Monday 31st March

Welcome to our blog.   Remember that the children have on line my maths homework and also their project homework on water. This homework is due in on the last week of term. Please see details of the homework below on previous blogs.

     

Please remember that swimming is on for the next five weeks on Tuesday afternoon.

RE

We will be continuing our new topic called SELF DISCIPLINE.

We will be thinking about how we can give to others and also how we take from others. We will also be learning God’s way and how Jesus would act and behave.

ENGLISH

This week we will be learning all about narrative writing and ways we can start

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/English/story.htmla story.

We will also be extending this to find different ways of starting a paragraph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/building-up-paragraphs

We will also be learning about more suffixes: ible and able

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

We will also be finishing learning about DECIMALS.  We will learn about place value and the value of digits. We will be ordering and adding and subtracting decimals.

The children will also be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 11 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/times-tables-games.php

We will also be learning about CO ORDINATES.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shapes/coordinates.html

We will be learning about NEGATIVE NUMBERS too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/negative-numbers

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be learning about DIRECTION, TURNS, ANGLES AND CO ORDINATES.

To find out more please see:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shapes/angles.html#Angles

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shapes/coordinates.html

The children will also be working on their timetables.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/times-tables-games.php

Have a good week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 24th March

Welcome to our blog.   Remember that the children have on line my maths homework and also their project homework on water. Please see details of the homework below on previous blogs.

Please remember that swimming is on for the next six weeks on Tuesday afternoon.

The Year 4 will arrive back at about 3.30pm. Please remember all uniform needs to be named. No jewellery is permitted so earrings MUST be removed during swimming. Thank you for your help on this matter.

RE

We will be continuing our new topic called SELF DISCIPLINE.

We will be thinking about Lent and Ash Wednesday. We will also be thinking about different situations when we need to have self control such as in the playground or when a child refuses to share etc.

ENGLISH

This week we will be learning all about narrative writing and ways we can start

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/English/story.htmla story.

We will also be extending this to find different ways of starting a paragraph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/building-up-paragraphs

We will also be learning about more suffixes: ness, meant and hood

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will completing our work on FRACTIONS.

The children will be calculating fractions of numbers and equivalent fractions when fractions have the same value.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fractions

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/flash.aspx?f=fractionsv7

We will also be starting to learn about DECIMALS.  We will learn about place value and the value of digits. We will be ordering and adding and subtracting decimals.

The children will also be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 11 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be continuing with FRACTIONS

The children will be reviewing fractions of shapes and finding fractions of numbers. The children will be learning about fractions and percentages,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/fractions.shtml

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

The children will also be working on their timetables.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

Have a good week everyone
the 3 / 4 team

Monday 17th March

Welcome to our blog.  Happy St Patrick’s day! The children will be learning about St Patrick. Remember that the children have on line my maths homework and also their project homework on water. Please see details of the homework below on previous blogs.

Please remember that swimming is on for the next seven weeks on Tuesday afternoon.

The Year 4 will arrive back at about 3.30pm. Please remember all uniform needs to be named. No jewellery is permitted so earrings MUST be removed during swimming. Thank you for your help on this matter.

Please make sure that PE kits are back in school and kept there. A few children did not have their kits last week still.

On Friday there will be a Lenten Mass celebrated at school at 9.05am. People are welcome to attend but be aware that space is a premium in the hall.

This week we will be having a review and assessment week and the children will be completing tests in writing, reading and Maths.

RE

We will be continuing our new topic called SELF DISCIPLINE.

We will be thinking about Lent and Ash Wednesday. We will also be thinking about different situations when we need to have self control such as in the playground or when a child refuses to share etc.

ENGLISH

This week we will be learning all about adverbial phrase and how we can use adverbs in our writing.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#adverbs

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will continuing a new topic on FRACTIONS.

We will be calculating what two fractions when added together make one whole.

Such as

2 / 3 + 1 / 3

4 / 5 +1 / 5

The children will be also be calculating fractions of numbers and equivalent fractions when fractions have the same value.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fractions

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/flash.aspx?f=fractionsv7

The children will also be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 9 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be continuing with FRACTIONS

The children will be reviewing fractions of shapes and finding fractions of numbers. The children will be learning about fractions and percentages,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/fractions.shtml

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

The children will also be working on their timetables.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

Monday 10th March

Welcome to our blog.  Homework starts this week. All groups have My Maths and need to complete it. The new topic homework has been sent out last week and can be seen below. The new topic for the homework will have the theme of water.

Please remember that swimming is on for the next eight weeks on Tuesday afternoon.

The Year 4 will arrive back at about 3.30pm. Please remember all uniform needs to be named. No jewellery is permitted so earrings MUST be removed during swimming. Thank you for your help on this matter.

Please make sure that PE kits are back in school and kept there. A few children did not have their kits last week still.

RE

We will be starting a  new topic called SELF DISCIPLINE.

We will be thinking about how different people excel in their life i their jobs and sporting expertise. What makes people successful? We will also be thinking about what skills we have and what we are good at.

ENGLISH

In English this week we will be practising using INVERTED COMMAS. We will be practsisng inserting them in a story and also learning how to insert speech when writing stories. We will be finishing writing a story and inserting speech and description. We will be reviewing the rules of speech too.

New line new, speaker.

Punctuation goes inside the inverted commas.

Inverted commas only goes around the direct speech.

To find out more please go to:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/speech-marks/747.html

http://www.brainboxx.co.uk/a3_aspects/pages/punct_speech.htm

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will starting a new topic on FRACTIONS.

The children will be finding fractions of shapes. They will have to recognise  all different types of fractions such as 1 / 3, 3 / 4 2 / 8   etc.

The children will be making fraction s equal 1 whole such as

1 / 5 + 4 / 5

3 / 10 + 7 / 10

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/fractions

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/flash.aspx?f=fractionsv7

The children will also be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 8 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be working on FRACTIONS

The children will be reviewing fractions of shapes and finding fractions of numbers. The children will be learning about fractions and percentages,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/fractions.shtml

http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

The children will also be working on their timetables.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

Water Project homework  

Welcome back and I hope the children are getting excited about what their new topic will be about.

This half term’s topic is WATER ON TAP.

The topic is about the water and could include anything to do with water such as rivers, seas, food, drinks, floods, adverse weather conditions, weather forecasts etc.

Examples of work:  A long story with chapters (chapters, pictures linked to the topic of water such as a flood, lost at sea etc.) power points, large posters, models, map work, written reports, weather forecast , songs, videos, news  etc.

Your child will be expected to give a short presentation/reading their story to the rest of the class to show their finished product, during the last week:

7th to 11th April.

Good luck and once again we are really looking forward to the wonderful creations and great ideas. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and see one of the three and four team. This homework will be available to view on our blog spot at: http://yearthreeandfourstvincents.blogspot.ie/ 

 Have a good week everyone. The three and four team.

Monday 3rd March

Welcome to our blog.  Homework starts this week. All groups have My Maths and need to complete it. The new topic homework will be sent home this week and can be seen below.

The new topic for the homework will have the theme of water.

     

Reading work shops

Reading workshops are taking place this Monday at 3.30 and 6.00. Everybody is welcome to learn more about reading with your child. We are very grateful for Mrs Millington for arranging these workshops. On Thursday the children will be allowed to dress up as a character of a book to celebrate WORLD BOOK DAY.

Please remember that swimming is on for the next nine weeks on Tuesday afternoon.

The Year 4 will arrive back at about 3.30pm. Please remember all uniform needs to be named and medical forms need returning too. No jewellery is permitted so earrings MUST be removed during swimming. Thank you for your help on this matter.

Please make sure that PE kits are back in school as we were unable to do it last week as so many children had not brought their kits in.

RE

We will be continuing a new topic called GIVING AND RECEIVING.

We will be learning all about the Eucharist and the Communion rite. We will be learning the meaning of the words of the Lord’s prayer.

We will be completing our end of topic assessment.

ENGLISH

In English this week we will be doing lots of activities linked to reading to celebrate ‘World Book Day.’

The children will be reviewing different books, analysing non fiction texts and finding out about key vocabulary such as

Index

Glossary

Contents

Sub titles

Titles

Captions

To find out more see:

http://www.worldbookday.com/

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/English/index.html

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will continuing to learn all about DIVISION.

The children will be exploring different ways of dividing with and without remainders.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

The children will also be problem solving with division and multiplication problems. They will be deciding whether to multiply or divide when they read a maths problem.

The children will be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 7 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be working on DIVISION.

The children will be working on different methods of division such as chunking and bus stop method.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

The children will also be working on their timetables.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

Water Project homework  

Welcome back and I hope the children are getting excited about what their new topic will be about.

This half term’s topic is WATER ON TAP.

The topic is about the water and could include anything to do with water such as rivers, seas, food, drinks, floods, adverse weather conditions, weather forecasts etc.

Examples of work:  A long story with chapters (chapters, pictures linked to the topic of water such as a flood, lost at sea etc.) power points, large posters, models, map work, written reports, weather forecast , songs, videos, news  etc.

Your child will be expected to give a short presentation/reading their story to the rest of the class to show their finished product, during the last week:

7th to 11th April.

Good luck and once again we are really looking forward to the wonderful creations and great ideas. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and see one of the three and four team. This homework will be available to view on our blog spot at: http://yearthreeandfourstvincents.blogspot.ie/

 Have a good week everyone. The three and four team.