Hello!

The Easter holidays beckon…

Another great weeks for the children; here are some of our highlights:

During Maths lessons, our group continued to work on fractions. This week, they identified equivalent fractions on a number line, looked at equivalent fraction ‘families’ and rounded out the week by adding two or more fractions. So, in a nutshell: fractions, fractions and yet more fractions!

In English, we started our new unit of work on non-chronological reports by looking at the Fairtrade movement. In doing this, we examined the key features of non-chronological reports, got into the habit of creating glossaries related to the same, and answered a reading comprehension task about Fairtrade flowers.

During Geography lesson, we studied deserts (did you know that a desert can refer to either an extremely hot OR extremely cold area of land? If not, now you do!) and answered questions / created case studies related to the same.

We continued our work on database software (j2data to be precise) in Computing, this week using our inputted data to search for answers to questions using a range of parameters.

In our Science lesson, we learned about pitch and volume and the ways they combine to create distinctive soundscapes, while during our RHE lesson, we learned about why our actions influence outcomes.

A message from Miss Kelly and Mrs Wordsworth, our Science Coordinators:

We had a great start to British Science Week with Mercedes, our Scientist-in-Residence and some of her Science Club students running a STEM themed Collective Worship on Monday where we learnt about all of the careers available in the worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

Don’t forget to enter the British Science Week Poster competition on the theme of Connections and bring your entries into school by next Friday for us to shortlist. More info here – Poster competition – British Science Week​

4 Rosen had another chess lesson from Tony and also enjoyed an extra Drama lesson this week, where they honed their acting skills under the careful watch of Mark from RAW Academy – what a lucky bunch!

Miss Amy also led the children in a lovely Art lesson, where they drew a detailed section of The Last Supper, linking it to RE.

Here is this week’s homework (please note there is a reading comprehension AND Science component):

170323 – Spellings Homework Sheet

170323 – Reading Comprehension – I Love Our Orange Tent

170323 – Science Homework BSW 2023

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

We’re almost 2/3 (lovely current Maths learning reference there) of the way through the year; how time flies…

The children had a fabulous week; here are some of the highlights:

During English, we finished up our unit of work on information texts by writing and editing our own versions of the chocolate making process. In doing this, we learned about / refreshed our knowledge of a whole range of language features to really ‘uplevel’ our written work, including fronted adverbials and relative clauses.

In our Maths lessons, my group worked with improper fractions and mixed numbers, converting the former to the latter and vice-versa, after reminding ourselves of what mixed numbers are and learning what improper fractions are. Well done to the parent / carer who correctly identified the ’33 1/3’ reference from last week’s blog by the way – Lieutenant Frank Drebin of Police Squad would be proud…

During our Science lesson, we learned about sound being generated and carried through vibrations via several hands-on investigations where many a ruler was twanged and elastic bands were tweaked in abundance. The children had a whale of a time with this task, and I’m delighted to report that not a single injury was incurred, with everyone successfully stifling the urge to ping their band across the classroom (difficult I know) – what a responsible bunch!

In our Geography lesson, we learned about different biomes from around the world. Did you know that as Britain has a temperate climate we, in the words of the BBC, ‘(Britain) rarely features the extremes of heat or cold, drought or wind that are common in other climates.’ Interesting…

On a further weather-related note, during Computing, we logged weather data into j2Data database software, with a view to searching it next week.

During our RHE lesson, we learned about ways of making a difference in school and ways in which the media can influence us, both valuable life lessons.

The children also enjoyed an extra PE lesson this week, where they honed their cricket skills under the fine tutelage of Jonathan from Shepherds Bush Cricket Club.

Here is this week’s homework:

100323 – Spellings Homework Sheet

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

We’ve been very busy this week, both in and out of class!

On Monday, we enjoyed a theatre show in the main hall – a marvellous, contemporary retelling of ‘The Secret Garden’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett. A great time was had by all.

The following day, Year 4 went to the Tower of London. The trip did a great job in really making tangible many of the facts we learned during our recent History unit of work on the Normans. A big ‘thank you’ goes out to class parent Fergus, who joined us on the trip and was very helpful throughout, and Year 4’s very own Mr Perry, who planned and booked the entire trip for the year group.

On Thursday, it was time for St Stephen’s annual World Book Day Parade, where children and staff alike showed off their fancy costumes to awestruck parents and carers.

On Friday, we had another book-related performance, where storyteller Xanthe visited us and regaled us with captivating retellings of myths and legends from around the world.

Finally, Crummell, our winning house for the Autumn term, enjoyed a trip to Kidzania. What fun!

We were also very busy inside the classroom too. Here are some of the week’s highlights:

During Maths, we continued to work on fractions, with a particular focus on mixed numbers (which are a lot simpler than they sound – they’re a whole number combined with a fraction, e.g. 33 1/3 – five house points to the first parent who gets that movie reference!)

During English, we started to plan and write our final piece of work for the unit, describing the chocolate manufacturing process using as many of the language features (such as complex sentences and main / subordinate clauses) we have learned / reminded ourselves of over the past few weeks.

In class, we also completed the following World Book Day-related activities:

Story Word Searches: using a simple frame, children wrote words from a story, character names, details, author, setting etc, then filled out the rest of the word search with random letters. These will later be swapped around the class to solve.

Book Posters: Children designed posters / new book covers using images from the book and cover to recommend it to other children – some children even included reviews and descriptions of the book too!

In our RHE lesson, we thought about the rights and responsibilities we all have, while in RE, we reflected upon famous Christians that might inspire us.

Here’s this week’s homework (please note that there is a reading comprehension component:)

030323 – Spellings Homework Sheet

030323 – Year 4 Reading Comprehension – The Wind In The Willows

Also, please find below a link to the key vocabulary related to this half term’s topics across the curriculum:

Year 4 Key Vocabulary List – Spring Term 2

One final reminder: just in case you missed out on the ParentMail message that was sent out earlier this week, we will have our Kick London session on *Monday* next week, so please ensure your child is in their PE kit first thing!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Our first week back after the half term break has been another very busy one; here are some of the highlights…

During my group’s Maths lessons, we finished up our unit of work on area, then started to move onto fractions. We did this by first understanding the concept of the ‘whole’ and how fractions relate to this. Following on from that, we started to count in fractions, moving beyond 1 in doing so.

In English, we continued to work on information texts through the cacao-infused lens of chocolate manufacture. As part of this process, we explored synonyms, complex sentences and also answered a VIPERS reading comprehension related to the Ghanaian chocolate industry.

For Science, the children had a real treat as, in two separate groups, they got to enjoy a two-hour workshop on sound (our new topic) led by Mercedes, our Scientist-In-Residence. A great time was had by all and please keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming newsletter related to this.

During RE, we started off our new unit of work that explores fame and Christianity. This week, we compared and contrasted the relative qualities that are required to be famous or Christian, and explored whether the two can coexist harmoniously.

Here is a note about homework on this from Mr Perry –

RE homework this week (instead of comprehension) is to research a famous Christian looking at their qualities, talents and how their belief and faith influences their life.

This was set deliberately earlier (Wednesday) so the children will have it ready for a lesson on Monday where we will also have a special visitor from the C of E Diocese education department.

The sheet we are using is in the homework section and can equally be written in their homework books. Here is the link again below.

240223 – Spellings Homework Sheet

4 Rosen Class Poem for Spring Term 2 2023 – Hobble Gobble Wobble

RE research homework for lesson 2

Speaking of homework, here’s a video of us performing last half term’s poem: https://youtu.be/A9mVg-UCFrI

In our Computing lesson, we started our new unit – ‘Comparing Data’ – by looking at the work the Met Office does in compiling and analysing weather data.

For RHE, we looked at the important roles various figures, such as doctors, nurses and firefighters, occupy in our lives.

We also rounded out our unit of work in History by looking at the Feudal System and the Domesday Book.

Finally, a gentle reminder that we are going on a trip next week. If you haven’t already done so, please provide payment and consent via ParentMail. Thank you also to those parents / carers who offered to join us on the trip; I have contacted those who were chosen and look forward to seeing them next week.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Short but sweet – what a lovely trip we had!

Be sure to log onto Google Classroom to see many, many pics and videos from our residential trip!

Have a fabulous half term and I’ll see you all on Monday 20th February!

Mr Faith

Hello!

I cannot believe that we are almost at the halfway point of the 2022-2023 academic year; how time has flown! Thanks as always for the continued support.

Here’s what we’ve been up to over the past five days…

During English, we moved onto a new unit of work – Explanation Texts. We did this by looking at the chocolate manufacturing process. In doing this, we learned about the key features of explanation texts, continued to work on using a range of pronouns in our work and summarised each part of the process. We rounded out our week by completing chocolate themed reading comprehensions. Mouth-watering stuff for sure!

In Maths, we finished off our work on multiplication and division by practising the short division (‘bus stop method’) process and completing our end-of-unit tests. As the week drew to a close, we started to work on a new unit – Area!

During our Science lesson, we looked at ways in which we can take care of our teeth and gums, whilst in History, we learned about the different types of castle that William the Conqueror made good use of.

For RE, we explored Buddhists’ thoughts on what the meaning of life is and during RHE, learned about why and how we safely use medicines.

During Art, Miss Amy continued to work on composition with the class, and we also enjoyed chess with Tony and drama with Mark!

Finally, here’s this week’s homework:

Spellings Homework for 03/02/23

Please note that we have several upcoming trips. The vast majority of you have provided consent for them and provided us with the necessary paperwork (thank you for doing that if you have!) but if you haven’t, please do this at your earliest convenience!

Have a great weekend and please ensure that your child/ren rest up – we’ll all be *very* busy next week!

Mr Faith

Hello!

Yet another busy week!

In Maths, we started to finish up our unit of work on multiplication and division. We worked on concrete, pictorial and abstract ways of multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit, culminating in classic column multiplication. We were especially rigorous in showing our written workings-out as individual questions were tackled. We rounded out our week by exploring concrete and pictorial methods of division, with a plan to move to the abstract next week, and use short division (AKA the ‘bus stop’ method.)

During English, we finished our unit of work on St George and the Dragon. We carefully worked our way through an exemplar, showcasing the success criteria that we expected the children to work towards in their final pieces. Pupils then planned and wrote their own retellings of the legend, later improving upon the same. Our GPS lesson consisted of a look at adverbials and determiners. We even had time for ‘book talk,’ where I shared my current reading choice – a book about coffee making! At this point, I would no doubt usually make a laboured pun about coffee, but I simply don’t have the energy to do so. Time for another coffee… *Ahem*.

During History, we learnt about the difficulties William the Conqueror encountered early in his reign, and pondered the following:

‘Statement 1 – “William was a cruel, bloodthirsty, power-seeking man who killed people unnecessarily.” Statement 2 – “William was a strong leader who had to make tough decisions about difficult problems.” Which of these two statements do you most agree with? Please explain your answer in as much detail as possible.’

What do *you* think, parents and carers?

In our Science lesson, we took a look at different types of human teeth and learnt about their different roles. Some of us even examined our own gnashers (as my late brother Micky used to call them,) then sketched and labelled them!

During RHE, we learnt about dares, and the possible risks of following them.

In our RE lesson, we looked at life in a Buddhist Sangha. We started to do this by discussing what a community is and whether we were part of some communities ourselves. We discussed that our school is one community that we are part of and being part of this community can help us feel safe and also helps us learn and follow certain rules. We then moved on to discussing Buddhist communities and how monks belong to what is called a Sangha. This is a place where Buddhists follow certain rules that help them live a simple yet happy life. Very interesting stuff!

During Computing, we used j2office to start to create presentations containing information we rehearsed in previous weeks. In adding photos to these presentations, we learned about the importance of respecting copyright, and used images from the NEN Gallery, a website full of ‘fair use’ photos. We also learned about photos that are published under a ‘Creative Commons’ licence and how they can be used (in a non-commercial capacity, of course!)

During our Art lesson, we (and by we, I mean the children, very ably led by Art teacher extraordinaire Miss Amy) created still life compositions and sketched them in preparation for a final painted piece.

Finally, here’s this week’s homework:

Spellings Homework for 27/01/23

Reading Comprehension for 27/01/23 – ‘What’s It All About’

To celebrate Lunar New Year 2023, Year 4 created colourful fanning Chinese dragons! We also enjoyed a lovely assembly that featured a ribbon dance, a fan dance and a Tai Chi demonstration. After a delicious lunch, we then practised Tai Chi in the hall! A great time was had by all, and we look forward to celebrating LNY again next year! A huge ‘thank you’ goes out to St Stephen’s parent Wing Kei and her team for making it a true day to remember!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Another busy week!

During Maths, my group continued to work on multiplication and division. This week, we tackled ways of approaching the 11 and 12 times tables, how to effectively multiply three numbers together and reflected upon efficient methods of mental and written calculation.

In our English lessons, we started a new unit of work based on the classic tale of St George and the Dragon. In doing this, we read Geraldine McCaughrean’s retelling of the legend, inferred and retrieved information from the text via several different activities, and learned about St George’s links to Ethiopia and Turkey. Our GPS lesson consisted of a look at pronouns, both regular and possessive.

During our Computing lesson, we continued our unit of work – ‘My Exciting World Landmarks’ – by reinforcing the fact that search engines rank sites and search terms need to be as specific as possible to yield the best results. As half of the Year 4 cohort were off taking part in a sporting afternoon on Tuesday, the rest of us enjoyed a bonus Computing lesson where we looked at UK Bebras and tackled some of computational thinking-related challenges they offer. For those interested, their website can be found here: UK Bebras Website

In Science, we explored the concept of food chains, ensuring that we used the correct associated terminology – producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore – in doing so.

During History, we learned about the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings, putting ourselves in the shoes of those leading the charge/s.

During RHE, we reflected upon ways that people can share their photographs online in as safe a fashion as possible.

In our Art lesson, Miss Amy taught the class painting techniques where they explored different effects that can be made with paint.

Here is this week’s homework:

Year 4 Homework for 20/01/23

We will be performing our poem for the half term in a few weeks’ time; if you need to practise it further, it can be found here:

4 Rosen Class Poem for Spring Term 1 2023 – Bugs Go Wild..

A note from Mrs Allen, our Art coordinator:

Red Card to Racism Art Contest

On Monday Miss Hall introduced all the children to the Red Card to Racism Art Contest that is running. Children can make their entries at home and bring them into school to enter into the national competition! Please return all entries to either Miss Hall (Year 5 Blackman) or Mrs Allen (Year 1 McNaughton).

You can find out more about the competition by following this link:

SRTRC Competition Flyer 2023

(Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) Please note that we have another upcoming class trip next month. If you haven’t already done so, please provide payment and consent via ParentMail. Thank you to all of those parents / carers who have already done this, as well as offered to join us on the trip.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Our first full week back has been a fun one!

In our English lessons, we finished off our poetry unit of work on imagery by studying ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright (as part of this process, we completed a reading comprehension and wrote our own versions of it,) then wrote our very own imagery-laden poems. We rounded out our week by performing these poems to our classmates – what a great time we had!

During Maths, we continued to work on multiplication and division, working on a range of 9 and 7 times table-related multiplication and division tasks. As the week drew to a close, we looked at the 11 and 12 times tables and tackled word problems related to them.

During our Computing lesson, we started a new unit of work (‘My Exciting World Landmarks’) about finding information online by learning the differences that different search engines may have.

In Science, we looked at the differences between carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

During History, we looked at and reflected upon the relative merits of the candidates to take over the crown vacated following Edward the Confessor’s passing.

In our RHE lesson, as part of our new unit of work on keeping safe, we reflected upon what represents a danger, risk or hazard.

On a further RHE-related note, we were joined by Sarah and Harold the Giraffe from Coram Education, who hosted a workshop where we learned about the importance of celebrating our individuality. Thank you for visiting us, and an extra-special ‘thank you’ to Miss Hall (our RHE coordinator,) who organised the event!

On a final RHE note, here is a message from Miss Hall:

RHE Knowledge Page – Keeping Safe

This half term our Relationships and Health Education topic is ‘Keeping Safe’. You will find a breakdown of the upcoming lessons and key vocabulary on our ‘Knowledge Page’ which can be found here:

RHE Knowledge Page – Year 4 – Keeping Safe

This will give you a greater understanding of what conversations we are having with your children and when. If you would like to discuss the content of these lessons further, please get in touch.

Best wishes

Miss Hall (f.hall@ststephensce.lbhf.sch.uk)

Moving from one curriculum coordinator to another, here is a message from Mrs Allen, our Art coordinator:

Artist Workshops

As part of enriching our Art learning, we are looking for any parents, carers or even grandparents who are Artists or work in an artistic career, such as architecture, who would be willing to run an Art workshop with the classes. It can be linked to the curriculum or a standalone lesson in the year group of your choice. If you would be interested in volunteering your time with us, please get in touch with Mrs Allen (e.allen@ststephensce.lbhf.sch.uk).

Speaking of Art, during our lesson this week, Miss Amy led the class in using shade and tint to paint simple 3D objects on a grid. We also enjoyed drama and chess sessions with Mark and Tony respectively; what a lucky bunch Year 4 are!

Here is this week’s homework:

Year 4 Homework for 130123 – Spellings

Year 4 Reading Comprehension for 130123 – Stowaway

Please note that we have another class trip next month. If you haven’t already done so, please provide payment and consent via ParentMail. Thank you to all of those parents / carers who have already done this, as well as offered to join us on the trip.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello and a Happy New Year!

Thanks again for the lovely gifts; ‘thank you’ cards will be heading their way to you all today via your children!

We’ve crammed a lot into our first three days back together!

In English, we started a new unit of work on Imagery by looking at a poem by Walter Dean Myers called ‘Summer.’ We explored the use of language in the text to create a vivid mental image and wrote our own versions of the poem. In our GPS lesson, we looked at the difference between the plural and possessive –s.

During our Maths lessons, we continued our work on multiplication and division, focusing on the six and nine times tables, alongside their related number facts. If you haven’t already done so, please practise rapid times table recall with your child, alongside their related division inverse operations. This will be of increased importance as Year 4 continues and, indeed, as your child works their way further up Key Stage 2!

We started our second Buddhism-related RE unit of the school year, this time focusing on what it means to be a Buddhist. We started this by looking at various Buddhist symbols and learning about their meanings.

For Art, we began work on our new unit on exploring light and dark through mixed media. We also had our first chess lesson of the term from Tony and enjoyed our inaugural drama session with Mark from Raw Academy!

Here is this week’s homework, alongside our poem for the half term:

Year 4 Homework for 06/01/23

4 Rosen Class Poem for Spring Term 1 2023 – Bugs Go Wild..

Year 4 Key Vocabulary List – Spring Term 1

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Here is a note from Miss Whiting and Mr Gane, our Maths Coordinators:

How Maths is Taught – a Workshop for Parents & Carers

9am Friday 20th January – Music Hall

Come and join us for 45 minutes of Maths, what else would you want to do on a Friday morning!?

This very brief workshop aims to give parents & carers an overview of how we teach Maths from Early Years to Year 6. You will see the structured stages of how mathematical concepts are developed year on year in a progressive way that lead your children’s learning in a comprehensive and systematic manner. With much focus on reasoning, we’ll also have learners on hand to help you have a go at some reasoning challenges.

No sign up needed, just come along promptly and enjoy!

Looking forward to seeing you – add it to your diary today.

Mr Gane & Miss Whiting

Finally, here is a note from Year 4’s very own Mr Perry, who is coordinating our upcoming residential trip:

Upcoming Residential Trip

Our residential trip is fast approaching and I know this can bring about all sorts of feelings from being worried about children being away from home for the first time to wanting to be fully prepared in terms of clothing lists and groupings. It is a wonderful experience and one that has been enjoyed by the Year 4 children of St Stephens now for a number of years, it is also great practice as they have not one, but two residential trips to look forward to in Year 6.

I know in the weeks before the break you would have received information and requests for payment about the trip, and would please encourage you to pay the full balance as soon as possible if you have not done so already. If you have any questions please ask myself or Mr Faith.

I have sent you all a kit list via parent mail and we have sent home an emergency contact form as well as a small envelope for their £5 spending money. Please can you return them to Miss Amy in Mr Faith’s class by Friday January 20th. We cannot take your child to the residential trip without the form returned.  ​

Mr Perry

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Year 4 have had an exciting, activity-packed week, which has included our marvellous Key Stage 2 Christmas Quiz!

I hope you enjoyed our carol service; a big ‘Thank You’ goes out to our wonderful assistant head, Miss Bell, who organised, planned, rehearsed and led the event, as well as Miss Rachel, who diligently taught and practised the songs with all pupils and provided some most excellent backing music!

However, it is definitely time for a much-deserved rest! Thank you for all the support you have offered me over the past term; it is hugely appreciated. I would also like to say thank you for the lovely Christmas gifts – you have been *extremely* generous!

Please note that there is NO HOMEWORK for the Christmas holidays; normal service will resume on the first Friday back (6^th January.)

Here’s our poetry performance of ‘Don’t Put Mustard in the Custard): https://youtu.be/DweEctaUaXs

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; I’ll see you all on Wednesday 4^th of January (please remember, Monday 2^nd is a bank holiday and Tuesday 3^rd January is an inset day!)

Mr Faith

Hello!

A super week!

During our English lessons, we finished off our unit of work on explanation texts by writing our dragon-themed pieces. Excerpts from these will be used to create a fancy new writing display – watch this space. A related reading comprehension was also tackled. We also had time to do a bit of ‘Book Talk.’ I love how engaged the children are with regards to reading; it’s been a pleasure to talk to them about their latest books and also to host a Year 3 / 4 lunchtime library club every Thursday. We also started reading a new class book (‘The 13-Storey Treehouse’ by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton,) which the children seem to be thoroughly enjoying.

On a reading and writing-related note, Daunt Books are running a story writing competition and the winner gets a voucher, as well as having their story published! Every child who enters gets a £5 voucher and most years, we have a winner at St Stephen’s! For those who are interested, more information can be found here: https://www.ststephensce.lbhf.sch.uk/teaching-and-learning/library-corner/

In Maths, we continued to work on multiplication and division. In doing this, we have multiplied by 1 and 0, divided by 1 and itself (concepts that may seem very simple and obvious to us adults, but ones that are really important to demonstrate and practise with the children as these types of question will often turn up in tests and it is always important to be as prepared as possible!) We completed several times tables activities and tests during the week, and rounded things out by working on multiplying and dividing by 6.

We finished off our unit of work on Science by exploring the related concepts of evaporation and condensation, while in RE, we reflected upon what the Bible tells us about Jesus’ message of peace, as well as just how the Church lives out its message of peace, particularly during Christmas time.

In RE, we thought about ways we can demonstrate respect and learnt about stereotyping. With regards to the latter, we thought about ways we can actively combat the practice, encouraging children to depict non-stereotyped versions of people at work (for example, a male nurse.)

During our Art lesson, we painted dragons, which will be used as part of the aforementioned writing display based on our most recent English unit of work. We will finish off our pavilions next week too!

Here is this week’s homework. Please continue to practise the class carol and class poem, as we will be performing them next week:

Year 4 Homework for 091222

4 Rosen Class Poem for Autumn Term 2 2022

Y4 Rosen Class Carol – Shepherds saw a bright star shining in the sky

Have a great weekend. I plan on being at the Christmas Fair from around noon onwards, so if you’re around at that time, I look forward to seeing you!

Mr Faith

Hello!

What a week! Or should that be ‘Oh what an atmosphere…’?

A massive thank you to all of those of you who attended our 1980s-tinged Christmas class collective worship on Thursday. The children performed marvellously and I was delighted with how everything turned out. Thank you also for your kind words; they’re very much appreciated.

During Maths, my group moved onto their new unit of work on multiplication and division. We have started off with the basics, multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100, but with a more considered, thoughtful approach, looking at the mechanics behind the processes beyond the classic ‘just add / take off a zero or two,’ which is likely what you, and certainly I, were taught! Looking at the processes underpinning multiplication and division by 10 / 100 allows the children to have a greater depth of understanding regarding such calculations, and will stand them in good stead when it comes to doing the same to decimal numbers (where, of course, adding / lopping off zeroes doesn’t work!)

In our English lessons, we moved onto a new unit of work, explanation texts. In doing this, we will be looking at the book ‘Dragonology’ by Dugald Steer and various other texts. In unleashing said dragons, hopefully Sisqó won’t make an appearance, although without his appearance, one could argue that said unit would be Incomplete (a very late 90s reference there; at least I’ve moved on from the 80s!)

During our RE lesson, we reflected upon ways in which Christians believe Jesus brings piece, while in RHE, we looked at the different relationships we have, with a particular focus on what makes a friendship and what makes an acquaintance.

For Geography, we continued to work on our study of India, looking at some of its major cities, and during Science, we tested the melting points of various materials via an entirely on-the-level, scientifically rigorous (ask your kids) experiment conducted by Professor L Faith.

On a Computing and History-related note, a fantastic ‘Google Doodle’ was released on December 1st to honour Jerry Lawson, one of the true pioneers of modern gaming and someone who has been, historically, underappreciated. You can find it here: https://www.google.com/doodles/gerald-jerry-lawsons-82nd-birthday

During our Art lesson, as a bit of time was taken up last week with class collective worship rehearsals, Miss Amy continued to work on the children’s pavilions!

Here is this week’s homework:

Spellings and Homework for 021222

Reading Comprehension for 021222 – Thrills City

Class Carol for 021222 – Y4 Rosen – Please practise at home!

Have a great weekend – Zoe will be for a spa retreat so I’ve got Apollo all on my lonesome, and with his extremely high energy levels and proclivity for waking up at the crack of dawn, expect to see me with bags under my eyes bigger than Santa’s sack this coming Monday!

Mr Faith

Hello!

Another busy week as the race to Christmas continues!

During our English lessons, we finished off our unit of work on ‘The Dot,’ writing our short stories using the plans we created last week. We also improved these using our green pens, with a particular focus on alternative words for ‘said.’ We also had a standalone dictionary-based lesson where we sharpened our skills (I was very impressed!) Add ‘Book Talk’ to the mix and we fit a lot into our week!

In Maths, my group finished their unit of work on length and perimeter, completing their end-of-unit tests related to the same. Beforehand, we explored the perimeters of both rectangles and rectilinear shapes. When it came to the latter, I made it clear to the children that as a concept, they are nowhere near as complex as they may sound – simply put, a rectilinear shape is one that is made of straight lines, all of which form a right angle. Reminding your children of this whenever you can would be most useful – thank you! Also, ask them to show you their ‘right angle checkers!’

During our Science lesson, we explored the concept of reversible changes by conducting a hands-on experiment where we checked how a range of materials do / do not change properties when left at room temperature. A fun time was had by all and herculean restraint was displayed by 4 Rosen’s members in not eating the chocolate buttons and ice cream that was placed in front of them.

In our RE lesson, we started our new unit of work on Peace At Christmas by reflecting upon what the term means, as well as thinking about how we can be peaceful during the festive period.

During Computing, we continued to work on the Logo programming language, this time moving onto Level 2! Increasingly complex programming lies ahead…

In RHE, we looked at the importance of respecting each other’s personal space.

For Geography, we explored the rivers of India, focusing on the Narmada and Ganges in particular.

During our Art lesson, Miss Amy started to work with the children in helping them create the pavilion structures they designed last week. They will finish doing this next Friday – hooray!

Here is this week’s homework:

Spellings and Homework for 251122

Please note our Class Collective Worship is this coming *Thursday 1st December* – we look forward to seeing you there! (Simple) guidance will have also been given to your child re: costuming (for the most part, festive jumpers will do on your end and we’ve got the rest covered – but if you require further clarification, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!)

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

A rather sedate week by our usual standards (and if you believe that, I’ve got a few bridges that need selling…)

In our English lessons, we continued to study ‘The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds. In doing this, we analysed the use of speech in the short story and created our own imaginary dialogues between Vashti and her parent / carer. Later in the week, we annotated an exemplar short story, reflecting upon its use of language, structure and other techniques in creating a compelling piece of writing. We rounded out our week by planning our own short stories inspired by ‘The Dot.’ Oh, and we even had some time for Book Talk!

During Maths, my group took another look at counting in multiples of 6, 7 and 9, moving onto jumps of 25 and 1000. We also completed a ‘times tables rush’ – times tables tests for all of the tables from 2x to 12x. After doing this, our scores were collated and areas of improvement were identified, which we will work upon in the coming weeks. As the week drew to a close, we started to work on length and perimeter, working on converting metres to kilometres (and vice-versa) and calculating perimeter on a grid.

Here is this week’s homework; please note that there is a reading comprehension component:

Spellings and Homework For 18/11/22

Reading Comprehension – Three Girls

During Geography, we continued to study India, learning about its various mountains and mountain ranges.

In RE, we continued to reflect upon the Beatitudes, thinking about what they mean to Christians. After doing this, we created our own sets of Beatitudes.

During our Art lesson, we started to design pavilions. I don’t know about you, but I struggle to use that term without mentally adding ‘Brighton’ as a prefix. Happy university memories… Distant memories mind – almost 20 years ago! Wow…

In our Computing lesson, we started our unit of work on Logo programming by creating shapes using experimentation and gave clear sets of instructions. In doing this, we started to understand the importance of giving and writing clear instructions.

The class continue to get better and better in terms of their chess skills; Tony was very impressed with their efforts this week!

The class continue to do well in terms of squeezing in our Class Collective Worship (class assembly in old money) practise sessions this week – just under two weeks to go!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

It’s been another busy week!

During Maths lessons, my group finished off their unit of work on Addition and Subtraction, completing end-of-unit assessments related to the same. Before moving onto Length and Perimeter next week, we had a few ‘catch-up’ lessons where we explored the concept of negative numbers and counting in multiples of 6, 7 and 9 (we will take this further in looking at jumps of 25 and 1000 next week.)

During English, we moved onto our new unit of work on Short Stories. In doing this, we have been studying the (extremely!) short story of ‘The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds. Just because a story is short doesn’t mean that it lacks substance though – it packs a real emotional punch in its 32 illustrated pages, teaching the children about the importance of accepting one’s emotions, managing them, finding ways of persevering and moving forward positively. This week, we reflected upon the feelings of the main protagonist (Vashti,) reflected on how anger is portrayed in different media, storyboarded the tale and answered VIPERS-related reading comprehension questions about it. We crammed a lot into our four days of learning (we were away on Monday on a trip – more on that later.) Furthermore, we even fit in some time for Book Talk!

Here is this week’s homework (as mentioned last week, please note that our spelling homework has changed; if you haven’t already done so, please be sure to read our letter about it – reattached below – and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about it:)

New Spellings Letter From Mr Faith

Year 4 Rosen Homework for 11/11/22

During our RE lesson, we started to learn about the Beatitudes, reflecting upon all eight of them and individually choosing our most significant three, explaining our thought processes behind our choices.

During our Geography lesson, we started to study the country of India, learning many of its key features, particularly its climate.

Tony was back in for another cracking Chess lesson; we have a few budding Kasparovs on our hands (I’m showing my age there!)

During our Art lesson, we started work on our new Design Technology unit on structures, creating eye-catching mini buildings using toothpicks and sweets!

In terms of class assembly prep, we had our first full run-through on Friday and it was superb. I have every confidence that your children will put on an outstanding performance on Thursday 1st December. Please help us by having your child practise their lines, memorise the song lyrics and also have a working knowledge of the rest of the script (just in case we need to make any last minute substitutions due to absences.) Thank you!

A huge thank you to all of you for our parents’ / carers’ evening meetings on Wednesday and Thursday – it was fantastic to speak to you and tell you all about the wonderful things your children have been doing in and out of class!

Finally, on Monday, we had a lovely sports trip to Sunningdale Prep School. A great time was had by all (despite the delays incurred during the journey there!) and a huge ‘thank you’ goes out to our very own Clare, who did an awesome job arranging the trip. Another huge thank you goes out to Sunningdale head Mr Dawson and his team, whose hospitality was absolutely first-class!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

I hope you all had a fun and (hopefully!) restful half term!

After a week of Black Voices Week activities that were fun and thought-provoking in equal measure, we moved back to ‘regular’ English lessons. In doing so, we finished off reading ‘The Last Bear’ (talk about a powerful ending!) We started our week by using our retrieval and inference skills to make predictions based on stated and implied details. We then moved on to working on our understanding of how to use a formal tone in our writing. From there, we planned and wrote formal letters to Mr Schumm echoing the environmentally-conscious message that underpins the entire ‘Last Bear’ book. We also had an interesting ‘book talk’ session where pupils shared their current favourites (humorous fiction is pretty popular in 4 Rosen!)

During Maths, we started to finish up our unit of work on Addition and Subtraction. We did this by working on increasingly-trickier forms of column subtraction, then moved onto using estimates and inverse operations to check our calculations.

In our Science lesson, we started our new unit of work on States of Matter by exploring the differences between solids and liquids, while in RE, we finished off our unit of work on Buddhism by thinking about how Buddhists reflect and respond to the world around them.

We also had an abbreviated Computing lesson where we looked at how the online advertisement system works, and an RHE one where we reflected upon ways in which our feelings about a person may change.

During History, we had a double-header where we started to understand the impact the spread of Christianity had on Britain and Anglo-Saxon history, then used our accumulated knowledge and research to find out just who was buried at Sutton Hoo (spoiler alert – it was likely King Raedwald!)

Here is this week’s homework (please note that our spelling homework has changed; please be sure to read the letter about it and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about it:)

New Spellings Letter From Mr Faith

Spellings For Friday 4th November 2022

Reading Comprehension – On The Move

4 Rosen Class Poem for Autumn Term 2 2022

At the time of publication, we have just come back from a fabulous trip to the Natural History Museum. A huge ‘thank you!’ goes out to parents Lucila and Nathalie, who did a marvellous job helping us out on the trip, and Year 4’s very own Mr Perry, who planned and booked it all.

Finally, you may have heard rumblings from your children that we have started preparing for our upcoming class assembly. As it is on December 1st, to avoid burnout, I am planning on doing this lightly for the next week or two, then ramp up things during our final fortnight. As such, I expect I will send the children home with their scripts next Friday!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

This year’s Black Voices Week has been an amazing one! It started with a whole-school assembly led by a tall, charming, well-spoken man who, despite his baldness, remains ruggedly handsome and looks at least ten years younger than his 42 years of age (*ahem*)…

In-class, 4 Rosen worked on a series of activities based around our chosen poets, Guyana’s John Agard and St Lucia’s Derek Walcott. With our work on John Agard, this ranged from a celebration of humorous language (‘I Am Googol’) to a more serious look at the meaning of flags and the importance of knowing one’s heritage and celebrating the achievements of those who modern British interpretations of history may have overlooked (‘Flag,’ ‘Checking Out Me History.’)

In studying Derek Walcott’s ‘After The Storm,’ we learned about the history and beauty of his (and indeed, my late father’s) St Lucia. A great time was had by all and I was able to dust off my impression of my father talking effusively about Walcott (“Son, you know that Derek Walcott is St Lucian? You know he won the Nobel Prize for Literature? Etc etc…”)

We were also visited by the wonderful Maggie (Year 4 parent,) who spoke about her childhood / teenage life in Zambia and how life changed for her when she moved to London 20+ years ago. I loved having Maggie in, as it showed the children a living, breathing example of what Black Voices Week is all about – showcasing people of African and Caribbean descent who have made a real difference to our community, and Britain in general. Thank you for all that you do, Maggie!

In other BVW-related events, performance poet Kat François visited the school and delivered a stirring whole-school assembly, Mr Gane and Miss Williams’ class shared their amazing class assembly with us showcasing the impact that Black people have made over the years to the Hammersmith and Fulham area, and Miss Hall (RHE Coordinator) delivered an assembly showcasing the good work that ‘Show Racism The Red Card’ do, powerfully showcasing the reasons behind their message. Thank you to all of those mentioned in this paragraph for your contributions this week!

In terms of other lessons, during Science, we recapped everything we already learned about electricity this term (different components, how circuits work, conductors and insulators.) We then designed our own simple circuits to include simple switches made from paper clips and drawing pins, understanding that bulbs will only light up when a circuit is closed.

In RE, we looked at the story of ‘Buddha and the Angry Elephant’ and used it to explore how Buddhism sets an example for others in terms of remaining calm and kind, especially in the face of adversity.

During Maths, we focused on column addition, first performing it with no exchanges (AKA ‘carrying over,’) then with one exchange, and finally two. To end the week, we started to work on column subtraction.

In our RHE lesson, we explored the range of feelings we can have and the purposes they all serve.

Here is this week’s (well, a week today’s homework if we’re being specific!) homework:

4 Rosen Homework For Friday 21st October 2022

Here is a YouTube video of our class performing our poem for the half term:

https://youtu.be/I1K6Z9Xctcw

Please remember that we have a class trip during the first week back; if you haven’t already done so, please provide payment and permission for the same via ParentMail.

Finally, thank you for all of the support you have offered me during our first half term together; I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching the class (after dipping my toes in the water somewhat last year teaching some of them Maths!) and long may it continue!

Have a great half term,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Surprise, surprise, 4 Rosen have had a very busy week !

We had a ‘book talk’ session where I discussed my most recent reading choice (‘Stuck on You: The Rise & Fall… & Rise of Panini Stickers’ by Greg Lansdowne for those of you who are interested. If you were a sticker album nerd like me back in the day, I highly recommend it!) After doing this, various other members shared their thoughts about their current reading books, explaining why they were enjoying them.

In our English lessons, we continued to read ‘The Last Bear.’ Over the course of the week, we inferred how a character felt through their words and actions, then planned and wrote a descriptive paragraph. In doing the latter two tasks, the concept of DADWAVERS (Description, Action, Dialogue, Where, Adverbial, Verb, Estimation of time, Rhetorical questions, Similes or metaphors) was introduced, which allowed children to craft a wide range of highly descriptive sentences. We finished off our week by plotting a key storyline event from the book and reflecting upon one of the main character’s (The Bear) motives.

In our Maths lessons, my group finished our first unit of work on Number and Place Value by rounding numbers to the nearest 10 / 100 / 100 and completing our end-of-unit test. We then started our new unit of work – Addition and Subtraction – by adding and subtracting 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s. We did this by using physical place value charts and counters to work through multi-part questions that involved adding and removing counters, then noting the numbers that have been made. A great time was had by all and the use of concrete resources allowed group members to visualise their workings-out and calculations more easily!

During Science, we continued to look at conductors and insulators, this time investigating the purposes of both type of material.

In our RE lesson, we learned the Buddhist tale of Siddhartha and the swan, using it to explore the true meaning of kindness, and the important role it serves in all of our lives.

During our History lesson, we used information texts to find out about Anglo-Saxon life, using these to create our own information texts.

In our Art lesson, Miss Amy led the class in the first part of a lesson where they create a ‘wax resist’ picture.

During Computing, we took a look at search engines, exploring the science behind how a search engine works and how websites are ranked. In doing this, we looked at the concept of indexing.

In RHE, we learned about the importance of working successfully in a team, creating ‘Human Machines’ (ask your children!) to pantomime completing tasks in highly amusing fashion.

On Tuesday, the children also enjoyed a Key Stage 2-wide cross country run across Wormwood Scrubs! Thank you to Miss Marchant, our PE Coordinator who, well, coordinated it all!

Here is this week’s homework (please note there is a reading comprehension component:)

Year 4 Homework for Friday 14th October 2022

Year 4 Reading Comprehension for Friday 14th October 2022 – The Eagle and the Turtle

Some messages from other St Stephen’s staff:

From Mr Gane, one of our Maths Coordinators:

MATHS HOMEWORK

Mathletics is our eco-friendly homework setting system for Maths and children’s weekly work is monitored and assessed in exactly the same manner as traditional written homework.

Homework tasks set on Mathletics are expected to be completed on rough paper, with the final answers then entered in to the device – unless specifically stated, it is NOT mental Maths, so ‘workings out’ are expected/required at home, but not to be handed in. Remember that most questions have an animation that explicitly explains the method, demonstrating each step to solve the problem, if your child needs a reminder of how to complete the task.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

We have checked that your child’s login details are correct, if in doubt do ask the teacher to check again. That means that for any other issues, parents/carers should contact the Mathletics helpline, as it will be an issue with your internet set up at home, or iPad setting or browser or any other number of issues – we can’t help there. See the information below that might help.

Mathletics can be accessed by PC/Mac, iOS and Android devices as well as Windows tablets and Chromebooks – on the laptops at school we find that it works best using either the Microsoft Edge or Chrome browsers. See http://www.3plearning.com/tech/mathletics/ for more details and if you experience difficulty in loading the Mathletics website at home please contact Mathletics ‘LIVE Chat Online’ help or email via https://www.mathletics.com/in/contact/

Thank you again for your support.

From Miss Hall, our RHE Coordinator:

On Friday 21st October, we will be holding our annual ‘Red Card to Racism’ day. For those of you unfamiliar, this is an opportunity to show support and raise money for the UK’s largest anti-racism charity. On the day, children can wear their own clothes and we encourage them all to wear something red. If you are able to, we ask that children make a contribution to the charity in the buckets that will be in the playground before school that morning. https://www.theredcard.org/.

With regards to Miss Hall’s message, it is also Black Voices Week next week, and I very much look forward to celebrating it!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

I’m sure you’ll be stunned to hear that 4 Rosen have, in fact, had a very busy week!

Here are some of our highlights:

We kicked our week off with two two-hour Science sessions with our scientist-in-residence, Mercedes. Over the course of the day, the class was split into two groups of 16, with one having an AM session and the other an afternoon one. During these sessions, both groups explored the following learning objective: To be able to plan and carry out an experiment to see how to change the brightness of a bulb. In doing this, they enjoyed a range of fun activities and even created moving vehicles!

During RE, we took a look at the Buddhist story of the Monkey King, exploring the concept of sacrifice as we studied it.

In our RHE lesson, we learned about the importance of being assertive and practised ways of saying ‘no’ to a friend in a polite fashion that is unlikely to cause offence.

During English, we moved onto a brand-new unit of work, Letter Writing, doing this by reading and studying the book ‘The Last Bear’ by Hannah Gold. We got off to a great start this week, using the text to make inferences about characters’ thoughts and feelings, write from the main character (April)’s point of view and construct detailed answers using evidence from a given chapter.
In our Maths lesson, we began the process of finishing up our first unit of work for the year – Number and Place Value. This week, my group compared numbers to 10,000, ordered numbers of similar value and worked with Roman numerals. With regards to the latter, I went to great length to emphasise the difference between Roman numerals and numerals (if your child is in my group, ask them and say it with us now, “Also known as numbers!”)

In our History lesson, we learned about the Picts and Scots, using information texts to answer a range of questions about them both.

Here is this week’s homework:

Homework For Friday 7th October 2022

As there is no reading comprehension element, please practise our poem – ‘Down Behind The Dustbin’ by Michael Rosen We will be performing it as a whole class (just in the classroom mind!) next Friday:

Down behind the dustbin
I met a dog called Ted.
‘Leave me alone,’ he says,
‘I’m just going to bed.’

Down behind the dustbin
I met a dog called Roger.
‘Do you own this bin?’ I said.
‘No. I’m only a lodger.’

Down behind the dustbin
I met a dog called Sue.
‘What are you doing here?’ I said.
‘I’ve got nothing else to do.’

Down behind the dustbin
I met a dog called Jim.
He didn’t know me
And I didn’t know him.

Down behind the dustbin
I met a dog called Sid.
He said he didn’t know me
But I’m pretty sure he did.

As a prelude to Black Voices Week, I headed a whole-school assembly talking about the importance of the event, getting children excited about it and encouraging them to share their / their parents’ and carers’ experiences during the week, which begins on Monday October 17th.

We rounded off our week in grand style with our annual Hispanic Day! This year, we explored the Hispanic world through art and Mexican folk dancing. We enjoyed singing our school song, ‘La Cucaracha,’ participated in a Mexican folk dance workshop with Ilusion Flamenca and watched a mini concert performed by a mariachi band. In the classroom, we focused on our given country, Peru. Miss Amy prepared and delivered one of her fantastic Art lessons, where children created works inspired by Victor Delfin, one of Peru’s most internationally acclaimed artists. We also had a visit from 4 Rosen parent Mauricio, who read to the class (in Spanish, naturally,) led the class through a traditional Mexican bingo game and hosted an extended Q&A session. A huge ‘thank you’ goes out to Mrs Pereira, who organised the whole event, Mrs Hardy, who assisted her in doing this, and Mauricio, for planning, resourcing and delivering his activities in the class! Further shout-outs go to 4 Rosen parent Fernando, who baked us delicious Alfajores De Maicena – South American biscuits – and our very own Miss Tami, who arranged to have famous Peruvian Paddington Bear make a guest appearance – thank you!

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Another fun-packed, busy week for 4 Rosen!

In our Maths lessons, my group continued to work on Number and Place Value. This week, we flexibly partitioned numbers to 10,000 (for example, splitting 1,340 into 1,000 + 200 + 140, as opposed to the more conventional, place value-focused 1,000 + 300 + 40.) As the week progressed, we took numbers and looked at making them 1, 10, 100 and 1000 more or less and worked with number lines to 10,000. We rounded out the week by comparing numbers to 10,000. In a nutshell, lots of working with numbers up to 10,000!

During English, we finished off our unit of work on Varjak Paw. After starting the week with a GPS-focused look at fronted adverbials (don’t forget the comma at the end!) we planned, wrote and improved our own stories told in the Varjak Paw universe. A lot of effort was put into these across the class; well done 4 Rosen!

In our Computing lesson, we finished looking at how emails work, demonstrating how confusion can often occur in their use, and simulated the use of email via Google Classroom.

During Science, we learned the difference between insulators and conductors, then conducted a fun, circuits-based experiment to ascertain which category various classroom items fell into.

For History, we explored the difference between settlers and invaders, and looked at a range of images of Anglo-Saxons, identifying whether they were, in fact, settlers or invaders!

During RE, we learned about the concept of suffering and how Buddhists perceive it.

In our RHE lesson, we reflected upon the various aspects of a healthy, positive relationship.

This week’s homework can be found at the link below:

Year 4 Homework for Friday 30th September 2022

Year 4 Reading Comprehension for Friday 30th September 2022

The written homework for this is to be handed in no later than this coming Wednesday, 5^th October 2022.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

Somehow, we managed to have an even busier week than the last, and it was only a four-day one!

During English, we continued to look at Varjak Paw. In doing this, we both answered and wrote a range of VIPERS (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summarise) questions related to the text, used it to define and identify pronouns and identifiers, shared exciting vocabulary and phrases contained within the story and practised our paragraphing.

During Maths, my group continued to work on Number and Place Value. This week, we worked with numbers to 10,000. We initially represented numbers to 10,000 using a range of means, then partitioned similarly-sized numbers, both regularly and flexibly.

In our Science lesson, we investigated the differences between mains- and battery-powered circuits, and consolidated our understanding of the same by creating electricity safety posters.

During our (unplugged) Computing lesson, we started to look at how emails work, cutting up pictures, distributing them to other class members, who then reassembled the images to the best of their abilities. This was done to demonstrate the concept of email packets.

This week’s homework can be found at the link below:

Year 4 Homework For Friday 23rd September 2022

Please note that there is no reading comprehension task this week.

The written homework for this is to be handed in no later than this coming Wednesday, 29th September 2022.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Faith

Hello!

A busy week for Year 4 Rosen; we’ve crammed a lot into the last five days.

During Maths, my group started to work on the Year 4 learning for the unit on Number and Place Value. As part of doing this, we identified place value up to the thousands, sequenced numbers according to their value, partitioned numbers and worked with thousands.

In English, we looked at SF Said’s modern classic, Varjak Paw, and in doing so, predicted and inferred the content of the story by looking at its front cover, inferred character traits of the book’s main protagonists and practised our weekly spellings and inverted comma (altogether now: “Also known as speech marks!” – ask your child about this) use.

In our Science lesson, we started to work on Electricity by constructing and testing simple circuits.

During RHE, we explored how our emotions affect our physical state.

In Buddhism, we learned about the origins of the faith.

During History, we started to look at Anglo-Saxons, Picts and Scots.

Our Computing lesson was related to the Reading Cloud software that we use in the school library. Extra-keen class members have brought the related worksheet home to do as extra homework. If that’s the case, please supervise them in completing the task. Please note that when searching for the school, you have to type st stephen’s into the search box, then select the school with the postcode W12 8LH. Thanks!

This week’s homework can be found at the link below:

Week 2 – 160922 – Homophones 2 Persuasive Features – Rosen

Week 2 – 160922 – Reading Comprehension – Sutton Hoo

The written homework for this is to be handed in no later than this coming Wednesday, 22nd September 2022.

Please note that our sports trip, originally planned for this coming Monday, has been rescheduled; all the pertinent information can be found in the ParentMail message that Clare sent out earlier today.

Finally, please take care of yourself over this short-notice bank holiday weekend – I hope you are able to spend some quality time with your loved ones and mourn / celebrate the late Queen’s life however you most deem fit.

Have a great (three day) weekend, and I will see you all on Tuesday.

Mr Faith

Hello!

4 Rosen have settled in well and we have been having a lovely time together!

Our first week together has been a most excellent one – the class have worked extremely hard in getting our new room in tip-top shape (lots of display material has been produced and mounted) and completing beginning-of-year tests, and I am delighted with the work they have produced.

This week’s homework can be found at the link below:

Homework for 090922 – 4 Rosen

The written homework for this is to be handed in no later than this coming Wednesday, 15th September 2022.

Also, please find attached a copy of our current timetable:

Rosen Year 4 2022-23 for parents and carers

Our poem for the half term can be found at the bottom of this week’s homework sheet.

Please practise this with your child/ren on a regular basis ahead of us performing it as a class at the end of the half term.

Finally, my thoughts go out to all of those affected by The Queen’s passing – whether you are mourning her death directly, or it has triggered memories of the death of a loved one, my thoughts are with you (and The Queen’s family, of course.)

Have a great weekend, and please ensure that your children have a good rest – they’ve certainly earned it!

Mr Faith