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.
Southwark Blog-Week beginning 8.10.18
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Maths-We will be starting to focus on addition and subtraction of 4 digit numbers.
Literacy-The class enjoyed learning a version of the Robin hood legend-The Golden Arrow this week with actions. We will be focusing on writing our own alternative versions of the Robin Hood story-The Golden Arrow this week.
Science-We will be continuing our topic on teeth and the digestive system. This week we will be beginning an investigation. Working on asking scientific questions and choosing a scientific enquiry to answer them.
Topic-We will be continuing our topic on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, spending the whole day in role as Vikings and Anglo-Saxons on Tuesday with our amazing visitor Peter Quirk. Look out for photos of the day later in the week.
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Mega stars group won our marble competition for a second week in a row with an impressive 265 marbles this week! Our reader of the week is Emiliana. Well done!
P.E lessons will now be on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
I look forward to meeting many of you on Wednesday for parents evening.
Homework this week is not due in until October 19th as it is an extended research project. As it is currently Black History Month, children have been asked to choose a person who has significantly contributed to equality and anti-discrimination. They should find out about this person and prepare their findings in a PowerPoint, fact poster, mini-information book or story and be prepared to share their research with their class.
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Maths-We will be completing our place value work for this term by counting in 25s as well as through zero to include negative numbers.
Literacy-The class enjoyed starting our new narrative unit-Robin Hood on Friday. We will be focusing on preparing to write our own alternative versions of the Robin Hood story-The Golden Arrow this week.
Reading-We particularly enjoyed doing some reading comprehension work using this advert and would like to share them with you.
Science-We will be continuing our topic on teeth and the digestive system. This week we will be
Topic-We will be continuing our topic on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, explaining when and where the Vikings came from and why they raided Britain. We have been particularly impressed with the children in year four’s writing in role as a Viking raider or Anglo-Saxon monk last week, recalling the attack of Lindisfarne.
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Mega stars group won our marble competition with an impressive 215 marbles this week! Merit cards were given to Daisy for showing a positive and hardworking attitude to joining Howard Primary School, to Richa and Solly for their impressive reading comprehension work and to Sofia for her extra hard work with her home learning. Mya is our reader of the week. Well done!
You will have received a letter about our exciting ‘Viking’ visitor and dress up day on Tuesday 9th October and forthcoming cinema trips in November. See copy below for your information.
P.E lessons will now be on Monday and Tuesday afternoons.