*** Friday Morning Live Meet***

Hi everyone, I know Mrs Patel has spoken to a lot of you today regarding our live meet on Friday. I can still see that some children have not joined the new classes. It is very important that you have joined so we can carry on our learning like we do in school. 

Just to confirm, I will be meeting live at the following times on Friday 8.1.2021:

Year 3 at 10am on the new Y3 Falcons Page. I will be posting a link on the stream which you will click and it will ask you to join the meeting. 

Year 4 at 9:30am on the new Y4 Falcons Page.

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE***

I have sent you all a new invite to google classroom. This is so we can start our online live lessons next week in your separate year groups. Please accept the invite and you also need to download 'Google Meet' (see icon below).

5th January 2021

Y3/4 Online Learning

English

Maths

Click on the English and Maths links above and complete the lessons over the next 3 days. I will be contacting you all tomorrow to ensure you are all prepared for a live meet on Friday.

Welcome to the Year 3/4 Falcons!

My name is Miss O'Toole and I am delighted to be teaching the Year/4 Falcon's this year alongside Mrs Ward and Mrs Laher.  Mrs Patel will also be helping us in Year 3.  At the bottom of our class page, you will find lots of important information such as our class bulletin, homework grid, curriculum overview and lots of useful websites to support learning.

Important Reminders

* PE - Our PE day is Friday and children must come into school in their full PE kits please.

* School Library - The Falcons are timetabled to visit the school library every Tuesday lunchtime.  Don't forget to pick up a loyalty card for the chance to win a new book from the SMSJ bookshop!

* Homework is given out every Thursday and should be returned on Monday.  All children have a homework book and you can find the homework grid below.  Homework includes: home reading (3 parent signatures required), spellings (test every Monday), TTRockstars and one other piece to be completed.

Year 3 Home Learning

Home learning tasks will be uploaded weekly.

Please make sure that if you're not in school you complete the lessons using the following links.

To login into the sites please remember that your logins are in the back of your home learning diary.

Week beginning 04/01/21

English 

Please complete a lesson each day using the link below.

These lessons follow the same genre that we are completing in school.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/into-the-forest-by-anthony-browne-91e8

Reading Plus 

Please complete 5 comprehension sessions on the Reading Plus website, found here: 

Maths

This week we will be focusing on multiplication and division. Please watch the videos and then complete the worksheets attached below.

TTRockstars

Please remember to complete TTRockstars daily. 

Year 4 Home Learning

Home learning tasks will be uploaded weekly.

Please make sure that if you're not in school you complete the lessons using the following links.

To login into the sites please remember that your logins are in the back of your home learning diary.

Week beginning 04/01/21

English 

Please complete a lesson each day using the link below.

These lessons follow the same genre that we are completing in school.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/theres-a-boy-in-the-girls-bathroom-by-louis-sachar-f0f8

Reading Plus 

Please complete 5 comprehension sessions on the Reading Plus website, found here: 

https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/fail

Maths

This week we will be focusing on multiplication and division. Please watch the videos and then complete the worksheets attached below.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/week-1-number-multiplication-division/

TTRockstars

Please remember to complete TTRockstars daily. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Spring 1

Our value this half term is WISDOM. Don't forget to complete your values task at home - it could be included on our next newsletter

This half term, Year three will be learning ...

English

In English, we will be looking at Stories on a theme and reading the fantastic novel of 'Stig of the dump'. This will be incredibly interesting and linked to our topic work about the Stone Age. After this, we will also be exploring the topics of Poems on a theme and discussions.

Maths

This half term we will be continuing with our multiplication and division. Following this, we will move onto the topics of money and statistics.

RE

In RE, we will be exploring how people believe in God in different ways, how God influences Christians, and what Muslims believe about Allah and the Quran.

Science

We will be looking at how fossils are formed and famous rock formations!

This half term, Year four will be learning ...

Our value this half term is 'Wisdom'.  Don't forget to complete your values task at home - it could be included on our next newsletter!

English

We will be learning about  ‘Issues and Dilemmas’ and linking it to the story ‘Balaclava Boy’ by George Layton. We will also be looking at persuasion texts.

We will also be taught the art of reciting poetry every Tuesday by a specialist teacher.

Throughout these genres, we will be reading, analysing, writing and innovating our own work.

Maths

This half term we will be covering the following areas in our Maths lessons: 

 • Multiplication and Division

 • Measures and area

Science

Our Science unit is  about the importance of taking care of your teeth and how the digestive system works. 

We will also learn about how food chains work. Learning your knowledge organiser (below) is essential!

Religious Education

In R.E. we will be developing our knowledge of how religion helps us to decide what is right and wrong.

Reading plus

I will be setting work to complete on here regularly so please ensure you have your log in details (in your reading record). Again, if you can not access it or haven't got your log in details then please contact me on the message button below. 

The website is:    https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login

You will come to this page and the site code is:     rpstmic5

TT Rockstars

https://ttrockstars.com/

TT Rockstars should be used daily for at least 15 minutes. If you have forgotten your log in, then please contact me on the message button and I will email your username and password!

Purple Mash Log in

Your purple mash log in has been stuck in your reading record, however, if you find it is not there, then please contact me on the message button below and I will send your username and password. 

The website is:   www.purplemash.com

Useful Websites

https://www.readingplus.com/

https://ttrockstars.com 

https://www.wordhippo.com

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button