Year 4 PDF - Ilfracombe Junior School

NEWSLETTER
#24 - October 2016
Year 4s Learn About Spanish Culture
We had an amazing time on
our Spanish Day. We enjoyed
finding out about how
castanets are made and
making our own; learning
some Spanish language;
tasting Spanish foods and
learning how to Flamenco
dance. Some of us even got
to use our newly made
castanets while we were
dancing. Viva Espana!
‘My favourite part of Spanish
day was . . . the Flamenco
dancing because we made
up our own routines and
showed them to the class.’
‘My favourite part of Spanish
day was . . . making
castanets because I enjoyed
drawing and colouring my
design.’
EVA ELLIS 4DS
‘My favourite part of Spanish
day was . . tasting the
delicious food because it
was really scrumptious!’
IMOGEN GREENSILL 4DS
Nature Walk
Here are some quotes from
4AW about our nature walk
in RE where we were
learning about creation and
'wow factors' of creation:
'We went outside for a nature
walk and found things like
apples,sticks, leaves and
other types of nature things
to show how nice they are
and how lucky we are to live
in such a beautiful place
thanks to God.'
Jennipher Hewitt 4AW
'My favourite thing that I
picked up was the flower
because it made me think
about how God created the
beautiful petals and why he
chose them to be certain
colours.'
WILLIAM BLACKMORE 4AW
‘My favourite part of Spanish
Day was . . . learning
Spanish words because
I think learning different
languages is interesting.’
Ruby McEwan 4AW
AMBER-MAI TUCKER 4DS
Science Show Exploring Winter’s Child
We recently had an
interactive touring theatre
group called The World
Inside Me come in and perform a show. They performed
short sketches about a boy
called Zack before he took
a test. We travelled into his
brain, discovering the way in
which we receive information
and how it is stored.
Their website is
www.worldinsideme.co.uk
and on there are short films
about how the brain works.
In English we have been
exploring the book 'Winter's
Child', a story all about a
child who loves the winter
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and has the ability to prolong
the winter . . . but this puts
Grandad in trouble as they
run out of wood for their fire!
Through exploring the story,
we carried out role play
activities to help us learn the
blueprint of the story, before
creating our own stories
which had a 'weather theme'
to them. Ask your child what
their story was called and
what happened in their own
personal version of the story!
'We went on a nature walk
and collected lots of lovely
things. I saw an apple tree
and that made me think
'wow, how did God create
all of the wonderful things
in the world.'
Olivia Hayne 4AW
Phone: 01271 863 463
Fax: 01271 863 997
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Term Dates
Upcoming Dates
Half Term: Monday24th October
Y3&4 Xmas Carol Service: Thurs 14th Dec
Christmas Holiday: Monday 19th December
Year 4 Christmas Performance:
Spring Term: Wednesday 4th January
Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December
Remembering Diesel
RUNNING
TOTALS
House Points
Challenger:
Discovery: Endeavour:
Enterprise: 6
7
2
5
A big thank you to Diesel
Bowden’s family for the
bench that has been
presented to our school to
remember Diesel.
It has been placed between
two beautiful silver birch
Bikeability
Bikeability is a government
recognised practical and
professional training course
which teaches children the
skills and confidence to ride
their bicycles on the road.
There are two parts to the
training, Level 1, which is
playground based and Level
2 which is cycling on the
roads. Upon completion,
the children receive
certificates and badges and
a better understanding
of safe cycling.
trees in our vegetable
garden. The garden was a
place that Diesel loved to
be and he brought with him
a lovely serenity that will
continue to remain with
us forever more.
Governors
The School Governors are
looking forward to an
exciting year ahead.
Our main focus this term
will be academic progress,
presentation in books,
foundation subjects and
collective worship.
If you are interested in any
aspects of Governance,
please contact the Clerk to
Governors on 01271 863463.
Cake Sale for
Hospice
A recent cake sale in aid of
the Children’s Hospice South
West raised £125.
A big thank you to everyone
who donated cakes to sell
and everyone who bought
them.
Diary Dates
Here are some dates
for your diary:
Friday 21st October - Year
3 Parent Performance
at 9.30am & 11am.
Tuesday 8th November - Year
5 WWII Performance at
1.15pm & 2.15pm.
Friday 25th November Ilfracombe Lighting of the
Christmas Lights at 6.30pm.
Thursday 8th December and
Friday 9th December - Year 4
Christmas Shows.
Wednesday 14th Dececember
- Year 5 and 6 Christmas
Carol Service at 2pm.
Thursday 15th December
- Year 3 and 4 Christmas
Carol Service at 2pm.
March 29th and 30th Lighting up Learning Festival.
Tarka Tennis
We recently took a group
of children to compete at
the Tarka Tennis Winter
Tournament. They were:
Connor Irwin 4JA, Erin
Braund 4AW, Leighton Rigler
4AW and Tristan LlewellynRees 4AW, Kajetan
Guzikiewicz 3TS, Owen Beck
3EC, Kayla AtkinsonFreeman 3CO, and Olivia
Burton 3CO. Our Year 4
team played really well and
got to the semi-finals.
Excellent Play at Tag Rugby Festival
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The following children
represented our school at
the lower school Tag Rugby
Festival at Ilfracombe Rugby
Club on the 4th October:
Connor Irwin, Erin Braund,
Rohan Brown, Ben Clarke,
Morgan Bourne, Monty
Roberts, Katie Ruane, Riley
Mayling, Brody Lees, Johnny
Taylor, Kobe Beavers, Henry
Haynes, Zak Spear, Liam
Keating, Sam Gover,
Zak Turton, Ruby Facey,
Letitia Campbell, Zainab
Hassan, Amber Tucker,
Imogen Greensill, Jasper
Shobbrook, Ralfie Pickard
and Owen Reed.
The Festival was organised by
Sports Leaders from the
Academy and Ilfracombe
Rugby Club. There were lots
of excellent games played in
great spirit and the day was
a real success with a trophy
for each team.