{"id":1823,"date":"2020-12-16T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2020-12-16T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:42:25","slug":"count-down-to-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/2020\/12\/16\/count-down-to-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Count down to Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope that you are all well and keeping safe. At St. Peter&#8217;s, we have been feeling very excited as we have continued the count down to Christmas. This morning, the children participated in a drama workshop called the Elves and the Shoemaker &#8211; they had a wonderful time joining in with the music and dancing! Last week, the Year Four took part in a Christmas jumper day to support the Save the Children charity &#8211; a big thank you to all families who generously provided a tin can for the food banks. Please see the picture below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/12\/DSCN9131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1827\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/12\/DSCN9131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2272\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/12\/DSCN9131.jpg 2272w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/12\/DSCN9131-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/12\/DSCN9131-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stpeterswaterlooville.co.uk\/year4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/12\/DSCN9131-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2272px) 100vw, 2272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In English, we have completed our transformation stories on Anthony Browne&#8217;s The Tunnel. Year Four had a very creative selection of ideas for portals and methods of travel, with a strong selection of fronted adverbials, prepositional language and speech punctuation. Well done Year Four! After Christmas, we look forward to working on a range of other texts including Winter poetry, Jemmy Button and Stitch Head&#8230; Are you able to pre-read any of these stories over Christmas? Are there any Winter poems you have read over the holidays that you would like to share with us in January?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Maths, Year Four have been learning about geometry. For example, the children have completed a shape investigation by looking at the angles and types of lines across objects across the classroom and within sets of flags. As a challenge, they then had a go at creating their very own flag with a set criteria of shape properties. After the Christmas holidays, we look forward to learning about how to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes and 1 minute. Can you have a practise of this at home? Perhaps you could try to make a timetable of your own, to show the order of each of the exciting events you got up to over the course of your Christmas day?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just a few quick reminders for the children for when they return to school in January:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First day back to school will be Monday 4th January 2021.<\/li>\n<li>PE will take place on Monday 4th January for the afternoon session, so please ensure your child arrives to school in their full PE kit.<\/li>\n<li>Spelling, vocabulary and reading journals to be handed in on Thursday 7th January 2021 please.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope that you all have a peaceful and safe half term, and look forward to seeing you all again in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care and best wishes to you all,<\/p>\n<p>Miss Honeywell, Miss Jackson-Nash and Mrs Cairns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, &nbsp; We hope that you are all well and keeping safe. 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