Eagles (year 3/4) - Mrs G. Stevens

Falcons (year 3/4) - Miss C. Wilkins

Ospreys (year 3/4) - Mr I. Moore

Hawks (year 3/4) - Mr C. Thomas

Welcome to year 3 and 4. We will begin the Autumn Term by focusing on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. We will focus on PSHE: relationships, overcoming challenges and accepting differences.

Our topic for the remainder of Autumn Term is ‘Traders and Raiders’. We will begin the topic with an exciting hook day, where children will develop their art skills to create an Anglo-Saxon brooch using clay. During the topic, we will focus on developing our skills, knowledge and understanding in History. We will learn about Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms as well as the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. We will also go on an exciting trip to the Dean Heritage Centre to learn more about our history topic.

We will use our Geography skills to locate counties and cities in the UK and use this knowledge to further understand where the Anglo-Saxons settled.

In English, we will write Non-Chronological reports about the Anglo-Saxons. We will write our own version of How To Train Your Dragon and write and perform our own Battle Cries.

In Maths, we will focus on building and strengthening our knowledge of place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions and geometry.

In Science, we will develop our knowledge and understanding of light and electricity. We will recognise that we need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light. We will also recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object and notice that light is reflected from surfaces. In our electricity unit we will identify common appliances that run on electricity, construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers and identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit.

In Computing, we will learn about the different components of a computer network and how data travels around a small network. We will begin to understand that the internet is made from many networks all joined together. We will learn how to search safely and manage our online information, including our privacy and security. We will also learn about the importance of Copyright and Ownership.

You will not need to bring your PE kits to school but you can wear your PE kits on our PE days. Some PE will be outside so please make sure you’ll be warm enough.

You can support us by listening to your child read regularly, helping them learn their times tables and practice their spelling. Children will receive a reward and raffle ticket each time they read at home (you can sign their link book or they could upload a photo/video to Seesaw). Children can become ‘Maths Champions’ and receive a special pencil when they know all the times tables and division facts up to 12x12 and are able to use them to solve a variety of problems. Homework is set at the start of the year and children will be rewarded for each piece they do.

We look forward to learning lots of new and interesting things this term!