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

Good afternoon, 

It has been absolutely lovely being back with the Teams this week and we have really enjoyed hearing about their holidays. The children all seem really refreshed and ready to go for the last half term of the year! This week we carried on with the Toy Story narratives we started before half term. We planned, wrote and then edited our practice write before starting to plan our independent narrative. In Maths we kept building our fraction knowledge and started looking at mixed numbers. In History we started our final topic of the year! For this unit we are finding our ‘Who were the Maya?’ and this week we found out that the Ancient Mayan period started around the same time as the Bronze Age in Britain. In Science, we enjoyed looking at water transportation through plants. 

Coming up next week: 

• The Year 4s will be visiting Murton Park on Monday. Children need to arrive at 8:35am on this day. 

English: Children will be writing, editing and publishing their independent narrative inspired by a Toy Story clip. 

Maths: We will be comparing and and ordering mixed numbers. 

PE Year 3 & 4: 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).  

PSHE Year 3:  To know how to express my appreciation to my friends and family and to know how to  identify and put into practice some of the skills of friendship. 

PSHE Year 4: To know how to tell you about someone I no longer see because they have died. To know we can remember people even if we no longer see them. 

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