Welcome to Class 3           Summer 2022

Welcome to Year 3 and 4!

This term in Class 3 we are taught by Mrs Johnson and Mrs Murphy. On a Wednesday we have French with Miss Walsh and Music with Mrs Thornton.

We have a really exciting term to look forward to with lots of things planned! We have themed days and a residential coming up soon. 

Maths  In maths we continue to learn times tables and learn its for Big Maths. Year 3 should know x10, x2, x5, x3, x4 and x8 by the end of this year. Year 4 should know all their times tables up to 12 x 12 by June this academic year. We also send Busy Ants maths homework to support what is taught in school.

English In English this term we continue to explore Peter Pan, focusing on the lost boys. Then we fly to Africa for a beautiful traditional tale - Fly Eagle Fly. We follow this with our residential to York and will be studying Norse Gods and Viking Myths and Legends. We continue to love reading in Class 3, especially for pleasure and our library is growning - we have a wide range of fantastic fiction books as well as a great range of The Week Junior magazine and First News to keep up-to-date with what's happening around the world (Non-fiction.)

Spellings  Spelling test is on Friday and your child's spellings are at the end of this page. The are also on Spelling shed for your children to learn them. 

PE will take place on Monday and Tuesday's this term but remember to have a kit in school every day as we do often make changes. This term we are doingTennis and Cricket. Please have warm PE kit as we will be outside as much as possible. You will also need your trainers for Mile-a-day, which will be at 8.50am every day. 

Homework 

• In Class 3, children should continue to read for at least 5 mins every day, we have a sticker chart in the classroom to show when they read at home.
• Guided Reading - each week, this will be uploaded onto Google Drive on a Tuesday and children will have a week to complete their maths sheet and Guided Reading homework.
• Maths - also weekly, a maths sheet will be available on Google Drive on a Friday.
• Friday -Spelling test/Times tables test & Big Maths Beat That tests will be held each week on a Friday. Please learn spellings and times tables everyday to ensure good knowledge of both
• The whole terms spellings are at the bottom of this page and children can also use spelling shed to learn them each week. 

We can’t wait tohave you all back for a very exciting sumemr term!

Mrs Johnson