Graig-y-Rhacca Primary & Nursery Community School
Dosbarth 4
MONDAY 6 APRIL - FRIDAY 10 APRIL
I will be adding Easter activities to Seesaw each day over Easter, so keep checking over the holiday for lots of fun ways to spend your time.
IT IS FANTASTIC TO SEE HOW MUCH WE ARE STARTING TO USE SEESAW. Two members of our class have already done OVER 30 pieces of work. THAT'S GREAT.
Remember, there is plenty of work if you have just found us. Just scroll DOWN this page and keep checking Seesaw.
Finally, check out this link from our Environmental Education Officer https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGo-Wild-at-Home-CCBC-Countryside-101647628174820%2F%3Fhc_ref%3DARRxsRYXD7RyNic22fCqBBoMNupmFiIr5pElUOwtRGi6iRBPZFDlzZ3Sb3vy8Djh3e8%26fref%3Dnf%26__tn__%3DkCH-R&data=02%7C01%7CSmithM318%40hwbmail.net%7Cac38d79ba6124bd2da5a08d7dc913bc4%7C4f3f0e52b734416494091b601d147993%7C0%7C0%7C637220388641969531&sdata=U3DldK3ieO%2FAfVs15z51qaBl%2F6Gl4x1K%2FfTNg4J1Ol8%3D&reserved=0
FRIDAY 3 APRIL Today, why not click the link below(expired) and spend parts of the day on a virtual tour of Chester Zoo? Have fun😁
New - You can now share your work with your friends using the blog on Seesaw.
Press the Globe icon to see some of our best work and join in with yours.
Week commencing 30/3/20 ... scroll down the page for last week's work under the Contact Me form
Contact Mr Smith
Feel free to send me an email on how I can best support you and your child with their education at this difficult time. All messages will be responded to within the hour during the school day and regularly at other times. Please check out this page and Seesaw for daily updates of lessons and activities. It's just like being in school!
Friday 27th March - Today's work
Thursday 26th March - Today's work
Update WEDNESDAY 25th MARCH
Thank you to the children who completed 12 tasks this morning on Seesaw. There are new tasks for this afternoon. Enjoy.
This week we were going to start fractions. The lessons were very much like this:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/
UPDATE : TUESDAY 24th MARCH
This website is now Free until school re-opens. Let Carol Vorderman take the strain of teaching D4 Maths.
https://www.themathsfactor.com/
All D4 children yesterday received log in details and codes to allow them to be set and return homework tasks on the Seesaw platform. Please log in and say Hi.
In addition to the Home Learning Pack, feel free to try any of these activities and show me how you get on using Seesaw!
Extra Learning Pack
Home Learning - Coronavirus Pack In addition to advice on our 'Key Information' / 'Learning at Home' Page, the children will all now have a home learning pack. Please complete during the time we are unfortunately closed and return to school. Included in the pack is the following advice letter.
Welcome back to school and for many in D4 it is a warm welcome to the Juniors for the first time.
In D4 this term, we will have the topic of ‘Change’. Please feel free to download the topic plan to see what the children have come up with as ideas to study.
In English, we will be developing our basic skills in writing before moving on to story writing. In Maths, we will start by looking at core number skills such as number bonds and place value. We are promoting 'Respect' throughout the half term.
Routines:
Homework, reading books and spellings will be given out each Thursday. This gives children a chance to check they understand the homework before the weekend. Homework is due to be returned on Monday whilst spellings and tables are tested on Thursdays. Often, the Maths homework will be in the form of online MyMaths homework. Each child has their login details provided on the inside cover of their homework book. The children also have their own access to Giglets online where there will be their own selection of allocated books to read.
Fruit-Tuck is collected each Monday and is 20p per day, although many bring £1 on a Monday to cover the week. A selection of apples, oranges, grapes and bananas is provided.
PE kit should be in school on a Friday this half term.
Change Termly Planning
Please have a look at our Spring term activities.
Routines:
Homework, reading books and spellings will be given out each Thursday. This gives children a chance to check they understand the homework before the weekend, although this year there will be a Homework Menu from which to choose a task from each week that will be stuck into the front of each homework book. Homework is due to be returned on Monday whilst spellings and tables are tested on Thursdays. Included in homework is a spelling menu based on optional activities which should help your child learn high frequency words.
Each week your child will be given an online MyMaths homework task which can also be accessed in school if your child chooses to come to MyMaths club.
Fruit-Tuck is collected each Monday and is 20p per day. A selection of apples, oranges, grapes and bananas is provided.
PE kit should be in school on a Monday and Thursday this half term.
People of the World Thematic Showcase
The boys and girls in D4 shared with parents/carers the work they have completed during their Thematic Skills lessons when studying life in Africa. The boys and girls have made links with a school in Uganda and used the donations from the event to purchase books for their Ugandan friends. The parents enjoyed African biscuits baked by the children and took part in an Art activity to create an African mask. Parents also enjoyed an African dance display!
America Day Celebrations
The pupils in D4 have been studying America during their Thematic lessons. The boys and girls have learnt about the key events in American history and why Americans celebrate Independence Day on the 4th July. The boys and girls performed a range of songs to a packed audience and they even showed everyone how to line dance!
All our guests were treated to American treats baked and created by all the boys and girls in the school to end the celebration.
Spring Thematic Plans
D4's Class Assembly - Friday, 16th February 2018
Llantarnam Grange Art Lesson
D4 have enjoyed a fantastic day appreciating the artwork of Welsh artists and creating their own masterpieces. Thank you to our friends, Louise and Cerys for a wonderful art lesson.
Welcome back - Autumn Term (Second Half Term)
In D4 this half term we are studying The Victorians whilst in literacy we will be reading 'The Tin Forest' to stimulate our writing. In Maths we will be concentrating on mastering addition, subtraction and multiplication. We are promoting 'Respect' throughout the half term.
Routines:
Homework, reading books and spellings will be given out each Thursday. This gives children a chance to check they understand the homework before the weekend. Homework is due to be returned on Monday whilst spellings and tables are tested on Thursdays. Included in many children's homework is a list of individual high frequency spelling words which your child has spelled incorrectly in class. Please also learn these spellings as part of each week's homework.
Fruit-Tuck is collected each Monday and is 20p per day. A selection of apples, oranges, grapes and bananas is provided.
PE kit should be in school on a Thursday this half term.
A Tudor Harvest
Dosbarth 4 Class Information
Welcome to the new website!
In D4 this half term we are studying The Tudors whilst our literacy theme is The Circus.
We will be reading 'If I Ran the Circus' by Dr Seuss to stimulate our writing. We are promoting 'Respect' throughout the half term.
Routines:
Homework, reading books and spellings will be given out each Thursday. This gives children a chance to check they understand the homework before the weekend. Homework is due to be returned on Monday whilst spellings and tables are tested on Thursdays.
Fruit-Tuck is collected each Monday and is 20p per day. A selection of apples, oranges, grapes and bananas is provided.
PE kit should be in school on a Tuesday this half term.
To support learning on our topic there is a Tudor themed trip to Llancaiach Fawr in October.