Term 3, September  2024

 

Topics

 

PE Kits

For this term, we will need PE kits worn to school on Thursdays for our PE lessons. On Tuesdays, swimming lessons will take place at the Larkfield Leisure Centre, beginning at 9:20am to 9:50am. Travel to and from Larkfield will be via the School’s minibus. As a reminder, please make sure that PE kits/swimming attire are appropriate according to the school's PE uniform policy.

 

Homework

Homework will be sent home each Friday.

A list of spellings or 'sounds of the week' will be sent home to practice. In KS2 they will have a written test the following Friday. There will also be an optional spelling sheet for KS2.

We will also expect the children to log onto Numbots and/or TT Rockstars to complete some maths fluency practice.

Daily reading is also a very important part in your child’s learning journey. This can be reading their school reading book and/or enjoying a reading for pleasure book of their choice. 

This will be sent out on Class Dojo by your class teacher on Fridays.

 

Times tables

The end of year 4 national times table screener takes place in term six of this year (more information about this will be released) so please can children practise their times tables regularly at home and they should have their TTRS logins to support the practice they are doing in school. Times tables are extremely important in their numeracy and are linked to lots of topics in the curriculum e.g. division, fractions, multiplication. It is vital that children have a strong times tables knowledge in order to achieve success across all topics in maths, particularly as they move into upper key stage 2. 

Many thanks for your support,

Miss Brady, Mrs Brooker, Miss Knight, Miss Wood and Mrs Charlton

Contact my teacher:

Miss Brady

cbrady@offham.kent.sch.uk

 1) Research Viking longboats and create a labeled diagram or 3D model. Write a short story imagining life aboard a Viking ship during a voyage.

 

2) Create a poster or a booklet explaining one of the human body systems (e.g., digestive, circulatory, skeletal) Add fun facts or draw diagrams to illustrate.

 

3) Create a self-portrait using mixed media (e.g., paper, fabric, string). Write a few sentences about what your portrait shows about you.

 

4) Create and design a timestable treasure hunt! Solve multiplication problems to uncover a "treasure. For example: "Find the product of 7 × 8. Use the answer to unlock the next clue."

 

5) Measure 5 objects at home and record their lengths in centimetres and meters. Order the objects from shortest to longest and convert measurements.

 

6) Design a park. Draw a simple park layout with shapes (e.g., rectangles for fields, triangles for flower beds). Label the side lengths and calculate the perimeter of each area.