1. Year 4 Spring Term Coffee Morning jennie. kraus@west-byfleet-junior
Year 4 Spring Term Coffee Morning

2. This term’s topics Polar Regions Animals including humans
Trips/visitors
Polar Fun Day: Education through Explorers

3. Education through Expedition
Blubber Gloves
Children learn about how animals keep themselves warm in the Polar Regions and then create a ‘blubber glove’ out of sandwich bags and lard which they place into ice water to demonstrate the insulating properties of marine animals’ blubber. This exercise can occasionally get messy!
Expedition Planning
The children are split into groups of around 5 and must adopt the roles of different key team members. Then they plan their own expedition and promote/explain it to the class. Teams must consider expedition goals, decide upon and calculate distance between way-points, logistics and the kit they will require.
Gloopy Glaciers After a presentation about what glaciers are and a brief introduction to climate change, the children build their own mountains out of plasticene or clay and then make cornflour ‘gloop’ to represent a glacier. They can then watch as the ‘glacier’ slowly flows down their mountain. This exercise can often get messy!
Look at Polar Kit
A wide variety of polar survival gear is available with which to demonstrate and then dress the children up.

4. Mathematics groups
This term we will be dividing the children into 2 ability groups for Mathematics
Both groups will work at the same objectives – but one group will be working at a slower pace than the other
We will move children between the groups if we feel they need a slower or faster pace

5. Homework Homework on website each Wednesday Tasks set (2 tasks)
Reading – at least 3 times a week (5 times to get name recorded on reading challenge)
Spellings – practise weekly rule
Times Table practice

6. Music Recorders on a Friday
Children have regular music lessons with Mr Broadbent, as well as choir and singing practise, to meet other curriculum requirements.
Their music lesson consists of half an hour of recorders and half an hour of music theory.

7. School Uniform Boys Girls White Shirt White Shirt School Tie
V-necked school sweatshirt
Mid grey trousers (standard school style)
Grey or black socks
Black shoes (not trainers)
Girls
White Shirt
School Tie
V-necked school sweatshirt or
cardigan
Navy blue skirt or pinafore
(standard School style), or mid
grey trousers (standard school
style, no bootlegs)
White socks or navy blue tights
Black or navy shoes (flat heel,
school style only)
Blue hair band as needed

8. Equipment Fully equipped pencil case (clear pencil case) Games Kit
Tracksuit for cold
weather
Water Bottle

9. P.E
PE Kit – Boys and Girls
PE Polo T-Shirt (in House Colour)
PE Shorts (Navy with House Colour Stripe)
House colours: - Mandela - Green; Victoria - Yellow; Brunel - Red; Teresa - Blue
Tracksuit top in house colour
Jogging bottoms (Navy) for winter months
Trainers
White Base layer – for winter and summer. This is available for purchase via our suppliers.

10. Extra info
Please remember to write a note to the class teacher if your child has a medical appointment. Please do not .
Evidence of the appointment is needed please.

11. Parent helpers Thank you to those who helped last term!
If anyone is interested please let us know
so we can then get the DBS process
started.

12. Other dates Friday 12th January – this Friday
House Cross Country competition
Spectators welcome
Swimming every Wednesday pm
Tuesday 6th February - Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 27th February – World Book Day – visiting author ‘Kerry Gibbs’
Wednesday 7th March – World Maths Day
Thursday 8th March – Polar Fun Day
Parent Consultations March 20th and 21st