21st November 2024

Willow Class Blog: Week of 19th November 2024
Hello Willow families!
Here’s a quick update on all the exciting things happening in our class, including some home learning tasks for our snow day!
Snow Day Home Learning ❄️We hope you’re all keeping warm and safe! For any Year 3 or Year 4 students who are looking for some maths home learning to keep them busy during the snow day, here are the details:

• Year 3: The home learning task is about subtracting up to two 4-digit numbers across a 10. Students should be able to complete the first 6 questions independently and check their work with a calculator. For those who feel confident, questions 7 and 8 provide more of a challenge. For an extra challenge, children can use the inverse to check their answers instead of using a calculator. For example, after completing a subtraction, they can work backwards using addition to check their work. Please check Dojo for the task.
  
• Year 4: The task is similar, focusing on subtraction with 4-digit numbers. As with Year 3, the first 6 questions should be straightforward, and children can use a calculator for checking. Questions 7 and 8 offer a higher level of challenge.
  

Please encourage your child to try using the inverse strategy if they want to go above and beyond!
Homework Reminder 📚Some parents have asked for clarification on our weekly homework routine. Here’s a quick breakdown:

• Every Friday, children are given a maths and reading comprehension task in their blue books. These are due the following Friday and should take no longer than 30 minutes to complete.
• Spellings are also stuck into the homework book each week. Please encourage your child to practise these daily, and try to ensure they are reading for at least 15 minutes each day. It’s really important that they can talk about what they’ve read.

Thank you for your continued support in keeping up these routines – it really makes a difference to their learning!
Sewing Skills in DT 🧵We’ve had our second sewing lesson, and the children are really enjoying learning how to tie knots, thread needles, and use running stitch. They are doing an amazing job, and we’re looking forward to using these new skills in upcoming projects.
Greta’s Button Workshop 🌱There’s an exciting opportunity coming up for the children! Greta's Button Workshop is offering some wonderful learning experiences over the next few weeks. If you’re interested, there’s a poster with more details available – check it out!
That’s all for this week! Stay warm and enjoy your snow day, and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or need further details about the homework tasks.
Mrs Hoole and the Year 3/4 Team