Independent Warriors

It`s lovely to see the children back-as enthusiastic as ever -for the beginning of the second Summer term.

Topic
Our topic this half term is called ‘Going Underground’ and it is all about the coal mining industry. The children will be learning about the coal mining industry and coal mining conditions for workers and how coal miners are commemorated in our community.

PE
PE will continue to be on a Wednesday afternoon for all children, with some children taking part in PE on a Thursday afternoon and some children swimming on a Friday morning.

Reading
We are continuing our read-at –home challenge this term. Remember to write in your child’s reading record. Each read gets counted. Once a certain number of reads is achieved the children can earn prizes.

Other dates for your diary: Wednesday 13^th June –Y3 /y4 trip to the Coal mining museum in Wakefield.

Homework

Regards,

Miss Ireland and Miss Edwards

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 A Happy New Year to you all. I am really looking forward to working with your children and getting to know them over the forthcoming weeks.

Reading
Our reading challenge has been a great success. We are still monitoring the amount of times that children are reading in the week and the children receive a prize when they have reached a certain amount of points.

Homework
Here is the homework timetable for this half term for year 3 and year 4.

If o you ever have trouble with I Am Learning, you need to contact the administrator but do send me a note or a Dojo if your child has been unable to access the program Maths and English are always sent out on Fridays to be done by the following Weds. Spellings go out every Weds to be tested on the following Mon .Children must get at least 5 out of 6 correct.

Topic
We are on a Flight to Florida for 4 weeks in our Geography lessons this half term. Thank you for the homework you did with your children this holiday it is fantastic! The children are really enthusiastic about learning more about Florida.

After that, we swap over to our History topic on World War II which will continue until Easter.(Next half term is only 4 weeks long.)

We are grateful to all those parents who replied to our letter about a possible trip to Eden Camp Museum. Unfortunately, the response was not sufficient to cover costs and so the trip will not go ahead. Instead, we will be launching the World War II topic with a special World War II day of activities on Thurs 8^th February. If possible, we would like the children to dress up as a wartime schoolboy or girl and to pack a small suitcase with items they might take if they were evacuated. They could even make a gas mask box. You are invited to come into class at 3pm on that day to see what we have been doing.

LKS2 show : Edith`s Wartime Scrapbook
Our show this year has been chosen to link  to our WWII topic .The actors and dancers will be chosen firstly from the year 4 children  .The year 3 children will mainly sing in the choir (although we may need a few extra performers.) The year 4 WWII costumes will therefore be worn twice.

We will send home song words to be learnt by all the children. The performances will take place on Thurs  15^th March at 2pm and Fri 16th March at  2pm .We will send out a letter about tickets soon. 

Best wishes,

Miss Ireland and Miss Edwards

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