Dear Parents and Carers,
It’s been a busy and exciting week in class, and I wanted to share some highlights of what we've been up to across different subjects.
English: Mastering Conjunctions and Fronted Adverbials
This week, we dived into the world of conjunctions and fronted adverbials. The children learned how conjunctions can help them connect ideas within a sentence, making their writing more fluid and engaging. We've focused on words like because, so, although, and if. You can encourage your child at home by asking them to explain how they use these in their sentences. We also explored fronted adverbials—those words or phrases placed at the beginning of a sentence to give extra information. For example, "In the morning, the class started with a fun activity." The children have enjoyed using these to make their writing more dynamic. Why not ask them to give you an example of a fronted adverbial in action?
Maths: Place Value
In maths, we focused on place value, ensuring children understand the importance of each digit in a number. We've been breaking down numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones, and even exploring larger numbers into the thousands. By now, many children are confident in recognising the value of digits and have been practising how to order and compare numbers. You can support this learning at home by playing simple games like asking them to identify the largest number they can make from certain digits or asking them to explain the value of different digits in a number.
School Council Elections
It’s been an exciting time with our school council elections underway. The children have been practising democracy, the importance of leadership, and how they can have a voice in shaping our school community. Candidates have prepared speeches, and are ready to share ideas about how they hope to make the school a better place. Voting is on Friday and election results will be shared soon. If you would like to be considered, there are a couple of days left to prepare your short 1 to 2 minute talk.
Reminder: Roman visitors and dress up day: Next Tuesday 17th September. Please pay if you have not already done so.
Fieldwork visit to Hockley high street - Volunteers needed!
On Monday 23rd September, Year 4 will be walking into Hockley high street to find out how locals use their town centre, for our Geography fieldwork unit. We need 8 adults to volunteer to help us on this trip. Please email via contact us if you are willing to help us from 8:40 - 12:30 on this day. Thank you in advance!
Spellings to be given this Friday and tested next Friday:
inactive
incorrect
invisible
insecure
inflexible
indefinite
incurable
inability
inadequate
inelegant
These will go live on spelling shed on Friday 13th. Spoooooooky!
Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions about what we’ve been learning, feel free to reach out.
Best wishes,
Miss Dee and Mr Rothwell
Class Teacher