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Year 3 & 4

Welcome to Year 3-4!

Meet the Staff

Mrs Catalano - Class Teacher

Mrs Harvey-Oates - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Hartley - Teaching Assistant 1:1

 

Our Class Saint

Saint Kevin of Glendalough

During our transition sessions in July, Year 3 and 4 chose Kevin of Glendalough to be their class Saint. They chose him because he was a very brave man and spoke so beautifully about Jesus that others became Christians.

He lived as a hermit for seven years wearing only animal skins, sleeping on stones, and eating very sparingly. He went barefoot and spent his time in prayer. Kevin was born to nobility in Ireland, and known there as “Cóemgen,” which means “gentle one.”

We will draw inspiration from how our class saint lived out some of the Catholic Social Teaching Principles and use it as a good model for our own lives.

 

A prayer for St Kevin

Lord, in your Abbot Kevin, You gave an example of the gospel lived to perfection. Help us follow in him by keeping before us the things of heaven, amid all the changes in this world. Grant this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with and the Holy Spirit, One God, For ever and ever.

Amen

Feast Day - Friday 24th March. We will celebrate this in school on Thursday 6th June.

 

Summer 2

Class Text

"Secrets of a Sun King" - Emma Carroll

This half term we shall be exploring the classic text "Secrets of a Sun King" by Emma Carroll. Using this narrative we will continue to build upon our inference skills, whilst beginning to consider the author as communicating directly with the reader to convey ideas and make wider implications to the context in which the narrative is set.

 

R.E.

In our RE lessons, we will look at the following:

Sharing in the Life – The focus will be the Universal Church established upon the Eucharist as the Sacrament which celebrates the Church’s Unity.

Special Roles and Responsibilities – Our final unit will investigate the different tasks and responsibilities given to people in the Church.

 

Homework

  • Daily Maths and Literacy set each day - Monday to Friday
  • Two pieces 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. This may be completed on Teams or within weekly homework books.
  • Spellings and Times tables are tested weekly. Times table tests will be integral this half term for the year 4s as we prepare for the times table check.

P.E.

This half-term, Year 3 and 4 will be working with Mr Sigley on Monday mornings.

Children will be focussing on Orienteering/Golf.   

 Please ensure that children bring the appropriate P.E. kit to school for this.                  

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

Year 3/4 P.E. at Home
For more information on what we will be looking at across the curriculum in Summer 2 please see the information sheet below.
Collegiate Dictionary KS2

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

  • Dynamo
    Lots of fun activities to do at home.

  1. Accelerated Reader pdf