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.

 

Our topic for the Summer Term is ‘Let’s Explore’. We will begin the topic with an exciting hook day based Living Things and Their Habitats. During the topic, we will focus on developing our skills, knowledge and understanding in Geography. We will be locating the world’s countries using maps to focus on Europe and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions and making comparisons with the UK.

 

In Science we will learn about All Living things and their habitats.  We will recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. We will explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment. We will also recognise that environments can change and this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

 

In English, we will write an Animal Fact File, Travel Guide, Postcard, Fictional Biography and we will complete a range of writing activities based on Paddington.

 

In Maths, we will focus on building and strengthening our knowledge of Fractions, Time, Decimals, Money, Shape, Position and Direction, Statistics.

 

We will develop our creative skills in Art, Design and Technology and Music. In Art we will explore the style of mixed media art.  We will look closely at Richard Hamilton’s work as inspiration for our own design. In Design and Technology we will be learning about circuits and switches making a product using a fully functioning electrical circuit.  In Music, we will be appreciating and understanding a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians. 

 

In CPSHE will we learn about Living in the Wider World, including how media, commerce and social issues shape our understanding of the world. We will also learn about the British Values.

 

In RE will we discuss how festivals and family life show what matters to Jews, what do Hindus believe that God is like and what does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today.

In Computing we will develop our typing skills and we will select, use and combine a variety of software to present out work. In Online Safety lessons we will also focus on Online Relationships, Self-Image and Identity and Online Reputation.

 

In MFL, we will be continuing our French by …learning how to comprehend what people are saying in French. We will then be looking at the history of the Olympics as well as our favourite sports at the Olympics.

 

In PE we will be developing our skills in rounders, cricket and athletics. 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 spellings. Children will receive a reward and raffle ticket each time they read at home (you can sign their reading record 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 beginning 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!