‘Be The Best You Can Be’

September 2020

Dear Y4 Parents and Carers,

We are very pleased to welcome your children back to school and we hope that they are excited to be back and ready to learn. We are keen to support all our children to reintegrate into school so please do get in touch if you have any concerns or feel your child would benefit from additional support.

Below is information which we hope will be helpful to you-

PE
Our PE days are Monday and Tuesday. PE kits should be in school on these days but may not be used as we will limit changing in school. PE will be outside where possible and appropriate.

Outdoor learning
There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing! At The Ellis we are working hard to develop the outdoor environment and opportunities to learn outside and in Y4 we will be using our outdoor classroom and wider school environment as much as possible. This means that your child will need appropriate footwear and coats every day. Indoor pumps will be needed in school to protect our classrooms from the inevitable mud!

Reading Books
Your child will bring home a reading book to share with you at home. Please record in their reading diary when they have read to an adult or maybe an older sibling. We ask that reading diaries are in your childs book bag every day so that we can fill them in when they have taken part in reading in school. If reading diaries are filled then we will send home a second diary free of charge, however if it is lost then we ask that a new one is bought from the office at the cost of 1. Your child is welcome to change their book any day of the week when they have completed it but it is their responsibility to ensure books are changed regularly. Children should aim to read at home at least 3 times per week and dojos & raffle tickets will be awarded for reading.

Spelling books
The children are once again receiving spelling books. They will write in their new spellings on a Friday and bring their book home to practise. Please support your child in learning their spellings. They will be regularly assessed in their spellings. Spelling test day will be Friday, so their spelling books need to be in school every Friday.

Home Learning
Each half term, children are expected to complete a home learning project linked to our topic. I have attached a sheet of a few ideas linked to our topic but feel free to create your own ideas! We are always intrigued to see what our superstars have been up to! Once they have completed their project or projects (as some children prefer to do a few shorter projects, whilst others like to complete one long one), please send them into school so we can share their learning with the class. (Photos or PowerPoints can be emailed to Mrs Fiddes and will be passed onto Year 4 staff to share). Please encourage your child to take pride in their home learning and aim for a quality piece that may have taken a few sessions to complete.

Online learning
Children are encouraged to be regularly practising spellings, time tables and areas of the curriculum online. As a school we have subscribed to websites to support the children with their learning. The children will be given their individual logins for TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed. Please support your child with their learning on these platforms. If logins have been misplaced I can issue new ones.

Topmarks maths is also a fantastic website for the children to be practising all areas of the maths curriculum using interactive games.

You can find the Wonderful Walliams on Twitter @TheEllisY4
We use Twitter to share the learning we are doing at school, celebrate achievements and give information.

Our first topic is Ancient Egypt and attached is an overview of the learning we will be doing this half term.
Ive also attached ideas for Home Learning tasks they could undertake.

If you have any questions, queries or worries then please get in touch via the phone or email. We know that there will be a whole range of feelings about the return to school, from excitement to anxiety but we are ready to support all our learners and to enjoy learning together again.
Thank you for your continued support.
Best wishes,

Mrs Jaques, Miss Turton, Mrs Connelly
The Y4 Team.

Ancient Egyptians Home learning Sept 20

Topic Map Ancient Egypt Sept 20

Please follow our Facebook page and see Mrs Jaques with a video message for her new class in September and our Headteacher Vlogs.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/TheEllisCESchool/videos/?ref=page_internal

September 2019

Dear Parents,

It has been lovely to welcome all the children into Year 4.  I hope you have all had a lovely summer. They have shown how much they have matured over the summer and are definitely ready for the challenge of Year 4!  In class will be myself, Mrs Law and Mrs McAleavy.  Mrs Beever will cover PPA time on Tuesday afternoons.

Here is a little updated information.

Reading Books

Your child will have already brought home a reading book to share with you at home. Please record in their reading diary when they have read to an adult or maybe an older sibling. We ask that reading diaries are in your child’s book bag every day so that we can fill them in when they have taken part in reading in school. If reading diaries are filled then we will send home a second diary free of charge, however if it is lost then we ask that a new one is bought from the office at the cost of 1. Your child is welcome to change their book any day of the week when they have completed it but it is their responsibility to ensure books are changed regularly.   Children should aim to read at home at least 3 times per week and dojos will be awarded for reading. 

PE

Your child’s PE days are now Tuesdays and Thursdays, however this sometimes changes and is advisable for your child to have their PE kits in school all week.

Spelling books

The children are once again receiving spelling books.  They will write in their new spellings on a Monday and bring their book home to practise.  Please support your child in learning their spellings.  They will be regularly assessed in their spellings.  Their spelling books need to be in school every Monday.

Home Learning

Each half term, children are expected to complete a home learning project linked to our topic.  I have attached a sheet of a few ideas linked to our topic but feel free to create your own ideas! We are always intrigued to see what our superstars have been up to! Once they have completed their project or projects (as some children prefer to do a few shorter projects, whilst others like to complete one long one), please send them into school so we can share their learning with the class. (Photos or PowerPoints can be emailed to Mrs Fiddes and will be passed onto Year 4 staff to share). Please encourage your child to take pride in their home learning and aim for a quality piece that may have taken a few sessions to complete.

Online learning

Children are encouraged to be regularly practising spellings, time tables and areas of the curriculum online.  As a school we have subscribed to websites to support the children with their learning.  The children will be given their individual logins for TT Rockstars and Spelling Shed. Please support your child with their learning on these platforms.  If logins have been misplaced I can issue new ones. 

Topmarks maths is also a fantastic website for the children to be practising all areas of the maths curriculum using interactive games.    Children in Year 4 will be the first year group to sit the multiplication test at the end of the year so practising these regularly is vital. 

You can find the Joyful Jellyfish on Twitter @y4theellis. We use Twitter to share the learning we are doing at school, celebrate achievements and give information.

The Y3 and Y4 Curriculum Evening will be at 4pm on the 25th of September. This will be an opportunity to find out about the Y4 curriculum and how your child will be learning this year. We look forward to seeing you there.

Finally, as always, if you have any questions, please dont hesitate to pop in and see me. I am more than happy to explain things further.

Thank you for your continued support,

Kind Regards,

The Y4 team

Miss Cook, Mrs McAleavy and Mrs Law