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Well after an eventful few months, I am so excited to be welcoming you all back to school to start your journey in Year 4. I have had a busy Summer getting the classroom ready after a lot of decorating and renovating but it is finally ready to have a classful of lovely children in!
I hope you have had a really lovely Summer with your families and are excited to finally be back with your friends in school. It has certainly been very quiet without you all at Little Leigh. I know some of you may feel a little unsure of what school will be like but I promise you we will have LOTS of fun! Even more exciting news is that Mrs Clarke will be teaching you on a Friday, whiich I know will be fantastic. We are also very lucky to have Mrs Robinson supporting Year 4 several mornings a week.
Parents, if at any time you wish to see me, I am more than happy for you to catch me at the end of the school day or if you would prefer, please contact the office so that we can arrange a meeting.
I shall be documenting our learning using the school Twitter account, @LittleLeighSch, so please make sure you are following us to see all of our wonderful experiences! I will also be 'blogging' some of our activities and exciting learning through the Online Learning Platform. You can access your child's homepage by logging as you did during lockdown.
Here's to a brilliant year!
Mrs Proctor
Here We Are - Oliver Jeffers
Click on the image to seen an animated mini - movie!
Here We Are is an incredible book - perfect for our return to school in the current environment. Oliver Jeffers himself says that....
"Our world can be a bewildering place, especially if you've only just got here. Your head will be filled with questions, so let's explore what makes our planet and how we live on it. From land and sky, to people and time, these notes can be your guide and start you on your journey."
Our small, mini theme will focus on this amazing book for a few weeks. We will explore the text through many different avenues, and it will allow us to gently begin our school life once more!
As Writers, we will be looking closely at the language used throughout the text to create our own list poem about places important to us. We will be using poetry to express ourselves, as well as to describe scenes and settings throughout the text. We will be exploring those important people around us who we rely on in everyday life and will write them a letter to explore our feelings further.
As Artists, we will be looking closely at the illustrations by Oliver Jeffers, and how they have been achieved. We will be looking closely at a 'Gallery of Greatness' - people who have achieved great things in their lifetime so far. We will be looking at portraits, and in closer detail at oiur viewpoint through sketching and shading.
As Musicians we shall be paying attention to the song 'Wonderful World'. We will learn the lyrics to the song, as well as having a go at creating our own verses!
As Mathematicians we shall be beginning with embedding the foundations of Maths - place value and number! We will be covering both Year 3 and Year 4 objectives to ensure that we are covering all bases :-) Please don't worry or feel anxious - we are going to be using lots of physical resources like Numicon, arrow cards and base tens to name a few! We will take it slowly and I'm sure we will get back into it all soon enough :-)
Homework
Children in Year 4 receive the following homework: from September 18th. Please look out for more information closer to the time.
Spellings (on a weekly basis set on Spelling Shed)
Times Tables - (on a weekly basis set on TT Rocks)
P.E
The children have two P.E sessions each week; one on a Wednesday and one on a Friday. Children are to come into school in their PE kits for the day - please make sure this is suitable for all weather. We will be going out as much as possible...in all weather!
Girls with long hair should tie it back and all jewellery, including earings, must be removed for P.E, or covered with tape (we cannot provide or apply this)
Forest Schools is also on a Thursday. Children are to come onto school in suitable clothing. Please make sure these are clothes / shoes that you are happy to get dirty and muddy, especially in the winter months!
Reading
We will be revealing our class text this week and the children will be using this to focus their guided reading for two sessions a week. Children will be accessing guided reading for the 3 other sessions based on a variety of genres.
Outside of school, we ask that children are read with 3 times a week. They will have a book in school to read of their pleasing, and can therefore access Bug Club at home as you have done previously. I cannot stress the importance of your child reading at home with you as much as possible. Even listening to an adult read has such a huge impact on children's development.
