Hello everyone,

We hope you have had a pleasant week and keeping yourself warm and dry from the wet weather!

This week year 4 have really started to feel the Christmas spirit.  In Religious Education at school, we have explored what advent is, why it is so important and how to prepare our selves in time for Christmas day. During prayer time, each child has reflected on what they have learnt which is always lovely to see. Alongside this the Advent Carol service that was held at Church of the Sacred Heart and St Peter the Apostle in Waterlooville, we would like to thank everyone who came along and a big well done to all the children to joined in. It was a fantastic performance!

But the excitement doesn’t stop there!, we would also like to thank Oaklands Year 9 dance class for inviting year 4 to a dance workshop. The Kangaroo’s and Koala’s had a wonderful time learning the bop and jive whilst dancing to rock ‘n’ roll.

In English, we have started our poetry unit. We read a range of poems and identified different poetic devices then discussed the purpose of each. In Maths, we have been exploring the effect of dividing numbers by 10 and 100, delving into tenths and hundredths. We also look at how decimals can turn into fractions and then how we can add and subtract those fractions.

We are very proud of all the progress the children have made this term. There is only one more week left of autumn term so although next week will still be full of learning, there are some fun events coming up to celebrate their hard work.

Friday 13th December – Christmas Jumper day. (We are asking for a can of tin food as a donation which will go towards a food bank for the community)

Monday 16th December – Year 4 Keyboard Concert. At 2.15pm we welcome all parents to watch year 4 music concert.

Tuesday 17th December – Christmas Dinner!

Thursday 19th December – Last Day!

Friday 20th December – Inset Day!

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Kind regards,

Miss Jackson-Nash, Miss Honeywell and Mrs Cairns