Jenner Park Primary School
Together We Strive for Success
Welcome
Dosbarth Gwenllian (Year 4)
WELCOME TO DOSBARTH GWENLLIAN (YEAR 4)
Welcome to our class page! Dosbarth Gwenllian has said a 'see you soon' to the lovely Miss Farbrace to begin her maternity leave and in her place, we now have myself, Miss Lees-Griffiths leading Year 4. I have had a busy but wonderful start to my time at Jenner Park Primary School and the children have been so welcoming and helpful. I am very proud of the children's hard work so far this term; I am excited to see what the rest of the year will bring us!
This half term, the children have been working extremely hard to plan and write their own leaflets, with the purpose of guiding other young people in making healthy and informed decisions. In expert groups, the children have collaborated, researched and done their writing on the following different areas: Responsibility and Risk, Personal Care & Hygiene, Health, wellbeing & exercise and Socialising, Self-awareness and Self-regulation! Phew! We ran a super successful Showcase of Learning where we showed off our beautiful inquiry books and allowed visitors to participate in our activities. Thank you to all those who came to support us!
We have also taken our learning further by digging deeper into our research. For example, we have been learning how the body fights off viruses, as well as how the digestive system works and what chemicals our bodies release when we are feeling different emotions.
After half term, we will be moving on to 'What is our responsibility to future generations?' focusing on the natural world, diversity of life and how this links to cause and effect. We are going to be learning about different ecosystems around the world and exploring local ecosystems, learning about the importance of sustainability. We are going to be finding ways that we can help our environment; watch this space for information about our conservation conference, where we will share our plan of action with you!
The children have thoroughly enjoyed their engaging Italian lessons this term! We have also been practising our multiplication tables, to help us become more confident with division and solving word problems.
We have recently enjoyed a fantastic trip to the Techniquest, where the children were filled with awe and wonder! Look out for information coming soon via Dojo and on a letter, with regards to an upcoming trip relating to our new Inquiry.
We will also be swimming every morning for 2 weeks, from Monday 10th March. Please see the letter that has been distributed for information and please do ask me questions any time via Dojo if you are unsure about anything.
Thank you for all your support this year so far. We look forward to another successful half term full of curiosity, learning and fun!
Miss Lees-Griffiths, Mrs Baker and Mrs Savage 
Some important bits of information about our class:
- Drop off between 8:50-9am
- Pick up at 3:15pm from the door at the top of the stone steps.
- Children need water bottles every day.
- PE every other Thursday (starting on Thurs 6th March) - children can wear black bottoms, leggings or shorts and change into their PE t-shirt in school.
- Reading books are sent home every Friday and need to be returned on a Monday.
- Spelling words are also sent home on a Friday in green books; please return these by the Wednesday latest.
- Our Flippity link, where your child can find their spelling words for the week, is:
- https://tinyurl.com/582unn79 (Please ask your child if they are in Basic skills group 1, 2, 3 or 4 - if you/ they are unsure please do not hesitate to ask me).
Miss Lees-Griffiths is our class teacher, Mrs Baker and Mrs Savage are our class LSAs.
Mrs Jones teaches PE in Year 4 every other Thursday!
DOJO
All of our class communication will be through Class DoJo. If you need help connecting to our class, please get in touch with Miss Lees-Griffiths via email or on the yard 