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

Good afternoon,

This week it was great seeing the children write an independent setting description and showing off everything they have learnt over the past fews weeks. To celebrate Ebor languages day, we ended the week with a whole school Spanish/DT day. The children were choosing materials wisely to design and make a traditional Spanish flamenco fan. We even showed them off with a dance in the hall! In Science, we continued with our geologist challenges by exploring different types of fossils and how they are formed. 

Next week: 

English: We will be starting a new genre of writing! We will be writing instructions for a guide to school. 

Creative curriculum: We will be looking at the question ‘Where do new homes go?’

Maths: We are now completing our place value unit. This week we will be looking at length measurements (mm, cm, m, km). 

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. 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).  

PSHE Year 3: We will be looking at how to recognise different types of physical contact, what is acceptable and unacceptable, strategies to respond to unwanted physical contact and to know where to get advice and report concerns if they’re worried about their own or someone else’s personal safety (including online). 

PSHE Year 4: We will be looking at knowing what consent means in different situations and to know when it is appropriate to keep a secret and when it is appropriate to share a secret and to know where to get advice and report concerns if worried about their own or someone else’s personal safety (including online). 

Homework will be set next 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. Please record this in their reading records.

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