• This week in the classroom...

Welcome to Year 3 and 4

Hello, and welcome to our Year 3 and 4 class page! 

We hope you all had a wonderful winter break and are excited to be starting a new school term!  

Take a look at our 'This week in the classroom' tab for what we have been learning about each week.

General information about Years 3 and 4:

• Homework each week:
  • Reading - daily
  • Times tables - daily
  • Spellings - online spellings games on Spelling Shed
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• P.E lessons will be on Tuesday and Friday. On those days, children should come to school in their PE kit.  Tuesdays will be swimming starting 13th January.
• Please ensure that items of clothing are clearly named. 
• Children will have a banded reading book and a 'reading for pleasure' book.  Children should try to read for 5 minutes each day and record this in their reading log.
• All books are signed out to children under a library system and they will be expected to return their current book before they are allowed to take another.
• Children need to bring their own water bottles into school.  Please only send your child in with water.  Other drinks such as juice, smoothies etc should be kept only for lunch.
• Snack will be served in the hall at break times.  Children should bring their snack money in a labelled purse or wallet.

Spring Curriculum

Maths

During the first half term, we will look at informal and mental strategies for adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers.  We will also look at understanding additive relationships and apply them to different equations.  We will also be working on multiplication and division strategies.  We will learn about the relationship between the 2-, 4- and 8-times tables. We will also learn the 7 times tables, odd and even patterns, square numbers and tests of divisibility.  We will continue to use TT Rockstars to help build your child’s fluency in their times tables knowledge.

English

In writing, your children will be using The Hare and the Tortoise fable to retell the story and write poetry.  We will look at including lots of description, adverbials and punctuating speech correctly.   In reading, we will be focusing on Our Tower and The Comet. 

PE

PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays.  PE on Fridays will be with our sports coach.  PE on Tuesdays will be swimming.  Children can still wear their PE kits to school on Tuesdays and bring their swimming kit with them.

Science

Our Science topic this half term is States of Matter during which children will learn about solids, liquids and gases.  They will also learn about changes in state for example melting, freezing, condensing and evaporating.  During Spring 2, our topic will be Light and Shadows during which we will learn about different light sources, how shadows are creates and investigate shadow lengths.

History

In History we will learn about the Ancient Egyptians, how their kingdoms changed over time and the importance of the River Nile.

Geography 

In Geography, we will look at land use and UK settlements.  We will learn about the different types of land use, use sketch maps and OS maps to identify different types of land use and look at how these have changed over time.

Music

In our music lessons we will continue to learn how to play the glockenspiel, including starting to read music and perform together.  We will also take part in the Sing Fest performance with other local primaries and receive tuition from a local Love Music Trust singing tutor.

Computing

In Computing, we will be learning how to create media using stop-frame animation and how to create audio files.

French

In French, we will be learning numbers 11-20, how to talk about family members and pets and phonics sounds ‘ou’ and ‘u’.  We will continue to improve our speaking and listening skills and well as developing our reading and writing skills.

PSHE

In PSHE, we are looking at how friends can communicate safely and how we can recognise our own and other peoples’ feelings.  We will continue to think about our online safety as we use technology both in school and at home.

Religion

In Religion, we are thinking about the Jewish festival Pesach (Passover) and the Easter story for Christians.

Art and Design and Technology 

In Art and Design, we will look at pattern, print and paper making to make our own Egyptian style scrolls. In Design and Technology, we will learn about levers and linkages.