Year 4
Weekly Timetable
PE Day change from 19/04/22!
PE will now take place on Thursday mornings. On this day, children should come to school in their PE kit.
Important Information:
Spellings: Spelling tests will be every Tuesday. Please make time to practice these each week.
Times tables: We will continue with the times table challenge each Friday and will be regularly practicing for the Year 4 Times Table test. To practice at home follow the link below:
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
P.E: P.E. is every Thursday. Please make sure you have the correct kit for outdoor P.E. which is a plain white t shirt, navy shorts or jogging bottoms and suitable trainers. Our topic this term is football.
Reading/Writing Journals: Each week your child needs to complete their reading and writing journal with a piece of writing that is a full page of writing minimum.
Reading: Children will continue to bring home reading books from school. Please ensure you are making time to read at home. Please also make the most of Bug Club and use this to read at home also. Please see the link below, children have their individual login details in their purple reading and writing journals:
www.activelearnprimary.co.uk
Trips/Events:
Tower of London - More details to be announced soon!
This term our topic is called 'Reign over me', where we will be exploring kings and queens from the Elizabethan and Tudor times.
POWer Projects
All POWer Project sheets have been sent home with your child prior to the Easter break. If you do need another copy, please ask your child to request it directly with me.
If you have any questions or would like to book a Parent Teacher Consultation please email me on:
maple@jennyhammond.waltham.sch.uk
Thanks and see you soon!
Jo, Sharon J and Shaheda.
Parent consultations
Year 4 Maple parent consultation slots each Tuesday have now finished for the year.
However, if you have a concern or important question, these are able to be arranged directly with the class teacher.
Please email maple@jennyhammond.waltham.sch.uk to arrange a 15 minute in person or phone consultation.
5 Minute Challenge
In Maple class we are committed to learning and improving our presentation skills, so the children have been set the challenge to give a 5 minute presentation to their classmates and teachers on any subject of their choice.
This presentation will happen each Friday, and your child has been given a date to present on.
Children can choose any topic they are interested in, providing it is age appropriate and safe to do so. Popular topics include history, theme parks, favourite animals, a holiday.
Children are allowed to:
- Make powerpoint presentations (email these to maple@jennyhammond.waltham.sch.uk by the Thursday before your childs presentation at 5pm).
- Bring in small props or photographs to show the class to support their presentation.
Children are not allowed to:
- Bring in any living creature.
- Bring in food products.
- Bring in any video games or technology (iPads, games consoles etc)
Good luck and happy presenting!
POWer Project - SUMMER 2
Our new POWer project this half term (Summer 2) is 'The Police'.
Please have your POWer projects completed and handed in by 7th July 2022.
Life Skills Parent Letters
Please read through the letters to parents each week to see what we have covered in school.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| L1 - 1. Self Esteem.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 2. Decision-Making.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 3. Smoking Information.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 4. Advertising.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 5. Dealing with Stress.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 6. Communication Skills.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 7. Social Skills.pdf | Download |
| L1 - 8. Assertiveness.pdf | Download |
Spellings for Year 3 and 4 to practise at home.
Useful Links
5-a-day TV
www.5-a-day.tv
Username: 5-a-dayAtHome
Password: AtHome123
Sumdog
https://mail.sumdog.com/p/5IUG-FR/sign-up-free
Maths games to play online – set up a parent account.
Britannica
https://school.eb.co.uk/storeschoolcard?id=jennyhammond
Student ID: jhpstudent
Espresso
When visiting the website, click "Login" from the top-right of
the page and select Espresso to enter these credentials:
Username: student36445
Password: jhp123
Hit The Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Hit The Button is an interactive maths games with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts are square numbers.
