Welcome to Year 3-4!

Meet the Staff

Mrs Catalano - Class Teacher

Mrs Harvey-Oates - Teaching Assistant

 

 

Our Class Saint

Saint Thomas More

St Thomas More is the patron saint of adopted children. We celebrate our patron saints feast day on 22nd June.

He is usually shown wearing a gold livery chain and a symbol of his service to the King.

Thomas More was born in London in 1478 and studied to become a lawyer. He was recognised for his great intelligence, impartiality, and wisdom.

While Sir Thomas More didn't necessarily have any miracles associated with his sainthood, His work and actions were always guided by steadfast moral principles.

Feast Day - Friday 24th March. We will celebrate this in school on Wednesday 25th June.

 

Spring 1 

 

This half term, we will be using Eva Ibbotsons’ novel, ‘The Abominables’, as an inspiration for our own writing in Literacy. We will look at the varied features of writing and use our findings to include in our own writing. Following this, we will look at diary writing from the perspective of different characters in the story.

 

R.E.

Christmas

We will look at the story of the shepherds and how they reacted to the news of Christ’s birth. We will also explore in depth why the crib is an important reminder of the birth of Christ.

Reconciliation

This unit of learning involves the children exploring human choices, the consequences of sin, Christ’s teaching on forgiveness and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

                

Homework

• Daily Maths and Literacy set each day
• One piece of homework (Maths or English as well as one foundation subject) will be handed out on a Thursday and should be completed and handed in on the following Monday.
• Times tables are taught each day and tested.

P.E.

• This half term, we will be practicing a range of skills in PE.
• P.E. with Mr Sigley will take place on Wednesday,
• PE will also take place on a Friday.

Please ensure children have their full PE kit in school every day and trainers and joggers as some sessions may take place outside.          

     Please ensure that all PE kit is clearly labelled with your child’s name.

 

Year 3/4 P.E. at Home

• Year 3.4 P.E. at Home

 

For more information on what we will be looking at across the curriculum in Spring 1, please see the information sheet below.

Year 3/4 Curriculum Information Sheet - Spring 1

 

Collegiate Dictionary KS2

• KS2 Dictionary

Ideas for books to be experienced.

Aesop’s Fables

Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling

Alice Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll

Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie                                               

Charlotte’s Web – E. B. White

The Worst Witch – Jill Murphy

Oliver and the Seawigs - Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

My Dad’s a Birdman – David Almond

Bill’s New Frock – Anne Fine

Alice Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll

How the Whale Became – Ted Hughes

Christophe’s Story – Nikki Cornwell

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – Jon Steptoe

The Princess and the White Bear King – Tanya Robyn Batt

Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren

The Wolf’s Footprint – Susan Price

Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf – David Almond

The Dancing Bear – Michael Murpurgo

The Ice Palace – Robert Swindells

The Tin Forest – Helen Ward

The Journey – Francesca Sanna

Emil and the Detectives – Erich Kastner

Fly, Eagle, Fly Chistopher Gregowski

The Snow Leopard – Jackie Morris                                           

Falling Angels – Colin Thompson

Mary Poppins - P L Travers

Bluebird – Bob Staake

The Matchbox Diary – Paul Fleischmann

Cloud Tea Monkeys – Mal Peet

Once Upon an Ordinary School Day – Colin McNaughton

The Borrowers – Mary Norton

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C S Lewis

The Iron Man - Ted Hughes

The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore – W E Joyce

Varmits – Helen Ward

Krindlekrax – Philip Ridley

Noah Barleywater Runs Away – John Boyne

The Dancing Bear – Michael Morpurgo

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate Di Camillo

Fox – Margaret Wild

Goth Girl – Chris Ridell

Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi

The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Princess and the White Bear King – Tanya Robyn Batt

Firebird – Saviour Pirotta

Useful Websites

• Accelerated Learning
  Link to the log in screen

• Digger and the Gang
  Nash's adventures in English, Maths and Science.

• Dynamo
  Lots of fun activities to do at home.