Week beginning Monday 28th April

Welcome back to term five. Dorset have settled back to class and have begun listening to The Wild Robot. Already, we are gripped by the main character, Roz, and her fast learning. The children have taken part in a reading theatre to tell one one of the chapters together. They have also written a narrative and made predictions about the story.

In Maths  the children have really got to grips with decimal numbers and will soon be moving onto the next topic. The children will be learning about time. It would be helpful to practice telling the time as the children will be learning about the 24-hour clock.

So far, the topic on Ancient Civilsations has covered information about the first civilisation, Ancient Sumer. The children acted out a conversation between a farmer, an artist and a builder from this period. They came up with some great ideas.

This week in Science, the children made simple circuits and then tried making other circuits using a variety of components. This topic on electricity is already popular.

All the children were excited about swimming. Now they have completed one trip, next week should be easier. The children were fantastic at walking to and from the pool and I was very proud of them all. 
A great start to the term, well done everyone. 

Mrs. Shrimpton, Mr. Grimes and Mrs. Cheeseman

Our Fantastic Learning

A Typical Week in Dorset

This is an example of a typical week. The timetable changes on a regular basis. Currently P.E days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please have PE kit in school everyday.

Home Learning

Home learning and spellings will be set each week on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday. 

Times Tables Rockstars! 

To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book. 

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

We recommend children in Year 4 read for at least 20 minutes a day.  Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Spelling

These spellings will be tested on Wednesday 7th May 

Power of Five and Size of the Problem

Maths Workshop