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

Good afternoon,

It has been a busy and fun first week back in LKS2! In English, we began new narratives about a video prompt called La Luna. We made sure we used varied sentence openers to keep our writing entertaining and interesting. We started our new History unit ‘Were the Anglo Saxons better farmers or warriors?’. We enjoyed finding out where in history the Anglo Saxons sit and how they ended up in Britain. We also used 4 figure grid references to identify where their 7 kingdoms were. In Science we completed an investigation into objects that reflect - it was fun to work as Scientists using the data loggers! We also really enjoyed our first Rugby PE session with York Knights, we can’t wait for the rest of this unit! 

Reminders: 

• PE days are now be Tuesday and Friday. 

• Team Foss have their sharing assembly on Tuesday 2:50pm-3:10pm

Next week: 

It will be our final challenge week of the year. 

Creative curriculum: We will be looking at the question ‘What were Anglo Saxon settlements like?’

Maths: We will be starting our learning on non unit fractions. 

Year 3 & 4 PE: Children need to come dressed in PE kit on Tuesday & 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 3 PSHE: We will be looking at knowing that in humans a mother carries the baby in her uterus (womb) and this is where it develops.

Year 4 PSHE: We will continue work on why menstruation happens in women once they reach puberty. 

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! 

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

Thank you for your continued support, 

LKS2 Team