week. Next Monday sees the arrival of Big Draw. Please send your child in to school with an art shirt, in order to avoid any school uniforms getting dirty. Parents and Carers are invited into school to look at the amazing Big Draw outcomes on Tuesday at 3:00pm, where you are welcome to take any pieces of art work home.

Home Learning

This week’s home learning is for children to practice their column subtraction. All week the children have been learning to borrow ten from next door, in order to solve a variety of different subtraction problems. It will be great for children to practice these skills at home by applying these to test style problems, ahead of assessment week next week.

In addition to this, we would like the children to continue reading daily at home, and record this in their reading records in order to receive a sticker.

Numeracy

This week in numeracy the children have been learning how to use column subtraction. They have learnt how to carefully set their calculations out in the correct columns, and know to begin their working out from the units column. The children are also confident when borrowing ten from next door; a tricky concept to get. In order to challenge the children, we have been asking them to apply their knowledge of subtraction to different problems, both investigative and test style questions. Next week is assessment week and all children will get a chance to show off their mathematical skills learnt over this half term. We aim to make assessment week as calm as possible, and always explain to the children thoroughly that assessments are not something to worry about.

Literacy

This week in literacy the children have been writing diary entries from the point of view of a Viking Raider. All children remembered to write in first person, use important features like capital letters and full stops and tried really hard with their paragraphing. We were blown away by their amazing use of compound and complex sentences, as well as their super adverbs and adjectives to describe the vicious raids.  Next week the children will write their final diary entry, about their time as a Viking on a Viking Long Ship. We will be assessing these writes and will be giving your child a new level for their writing. We look forward to spotting all of the amazing conjunctions, adverbs and adjectives throughout their diaries.

Topic

This week in topic the children have been continuing with their Viking moving mechanisms.  Some children have finished these and we were blown away by the quality of their colouring, cutting and over all attention to detail. The children have also been continuing with their Viking weaving, Viking Kartouche’s and have been conducting independent research into Alfred the Great.

Spellings

These Spellings will be tested on Monday 14^th October.

Group One	Group Two
Bravely	Candle
Clearly	Ankle
Cheerfully	Rectangle
Carefully	Symbol
Madly	Single
Neatly	Difficult
Nearly	Signal
Really	Athletics
Weekly	Animal
Weakly	Christmas

Reminders

 

·        Please can all Year 4 children remember to bring their swimming kit and goggles if needed every Friday. They may also bring a snack to eat on the coach on the way back to school. This can be a biscuit or a piece of fruit.

·        Please ensure your child’s PE kit is kept in school from Monday-Friday every week.

·        As the weather begins to turn that little bit cooler and wetter, please ensure your child has a suitable outdoor coat/jacket.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Team 3/4

Young Voices 2014

Here you will find the lyrics and music for the Young Voices event taking place in January. 

Check out the website for loads of videos, Information for parents and children and past superstars who have performed at the concerts:

Lemar; Katherine Jenkins; Alexandra Burke; Beverley Knight; Beardyman; Des’ree; Joss Stone; Miss Dynamite

www.youngvoices.co.uk

Mr Blue Sky

MR BLUE SKY

The sun is shining in the sky 
There ain’t a cloud in sight, It’s stopped raining 
Every body’s in a play and don’t you know 
It’s so beautiful today, hey! 

Running down the avenue 
See how the sun shines brightly 
in the city on the streets where once was pity 
Mister Blue Sky is living here today! Hey! 

Mister Blue Sky   (Please tell us why) 
You had to hide away for so long 
so long did we go wrong? 

Mister Blue Sky   (Please tell us why) 
You had to hide away for so long 
so long did we go wrong? 

do do do do do do do do do do do do 
do do do do do do do do do do do do 
do do do do do do do do do do do do 
do do do do do do 

Hey you with the pretty face, 
Welcome to the human race, we’re celebrating, 
Mister Blue Sky’s up there waiting and today 
is the day we’ve waited for, Aw! 

Mister Blue Sky   (Please tell us why) 
You had to hide away for so long 
so long did we go wrong? 

Hey there Mister Blue 
We’re so pleased to be with you 
Look around see what you do 
Everybody smiles at you 

Mister Blue Sky 
Mister Blue Sky 
Mister Blue Sky Y 
Mister Blue you did it right, 
But soon comes Mister Night, creeping over 
now his hand is on your shoulder never mind,
 I’ll remember you this 
I’ll remember you this way, 

Mister Blue Sky   (Please tell us why) 
You had to hide away for so long 
so long did we go wrong? 

Hey there Mister Blue 
We’re so pleased to be with you 
Look around see what you do 
Everybody smiles at you 

da da da da da da da da da da da da 
da da da da da da da da 
da da da da da da da da da da da da 
da da da da da da da da 

Ah Ah  Ah Ah ooh ooh 
Ooh Ah Ah Mister Blue Sky

Lean On Me

LEAN ON ME

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, 

The YV, The YV,

Everybody’s talking ‘bout The YV,

Brothers and sisters together in song, 

Showing all the people how we get along, 

We gotta get everybody to sing, 

Gettin’ in the groove and doing our thing now, 

So when you need that helping hand, 

Someone to listen and understand, just Lean.

Lean on me when you’re not strong, 

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on, 

For, it won’t be long, Till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain, we all have sorrow 

But, if we are wise we know that there’s always tomorrow, 

Lean on me when you’re not strong, 

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on, 

For, it won’t be long, Till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

Please swallow your pride If I have things you need to borrow 

For noone can fill those of your needs that you won’t let show 

Lean on me when you’re not strong, 

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on, 

For, it won’t be long, Till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

You just call on me brother when you need a hand 

We all need somebody to lean on. 

I just might have a problem that you’ll understand 

We all need somebody to lean on 

Lean on me when you’re not strong, 

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on, 

For, it won’t be long, Till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

(Rap)

The YV, The YV

Everybody’s talking ‘bout The YV, Make it funky, make it funky

Brothers and sisters together in song, 

showing all the people how we get along, Make it funky, make it funky

We gotta get everybody to sing, 

Gettin’ in the groove and doing our thing now, Make it funky, make it funky

So when you need that helping hand, 

Someone to listen and understand, Make it funky, make it funky

just Lean.

Just call me, call me, just call me, Whoa you know you gotta 

Call me, call me, just call me, Whoa You know you gotta 

Call on me sister, when you need a hand, 

We all need somebody to lean on, 

I just might have a problem that you’ll understand 

We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me when you’re not strong, 

I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on, 

For, it won’t be long, Till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.

Gonna need somebody to lean on

Need somebody to lean on.

Newsletter 4/10/13

Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter

Well, it’s been another busy week in Year 3/4. We have seen lots of wonderful learning taking place and have been really impressed with the enthusiasm the children have shown towards each and every lesson - even when things have a got a little bit tricky!

Thank you to all parents and carers who attended this week’s meeting about the Year 4 residential in May 2014. We shared details of the trip, dates, times, kit lists and itineraries. If you would like your child to take part in the exciting trip, please can we ask that a non-refundable deposit of £50 is returned to school by half term?

There have been a few questions about changing books and whether there are set days for children to do this. The children can get a new book to take home whenever and as often as they like. There is no set day and we encourage the children to take responsibility for changing their own books whenever they have finished one, as well as recording their daily reading in their reading records. Reading at home will be rewarded in school with stickers and, as we have all seen, the competition for team point champions this half term has been extremely tight. It could be your sticker that wins it for your team!

Our Achiever this week is Lucas in 3/4B. Lucas has approached every lesson with enthusiasm this week and has applied every target given to him. His Star Write was jam-packed full of adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions too – there’s no stopping him! Well done Lucas. 

Numeracy

This week we have been looking at how to add using column addition. We have applied these skills in many ways including solving some pretty tricky word problems.  Next week we will be moving onto looking at column subtraction.  Home learning: your child will have received a selection of questions and problems from this week’s learning as a means of embedding and securing the learning that has taken place. Please also continue to support your child with their learning of their times tables and basic number bonds to 10 and 100. These basic number facts underpin almost everything that we cover during numeracy lessons. Thank you. Next week’s times table focus will be the 5 X tables…get practising!

Literacy

This week, we have been writing in the style of a diary, documenting the life of a Viking child. We have been focussing our attentions on the use of adverbs to describe the many actions as well as writing in the past tense and first person. Next week we will be continuing to look at how diaries are written and will be finding out more information about what life was like for Viking thralls (slaves).

Spellings

These spellings will be tested on Monday 14^th October. Please support your child in practicing their spellings every day to help them achieve 10/10 in their spelling test every week.

Group One	Group Two
bravely	candle
clearly	ankle
cheerfully	rectangle
carefully	symbol
madly	single
neatly	difficult
nearly	signal
really	athletics
weekly	animal
weakly	Christmas

Other areas of the curriculum:

In PE we have once again taken inspiration from Olympic gymnast video footage and have been continuing our gymnastics by practising our rolls and balances and putting them into sequences in larger groups.

In Topic we have been very busy with our weaving of wool on hessian. These will form the backdrops for our moving mechanisms that will be started next week.

In music, 3/4B have begun composing their own musical masterpieces using the instruments available on the iads. 3/4T have been refining their recorder skills when learning to play a new song and 3/4S have continued with their percussion sessions using a variety of instruments.

In Science we have developed our graphing skills by presenting our collected data neatly and accurately in a bar chart.

In ICT we have continued to create our own information documentary about Vikings, complete with sounds, using the Kar2ouche software.

Reminders

 

·    Please can all Year 4 children remember to bring their swimming kit and goggles if needed every Friday in a bag large enough to fit their entire uniforms and shoes in – we don’t want to lose any belongings. Children may also bring a snack to eat on the coach on the way back to school. This can be a cereal bar or a piece of fruit – no crisps.

      ·    Please ensure your child’s PE kit is kept in school from Monday-Friday every week.

·    As the weather begins to turn that little bit cooler and wetter, please ensure your child has a suitable outdoor coat/jacket.

Have a wonderful weekend!