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Year 3 & 4 - Redwood, Beech & Maple Classes

Welcome to Year 3 and 4

Welcome to Year 3 and 4! We are excited to embark on this learning journey with you and your children through year 3 and 4. Our classrooms thrives on open and honest communication, and we encourage you to reach out with any questions or concerns. This page is your go-to resource for staying informed and engaged throughout the school year. Here, you'll find everything from learning focuses for each term and class timetables to homework information, termly newsletters, and other important updates. We look forward to a successful year of learning and growing together!

Meet the Team

Maple Class: Mrs Blance (Class Teacher)

Redwood Class: Mrs Sumner and Mrs Darvill (Class Teachers)

Beech Class: Miss Gough (Class Teacher)

Mrs Coldwell: Y3/4 Teacher Assistant

Mrs Wintle: 1:1 in Redwood Class

PPA cover teacher for all three classes is Mrs Coldwell.

Year 3 and 4 teachers are available to talk to about any issue or concern that you may have throughout the year.

If you wish to contact us via email please use:

Mrs Blance (Maple) maple@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

Miss Gough (Beech) beech@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

Mrs Sumner/ Mrs Darvill (Redwood) redwood@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

The School Day/ Class Timetables

The school day starts at 8.40am so please ensure that your children arrive to school by then and use the fire door into Redwood Class (Redwood/Maple) or the small hall (Beech) to enter the school building. As your child arrives on school site they will be greeted by a member of the year 3 and 4 team.

The school day ends at 3:15pm. Redwood and Maple Class will be collected outside of the fire door entrance to Redwood Class. Beech Class will be collected via the New Hall via fire exit opposite the gazebo.

Please give us 24 hours notice if your child will be collected by someone who doesn't normally collect them.

Maple- Term 1 Weekly Timetable

Redwood- Term 1 Weekly Timetable

Beech- Term 1 Weekly Timetable

Learning Focus for this Term

Knowledge Organisers/ Useful Websites

English: The Barnabus Project

Design and Technology: Sewing- Knowledge Organiser

Science: Living Things, Animals and Humans- Knowledge Organiser

PSHE: Being Me in My World- Knowledge Organiser

French: Les Saisons- Knowledge Organiser

Glurbs French App

Computing: Computer Systems and Networks- Knowledge Organiser

Geography: Local Area- Study of National Parks - Knowledge Organiser

Home Learning

Reading

We are incredibly passionate about creating a love of reading within your children. Listening to your child read regularly at home is vitally important in helping them to practice and master their ability to read fluently. We ask that all our families listen to their child read 3 times a week as a minimum. If they have three signatures they will receive a raffle ticket which will go towards the book raffle during sharing assembly- a chance for your child to win a year group recommended read!

If your child finishes reading their book during the week, please encourage them to reread it. Re-reading books improves children's fluency and understanding of the text that they have read. You can also check your child’s understanding by asking them questions. Reading Questions to ask your child at home

CGP Mathematics, Reading and SPaG Work booklets

This year, the children will be asked to complete two pieces of work from their CGP work booklets. These will be checked at school each Friday. Page numbers and activities in these booklets can be found following the green or yellow button tabs below.

Homework Pages- Year 3

Homework Pages- Year 4

Times Table Rockstars

We have a subscription to Times Table Rockstars which is a vital tool to help your child learn their Times Table facts. Each child in Year 3 and 4 is given a login, these can be found in the back of their reading records. Here is a link that takes you to the TTRS website. https://ttrockstars.com/. Each child is expected to play 10 sessions of 'Garage' per week. We have class competitions up and running too!

Please speak to your child's class teacher if you have misplaced the log in details.

TTRS

Spellings

In class each week you child will be learning and consolidating different spelling rules to support their writing. If you would like to complete any additional spelling practise with your children, please find below the spelling rules that we will be covering this term.

Term 1 Spelling Rules Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words

PE

Children have two PE lessons a week. These lessons give them the opportunity to develop a range of skills across the year. All lessons will in some way help children to develop their gross motor skills. The development of these skills enables children to improve their balance and coordination and use their larger muscles.

Maple- Monday and Wednesday

Beech- Monay and Friday

Redwood- Monday and Thursday

Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school each week and that they have joggers for colder weather. If your child wears tights to school please also ensure they have a pair of socks to change into.

Swimming: In year 3 and 4 we will be going swimming on Monday afternoons in our classes at different times in the year so please ensure appropriate swim wear is in school on the days your child's class is going.

Beech Class: Term 1 (WK beginning 15th September 2025)

Redwood Class: Term 2 (Starting date tbc)

Maple Class: Term 3: (Starting date tbc)

Handwriting

Good handwriting is critical to children’s writing progress so alongside the learning children take part they will also practice letter formation in short handwriting sessions. Understanding Letters and Sounds have produced a guide to the way in which letters should be formed and this includes a patter to help children remember how to correctly form each letter.

Cursive letter formation

Number formation

Here is an example of the letter formation we display in the classroom: