Monday 27th April

Welcome to our blog

The year four had a fabulous time last week and the children were a credit to you. The weather was fantastic and we couldn’t have asked for more. See the school newsletter or twitter to see lots of pictures of the different activities. The children did zip wire, leap of faith, camp fire, rock climbing, problem solving, disco and bush craft. Every child participated in lots of activities and had a good time both in the and out of the dorms!!

Homework will start at the end of the week. Normal spellings and sentences etc. The children will receive a math’s task and there are my maths tasks on line too that finish on the last day of term.

There is Sacramental preparation on Thursday night at 6.30pm for all the Year 4 who are making their Holy Communion in May.

RE

In RE this week we will be continuing with our topic on Energy. The children will be learning about the Ascension and the gift of the Holy Spirit that the disciples received after the Resurrection of Christ.

English

This week we will be exploring more ideas about myths and linking it to our story of Beowolf. We will also be reading the book and looking at the animated tale. We will be thinking about villains and heros and adjectives linked to these. The children will be planning and writing their own myth. They will be reviewing prepositions and homophones too.

Maths

Mrs Morgan/Mrs Harding

This week we will reviewing time and learning how to tell the time in five minute intervals and also be completing problems and some children will be learning about the 24 hour clock.

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

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/

Maths

Mrs Sarsfield

The children will be reviewing fractions. Fractions of shapes, adding and subtracting fractions and finding fractions of numbers too.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/

Topic

We will be continuing our topic on the ANGLOSAXONS. We will be learning about the kingdoms of the Anglo Saxons and village life too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/

http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/News/Anglo-Saxons_in_Britain.htm

 
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/saxons.htm

http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kids/sax.html

Have a good week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 20th April

Welcome to our blog.

The Year 4 are really excited about the fast approaching trip.

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

­  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 continuing with the RE topic on ENERGY. The children will be thinking about different types of power.

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 13th April

Welcome back to a new term.

Please remember that Monday is an Inset day for training teachers and the new term starts on Tuesday.

There will be no homework this week because of the start of the term and also because Kingwood approaching on the 22^nd of April.

RE

In RE this week we will be starting a new topic on Energy. The children will be thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of fire and wind.

 

English

This week we will be exploring ious spellings. The children will also be doing some persuasive writing too.

http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/persuasion.html

Maths

Mrs Morgan/Mrs Harding

This week we will starting a new topic on measurement of distance, capacity

 and also weight.

The children need to know how many grammes are in a kilogramme and also how many centimetres in a metre and also how many millilitres in a litre etc.

tp://www.mathszone.co.uk/

Maths

Mrs Sarsfield

The children will working with problem solving with addition and subtraction. The children will also be solving number puzzles.

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/

 

Topic

We will be starting a new topic on the ANGLOSAXONS.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/

http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/News/Anglo-Saxons_in_Britain.htm

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/saxons.htm

http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kids/sax.html

Have a good week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 30th March

Welcome to our short week of this half term. The children will be having their Easter garden competition on Monday in the morning. There will be three prizes for every class.There will be an Easter service on Wednesday at 9.15am led by Mrs Pinto's class and some of year three and four.

Thank you for all your hard work with the Roman projects this last term and the efforts from most children have been outstanding. Our next history topic will be the ANGLOSAXONS. However we will be reverting back to normal homework for the final term.

During the next few days the children will be practising the hymns for the Easter service, making Easter cards and completing the Easter story in their RE lessons.

KINGSWOOD
Please remember that the year four will be going to Kingswood and a meeting was held last week and a kit list and other information was distributed.


On behalf of all the three and four team,
Have a lovely Easter and let's hope the weather improves soon.

Monday 23rd March

Welcome to our blog.

There will be no homework this week because of the Easter garden competition on Monday 30^th of March. We have sent out age related spellings for Year three and four though and these will be tested on Friday.

 

Meeting Year Four

There is a meeting for Holy Communion at 6.30pm in St Joseph's centre.

 

RE

In RE this week we will be continuing with our topic Giving all. The children will be thinking about Lent and Jesus’s time in the dessert. The children will also be completing their RE formal assessment task.

English

This week the children will be reviewing inverted commas, time phrases and also connectives. The children will be completing tests in reading and  writing.

Maths

Mrs Morgan/Mrs Harding

This week we will reviewing lots of Math’s concepts that we have studied and be completing Math’s assessment tests.

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/

Maths

Mrs Sarsfield

The children will be revising and reviewing various Math’s concepts and be completing a  Math’s test.

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/

Topic

We will be continuing with our topic on the ROMANS. The children will be learning about Romulus and Remus and recounting the story.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/city_of_rome/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/

http://www.theromansinbritain.co.uk/

http://www.historyonthenet.com/romans/romansmain.htm

Science

The children will be learning about magnetism. The children will be learning about poles of magnetism, materials that are magnetic and different types of magnets.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/magnets/play/

Have a good week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 16th March

Welcome to our blog.

This will be the last week we send out homework. We would like to give the children some time to make their Easter garden for the competition. This takes place on Monday 30^th March.

RE

In RE this week we will be continuing with our topic Giving all. The children will be thinking about special people who give things away as part of their jobs. The children will also be listening to stories about Jesus and how he was a giver.

English

This week we will be editing and improving our writing. We will be doing some dictionary work and learning what a glossary is. Spelling tests will take place on Friday.

Maths
Mrs Morgan/Mrs Harding

This week we will be continuing to learn about decimals. We will be learning about tenths and hundredths and we will be ordering decimals too. The children will be learning about place value with decimals.

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/decimals/play/

Maths

Mrs Sarsfield

The children will be learning about data handling, bar charts and graphs. The children will be reading, collecting  and representing data

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents_datahandling.htm

 

Topic

 

 

We will be continuing with our topic on the ROMANS. The children will be learning about Roman gladiators. The children will also be learning about Roman gods.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/

http://www.theromansinbritain.co.uk/

http://www.historyonthenet.com/romans/romansmain.htm

 

Science

The children will be learning about Newtons and forcemeters. They will be finding out how we can measure force.

 

Have a good week everyone.

The 3 and 4 team.

Monday 9th March

Welcome to our blog. The children looked excellent on World book day and thank you for your effort in preparing their costumes. Spellings and Maths homework was sent out again on Friday and the project homework is still running. The homeworks are excellent and the children love to see what each other have done.

 We have sent home a letter about the Easter gardens that are due in for the competition on the 30^th of March. There will be no homework the week before to replace this.

RE

Giving all

This week we will be starting a new topic this week. We will be listening to a story, thinking about people who work in dangerous places and also thinking about givers and takers in life.

English

The children will be learning about paragraphs again, practising their handwriting and completing work about the book ‘Escape From Pompeii.’ We will also be learning about plurals adding y and adding ies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en16plur-game-plural-fishing

Maths

Mrs Morgan and Mrs Harding

This week we will be learning about FRACTIONS . We will be ordering fractions, finding fractions of numbers and finding equivalent fractions.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/fractions

Maths Mrs Sarsfield

This week the children will be learning about DECIMAL chunking and bus stop dIvision method.

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

http://www.seafordhead.e-sussex.sch.uk/downloads/maths-dep/Help%20Your%20Child%20With%20Division.pdf

Topic

This week we will continue to learn about gladiators. The children have used ICT to research about gladiators and will be recording what they have found out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/launch_gms_gladiator.shtml

Science

The children will continue to learn about friction and will be setting up an experiment to test cars on different surfaces. The children have planned these experiments already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7NPD9W0kro

Have a good week everyone

the 3 and 4 team