Millennium

Dear Parents, Carers,

A warm welcome back and wishing you all a happy New Year from the Year Four team.

If you have not yet read the recent letter, please click the link:https://www.howard.croydon.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Letter-re-temporary-school-closure-03-01-2021.pdf

Thank you for completing the survey sent to you which has helped us identify which children will attend school.

Each week a member of  the year four teaching team as well as a teaching assistant will be at school teaching the key worker children whilst the other teacher will be setting and marking work set on Google Classroom for those children working at home. They will also be available during school hours to answer any questions you may have about your child’s home learning via the year group email address-year4@howard.croydon.sch.uk

If your  child will be attending school due to your work as a critical worker, we look forward to welcoming your child to school tomorrow.

If  your child does not fall the above category, please keep them at home and we will provide remote learning via Google Classroom. Please login to your child’s Google Classroom to access the suggested timetable and links to work for Monday and Tuesday. Work for Wednesday onwards will be posted directly onto Google Classroom. Please be assured that your child at home will experience the same learning content as the children who will be attending school. 

Weekly Timetable for Home Learning Wk beginning 4.1.21

We look forward to welcoming you and your children to a very different start to their new school term whether that will be online or in person.

Kind regards and keep safe,

Miss Turpie and the Year Four team

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#cb21c4″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Parents’ Evening Appointments continue this week. Your child has taken home a copy of their targets for this term. Please use the online school cloud website to make an appointment if you would like to speak to us about these targets. If you have not already made an appointment please do as we have times available[/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning be as follow;

• In English we will continue our work based on Arthur and the Golden Rope by Todd Staunton linked to our History learning about Vikings. This week we will learning how to retell a Norse myth. Check out these websites to wet your appetite. https://www.storynory.com/category/myths/norse/

http://www.mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_norse_full.htm

http://myths.e2bn.org/    

If you want to read along with Arthur and the Golden Rope at home see the following video link  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1090558987963163

• In Maths we will learn to multiply and divide by 6,7 and 9.
• In History we will learn about the Vikings. This week we will be  making our Viking warrior shields like these:

• In RE we will also continue our unit Why do you judge me? learning about discrimination.
• In RHE we will be continuing our unit celebrating difference in Jigsaw.The children have been discussing how it is ok to be different.Nobody in the WORLD
  looks the same
  thinks the same
  feels the same
  believes the same
  behaves the same
  YOU are UNIQUE! Take a look at this video #itisokto. Our children will be thinking of our own hashtags this week for why it’s ok  to be different. 

   

• In Spanish, we are learning about vegetables and how to say which vegetables we like in Spanish. If you would like to continue your Spanish learning at home see this handy guide for how to log in to our school programme-Language Angels from home. how to access interactive games spanish
• PE will be on Monday and Friday.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#dceb39″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Many thanks to children and parents for persevering in using Google Classroom. It has been lovely to see children’s homework submitted on the site. Remote learning is available for any child who needs to self isolate. If you are still struggling to access Google Classroom, take a look at this guideHoward-parents-guide-to-Google-Classroom-2 [/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning will be as follows;

• In English we will be doing learning to write explanation texts based around How to Draw Horrid Henry. This will link to our Zones of Regulation whole school approach to dealing with emotions.
• In Maths we will be subtracting and adding 4 digit numbers using efficient methods.
• In Science we will be investigating the water cycle.
• In History, we will be learning about the Viking invasion of Lindisfarne.
• In PE we will continue to develop our basketball skills on Wednesday and starting a Pilates/yoga unit on Mondays.  Children should come to school in PE kit on those days.

Remember school closes for half term on Thursday 22nd at 3pm.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#dceb39″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Many thanks to children and parents for persevering in using Google Classroom. It has been lovely to see children’s homework submitted on the site. Remote learning is available for any child who needs to self isolate.If you are still struggling to access Google Classroom, take a look at this guideHoward-parents-guide-to-Google-Classroom-2 [/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning will be as follows;

• In English we continue our learning based on Noah Barleywater Runs Away. This week we will be exploring character as well as learning how to use expanded noun phrases in our writing.
• In Maths we will be subtracting 4 digit numbers.
• In Science we will be investigating the water cycle.
• In Spanish we will be consolidating our understanding of Spanish pronunciation..
• In PE we will continue to develop our basketball skills on Wednesday and starting a Pilates/yoga unit on Mondays.  Children should come to school in PE kit on those days.

The children are continuing to work hard in year 4. This week our learning will be as follows;

• In Maths this week we will continue our work on place value. We will be counting in 25s and looking at negative numbers as well as Roman Numerals to 100.
• In English we continue our work around the book Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne. The children will write a newspaper report and enjoy poetry based on the book
• In Guided reading we will read daily in small groups. It is planned that each group of children will read with an adult on two days each week and work on an independent activity on the other two days. We are also listening to a new class book, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook.
• In History we will learn about the life in Anglo-Saxon villages.
• In RE we will continue a unit of work on Judaism.
• In PE children will learn basketball skills each Wednesday. They should come to school in PE kit on Wednesday.

Google Classroom

All parents will have received an email last week with information on Google Classroom. The children will have brought home their log-in details which they have stuck inside their homework diary. The work set on Google Classroom is intended for children who are self isolating and need to work at home.

Homework

We are not currently sending worksheets home. Homework is set weekly on Google Classroom.

Children should also concentrate on the following learning at home if you have time;

• Reading- The children should be reading regularly at home. Parents are asked to sign off their reading record daily to gain dojo points for home reading Children have also been allocated a book on the reading planet website which has associated comprehension questions and quizzes. They have been given log-in details (in their homework diaries).

https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

• Times Tables – Children are asked to practise the times table which they have been allocated and will be tested each Wednesday. They can practise using Times Table Rockstars, using the log-in details in their homework diaries or Hit the Button.

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

• Mathletics – Work is set on Mathletics and children should continue to use this website regularly.

https://login.mathletics.com/