First week back!
Hello everyone,
After our first week back at school, I just wanted to thank everyone (children and parents!) for being fantastic and making everything run so smoothly. We’ve had a lovely week getting to know each other and getting stuck into our new learning!
We’ve begun our History topic unit about Ancient Greece. The children have been fascinated by exploring Greece on Google Earth and finding out lots of facts about it. They found Greece’s hemisphere, continent and capital city.
We have also begun one of our class novels for this first half term – Greek Myths by Marcia Williams. The class were really knowledgeable about the Greek gods such as Zeus and Hermes.
Have a look at this website to learn more about Greek gods and myths: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv39bqt
Y4 PE days
Hello!
Year 4 will be doing PE on Wednesdays and Fridays this year.
Please could your child come to school wearing their PE kit on those days! If you’re not sure on the PE kit, please let me know and I can give you the school’s uniform policy.
Thank you!
Miss Birch
Looking forward to this year!
Hello Year 4!
As you know, I’m Miss Birch and I’m going to be your teacher for the next year! I’m really looking forward to working with all of you. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer holiday and are raring to come back. I just know that we’re going to be a fabulous team – bring it on!
Summer of sport
It’s just 7 days to go until the Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham. Watch this introductory video to find out more.
To keep active over the summer holidays, why not try these commonwealth personal best challenges at home. My Commonwealth PB incorporates skills that are used in 7 of the sports which will be taking place at the B2022
Commonwealth Games.
Use the QR codes below to see each challenge.
We’d love to hear how you get on!
Roundhegians
Living and Learning – drugs, alcohol and tobacco
The last couple of weeks have been focused on talking about drugs, alcohol and tobacco. This topic is really important. The children became familiar and educated on these substances so that once they are old enough, they can make safe and informed decisions on what they choose to do.
The year 4 children identified how certain drugs and household items (i.e. paracetamol or surface cleaner) should be used safely. They were really sensible and knew exactly what to do:
- Do not touch these items without permission from a trusted adult.
- The instructions on the products must be followed.
- Keep them out of reach of small children.
D:side came in the following week to talk about alcohol and it was a fantastic session with lots of interactive activities that the children loved! The session wasn’t to worry the children about alcohol but just to make them aware of what it is and the rules around it. The children began acting out how they would respond if a friend was pressuring them to drink alcohol and they even got to try the alcohol glasses on and have a walk around the classroom – tricky!
Living and Learning – I recognise that family and friends are important.
For the previous few weeks, our Living and Learning lessons were focused on RSE.
Despite some of them being nervous, Year 4 were incredibly mature and grown up in the lessons. I was so impressed!
Over 3 weeks, we discussed the biological differences between males and females and how there must be a male and female in order to have a baby. However, we also discussed how some families e.g. same sex parents, would have a baby!
We learnt some new key vocabulary and the children became more and more comfortable when using these words.
Finally, we spoke about how male and females change throughout their life. We grow, we have different responsibilities and our roles in life change.
Pupil health questionnaire homework
This week, our whole school homework is I can share my views about health.
We’re proud to be a happy and healthy school.
Each year, we ask you to complete a short health questionnaire. Your views can help us to become even happier and healthier.
Parents/carers: please complete this survey with your child, to find out their views on some of our key health issues at school, and comment at the end.
Please submit before Friday 15 July 2022 and as an extra incentive the class that submit the most responses will earn an extra playtime next week!
Super Sports Day
What an amazing day yesterday! Our first full sports day since the pandemic and we came back with an amazing bang! Mrs Taylor did a grand job of organising everything, as always, and all the helpers that made it run smoothly were brilliant. Mr Roundtree is a little croaky today after his commentating but I’m sure you’ll agree, it was well worth it. You will see a photo of Mrs Burke completing her final egg and spoon race as a member of staff but you never know, she might be guest of honour next year. Thank you to everyone who came along to watch!
Living and learning: drug education
This half term, part of our Living and Learning focus includes drug education. We have arranged for visitors to come into school to help to deliver this key aspect of education.
We have been working with d:side for many years and they will be visiting school to deliver sessions to all classes based around drug education on Monday 11 July and Wednesday 13 July.
d:side is a comprehensive drug & alcohol education programme that encourages children to make positive & healthy life-choices whilst promoting a pro-active attitude to life. They focus on developing the children’s knowledge, skills & attitude, whilst equipping them with the appropriate life skills to successfully manage sensitive situations with peers & encourage a positive approach to life.
As part of this visit, Dave Hill, from d:side, will be available in the playground after school on Monday 11 July 3:05-3:30pm to answer any questions about this learning.
