Year 3/4

The Y3/4 Team this year are:

Mrs Capewell (Class Teacher - Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)

Mrs Jamieson (Class Teacher - Thursday and Friday)

Mrs Gilby-Young (HLTA - PPA Cover)

Mrs Hartshorne (HLTA/TA - PPA Cover)

Mrs Preece (TA)

March Update

Year 3/4 have worked hard this half term and are ready for their Easter break.

In English we have focused on writing recounts with our model text being a newspaper recount of Little Red Riding Hood. We have worked hard on identifying and using the tools of recount writing and have used these in our own piece about The Three Little Pigs. This week we have planned a recount on our fantastic trip to the Skylark Centre.

In Maths we have been adding and subtracting fractions. We have had to apply our understanding of mixed numbers, improper fractions and fraction families when completing problem solving activities. We have also started to explore the units of measurement used in mass - grams and kilograms.

We have finished off our Stone age to Iron age unit in History by creating stone age jewellery. We investigated what people in the stone age would have worn as jewellery and what this told us about them. The unit culminated in a trip to the Skylark centre in Drax where the children had the opportunity to build shelters and campfires as well as create their own stone age art.

The children have worked hard on a dance, inspired by machinery in our PE unit. This involved them moving together in unison as well as working in groups to develop a sequence of movements.

In Geography we have been looking at how settlements change. We have studied maps and compared land use. We have looked at how the land use in Cliffe has changed over the last 100 years.

For RE we have enjoyed learning about the Ramadan, Eid and Hajj. We have explored the significance of these for Muslims and how they are celebrated.

Homework: Over the past few months we have seen a decline in the number of children that engage with Doodle Maths at home with some children not using it at all for weeks at a time. Doodle Maths is a fantastic resource that your children have access to. It adapts to your child’s ability and is able to challenge them with targeted questioning. Doodle Maths is evidence based and is proven to improve progress over time. Please encourage your child to use Doodle at home (little and often is best). If your child is struggling to use doodle Maths at home for whatever reason please get in touch. Use of Doodle tables is also very beneficial for Year 3 and 4.

After Easter it will be the run up to the Multiplication Tables check. Any extra work on times tables at home is very helpful. The following website looks very much like the real thing and will get the children used to how quick they need to answer the questions. https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/Thank you for supporting the Times Tables club we had lots of times tables fun.

Have a lovely Easter,

Mrs Jamieson and Mrs Capewell