Welcome to Dolphins

Important Reminders

PE

Our PE days will be Monday and Wednesday. Children will be expected to come to school in their school uniform on these days and to bring their PE kit in their bag, so they can change into it before the PE lesson.  Long sleeved trousers and a hoodie/jacket is strongly advised as the weather gets colder. Also, jewelry is not permitted during PE and all long hair should be tied up. 

Learning at home

-Homework 

A homework task will be given out on a Friday and is expected to be handed in by no later than the following Wednesday . This homework task will alternate between a maths, English or topic based task and will be based around the learning we have done in class.

- TT Rockstars at least 3 times per week (at least 10 minutes each time).

This is extremely important in improving their times tables knowledge and great practice for the national times table test that every year 4 will be taking in the Summer term. The website to access this is:

https://ttrockstars.com/

Children should be aware of their logins for this - if unsure please contact the class teacher.

There will be regular battles between classes/year groups so please encourage your child to join in.

- Reading at least 3 times per week.

Children will be encouraged to read regularly at home, in order to practise the reading skills being taught at school and to improve their fluency. They should bring home their chosen reading book from our Accelerated Reader collection, which will be at the appropriate level. When they have read the book, they will be asked to complete a quiz, to check their comprehension and understanding of what they have read. If children finish their books at home, they are welcome to quiz at home and can access the quiz by following the link below. Children will then be given the opportunity to change their books the next day in school.

Additionally, all children will be encouraged to regularly borrow a book of their choice from our school library. 

If you have any questions please contact us via Class Dojo or email: teacher.dolphins@ranelaghprimary.net

Autumn 2

This half-term we will be using the book "Krindlekrax" in our English lessons. 

An action-packed, thrilling story, 'Krindlekrax'  combines adventure with a touch of mystery! During a rollercoaster of events, we see the central character, Ruskin Splinter become an unlikely hero. He succeeds in not only taming the local bully, but also managing to outwit the monster Krindlekrax which has been terrorising Lizard Street.

During Science, our topic will be ‘Living things and their Habitats’. We will learn how animals and plants can be grouped in a variety of ways and will explore how classification keys can be used to group, identify and name them.

We will also learn about the various factors that can change habitats and environments, and consider the challenges and dangers these may pose to living things that live there.

In Geography, we will be learning to locate countries around the world using maps and will focus in detail on various environmental regions. We will learn to identify key physical and human landmarks both locally and around the United Kingdom and also to understand key aspects of physical geography, such as climate zones, biomes, vegetation belts and rivers.

In addition to the above, we will begin working hard to learn our times tables, in preparation for the year 4 times table tests in June.