Year 3/4 Meteorite Class
Welcome to Meteorite Class!
Meet the team:
Mrs K Gittins (Class Teacher)
Mrs Rowlands (Teaching Assistant)
Here you will find our newsletters, photos and any important information about our class. Please pop back here to see what we have been doing during the term and to find out what is coming up.
Important Class Information
PE Days: Mondays and Wednesdays. Children need to come to school wearing their PE kit.
Reading Books: reading books will be changed on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Lunchtimes: Children will be eating lunch in their houses (Apollo, Endeavour, Galileo and Phoenix), and houses will be rotated regularly. This provides children with the opportunity to mix with other year groups and to make new friends. Feedback from the children to date has been very positive.
Homework: A homework grid for the term is attached at the bottom. Homework is due in the week commencing 23rd October. Children can pick their four favourite pieces to complete, and we look forward to sharing them in class.
Key Dates
Friday 29th September: Inset day (school closed)
Monday 2nd October: Parent open morning- 9:00am-10:20am
Wednesday & Thursday 18th & 19th October : flu vaccinations
Curriculum
This term, our topic will be Geography and Science based but will also include Art, RE, Computing and PSHCE. Our theme 'Bountiful Biomes' looks at biomes across the world and investigates the different climates, vegetation belts and wildlife as well as the impact on pollution. In science we will be understanding the life cycle of plants and how they have adapted to different biomes. The children will be learning how to stay safe during PSHCE will encourage children to discuss and learn ways to stay safe. In art, children will use their observational skills for drawing and look at how they can make improvements to their drawings. In RE, we will learn about rules in religion, including the Ten Commandments and the Five Pillars of Islam and how these are relevant today.
English
In English, we will be starting off with a summer recap and some one off writes to understand the childrens' capabilities. We will also be recapping some of their previous years skills to embed them before moving onto new skills. Our main focus this term will be writing a non-chronological report.
Maths
We will be learning about place value, number and rounding. We will also have a strong focus on times tables during each lesson throughout the day.
We are looking forward to the exciting learning that will take place!
Reading: Please continue to listen to your child read daily, even for 10 minutes, and complete the reading task in the reading journal. Books should be changed regularly.
Maths Passport: Regular practise of Maths Passport targets helps pupils to retain knowledge and helps them to utilise these facts in other mathematical learning.
Times Tables: It is important all pupils are learning the times tables up to the 12 times table and know these by the end of year 4.
Useful websites for times table practise:
Thank you for your continued support. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.