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

Good afternoon, 

It has been lovely to be back together with the teams this week! In English,we enjoyed extending our narrative writing to a longer piece still set in a tense Roman amphitheatre. This week we focused on making sure our writing stays exciting and flows by using varied sentence openers. In Maths, we have started our new fractions unit and have been securing our understanding of parts and wholes and equal and unequal parts. In History we learnt about Cartimandua and Bouddica, two Celtic warrior queens who had different responses to Roman power in Britain. It has been a busy week but it is great to be back and keep moving into the warmer weather! 

Coming up next week:

Creative curriculum: Next week we will be looking at the question ‘How did the Romans change Britain?’

English: We will be writing our independent disaster stories set in Pompeii on the day of the infamous volcanic eruption! The children will have the opportunity to show off their new grammar knowledge and keep thinking about the effect they want to have on their reader. 

Maths: We will continue looking at unit fractions, including using fractional notation to represent unit fractions as well as showing them in other ways. 

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 or unsafe. 

PSHE Year 4: To understand the facts about alcohol and its effects on health, particularly the liver, and also some of the reasons some people drink alcohol

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