Welcome to Southwark Bridge Class
A warm welcome to Southwark Class children, parents and carers.
Our Southwark team are:
Please click here for information on the Year 4 Statutory Times Tables Test
Class teacher-Miss Oasgood
Class teaching assistants - Mrs Glenn & Miss Griffiths
Please feel free to write us a note in your child’s homework diary, come and talk to us after school any day or phone the school to speak to us directly if there is anything you wish to discuss concerning your child.
Recommended reading books for Year 4:
Best Books for Year 4 | Y4 Reading List | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 7 and 8 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Expertly selected books for 9 and 10 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Key Information:
- A wide selection of quality books have been purchased for this class this year and your child is encouraged to take home a book every day. Each time you sign to show your child has read at home, they will receive a marble towards their team jar. The team with the most marbles at the end of the week will be crown team of the week!
- Homework will be set on Friday and due in the following Friday unless stated otherwise on the homework (A longer time will be set for projects)
- Spellings will be learnt at school and tested on Mondays. Please click on link: school-links-spellingjournalyear4southwark-1
- In your child’s homework diary, they will have a green stamp at the end of each day to show they are following our school’s ‘Good to be Green’ behaviour policy. If they do not get a green stamp it is because they have not ended the day on a green card or have received a red card during the day. You will be notified by text if a red card consequence has occurred.
Please find an update about what we will be learning in Year 4 this week;
English- We will be using a video clip to inspire our writing in English this week. We will be continuing to write and edit our narrative, practising all of our writing skills we have used so far (fronted adverbial phrases, strong openings, descriptive language, paragraphing etc) and learning to include expanded noun phrases in our work as well. Those children who have completed this will be extended by thinking of a sequel to the story. Click on the link below to watch the clip.
https://www.literacyshed.com/cominghome.html
Reading- All children should be reading at home every day and handing their record books in each day to be checked. They will be reading in guided groups with an adult at least once each week.
Maths- We are continuing our unit on measure. We will be calculating the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.
In addition to this, all children need to be practising the multiplication tables as one of the Year 4 objectives is know the tables and related division facts to 12×12. There will be a weekly test in class.
There is a free interactive game we use often in class as a starter which children can also access at home. Please find the link below;
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Your child has also been given a password to a new times tables speed game which will help them to improve their recall of multiplication and division facts while still having fun.
Topic- This week we are learning about Viking beliefs and Danelaw.
Homework- Homework will be set on a Friday and should be returned by the following Wednesday each week. The children will be expected to read every day and practise their multiplication tables in addition to other work that is given.There will also be weekly tasks set on Mathletics and Spellodrome. This week, children have been asked to learn their songs and narration words for the Christmas performance.
Other information-
Saturday 15th December is the Christmas Fair, please come and support the school!
Tuesday 18th December is the Year 3 and 4 Christmas performance in the church at 10am.
Friday 14th December is Christmas jumper day and Christmas dinner
Wednesday 19th December is class parties- letters to follow!
Our Learning This Week:
Maths-We will be beginning a unit on measuring. This week we will focus on converting km and m before moving on to calculating the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.
Literacy-We will be continuing writing and editing our first person accounts as the robin from our video text-Coming Home.
Science-We will be continuing our topic on teeth and the digestive system. This week we will be designing and carrying out our own enquiry about tooth decay.
Topic-We will be continuing our topic on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, focusing on comparing and contrasting Saxon, Viking and modern day everyday life e.g. religion, cultural traditions and crime
and punishments.
Other information
Devil Emoji group won our marble competition with an impressive 234 marbles this week! Merit cards were given to Emiliana, Daisy, Evie and Mariah. Richa is our reader of the week. Well done!
Important Dates for the Diary
Saturday 15th December-Howard Christmas Fair
Tuesday 18th December- Year 3 and 4 Christmas Performance at St Andrews church.