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Sycamore Class (Year 4) 
                                               ​Mrs van Vuuren,                                                         Mrs Kanyuka and Mrs Hackett
Thank you for all joining    ClassDojo last term. If we need to continue our learning remotely then we will do so  through ClassDojo again.
Remember to sign in  as a PARENT on   https://www.classdojo.com/en-gb/signup/?redirect=true
WINTER
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As we move towards Winter
, please be mindful  that  it may  be a good idea for your child to wear a thermal vest or additional layer under their uniform. We are keeping windows open to  ensure we are following safe  Government COVID guidance so it may get a little chilly.
Let's keep warm and stay safe!
Sycamore   Timetable here

             A note  from Mrs V
We have all missed you so much and can’t wait to see your bright eyes and smiling faces,   and hear your giggles and chatter again.
I really do hope that you have had a magnificent half term break and that you are also super excited about coming back to school for the weeks that lead up to  Christmas.
Some things will be the same and some things will be a little different – and that’s okay!
Together we will work if all out so that we feel safe and happy and relaxed. Then we can continue with our, exciting learning journey in Year 4 Sycamore Class.
We will be doing PE on a Monday and Wednesday so on these days you need to arrive at school in your correct PE uniform. 
I look forward to sharing all our plans with you in class and am really enjoying sharing this  year with you all.​

Let's sparkle and shine this year!


 
Home Learning tasks
Autumn 2020  tasks here
Spring  2021 tasks  uploaded on ClassDoJo during Lockdown
Please read the instructions carefully  so that you select your options correctly and plan your work so that you meet the deadlines. 
​Be  proud of the work you upload : enjoy learning lots of new things and improving your presentation.

KS2 handwashing song

Greg James Radio 1
https://twitter.com/bbcr1/status/1236238160310476800?lang=en
We also  sing popular tunes  like:
-  Row, row , row your boat 
- Twinkle , twinkle little star
- Happy Birthday to you
​- You could chant our timetables    too
In class , we will be reading, discussing and learning from these books:
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Termly Curriculum maps

​ Autumn: Peasants, Princes and  Pestilence
Autumn Curriculum overview here


Spring 1: Misty Mountains, Winding Rivers   initial planning, adjusted to accommodate  Home Learning  during Lockdown.
Spring 2
:  Misty  mountains, winding rivers
Summer:    Going  for Gold
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Science:
Autumn: Living things and their habitats and Plants
Practise    your time tables daily using   TTRS
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Useful weblinks and   resources   for   Home Learning:
Reading support
Click   here  to login to MyBookBlog.
Click here for the latest MyBook Blog reading list.
Online resources from Central Bedfordshire Libraries .
Use www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Maths support
​Click   here   to login to TTRockStars.
​Enjoy games on www.topmarks.com
www.ictgames.com

                    Additonal ideas                                                        and                                 Home Schooling resources 
Parents can now sign into Twinkl (www.twinkl.co.uk/offer) for free using free access code: PARENTSTWINKLEHELPS 

BBC bitesize
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

 Online library
https://slz03.scholasticlearningzone.com/slz-portal/#/login3/GBRJGDY

 Blended Learning:   during   self-isolation and  during any  lockdown

In the event that your child has to remain at home, during periods of self-isolation, or in the event of  a local or more widespread lockdown, we will continue to provide home learning (blended learning) for your child. This will normally be  from the Oak Academy online lessons, and will link as closely as possible to learning taking place within your child's Totternhoe  CE Academy's class.  These lessons will be posted on ClassDojo, on Sycamore Blended Learning  Class Story.
Please continue to check ClassDojo daily,  for any new notifications and postings.
Useful Information
Monday: Class PE - arrive in full school PE kit
Wednesday: am Future Games PE - arrive in  full   school PE kit. Please bring in an extra pair of socks  and  an appropriate weather proof coat should it rain.
PE kit – please make sure your child has both an indoor PE kit (t-shirt, shorts, socks, plimsolls !) and outdoor PE kit (trainers, if possible, and tracksuit), especially now the weather is becoming colder and wetter,  in school every day.
Kit  
must  be named!
​Please    make sure earrings are  NOT worn on PE days.
Water! 
Please remind your child to bring their water bottle to school every day, filled with fresh water for them to drink freely throughout the day. We encourage the children to drink whenever they feel thirsty and their water bottle may be kept where they are working as long as it has an ‘unspillable’ drinking spout. 
Don't forget healthy fruit snacks for morning break times, too!
Friday: Spellings, Times tables, Maths and/or English homework. 
Spellings and Phonics  –   our new spelling words will be sent home on a Friday and tested a week later on the next Friday.  Your child will bring home a spelling sheet  each week to help them learn their spellings. Please encourage them to work on the bits they find most tricky. Remind them to apply the  strategies we learn in class.   Don't forget to also practising those tricky 100+ commonly mis-spelt words!
Times tables -There will be weekly times tables tests,  usually on a Friday. Please encourage your child to practise their times table each day.
Please note:   All Year 4s are expected to know all x facts  for all times tables up to x 12.  This year our class will be participating in the   national Times table Check and we would like all our children to feel confident and proud   of their results.
Click here to login to TTRockStars.
​Click   here  to login to MyBookBlog.



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Totternhoe CE Academy, Church Road, Totternhoe, Dunstable, Beds. LU6 1RE
Parent and Public Enquiries: please ask for Mrs Barford or Mrs Coote
Telephone: 01582 662959 
  E :    totternhoeoffice@tot.dsamat.co.uk
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