Term 1
Welcome to Year 3&4! We hope you had a wonderful break. We are all looking forward to settling into the term and spending time with your lovely children. We will be spending lots of quality time with the children, building on our relationships with them and with each other, so that everyone feels a sense of belonging in their new cohort.
This term our topic is called, ‘The Circus is Coming to Town’. This is primarily a science topic, where the children will learn about forces and magnets before beginning their enquiry skills. The children will be looking to answer the question, ‘How can we change how things move?’.
Our English focus this term will be based around the book, ‘Leon and the Place Between’. This book is an amazing picture book that really enthuses the children’s imagination. We will be looking at writing a narrative focusing on our handwriting, capital letters and full stops, forming compound sentences and using expanded noun phrases with adverbs.
After this, we will be writing a non-chronological report about the circus where the children will practice using paragraphs and commas for lists.
In maths, we will begin the first two weeks in our own classes before splitting into separate Year 3 and Year 4 maths classes. Both year groups will be reinforcing core number facts in Number Sense and focusing on place value, addition and subtraction. More information will be sent in bi-weekly emails. Year 4s will also be re-capping the times tables they learnt last year (2s, 5s, squares and 10s)
Elsewhere, the children will be completing drawing, sculpting and painting in their art learning and in P.E, will be gaining experience in football and hockey skills. Finally, we will be learning, ‘What is important to me’ looking at the religions Christianity and Islam in RE and exploring respect and safe relationships in PSHE. It is going to be a really fun and busy term!
Messages:
- At the start of the new year, we would really appreciate it if you could ensure all of your children’s uniforms are labelled with their name. This will ensure no lost clothing and will ensure the children are independent in looking after their belongings.
- There will be bi-weekly emails sent with updates about key information and the children’s learning.
- The welcome breakfast is on Wednesday 9th September from 8:20 until 8:50am.