Polar Bears
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Important Reminders
PE
- Our PE days are Monday and Thursday. Children are expected to come to school in their uniforms on these days and change into their PE kit before the lesson. As outdoor PE is likely, long-sleeved trousers and a hoodie/jacket are strongly advised as the weather gets colder. Also, jewellery 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, but is expected to be handed in by the following Wednesday to allow time for their work to be looked at. This homework task will alternate between Maths, English, and topic-based tasks.
- TT Rockstars at least 3 times per week (at least 10 minutes each time).
This is extremely important in improving their times table knowledge and great practice for the national times table test that every Year 4 pupil will take in the Summer term. The website to access this is:
Children should be aware of their logins for this - if unsure, please get in touch with the class teacher.
- Reading at least 3 times per week.
This should be recorded in their reading journals - either by the children or by parents/guardians. The teacher will check these on a Friday.
We use 'Accelerated Reader' where the children read their book and then quiz online. If children finish their books at home, they 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.
https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/2248283
Username - The first letter of your child's first name, followed by the first 4 letters of their surname (no spaces).
Password - abc
If you have any questions, please get in touch with me via Class Dojo or email: teacher.polarbears@ranelaghprimary.net
We hope you had a lovely October half term and are looking forward Autumn 2! This half-term, we have a brilliant book called The Iron Man is a classic children's story by Ted Hughes about a giant metal man who arrives and starts eating farm machinery. Initially a source of fear, he is befriended by a young boy named Hogarth, who eventually helps him defend the Earth from a monstrous "space-bat-angel-dragon". The story is a modern fairy tale with themes of prejudice, peace, and understanding, where the Iron Man becomes a hero for saving the world!
In Science, 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.
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