Key Messages for next week…

Thursday 5^th – World Book Day. Children can come to school dressed as something linked to their chosen word.

• Tuesday is swimming for 4R and 4Y. Please ensure that full swimming kit is brought in on that day. If your child cannot take part, please contact their teacher or the office to explain why. Children MUST have a swim cap and earrings removed.
• Children can come to school in their PE kit on swimming days.
• Please ensure children are wearing correct school uniform and shoes, including a tie.
• Please ensure children are bringing in their water bottles every day, preferably with a sports cap.
• Wellies are needed so that the children can access the field during break and lunch times.

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Forest School dates this Term:

4B: Friday 20th March 2026

4G: Friday 27th March 2026

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Weekly homework tasks: 

Reading daily – please bring in your reading record signed by an adult.

TTRS - at least 3 times a week for 10 minutes.

Mathletics – Friday to Friday

Spelling – Please choose approximately 5 words from the Year 3/4 word list to complete ‘look, say, cover, write, check’. This should be completed in the orange Home Learning book and returned to school to be checked by the class teacher.

AR Quizzes – complete on Accelerated Reader once book has been completed. This can be done at home or at school.

Please note, Mathletics has a different login to AR and TTRS.

***Well done to everyone who has received a certificate so far for either Mathletics or TTRS***

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English:

This week in English, we introduced our new book: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. We spent time exploring who the character of Edward is and wrote a character description of him. We thought about the vocabulary we used and used descriptive phrases to bring Edward to life. We also discussed the importance of authorial intent and why certain information is shared to help the reader to understand events and characters better.

Next week we will write a recount of a scene from the book using cohesive devices.

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Maths:

In maths this week, we began our time unit. We explored analogue and digital time as well as converting 12-hour time to 24-hour time.

Next week we will continue to explore time, including converting between units.

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Thematic Curriculum:

This week during our afternoon lessons, we focused on kindness in our PSHE sessions. We discussed how we can show kindness, appropriate physical contact and whether keeping secrets is safe or unsafe.

Next week we will begin our new topic: Innovation Station.