Owls

 Welcome to the Owls

 Week 7 Autumn 2                                                    December 2024 

Dear Parents and Owls,

Please provide junk modelling equipment for your child's egg holder. They will be bringing home their plans so they can collect suitable materials. Materials will be needed by Friday 19th December. 

 Homework: Please continue with TTR and multiplication practice over the holidays. Owls have been very working very hard on their accurate recall and it would be good for them to consolidate this skill. Next term we wil be working on fractions and a good knowledge of muilplication tables is essential, and of course reading, reading, reading!

Here is the link to our reading advent that we have been enjoying: 

https://wherereadingrocks.com/christmas-reading-advent-2024/

 TTR, Spelling shed and Maths CPG book Page 6 section A - to be completed by Thursday 12th December 2024

Please log in to Seesaw to see videos of us reading poetry and photos of our trip to  Stanwick Lakes, the Scarecrow walk, Nature Talk and Graham Water. 

Please see folders below for next week's timetables. You will also, find: spelling lists, knowledge organisers and a Powerpoint outlining useful class information. Here isthe link to the Soda bread recipe. Everyone seemed to enjoy making and eating it! 

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/simple-soda-bread

Please don't forget a water bottle, waterproof coat and outdoor footwear for playtimes on the field.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks Mrs W

sendco@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk

Congratulations to  for getting the class trophy William and Alfie for getting the 'Kindness' Values award.

Autumn 2.
Our writing focus will be narrative writing. The stimulus for this will be: 'Leon and the Place Between' by Grahame Baker Smith
In history, we will continue to learn about the Vikings and in geography,  about rivers. Please see the website for knowledge organisers.
Our science topic is ‘Sound.' In DT will will be designing, planning, making and evaluating sling shot cars. Our RE topic is 'Where do we get our morals from?'
Mathematics will  continue to focus on place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and time. Please continue to practise your timetables as often as possible; these are absolutely key for future mathematical development.
Physical activity will continue to be a key component of next year’s curriculum and our units are: Netball (Mondays with MrsDavies) and Yoga (Wednesdays with Miss G.) Please ensure your child comes to school on Mondays and Wednesdays in PE kit. They will require warm clothes, jumpers and tracksuit bottoms / leggings need to be black. Your child will also need a waterproof coat and outdoor trainers. Monday physical education lessons will take place outside ,so the correct clothing is essential. You will need to leave a pair of boots or outdoor shoes in school because we will try to have playtimes on the field even when it is wet and muddy. This will enable us to make the most of our beautiful environment.
Our class reader (which we have already started,) is ‘How to Train Your Dragon' by Cressida Cowell.  There are also other books by these authors that you might enjoy sharing. I have also been asked for more reading ideas, so here are a few: The Charlie Bone series, Horrid Henry (there is also an Early Reader series,) Dog Man, Bunny vs Monkey, the Tree House series. Jeremy Strong and Michael Morporgo (just check the story line because some can be quite sad and not necessary appropriate for year 4,) have also written a great deal of amazing books. Reading is essential for so many reasons, enjoyment, wellbeing, vocabulary and knowledge to name but a few.
Remember ‘We learn to read and then read to learn!

 Contact Details: 

For Mrs Wildman please use either emails:

sendco@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk or ewildman@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk.

Miss Gingell for Art, DT, RE and PE –cgingell@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk

Mrs. Leach for Geography – sleach@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk
Mrs. Davies for Computing – ldavies@sharnbrookprimary.beds.sch.uk

I will teach Owls on Monday morning, Tuesday all day and Thursday and Friday mornings. Miss Gingell will teach Owls on a Wednesday. Other, subject specialist staff will teach the class as follows on Thursday and Friday afternoon:
Mrs. Leach will teach Geography,
Madame Bentley will teach French
Mrs. Davies – Computing.
Mrs. Stock will be Owls’ Teaching assistant.

 Useful Websites:

 How to find the North Star - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xVTMlJrH4 We have been learning about how to find the North star as part of a discussion relating to out class reader. Here is a link to help them find it!

Epic Reading. Please log on at https://www.getepic.com/sign-in The class sign in code is: bba2651

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

  Supermovers:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-3-times-table/z6sw382

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-4-times-table-with-cyril-the-swan/zmsw382

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-6-times-table-with-fred-the-red/zrq3xyc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39

Here are just a few ways to help your child:
Share the weekly timetable with your child.
Ensure they bring their reading book and reading record to school every day. Inside their reading records are login details, it is a good idea to take a note or photograph of these just in case the reading record goes missing. The Seesaw login will enable you to see photographs and videos of your child. We will let you know when they are posted. They can also post photos and work onto it from home.
Get to school in plenty of time for an 8:45am start.
Hear your child read every night and read to them.
Encourage your child to complete Spelling Shed and TTR at least 4 times a week. (Spelling tests are on Friday mornings.)
Remind them to complete their homework and bring in their folder in every Thursday. In addition to daily reading, Spelling Shed and TTR, the children will be set one small task each week.
Send your child to school with outdoor shoes / boots , a water bottle and always send a coat even if it doesn’t look like rain!
Your children need to come to school in PE kit on Monday and Wednesdays.
Thank you for your support, we are really looking forward to a fun packed year. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

 Homework:

Thank you for encouraging your child to read daily. This is so important for both enjoyment, mental health and academic development. You learn to read and then you read to learn!

If your child can spend regular time on TTR and spelling shed this will also help them. Little and often is the key, but please don't worry if this isn't always possible, there has to be a balance. Down time, spending time with family and friends, being outside and doing physical activity are also very important.
A small task will be set on a Thursday and this needs to be completed and returned every Thursday.
Spelling Tests take place on Tuesdays and new spellings are set on Tuesday.

 Arrival Time: Just a polite reminder that year 4 arrival time is 8:45am. 

Click here to go the words and music for Jack and the Beanstalk