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.
In Southwark Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In Mathematics we will continue our work on equivalent fractions and moving on to counting fractions and decimals.
- In English we will exploring our new text The Fire Maker’s Daughter, focusing on characterisation through drama activities.
- In Reading we continue to read regularly both individually and in small guided groups. We are looking forward to sharing the new books which have been donated by Friends of Howard. Thank you very much.
- In topic time we will be wrapping up our exciting topic-Saving the Rain forest by reflecting on what we have learnt and what we would still like to find out.
- In PE we will be doing scooter board invasion games.
Congratulations go to the whole class this week for their enthusiasm towards new and challenging learning.
We wish all families a Happy Easter and thank you for your continued support with your child’s learning.
In Southwark Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In Mathematics we will revise our previous learning that a fraction is an equal part of a whole and move on to adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. As I mentioned to many of you already at parents’ evening there are many good websites to support your child with their fractions learning and I have included a couple below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals
https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zhdwxnb
- In English we will move on from our recount writing to start a new text-The Fire Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman. Our initial focus will be engaging in the story through drama and writing in role. If you would like to buy the text for your child to read along with you at home. Please see the link below. https://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&productId=623138&cm_mmc=Google%20Adwords-_-PLA-_-The+Firework-maker%27s+Daughter-_–FMU2&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4unGhKv22QIVqrXtCh3g0A1oEAQYASABEgIg7fD_BwE
They could also follow the story a chapter at a time on youtube
- In topic time we will be continuing our Rain forest theme by learning about Fairtrade foods and their journey from Rain forest countries to our chops and supermarkets. Thank you in advance for those parents who had shared their chocolate recipes with their children to share for homework on Friday.
- In PE we will develop our racket skills and finishing our gymnastics sequencing unit.
- During the week we will also be continuing our French topic on the date and continuing our Apple’s Friends lessons in P.S.H.E
I enjoyed talking to parents at parents evening on 14th March and am looking forward to seeing all remaining parents on Wednesday 21st March.
Congratulations go to Roshan this week who is our Reader of the week and to Tyler, Joshua, Anomiga, Limar and Daniel who all received merit cards. 
A quiet reminder that the £4.50 for the Ranger Russ visit is now due in on Parent Pay. The children all really enjoyed the experience as you can see in the pictures in my previous blog and it would be a real shame if we would not be able to offer this experience again next year.