Dear Parents / Carers,
Welcome back, we hope you have had a restful and enjoyable Easter break. Following all the excitement of camp and our Young Entrepreneur Arcade Fair at the end of last term, we’re very much looking forward to the learning opportunities ahead in Term 3.
Please follow this link – LINK – to the Parent Curriculum Overview which outlines what your child will be learning in each curriculum area this term as well as key dates. This can also be found on the DBIS Parent Hub.
Mighty Civilisations
For our final term of the academic year, we will be moving onto our next unit of learning, ‘Mighty Civilisations’. In addition to this letter, a more detailed summary of the learning taking place this term can be found in the Year 4 Term Overview.
Over the Easter break your child was set a ‘Civilisation Challenge’. The challenge was to search for photographs, paintings or artwork linked to the idea of civilisations. We ask that all images are brought in or shared on Monday 29th April. Your child will be using their chosen image(s) (and new knowledge) with their class as part of our art-based, introduction to our new unit, ‘Mighty Civilisations’.
Our final Celebration of Learning for this year will be on Monday 17th June. The children will be creating a museum in the Year 4 classrooms where you will be able to learn about the influence and impact of different civilisations. The museums will be open for exploration at 2pm and we look forward to seeing many of you there.
Public Holidays
We have a number of a public holidays this term. Please note there will be no school on Wednesday 1st and Monday 13th May. In addition to these dates, we also have a public holiday on Friday 7th June.
Class Mixing
Additionally during Term 3, the teachers and students will be involved with the class mixing process to create the new classes for the next academic year 2019-20. This is a very careful process that involves a great deal of thought and discussion in order to ensure the children are placed effectively. When creating the new classes, a number of considerations form part of the process including gender, student learning needs and teachers' professional knowledge of the students themselves. In addition, we involve the students in this process by asking them to select 4 friends from across the year group who they feel they work well with and would be happy to be in a class with the following year. We consider their friendship choices to be equally weighted when placing the children.
As a school, we commit to ensuring children are placed with at least one friend from their list. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the children are placed with a friend, we have to appreciate that family circumstances change and some children may leave unexpectedly at the end of the school year. We therefore cannot guarantee that your child will be placed with a friend from their list if the child they were originally placed with leaves the school. As always, we kindly remind you that we do not accept requests for teachers and carefully consider which teacher each child is placed with as part of the class mixing process. Should you have any questions regarding the placement of children, we kindly ask that these are directed to a member of the Primary Leadership Team.
School Uniform
Please ensure your child is wearing the appropriate and correct uniform to school each day. Hats must be brought to school every day as students are required to wear these during break and lunch times. Students with longer hair are requested to tie it back for health and safety reasons.
If you have any questions regarding the term or any other questions please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher.
Kind regards,
The Year 4 Team