Welcome to Year 4 – Dream Class

In Year Four, we dream BIG! We set our goals high and strive to achieve all that we can.

“Don’t be scared, dare to have fabulous plans. I encourage you to not be afraid to dream, to have great ideals, to be builders of hope.” Pope Francis.

Welcome back! There are twenty eight pupils in Dream Class this year, along with Mrs Gartside and myself, Mrs Whittaker.

This year, we will be finding out all about the achievements of the Ancient Egyptians and learn about the Pendle Witches in our history topics. We will explore the hills and mountains within Europe in our ‘Survival’ topic, learn about earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis in our ‘Angry Earth’ topic, and find out more about the land use within the local area in our geography fieldwork focus.

Using Maths No Problem, we will develop our mathematical skills and we will also be working hard on learning all the multiplication facts in preparation for the multiplication assessment at the end of year Four.

We look forward to showing you how we develop and progress as we work hard in our learning.

If you have any worries or concerns about your child, please do not hesitate to contact me via my staff email on swhittaker@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Mrs Gartside can be contacted vis her email: rgartside@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Microsoft Teams Access

REMOTE LEARNING AT OLSA

Below you will find two remote learning plans: A and B.

Please follow Plan A daily as this relates to the work being completed in class. Completed work should be emailled at least twice a week so that timely feedback can be given.

Option B should only be completed in emergencies when you do not have access to the internet.

Our Teams sessions will be:  English: 9am - 10 am, Maths: 11 am - 12 pm and 2pm- 2:30 pm for an end of the day catch up.

I can be contacted at swhittaker@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

 Mrs Gartside's email address is rgartside@olsa.lancs.sch.uk.

Additional Resources

Home Learning PE Challenges

Rossendale School Sports Partnership have set some PE challenges for the children to get involved in at home or at school. Please see the links below if you would like to take part in these challenges.

Below are the resources for week 5 which will also be used throughout half term too:

• You can find all of our resources here (with age-appropriate suggested activities) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Udso2gZ6H2d5DP0BnV2yZNFYYRH0hctt?usp=sharing
• Week 5's Challenge is 'Urban Orienteering'. Pendle Forest orienteers have kindly put together over 20 routes throughout Rossendale for families to have a go at this week and over half term. Please follow the link for an explanation sheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vW94fe-Fdf6HAU_z8Km6gMOC2t5XGFjM/view?usp=sharing   . You can also access all of the maps and answer sheets (this link is in the explanation sheet) here  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lREm8cJy5f6BU8e-aNfyrJG-8Z8MGv4i?usp=sharing 

Don't forget to fill in your tracking sheet and either share it on facebook on the Rossendale School Sports Partnership page or send it as an attachment to LAshworth@olsa.lancs.sch.uk

Ancient Egyptian Afternoon

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Photographs of the science investigations which have been completed at home.

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Newsletters

Useful Links to Online Resources

In case of lockdown, here is a list of further websites which can be accessed to assist home learning:

• BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
• Spellingframe - https://spellingframe.co.uk/
• Oak Academy -  https://www.thenational.academy/
• White Rose Maths -https://whiterosemaths.com/

Links for online reading

• Oxford Owl Books Online - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/            The login details are: olsadream   dream2020
• Lancashire Libraries are also offering free E-Books and audio books if people register with them:

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/your-library-at-home/