Lower Key Stage Two (Years 3 and 4)
Welcome to Years 3 and 4
Teachers
Maple Class - Miss Pugh
Willow Class - Miss Binding and Mrs Tarrant
Laurel Class - Mr Moore
Support Staff
Mrs Costick
Mrs Sinnott
Mrs Moon
Welcome to Years 3 and 4. We strive to offer a broad and balanced curriculum to our children and cover a wide range of knowledge and skills. Our children become scientists, authors, mathematicians and many other types of learners throughout our enquiry-based approach to learning. We teach key learning skills through the use of gem powers, which the children love to collect and are proud to talk about. We encourage good oracy skills through specific lessons designed to encourage effective speaking, listening and communication.
Term 1
Our enquiry this term is 'What were the greatest achievements of the Ancient Egyptians'? Working as historians and engineers, we will be learning about everything Ancient Egypt and creating a coil pot out of clay.
As authors, we will be reading stories with familiar settings and learning how to write a recount; as mathematicians we will be learning place value and addition and subtraction, and we will continue to be philosophers, musicians, athletes and many others!
Here is some information that we think will be useful to you. However, we are always available to speak to should you have any other questions. We are always contactable via the school office or through ClassDojo.
Term 2
Our enquiry this term is Why do people settle near rivers? Working as geographers and artists, we will be learning about the River Nile and the River Severn.
As well as this, we will use the book Leon and the Place Between to inspire our writing and as mathematicians we will be learning multiplication and division and area and we will continue to be philosophers, linguists and many others!
Here is some information that we think will be useful to you. However, we are always available to speak to should you have any other questions. We are always contactable via the school office or through ClassDojo.
Year 3 and 4 Expectations
Reading books
Each child will have a reading book and reading diary to take home with them every day. We ask that the children please bring these with them to school daily. In order to support your child, we would like someone to hear them read at home as much as possible, ideally every day, but at least 4 times each week. If you hear your child read, please record it in their reading diary. Children are welcome to take home a library book as well as their levelled reading book. Once a child has evidence of having read at home four times they will be able to earn a leaf towards our reading display - each term a leaf is picked out for a prize.
PE
The children will be having PE lessons each week. All three classes have PE on a Thursday, but check with your class teacher as to which other day you will have another session, as this changes due to outside PE specialist teachers coming in to work with our children.
In order for your child to be able to participate fully in these lessons we ask that they come to school in PE kit on their PE days. This consists of a t-shirt, shorts or sports trousers and daps or trainers. Long hair should be tied back. We ask that earrings and other jewellery is removed for PE lessons, for reasons of safety. If your child is unable to remove their earrings due to being recently pierced (in the last 6 weeks), please provide them with plasters or micropore tape to protect the ears during lessons. If there is a difficulty with earrings, please speak to the class teachers to arrange a short-term solution.
Morning Snack
Your child is welcome to bring their own healthy snack of fruit or vegetables to eat at break time. All other foods are not allowed. The children may also bring a water bottle to have in class (water only please!).
Many thanks
The Year 3/4 Team