North Rigton Year Three and Four

Teaching Staff

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

Mrs Holder, Miss Ferguson and Miss Vickers also help in Busy Bees.

 

 

Learning

2023/24

Spring

‘We are….’ Focus

Art and Music

We are Artists 

Provocation – ‘There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness’ Mahatma Gandhi

This primary provocation is an important one in our modern world. It is important that the children learn about how their own choices in their life affect the people and world we live in. Through looking at how fashion over the years has changed into a fast fashion society, the children were learn about the importance of and reasons for sustainability. Through this project, they will learn different art techniques involving textiles and use these techniques to produce a ‘Fairtrade’ Tote Bag to be sold to raise money for Fairtrade. Thus, leading on to Ghandi’s quote – You must be the change you wish to see in the world’.

See ‘We are Artists’ 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 (plural, pronoun and possessive) and co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions in their Grammar and Punctuation lesson and apply these within the context of reading and writing Nonsense Poems, Descriptive recounts and 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.

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 both books read to them and those read themselves. This term they will develop their ‘VIPERS’ skills through their reading of Nonsense poems and the Iron Man in English lessons and through the weekly Whole Class Guided Reading of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

Maths

Multiplication and Division; and Fractions and Decimals.

See ‘Numeracy Long Term Map 2023/24’ document for yearly overview.

Art

Creating sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas. Improving their mastery of art and design techniques with a particular focus on artwork using textiles. Learning about great designers in history within textile art.

Music

Understanding and using musical notation when playing a recorder.

Science

Developing their knowledge, working scientifically skills and lines of enquiry through the Scientific area of ‘Forces and Magnets’. See ‘We are Scientists Forces and Magnets Overview’ document for more information.

French

Bon Appetit (Learning about French Food)

Shopping for Food (Role play at the market)

P.E

Swimming

Gymnastics

Computing

Using Data – Databases

Using Data – Data logging

Religious Education

What does it mean for Muslims to follow God?

Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’?

Personal, Social and Health Education

What are we responsible for?

 What is Diversity?

 

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 Tuesday afternoon, the children will have a PE lesson. On this day, please allow your child to come into school dressed in their sports clothes. On a Friday morning, your child will be taking part in Swimming lessons.

Please remember to send your child in to school with a coat and water bottle 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 2023 Busy Bees Years 3 and 4

Busy Bees Home Learning Opportunities Spring 2024

Year 3 and 4 Common exception words Orange words

Year 1 and 2 Common exception words Red words

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Reading for Pleasure Underground Maps

Reading for Pleasure Underground Map information 2

Blank Copy to make your own

Editable Example and Non-editable Example

100 Books to read for Year 3 and 4

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