Nightingales (Mr Wilson), Skylarks (Mr Iles) and Chaffinches (Mrs Beddow)

Learning Support: Miss Baker, Mrs David, Mrs Roberts and Mrs Taylor

All children should have a pair of trainers in school every day kept in a named carrier bag. 

For the rest of this half term we will be learning about:

Maths - Place value; addition and subtraction

English - Writing based on an adventure story

Foundation Subjects -  Autumn term overview.

Geography - Comparing UK and European countries, latitude and time zones and North America

Science - Sound

DT - Skyscrapers

Computing - Using the internet safely; combining text and graphics

MFL - Greetings and introductions

PSD - Being Me - a sense of self and belonging to the school community

Music - Chaffinches and Skylarks - sound effect compositions; Nightingales - Brass lessons with music teachers from Solihull Music Service.

Reading

Please listen to your child read their reading book aloud to you for as much as you can over the course of the week. 

Ideally, this should be 20 minutes per day as outlined in the homework policy. 

Reading logs should be signed at least 3 times per week in preparation for your child's teacher to review and sign them each Friday.

How to support your child with learning their Times Tables. 

In June of the year that your child is in Year 4, they will sit the government test know as the 'Multiplication Times Table Test.'

Every fortnight, the maths homework set will have a times tables focus.  We have collected some ideas here that you may wish to use when supporting your child learn their times tables at home.  We hope you enjoy!

Top Tips for being Terrific at Times Tables!

• Complete a times tables grid and put it up somewhere in your house so that you can look at it regularly.
• Repetition! Repeat times tables over and over again in lots of different fun ways.  Here are some ideas:

        - chant them!

        - sing them!

        - rap them!

       - race to say them out loud!

• Listen to some times table songs!  Follow these links to dance and sing your way to be terrific at your times tables!

       (Parents, please be aware - these songs are from external sites. We have watched them, but they do have adverts which may be subject to change). 

       - 2 Times Table - Can't Stop the Feeling                              - 8 Times Table Song

       - 3 Times Tables - UpTown Funk                                         - 9 Times Table Song

       - 4 Times Tables - I'm Still Standing                                    - 10 Times Table Song

       - 5 Times Tables Song                                                         - 11 Times Table Song

       - 6 Times Table - Shake it Off                                              - 12 Times Table Song

       - 7 Times Table Song

• Answer the interactive questions and play the games on  www.timestables.co.uk

Please use the link below to access the Standon Bowers photographs from the 2023 visit.

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