Year 3 & 4
Welcome to Year 3 & 4
Message from the class teacher
In Year 3 and 4, we aim to support a smooth transition from Key Stage 1 into Key stage 2 by engaging children in lessons and experiences within school. We build on previous knowledge in a safe and secure environment, learning to grow in confidence and start to understand the importance of education and its impact on their own lives now and in their future success. We look forward to all the amazing things we will learn this year together and sharing the children’s success and how proud we are of them all.
Teaching Team
Mrs Fearnley (Teacher)
Miss Walker (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Holland (Teaching Assistant)
PE Lessons
Our PE lessons are on a Tuesday and a Friday with Mr Gibson.
Please come to school in full PE kit both days. Remember to tie hair back if it is long and no jewellery.
Homework
Each Friday a new piece of homework will be given out and needs to be returned the following Wednesday so that it can be marked and a new piece ready for the Friday. Reading books will be chosen by the children and brought home to read. One finished, the children can return their books and pick a new one at any time. Spellings for the half term are in the front of your child’s homework book. Your children will have their spelling assessments on a Monday.
Frequently Used Links
myON – Free access to over 7000 online books and graphic novels to read.
English
AUTHORFY – Access to masterclasses on texts from a range of authors, including videos from the authors and activities linked to novels.
BookTrust – Recommended booklists
The World of David Walliams – Free audio book readings from David Walliams
English Mastery – Downloadable resource packs
Literacy Shed Plus – Writing stimuli using creative YouTube clips and animations
Pobble365 – A daily image to use as a stimulus for creative writing
Poetry By Heart – A wide selection of poetry to view online
Ruth Miskin Training – Available from Monday 20th April. Films of well-loved stories read by Nick Cannon, a trained actor, teacher and trainer
The Children’s Poetry Archive – Archive of spoken poetry recordings
THEDAY – A daily newsletter for parents and carers at home with children, helping to enrich learning with real-world knowledge and skills
Maths
Mathematics Mastery – Downloadable guidance and resource packs
NRICH – Maths puzzles and challenges sorted by age and challenge level
Topmarks – Interactive maths games to improve your arithmetic
Science
BBC Bitesize – Interactive resources covering the primary science curriculum
STEM Learning – An online resource bank, which links resources on external websites. The site features a live chat function offering support from subject experts. New home learning resources are being developed
The James Dyson Foundation – A free set of STEM challenge cards from the James Dyson Foundation
WOW Science – Experiment ideas, games, videos and fact files (most are free)
PE
BBC Teach Super Movers – Key stages 1 and 2
Videos which help children move while they learn. They support curriculum subjects, including maths and English
Wellbeing
Children’s Commissioner – A downloadable guide for children about Coronavirus
StarLine – Home learning advice for parents with a hotline open 6 days a week to offer support and answer questions
Cosmic Kids – Free yoga videos for children
Music
Virtual Musical Instruments – Play a range of instruments online for free
History
The British Museum – Explore the British Museum from your house
Geography
National Geographic Kids – Games, competitions and news about countries from around the world
French
Our Physical French Phonics PowerPoint with all the phonemes, graphemes, pictures and actions can be found on the school website via the Curriculum tab.
https://www.hartelwickfederation.org.uk/elwick/french/
