Beech Class - Year 3 & Year 4 2024 - 2025
Mrs Liley
Mrs Edge
Ms Truswell
Welcome back to Autumn Term 2024.
We are excited to start this new term with you. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, we hope to bring you more exciting challenges and adventures inside and outside the classroom.
In our English lessons, we will begin by exploring the mysterious arrival of a giant “metal man” who comes from out of the sea and after falling off a cliff reassembles himself. This beautifully written classic, rich text will spark imagination and curiosity. The book is entangled in bravery, friendships and adventure.
We will also have weekly spelling, punctuation, and grammar tests and handwriting practice every Friday. New spellings will also be given on Fridays.
Homework will be assigned on Tuesdays and due the following Monday. We strongly recommend that your child practices their times tables on Times Table Rockstars daily to improve their fluency and understanding.
Reading is fundamental for education, and we encourage our pupils to read daily at home for at least five minutes. We believe that daily reading can greatly impact a child's academic achievements. Keeping a record of each reading session in the Home School Journal and bringing it to school daily will help your child track their progress.
Power Maths is now fully integrated into our curriculum, helping children to develop fluency and deep conceptual understanding. We will continue to have weekly arithmetic tests every Monday, and their progress will be recorded in their Home School Journals.
There will be additional times tables tests every Friday. These tests will help your child improve their mental arithmetic ability, which is essential for mathematical problem-solving.
In our wider curriculum subjects, we will start by thinking about what Christians learn from the Creation Story in our RE lessons. In Geography, we will navigate towards an understanding of rivers, their uses, features and effect on the environment. We will study the water cycle, find out how rivers are formed, explore the journey of a river from source to mouth, investigate why rivers are important and what they are used for, river pollution and its effects, as well as choosing a river around the world to investigate in depth. In Science, we will become ‘rock detectives’ and explore Rocks, soils, and fossils. In Art and Design, we will be understanding a recognising the stories behind pictures.
In Computing, we will be looking at ‘Connecting’, pupils will develop their understanding of digital devices, with an initial focus on inputs, processes, and outputs. They will also compare digital and non-digital devices. We will be introduced to computer networks, including devices that make up a network’s infrastructure, such as wireless access points and switches. Finally, we will discover the benefits of connecting devices in a network.
In French, we will be focusing on greetings and how to introduce ourselves. In PHSCE our topic will be ‘Citizenship’. We will enjoy our weekly Music lessons with Mr Kitcher each Thursday.
We hope that these exciting topics will help our pupils develop their creative skills and continue to broaden their horizons.
For more information on our curriculum, please visit our Curriculum Page on the website.
Key Information for Autumn Term
- Children should wear full uniform and black school shoes each day.
- Our PE sessions will be on Wednesday and Friday with Mr Tinsley. Children are required to attend school in their school PE kits on these days.
- Children should bring a water bottle everyday.
- Children do not need to bring pencil cases or other personal items to school.
- Please label all clothing and personal items to avoid the loss of property.
If you have questions or queries please see us at the start or end of the school day or email [email protected].
To find out more about who will be teaching the class click on our 'Meet the Teaching Team' page.
We are looking forward to sharing another wonderful term with you all and don't forget to follow what goes on in our school on our Class Dojo page!
Mrs Liley, Ms Truswell and Mrs Edge
