Themed menu 07 October 2022
Catering Agency, our school meal provider, will be running a special themed menu on Friday 07 October. Please contact the office if your child would like a school dinner on this day (no action needed if your child normally has a school meal on this day).
Check out the Cricket World Cup themed menu.
Reading
Hello!
I have been so impressed with Year 4’s reading records over the last couple of weeks. Not only have they all remembered to bring them in each Friday but the activities they have completed, have been done to a fantastic standard!
Have a look at this example:
If you are ever unsure of how to complete the set activity, have a look at the front of the reading record and it will explain each one in detail.
It’s so important that the children complete these activities to show yourselves and us at school that they are understanding their books and even more importantly, enjoying their reading!
Keep it up Year 4!
Autumn term after-school clubs
Some of our after-school clubs will be restarting next week and they will run until week commencing 05 December. Please note some clubs begin after half term when building work at school has been completed.
Places can be booked via Gateway.
Our physical activity clubs continue to be heavily subsidised through the investment of our PE and Sport Premium.
Each club has a limit on the maximum number of children who can attend. As numbers are limited we ask that you limit your child to one club initially. If there are clubs with remaining places, we will then offer these as a second club.
Please contact the office if you have any queries about the clubs or the booking system.
History – Ancient Greece
This week, Year have dived deep into their new topic about Ancient Greece.
First, we looked at the geography of Greece and made fact files about the country using atlases and iPads.
- Hemisphere: Northern
- Continent: Europe
- Capital city: Athens
We then looked at placing Ancient Greece into our timeline. We worked on putting all the time periods and ages into chronological order and adding in Ancient Greece. It happened at the same time as the Iron Age in British history.
Have a look at our timelines that we made! We did a fantastic job even when trying to cut proportionate pieces.
Have a challenge at home and try to remember the chronological order of each time period!
First week back!
Hello everyone,
After our first week back at school, I just wanted to thank everyone (children and parents!) for being fantastic and making everything run so smoothly. We’ve had a lovely week getting to know each other and getting stuck into our new learning!
We’ve begun our History topic unit about Ancient Greece. The children have been fascinated by exploring Greece on Google Earth and finding out lots of facts about it. They found Greece’s hemisphere, continent and capital city.
We have also begun one of our class novels for this first half term – Greek Myths by Marcia Williams. The class were really knowledgeable about the Greek gods such as Zeus and Hermes.
Have a look at this website to learn more about Greek gods and myths: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv39bqt
Y4 PE days
Hello!
Year 4 will be doing PE on Wednesdays and Fridays this year.
Please could your child come to school wearing their PE kit on those days! If you’re not sure on the PE kit, please let me know and I can give you the school’s uniform policy.
Thank you!
Miss Birch
Looking forward to this year!
Hello Year 4!
As you know, I’m Miss Birch and I’m going to be your teacher for the next year! I’m really looking forward to working with all of you. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer holiday and are raring to come back. I just know that we’re going to be a fabulous team – bring it on!
Summer of sport
It’s just 7 days to go until the Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham. Watch this introductory video to find out more.
To keep active over the summer holidays, why not try these commonwealth personal best challenges at home. My Commonwealth PB incorporates skills that are used in 7 of the sports which will be taking place at the B2022
Commonwealth Games.
Use the QR codes below to see each challenge.
We’d love to hear how you get on!
Roundhegians
Living and Learning – drugs, alcohol and tobacco
The last couple of weeks have been focused on talking about drugs, alcohol and tobacco. This topic is really important. The children became familiar and educated on these substances so that once they are old enough, they can make safe and informed decisions on what they choose to do.
The year 4 children identified how certain drugs and household items (i.e. paracetamol or surface cleaner) should be used safely. They were really sensible and knew exactly what to do:
- Do not touch these items without permission from a trusted adult.
- The instructions on the products must be followed.
- Keep them out of reach of small children.
D:side came in the following week to talk about alcohol and it was a fantastic session with lots of interactive activities that the children loved! The session wasn’t to worry the children about alcohol but just to make them aware of what it is and the rules around it. The children began acting out how they would respond if a friend was pressuring them to drink alcohol and they even got to try the alcohol glasses on and have a walk around the classroom – tricky!