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)

November Update

November has been packed full of exciting learning in Year 3 / 4 with many more exciting experiences to come next month. The children appreciated taking part in Remembrance Day. We talked about the significance of the poppy as a symbol for Remembrance and why it is important to remember those who gave their lives. They enjoyed making their own 3D poppies and displaying these in class.

We are looking forward to our class trip on Tuesday the 2nd December to Kings Church in Selby for the Christmas Experience. We have been refreshing our memories of the Christian Christmas story in preparation for our visit. Before this we learned about Diwali and have made clay diva lamps. Please remember to give consent for our trip on parent pay and make your voluntary contribution as soon as possible.

In English, we have been writing a losing tale, where our main character loses a special possession. We focused on using expanded noun phrases and inverted commas and used a model text to help us structure our writing correctly.

In Guided Reading, we have started our new text, The Iron Man. We have focused on making predictions and inferences about what might happen in the story by exploring the front cover, blurb, and the first few pages. We will continue to develop our understanding using VIPERS skills to help us explore the text and answer a range of questions.

We have been very impressed with the progress the class are making with their times tables. As part of our Maths unit on Multiplication and Division be have also been sharing and grouping numbers as well as interpreting arrays. Remember that the children can use the following website to help with their recall of times tables at home: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/

We have used our investigative skills in Science to sort materials by how reflective they are and have used the vocabulary of opaque, transparent and translucent to describe these materials.

Football is our new unit in PE and we have been working on keeping possession and moving forward with the ball in an attacking role.

In French, we learned the names of different colours, talked about our favourites and least favourites and enjoyed singing songs to help us remember them.

In Geography, we have started our topic focussed on where our food comes from and we had a rich discussion based on how food choices can impact the environment.

In Art, we have been learning about famous sculptures across different parts of the world, before having a go at making our own representations of us. We have also practised our clay techniques ready to make our own Ancient Egyptian inspired sculptures in the coming weeks.

Thank you to all that attended parents evening. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Mrs Capewell and Mrs Jamieson