The Fellowship of All Saints, Kirkby Overblow and North Rigton

Teaching Staff

Our Class teachers are Miss Ellis (who teaches Monday to Thursday morning) and Miss Lewis (who teaches on a Thursday afternoon and a Friday).

Mrs Holder, Miss Bayman and Miss Bruno also help in Busy Bees.

Learning

Learning –

2024/2025	Spring
‘We are….’ Focus (Science, Design and Technology and Geography)	We are Scientists – Our environment is one of the most important things in our lives. The definition of an environment is, “the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates”. Our environment is responsible for plants, animals, food chains, the water and much more, which is why it is very important that we look after it. If we don’t look after it today, who will look after it tomorrow? This project will focus on teaching children about the importance of looking after the animals within our environment; to ensure that over time they do not become extinct. *Provocation –* ‘The provocation for this project will be the Orangutan advert Video and book– There’s a Rang-tan in my bedroom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ha6xUVqezQ). The children will begin this project analysing the content of this video (What might the relationship be between the little girl and the orangutan? What are the possible similarities and differences between the little girl and the orangutan? Why do you think the orangutan might be in the girl’s bedroom? Why is this unusual? What sort of message do you think the story might have? Why?) Through learning about ‘Orangutans’ the children will build on their knowledge of animals and their habitats from Year 2 and learn about Classification (including plants), changing environments and food chains. This will particularly focus on the need for Biodiversity in our environment and the importance of looking after habitats in which animals and plants live in. This will follow on with a more localised part of the project where the children will look at the importance of the biodiversity of birds and in Design and Technology make bird feeders to help them survive. Description – See ‘We are Scientists’ overview.
English	Through the context of different text types the children will learn to plan, draft, write, evaluate and edit their work. During the year, the children will develop grammatical skills through the text types taught. In particular this term, they will focus on the use of different types of nouns (common, proper, plural and possessive) and inverted commas through Story recounts linked to endangered animals. This will then be followed by the use of co-ordinating and sub-ordinating conjunctions through Non-Chronological reports.
	This term, the children will work in groups appropriate to their level of spelling. One group will recap the spelling of the common exception words from Year 1 and 2 and recap the phonics and spelling patterns covered in Year 2. The other group will learn the Year 3 and 4 common exception words and spelling patterns in line with the Years 3 and 4 Read Write Inc Spelling program. See ‘RWInc spelling overview 2024 2025’ of patterns being taught.
	There will be weekly handwriting practice to develop your child’s pencil grip, seating position and position of paper. The children will learn to use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting in all pieces of work.
	Through guided reading and independent reading, the children will develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they have read; develop skills to understand what they have read in books they can read independently; retrieve and record information from non-fiction; and participate in discussions about books read to them and those read themselves. This term they will develop their ‘VIPERS’ skills through their reading within lessons and through the weekly Whole Class Guided Reading of BFG by Roald Dahl.
Maths	Multiplication and Division; Fractions and Decimals See ‘Numeracy Long Term Map 2024/25’ document for yearly overview.
P.E	Creative dance linked to animals and the rainforests Gymnastics Swimming
French	Kapow Units: Birthday Celebrations and Colourful Creatures
Computing	Creating and publishing – using Word and Book Creator to publish work to a wider audience; including Photo Editing.
Computing	Using the Internet and E-safety – Understanding how to conduct effective search engines, cut and copying relevant information from the internet and understanding plagiarism – linked to researching endangered animals.
Religious Education	Gospel – What kind of world did Jesus want?
Religious Education	Salvation – Why do Christians remember the events of Holy Week? (Digging Deeper)
Personal, Social and Health Education	What are the rules that keep us safe? (Including Online Safety)
	How can we describe our feelings?
	Interoception Curriculum – Identifying our feelings in our bodies and learning how to deal with them

Useful Information

In Year 3 and 4, your child will either be reading a Coloured Reading Scheme book or will have been moved on to Free Choice Reading book by the Classteacher. It is important that as well as listening to your child read, you also ask questions about the content of what they are reading and the language that the author is using. If your child is reading a coloured reading scheme book, these will be sent home regularly to support the teaching of reading in school; please help your child to be a successful reader by practising reading on a daily basis when possible. If your child is reading a free choice book, they may choose to take one home from school or read one that they already have at home. All children will have a reading chart. Please remember to issue a sticker or signature each time they read at home and remember that there are rewards for every reading chart completed throughout the year. Alongside this, there are the Reading for Pleasure Underground Maps. This is an idea to encourage children to read a wide range of different types of books. Please see information and examples on the links below.

On a Wednesday afternoon, the children will have PE lessons. On this day, please allow your child to come into school dressed in their sports clothes. On a Friday morning, the children will have Swimming lessons. Please see the letter sent home regarding this information.

Please remember to send your child in to school with a coat, water bottle and hand sanitiser (optional) each day.

Useful Documents

Enjoy Learning Together at Home

As part of our school policy, children are encouraged to ‘Enjoy Learning Together at Home’ and learning opportunity grids can be found below. These include a list of suggested ways that you may choose to support your child at home. Also, please find links to useful resources for you to use at home if you wish to further your child’s enjoyment of learning at home.

Homework and Learning at Home Sept 2024 Busy Bees Years 3 and 4

Busy Bees Learning Opportunities page Spring 2025 (1)

We are Explorers Overview 2024

Homework and Learning at Home Sept 2024 Busy Bees Years 3 and 4 (2)

Numeracy Long Term Map 2024 2025 (1)

Read Write Inc Spelling 2024 2025 (1)

Year 3 and 4 Common exception words Orange words

Year 1 and 2 Common exception words Red words

RWI_EPZ_Parent_doc

We are Scientists Animals and Plants overview 2025 (1)