Parent SEND Questionnaire

SEND Support - A Note from Nichola Jones (Assistant Director Inclusion, SEND and Wellbeing)

Dear Parent,

I hope you and your family are well. I’m getting in touch to invite you to take part in our short survey to share your experiences during lockdown and tell us your views on the support you have received from different education services.

Please complete one survey for each child or young person with SEND. The survey is anonymous, however you can choose to include your contact details at the end if you would like to be more involved in shaping future SEND services.

Click here to access the survey

Please feel free to forward this email on to other families of children and young people with SEND.

Thank you for taking part. We really value your feedback in helping us to monitor and continually improve our services for SEND families.  

Please note that the survey will close at 12 midnight on Monday 13 July 2020.

With very best wishes,

Nichola Jones

Assistant Director Inclusion, SEND and Wellbeing

Curriculum logo design 

Next year, our curriculum is having a few changes!  We will still be doing our Project (IPC) lessons but with a greater focus on 6 skills and goals.  

These are Independence, Resilience, Co-operation, Communication, Respect and Thoughtfulness.

Your challenge is to design a new logo that incorporates all of the lessons that we cover within our project lessons (Geography, History, Science, Music, Art, Design & Technology and ICT) and the 6 skills and goals mentioned above.

Online safety

As the majority of your learning is online, and you may be spending your free time on iPads, phones and games consoles, we thought we would send a message just to remind you of the importance of staying safe online. 

HAPPY HALF TERM 
 

This week is half term so check our activity of the day folder for some fun activities for you to try at home. We are still in work this week so some of you will be getting phone calls from us, which we look forward to very much. Enjoy the sunshine but make sure you read the sun safety guide. Keep staying safe and have fun!

On Friday 1 May, we want everyone to enjoy a fun-filled day in pyjamas celebrating stories and reading - and it couldn't be easier to join in!

As part of Pyjamarama’s festival of book-filled fun on 1st May, they have got loads of brilliant Pyjamarama activities to help you celebrate wherever you are - from colouring and crafts to puzzles and drawing.

Pobble 365
 

Pobble 365 is the home of 365 images (one for each day of the year) that will spark your creativity and imagination. You can use the image for that specific day or you can scroll through to find an image that interests you. Then, scroll down and use the activities provided. There are questions about the image, story starters, sentence challenges and drawing activities. Use them as they are or as a starting point for something even bigger. Click here to begin your journey.

​​​​​​Hi Year 4,

Hope you all had a lovely Easter.

Below there is a folder where we will display photos of all the work you are doing at home. It really makes us smile seeing the work you have created and you may also get a glimpse of your friends 

You will also find links to websites where you can access online classrooms and daily lessons, so please go and check them out.

We will continue to call home this week to see how you are getting on and hearing about the lovely things you have been getting up to.

We miss you, so continue to stay safe so hopefully we can see you all again soon.

Miss Melvin, Miss Mills and Miss Siggers x

UNICEF - Head over the UNICEF page under the children's section to find some home learning ideas. Miss Orohoe has been updating the page, where you will find the article of the month for April (Article 42 - The right to know your rights!)

Baking anyone??

Why not try baking some of these delicious sweet treats. Have fun measuring out the ingredients then why not have a go at writing out the instructions for someone else to follow. 

Timberley's Personal Challenge! 

'Catch the ball’

Join The Armchair Astronaut Tuesday 14th for a FREE online Astronaut event for children (of all ages) including LIVE Q&A. This week's guest is NASA Astronaut Tony Antonelli 👨‍🚀🌎🚀

2pm & 7pm, Tuesday 14th April 2020. 🕑🇬🇧 UK time (BST).

Submit your question using #SpaceToLearn

www.TheArmchairAstronaut.co.uk
Watch Live Online: https://www.youtube.com/ISSETSpaceSTEM

#spacetolearn #STEM #Space #Homeschooling2020 #ISS #NASA #astronaut #ScienceAtHome #StayAtHome #TonyAntonelli #Education

Happy Good Friday 🐣

Hope you all have a lovely Easter, enjoy the sunshine ☀️ stay safe and don’t eat too much chocolate 

It was lovely speaking to some of you today and hearing about all the wonderful things you have been up to (baking muffins and biscuits, playing football, shaving your hair 🤭 splashing in the paddling pool, reading, times tables, learning Greek).
I know some of you may be struggling a little, missing school a little and missing your friends but you are all doing the best you can and you are safe and that is the main thing. So keep going and hopefully we’ll all be back together soon enough. 
 

Love the Year 4 team xxx

Best Easter Jokes 🐣🐥🐰

Easter is an eggcellent time to crack out the pun and jokes, so here are some you can use this bank holiday.

Why shouldn’t you tell an Easter egg a joke?

It might crack up!

What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?

A Hot Cross Bunny.

How do bunnies stay healthy?

Egg-ercise.

What stories does the Easter Bunny like best?

The ones with hoppy endings.

How do Easter chicks leave a building?

By the emergency egg-sit.

What did one Easter egg say to the other?

“Heard any good yolks today?”

Timberley's Personal Challenge!

'Reach for the stars!'

This week it is ‘reach for the stars’. See if you can beat your personal best! Make sure you check out the home page/twitter to see Mr Henningham's example. Please feel free to tweet us pics/videos of you all taking part. Good luck!

Easter activities 

White Rose will be publishing fun activities daily. 

🐣 Day 1 - Today’s Easter tasks are Bake it and Play it! We hope you have fun. Join in on twitter, posting pictures of your baking arrays 🧁 and card games

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/easter-fun/

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re all okay and staying safe. It has been lovely speaking to some of you this week and hearing what you’ve been up to at home. Don’t worry if you’ve not had a call yet, we will get round to all of you as soon as we can. Keep up the good work and keep checking our class page for new ideas and activities. 
 

If you complete any of our activities, take a photo and get a grown up to e-mail it to us then we can share it on our class page. 
j.melvin@timberleyacademy.bham.sch.uk

We will look forward to seeing some of your wonderful work. 

Hi Year 4, 

Well done to all of the children who have completed work online so far. I know you might be experiencing difficulties logging on to some of our websites to help with your learning, but remember not all learning needs to be done online. 
 

Below, are some activities you can do at home, where you can learn and have fun 
 

Stay safe and have fun!

NOW PRESS PLAY!

now>press>play is an active audio resource that engages children in the curriculum through emotion, imagination and movement. Immersed in sound, your child will become the main character in a story, meeting people, discovering places and solving problems on an educational adventure they’ll never forget!

Visit the website and use the password:

nowpressplay

How does it work?

1. Write North, South, East, West on paper and stick one on each wall.
2. Stand in the centre of the room and…. Now Press Play!
3. Follow the instructions in the story.
4. Afterwards have a discussion and use the follow-on activities.

Welcome to Year 4!

PE Lessons

PE kits should be in school EVERYDAY!

Year 4 PE lessons will be on TUESDAY and THURSDAY. Please make sure all kit is named and remember that hair must be tied back and earrings must be removed during lessons.

Homework

Please see the weekly newsletter for details of homework that has been set for that week.

Homework will be given out on a Friday and must be handed in the following Wednesday.

If children haven't handed in their homework for 3 weeks in a row, they will stay in during lunchtime to complete it.

Reading

Please make sure that children have their book and diary in school every day and are reading daily at home. 

TTRS

We will be offering a Times Tables Rock Stars after school club on Monday's to all Year 4 children.

World Book Day