Key Messages: for next week…

Next week is the final week of term. School finishes at 2pm on Friday 20^th December for the Christmas holidays.

Wednesday 18^th December – Christmas party afternoon. Children can come to school dressed in their party clothes.

Thursday 19^th December – Christmas dinner. If your child is not having a Christmas dinner, could you please provide a packed lunch.

• 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.
• Thursday is PE for all of Year 4. Please send the children in wearing their PE kit.
• 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.

---

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

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.

Sir Linkalot – children can download the app and watch spelling videos.

This week we have been learning words from the ‘Blue Blyton’ bundle. Here are the words:

 

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

---

Termly Home Learning Task - Term 2: Walk Like an Egyptian

This term in Year 4 we are exploring the Ancient Egyptians - how they lived and significant events and figures from the time. We would like the children to delve into the topic during their home learning by exploring one of these tasks, or a related task of their choosing. They may present their work in any way that they wish; it could be a presentation, poster, or something that they make, the possibilities are endless. If something is physically created, please can this be brought in or a photo stuck into books so we can celebrate the children’s success!

Please bring in any Thematic homework before the end of term.

---

English:

In English this week we have focused on poetry. This included reading and performing poems, talking about poems with our classmates and writing our own haikus and alphabet poems based on Ancient Egypt.

Next week, we will write a set of instructions for mummification.

---

Maths:

This week in maths we completed our unit on discrete and continuous data by exploring more time graphs and drawing our own using two sets of data plotted on one set of axes.

Next week we will be consolidating our maths learning through Christmas-related activities.

---

Thematic Curriculum:

This week during our afternoon lessons, we explored food chains and how we can classify animals based on whether they are vertebrates or invertebrates. We also looked at Hindu beliefs during our RE lesson.

Next week we will continue to look at how Hindus worship, during our RE afternoon.

---

Christmas Fair:

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to support Upton and the Christmas fair this afternoon. It was great to see so many adults and the children absolutely loved the experience. Thank you also for the generous donations to the raffle and tombola, and for supplying the goods for the children’s stalls.