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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: Miss Tozer (Class Teacher) Mrs Connett (Morning Teaching Assistant)
Redwood Class: Mrs Sumner and Mrs Darvill (Class Teachers) Mrs Coldwell (Morning Teaching Assistant)
Beech Class: Miss Gough (Class Teacher) Mrs Want (Morning Teaching Assistant)
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:
Miss Tozer (Maple) maple@stnicholaschantryschool.org.ukMiss 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 6 Weekly Timetable
Redwood- Term 6 Weekly Timetable
Beech- Term 6 Weekly Timetable
Learning Focus for this Term
Knowledge Organisers/ Useful Websites
English: The Adventures of Odysseus- audio book
Art: Drawing and Sculpture- Knowledge Organiser
Science: Rocks- Knowledge Organiser
PSHE: Changing Me- Knowledge Organiser
French: Au Salon de the- Knowledge Organiser
Computing: Coding- Knowledge Organiser
History: Ancient Greeks- 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. Please write in your child's reading record when you have read with them. These will be checked weekly in school and children will change their reading books with their class teacher.
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.
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.
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 6 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- Wednesday 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 Thursday 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.
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.
Here is an example of the letter formation we display in the classroom:
Recommended Reads
Please look at these fantastic books that have been hand picked to appeal to the children in year 3 and 4!
https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/year-3/
https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/year-4/