Monday 28th April

Welcome to our blog. The year Four had a fantastic time last week at Kingswood and the children were a credit to you and the school. I am sure the children were very tired and had lots of stories to tell.

Remember that swimming starts again this week on Tuesday. All helpers welcome to attend at 12.40 and 1.40.

Mrs Harding/Mrs Morgan

This week the group are learning more about data handling. We are learning about Venn diagrams, Carroll diagrams and bar charts. The children will be reading and answering questions about the different forms of data handling.

Maths Mrs Sarsfield

This week the children will be learning more about addition and subtraction. The children will be problem solving using addition and subtraction. They will be using the rucsac method.

READ the question

UNDERLINE the important words.

CALCULATE

SOLVE

ANSWER

CHECK

English

This week we will be doing lots of writing and reviewing what we have learnt so far. The children will be working on how to start and finish their stories.

Also the children will be thinking about:

Time phrases

Connectives

Sentence starters

Paragraphs

Interesting vocabulary

RE

New Life

This week we will be learning all about the Pentecost and Jesus’s time with the disciples.

Have a great week everyone.

The three and four team.

Tuesday 22nd April 2014

Welcome to the summer term.

Please remember that we have an Inset day on Tuesday 22^nd April. The Year 4 must be getting really excited about Kingswood. We leave around twelve o clock on Wednesday and hope to be back around 3 o clock but delays and traffic made it a lot later last year. We will communicate with school about an expected time of arrival.

CLOTHING FOR KINGSWOOD

ALL  activities require long sleeves and trousers.

­  Pyjamas/Nightdress, Dressing Gown

­  Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Soap (in box) – NO SPRAYS

­  Towels – 1 large/1 small

­  Hairbrush/Comb

­  Trousers, Tracksuits, Shirts/Blouses, Jumpers – Long Sleeves

       (Quick Drying Clothes - Two complete changes)

­  Underwear and Socks – (Two changes)

­  Pair of Pumps, Slippers, Shoes, Training Shoes - preferably

     with gripping soles for walking and wellies

­  Anorak/Coat with Hood or Hat/Gloves

­  Outfit for Disco

­  Clear Plastic Bag for dirty clothing

­  Clothes for Night-time Campfire – Warm Coat

EVERYTHING MUST HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT AND

ST VINCENT'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

SNACKS  -  As stated in the letter snacks will be provided by staff  from the money you sent in, so children do not need to bring a snack. 

CHILDREN REQUIRE A PACKED LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY

NO MOBILE PHONES OR EXPENSIVE ELECTRONIC ITEMS

Pocket Money – Maximum of £10.00 may be taken for spending in small shop.

RE

In RE this week the children will be starting a new topic New life – serving. The children will be listening to a story related to new life and will be thinking about a time when they have been sad and miserable and then things change and their feelings change into happiness and excitement

ENGLISH

This week the year three will be doing lots of activities related to improving their writing.

The children will learn what a BOYS sentence is. That is using the connectives

BUT, OR, YET AND SO.

It was a warm day, yet storm clouds gathered over the distant mountains.

The children will also be learning how to write list sentences such as

I was a dark, long, leafy lane.

She had a cold, cruel cackle.

MATHS

In maths the year three will be learning all about symmetry.

To find our more click on:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Symmetry

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

Have a great week everyone wherever you are.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 7th April

Welcome to our blog.   Remember that the children have on line my maths homework.

The project homework is due in this week and the teachers are really getting excited about seeing the wonderful homework.

This is a busy week:

Easter garden competition on Wednesday with three prizes for each class.

Easter service on Friday 9.19am. You are welcome to attend but space as always is a premium.

There will be no swimming this week as most schools are off.

Please remember that the Year 4 children are off to Kingswood the first day back after Easter.

RE

We will be continuing our new topic called SELF DISCIPLINE.

We will be learning about the Easter story and the celebration of Easter in the church.

ENGLISH

This week we will be learning all about Tenses and also colons.

The children will be learning about the past , future and present tense.

Today...... = present

Yesterday.....= past

Tomorrow....... = future

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/punctuation.html

http://www.spellingcity.com/verb-tenses.html

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will be learning all about money.

Changing money into pounds and pence.

Change from different amounts.

http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

Money problems.

The children will also be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 12 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

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be learning about 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.

Have a great break.

The 3 and 4 team.