Team DERWENT & dOVE & Foss (YEAR 3 & Year 4)

Good afternoon,

It has been lovely welcoming the children back into school this week after the Christmas break. We enjoyed our DT day which focused on using computing and coding to program, control and monitor a street light. The Year 4s had a fantastic time at their first swimming session, showing amazing self belief and determination. It was also brilliant to hear what a great time our young voices choir had on Thursday!

Curriculum: We will be starting our new topic ‘When is mother earth not kind?’ This week we will be learning what a natural disaster is. 

English: Our new genre of writing is disaster stories. This week we are focusing on subordinating conjunctions.

Maths: We are finishing our addition and subtraction mental strategies unit, looking at calculating word problems.

Year 3 PE: Children need to come dressed in PE kit on Wednesday & Friday. Children need to wear a pair of plain black or navy blue jogging bottoms or shorts, a plain white t-shirt and a plain black or navy blue hoodie. Children need to wear suitable shoes for PE (trainers or plimsolls).  

Year 4 PE: The children are going swimming on Wednesday. Please can your child come to school in their school uniform and bring their swimming kit in a named bag. They have PE on Fridays and need to come to school dressed in their PE kit. 

Year 3 PSHE: We will be starting our new topic ‘Healthy Me’ focusing on being fit and healthy. 

Year 4 PSHE: We will be starting our new topic ‘Healthy Me’ focusing on friendships. 

Homework is set on a Friday and is due in the following Friday. 

Reading: The children will be expected to read a minimum of 3 times a week, ideally to a grown-up. 

Spelling: The children will be expected to play a minimum of 5 games of the set spelling rule on EdShed. 

Maths: The children will have a task set on My Maths.

Children are expected to access TT Rockstars or timestables.co.uk a minimum of 3 times a week.

If children cannot access the internet at home, sheets can be requested for homework. 

Don’t forget to keep checking Twitter to see what learning we have been up to! 

Don’t forget to keep checking Twitter to see what learning we have been up to! 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office. 

Thank you for your continued support, 

LKS2 Team