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

Good afternoon, 

We have had another busy week in LKS2, where the children continue to work hard on their learning and celebrate their successes. In Writing we wrote the second paragraph of our exciting gladiator disaster narrative where we continued to think about our effective vocabulary choices and this week we had a grammar focus around using inverted commas to correctly punctuate speech in a story. This grammar focus really helps to add more detail to our narratives as it allows the reader to understand the characters feelings in a deeper way. In Guided Reading we read the next section of our book ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and practiced our prediction skills. It is really nice to read a disaster story at the same time as writing one to think about the language choices made by an author and even magpie some of them! In History we looked at how the romans ended up in Britain as they had two failed invasion attempts in 55 BC and 54 BC before changing tactics and successfully invading in 43 AD. We practiced using 4 figure grid references to locate the 3 invasion sites in 43 AD. 

Coming up next week:

Creative curriculum: Next week we will be looking at the question ‘What did the Romans believe?’ and looking at religious beliefs at this time in Britain.

English: We will continue writing disaster stories by finishing our gladiator story with a final paragraph and focusing on an effective use of conjunctions, including varying the position of subordinate clauses to have the best impact on our reader. 

Maths: We will be practicing column subtraction including where you have to exchange through and zero and multiple exchanges and using this knowledge to solve challenge style problems. 

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 identify when something feels safe and unsafe.

PSHE Year 4: To understand the facts about smoking and its effects on health, and also some of the reasons some people start to smoke.

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