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

Good afternoon, 

This week we started a new History topic! We will be looking at the question ‘How did the Romans change Britain?’. The children enjoyed starting this unit with an introduction to what an empire is and seeing how far the Roman empire stretched. The children always love learning about different periods of history so are looking forward to delving into the Romans! Please find below a word bank of topic vocabulary that we wanted to share incase it supports your children’s learning at home as well.  We also started a new genre of writing to go with this unit and are now writing ‘disaster stories’ which are narratives packed with action! This week we wrote the beginning of a story about a gladiator fight, set in the middle of an amphitheatre and focused on our sentence openers. We had fun bringing the atmosphere to the classroom and thinking about the tension we could create for our reader. It was lovely to enjoy a Science day on Thursday to celebrate British Science Week and relish the opportunity to explore our curiosity!

Coming up next week:

Creative curriculum: Next week we will be looking at the question ‘How did the Romans end up in Britain?’ where we will include practicing 4 figure references from Geography as a way of locating the different places the Romans landed in their quest to invade Britain and include it in their empire.  

English: We will continue writing our disaster stories and will be writing the next section of our gladiator story with a grammar focus on punctuating speech correctly. 

Maths: We will be using column subtraction to solve problems, practicing when you need to exchange, including through a 0. 

PE Year 3: 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).  

PE Year 4: We go swimming on Wednesday. Children need to come to school in their uniform and bring their swimming kit in a bag. Children need to come dressed in PE kit on Friday. 

PSHE Year 3: To tell you my knowledge and attitude towards drugs.  

PSHE Year 4: To understand there are people who take on the roles of leaders or followers in a group, and I know the role I take on in different situations 

Homework:

Homework will be set on a Friday and is due the following Friday. 

Reading: The children will be expected to read a minimum of 3 times a week, ideally to a grown-up. Please record this in their reading records and bring these into school 

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 Instagram to see what learning we have been up to! 

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

LKS2 Team