Class Three – Years 3 & 4

Class 3 Curriculum 24-25 April 25

Class 3 Newsletter Summer

Class Timetable Summer 25

Presentation Expectations January 2025

This is Class 3 where our Year 3 and 4 pupils are taught by Ms Chapman and are supported by Mrs Mason,

Curriculum Overview:

Maths: We start the term by continuing our decimals and fraction topics. We will then move onto learning about money, converting between pounds and pence, finding change and solving problems involving money. We will also learn about time; it would be helpful to ask your child the time using analogue clocks, and finally, we will finish the year looking at shape, statistics, position and directions.

English: In the summer term we will be looking at the book Pebble in my pocket by Meredith Hooper and Chris Coady and Escape from Pompeii by Christine Balit. The children will look at the features of newspaper reports and produce their own example. We will then move on to using the books A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson Michael R and Martin Luther King Little People, Big Dreams By Isabel Sanchez Vegara.

Science: This term we will be learning all about Materials, Rocks and States of Matter. We will group materials by properties, and learn how fossils and soils are made. This will include our exciting trip to White Scar Cave. When learning about solids, liquids and gases, we will learn about the changes in materials when heated or cooled, and learn about the water cycle.

Topic: The children will continue with geography for the first part of the summer term learning all about mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Following this we will focus on local history learning about Sizergh Castle, this will include a visit to the castle.

SCARF: SCARF stands for the values we uphold in school - Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship. In explicit teaching sessions we will cover topics under the themes of ‘growing and changing’ and ‘keeping myself safe’.

PE:  Dodgeball, orienteering, net and wall games and athletics will be our focus this term. This will include developing sport specific skills such as catching, dodging and one-handed throw and beginning to learn and apply simple tactics and also different throws and how to strike a ball with a racket. Athletics activities will include throwing, jumping and running techniques as well as designing and organising our own athletic events.

Computing: We will be learning all about programming using Scratch. The children really enjoy using this program and can also use this at home.

RE: Our Christian Value for this term is compassion. Our RE topics will be How did/does Jesus change lives? looking at the lives of the disciples and modern-day Christians. We will also look at Are all churches the same? and different sections of the Cristian faith along with other religions. Our visit to the synagogue will be very beneficial in this unit.

D&T: Our topics for this term are designing and developing a program, using a Micro:bit electronic charm to use in low-light conditions. After half term we will work on constructing a castle Learn about the key features of a castle, before designing and making a recycled-material castle. This links perfectly with our visit to Sizergh Castle.

Art: Art will focus on two topics this term: drawing looking at the work of John Ruskin and painting portraits with Julien Opie’s work providing inspiration!

French: We will develop our knowledge of French transport and shopping this term including pricing and conversational terms.