Welcome to Southwark Bridge Class

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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 Class News Week Beginning 2nd October

October 1, 2017

Here is a breakdown of what we will be looking at over the coming week:

English- We will be continuing to think about instruction writing which will lead into an explanation text describing how to draw Horrid Henry..

Maths- We are focusing on place value, extending our knowledge to include numbers in the thousands and different ways to represent  and partition them. We will be continuing to extend our thinking to include 4-digit numbers and will continue to focus on reasoning and explanation.

Spelling- Our focus this week in class are the prefixes un and im. We will be thinking of as many words as we can such as unkind, impossible and impractical and practising our spelling using methods such as speed spelling and hangman.

Reading- All children read with an adult at least once a week as part of a Guided Reading programme. After this adult led session they complete tasks relating to the text or linked to current English and Spelling focuses. We continue to read stories as a class.

ICT- Our topic for the half term is online safety and we are currently learning about the potential dangers of cyber bullying  and this week’s focus will be ‘Netiquette’ acceptable online behaviour.  If you have any concerns or queries about this subject, there are plenty of parent friendly websites to help and advise. I have included an example below.

http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers

We will be holding an extra ICT session each week to introduce the children to touch typing. Both classes were very enthusiastic about starting this last week.This a free to use course and is accessible to everyone. If you would like to continue this at home, I have included the link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr

PE- PE lessons are on Tuesdays and Thursdays and children will need their PE kits. I would also like to remind you that the school policy is that all earrings should be removed, hair should be tied back and tights should be removed when getting changed. I would also ask that PE kits stay in school between Monday and Friday as occasionally we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to take part in additional activities. This half term we will be playing invasion games and will continue to run the daily mile.

PSHE- This half term we will be thinking about new beginnings and settling into a new school year.

RE- We will be studying Judaism with a focus on Jewish celebrations. This unit will be taught on a Wednesday morning as part of ppa.

Science- Our current Science topic is teeth and digestion. This will also be taught as part of ppa.

Topic- Our topic for this term is Vikings and Anglo Saxons. This will concentrate on the period between the Viking and Anglo Saxon struggle to control Britain to the time of Edward the Confessor. Look out for an exciting letter, hopefully going home on Monday, detailing the 5 trips and visitors we have planned over the coming 2 half terms including a dress up as an Anglo-Saxon or Viking day on the 12th October.  The letter includes details of how to do this simply without lots of expense and we hope proves to be an incredible learning experience for your children

French- We will be revising our conversational skills so far and then moving on to learn the numbers between 20 and 50 and learning vocabulary to describe our families.

Music- We will be learning to sing in Spanish and think about the instruments which are used and using untuned percussion to keep the beat.

Homework- Homework is given out on a Friday and should be returned by the following Friday.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]In addition to tasks given out on Friday, the school expectation is that children read every day and continue to practice the multiplication tables at home. We collect the reading records in every week to check children are reading and would ask that you initial or sign to show they have read and make any comments you deem necessary, children should also record all independent reading they have done in the book so I am able to see that they are reading regularly. Children should feel free to keep a book for as long as they need to in order to finish reading. Children are not expected to finish a book before entering it into their reading record book but to record each occasion of reading however short. If you have any concerns about your child’s book choice, please speak to me or write me a note. In year 4, children are advised which books to take from certain areas in the book corner but are expected to make a choice from this selection themselves. [/dropshadowbox]

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Successes- Well done to Adrian, Limar and Ciaran who all received merit cards this week and Kiana who was our reader of the week! Well done to the Roadblox team for getting off to an early start in our marble competition.[/dropshadowbox]

Additional information- Once we have access, homework will be set for children on Mathletics and Spellodrome. Please let me know if your child does not have access to a computer or tablet at home.

Reminder-Look out for a letter about our exciting school trips and workshops.

Parent teacher meetings will be held on Wednesday 11th October  and Thursday 19th October. Forms will be sent home for you to request a time slot closer to the time.

Good luck to all those entering Howard’s Got Talent this Saturday! 

Southwark News Week beginning 25th September 2017

September 22, 2017

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]This week we will be learning:[/dropshadowbox]

Writing

We will be continuing our three week unit learning about and writing explanation texts. This week we will be investigating explanation texts and beginning to plan our own around the theme-How to Draw Horrid Henry. In spelling, we will be practising words with the prefix in such as infinite, inedible and indecisive.  This poster may be helpful in helping your child learn these words at home. A4 Poster

Reading

We will be continuing our daily guided reading. Every child has a weekly focus session with me and follow up tasks to complete independently which are then reviewed at the beginning of the next teacher led session.

Maths

Our focus this half term is on number and place value. We will be continuing to become fluent with 4 digit numbers with a strong focus on reasoning and explaining our understanding.

I.C.T

In addition to our weekly ICT lessons year 4 will be starting a touch typing course next week. If you would like to continue this work at home the website is free of charge and can be found on the link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr

PE

PE is on a Tuesday and Thursday. Please keep p.e kits at school as we are lucky enough to be able to do additional p.e on occasion and will use p.e shoes for our daily mile. P.E kits will be sent home at half term. Please make sure all items are named including the p.e bag as this helps us prevent items going missing.

RE

We will be looking at Judaism in particular the Jewish celebrations and customs. This will be taught by our PPA teachers on a Wednesday morning.

PSHE

We will be looking at new beginnings and settling in to a new school year.

 

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Key Information[/dropshadowbox]

Reading books are changed by your child during early morning work at the start of each day. We expect your child to read to you every evening and for this to be recorded in their reading record. You can:

  • Just sign or initial.
  • Write a comment e.g if the book was challenging, too easy, any particular words your child found difficult to read, any questions that you asked and your child’s response

Children receive a marble (class reward) for each time they read. Well done to Emmanuel who is our reader of the week this week!   

Additional well done to:

Brayen who received a merit card for his outstanding team work in p.e with Mrs Adams. As well as, Aella, Vishal, Jaida, Roshan, Tyler, Limar, Emmanuel and Stefan who all received merit cards for always demonstrating the 5cs and having an excellent start to year 4.

 

Homework:

Homework will be given out on a Friday afternoon. We expect it to be completed the following Friday. If your child is absent when the homework is given out the are asked to tell myself on my TA Miss Halcomb who will give them a copy on their return. Please let us know via the homework or reading diaries of any problems with completing the homework and we can help them before Friday.

 

We will be trialling both Spellodrome and Mathletics homework for which you will be sent passwords shortly. If your child does not have access to a computer/ tablet at home, then please let us know.