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Welcome to Miss Brown's class page.

Below is some important information for both children and parents.

Your child's timetable: 

Water bottles & snacks:

Please ensure your child comes to school with a water bottle labelled with their name. Also, if your child wishes to have a snack during break times, it must be one of the following items: 

• • • Toast
    • Fruit
    • Plain biscuit

PE 

Wednesday - Indoor PE 

Thursday - Outdoor PE

We will continue to run PE and Games lessons, and these will be outside when we are able to do so.

On the days that your child has a PE or Games lesson we ask that they come to school in their PE/Games kit. They will wear this kit for the whole day instead of their uniform.

Please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE kit with a plain tracksuit and trainers/pumps to wear for the whole day.  Children should not be attending school in replica sports kits, such as football kits.

Homework:

Every week, your children will be expected to:

• Practise their spellings by using Spelling Shed or any other method (at least 15 minutes)
• Practise their times tables by using Times Table Rockstars or any other method (at least 15 minutes)
• Read their accelerated reading book with an adult (at least 3 times a week)
• Complete designated assignments on Mirodo as and when required.

Planners:

Please can you ensure that the children's planners are brought into school every day and signed by an adult every Thursday night. Each time your child reads, they need to record what they have read and the number of pages under the appropriate date.

Log in details for the websites will be on the inside cover of your child's journal.

Multiplication Check: 

Children will be completing the Official Multiplication Check for all Year 4 children in June, so times tables are especially important. They need to know all of their times tables up to 12 x12 by that point.  

Spellings:

The children will be given a new set of spellings to take home in their log books to practice each week. These books must come in every day.

Times Tables:

The children will be tested on a Friday.

Reading: 

The children will be using a reading scheme called 'Accelerated Reading'. This scheme will identify a 'range of scores' for your child and recommend suitable books based on that range. You may think that the books being recommended to your child are 'easy', but this scheme has been designed to quiz your child on their understanding of the content of the book, not the fluency of their reading. Once your child completes their book, they need to bring the book into school and complete the quiz on an iPad in school. They will receive a % score and the scheme will then recommend a new book for them to read. Alternatively, the children could check on the Accelerated Reading app whether any books that they have at home fit into their 'range of scores' and if so, complete the quizzes available.

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Maths resources: 

NumBots: CLICK HERE

Times Tables Rock Stars: CLICK HERE

Funky Mummy Game: A mobile friendly maths facts game: CLICK HERE.

Premier League Primary Stars - A Premier League Maths Game: CLICK HERE.

To access a practice Times Tables check, please CLICK HERE

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Science resources:

Explorify: CLICK HERE to sign up to explorify for free. It is a fantastic, engaging science resource to get children thinking like scientists. 

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Reading & Accelerated Reader:

Children can access Accelerated Reader and complete quizzes between the hours of 9am and 3pm.  

Click the link: ACCELERATED READER

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French: 

Duolingo (CLICK HERE) is a good resource to keep practising French skills. It is a free resource; please CLICK HERE for help tips on how to use it.

Follow this link to access a resource to further practise some French topic skills. There are stories for the children to read/listen to.

Why not use the Collins French dictionary online to look up and check any new vocabulary?

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PSHE: 

KS2 Hand Hygiene: CLICK HERE

KS2 Respiratory Hygiene: CLICK HERE

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If you need to contact me for any further information please do so via the school office (0151 487 5678) (plantation@knowsley.gov.uk )

Thanks,

Miss Brown

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