Firs Primary School
Year 3/4 Excellent Elms and Aspiring Acers
Staff
Aspiring Acers
Teacher: Mrs Twist
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Raghu
Excellent Elms
Teacher: Miss Delaney
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Zareba
Classrooms
Our classrooms are well organised to promote the children’s independence and to ensure the best from all of our children. Both classrooms have working walls for English and Maths to aid the children with their work. We also celebrate children’s fantastic work by displaying it around our classrooms.
Aspiring Acers
Excellent Elms
School Council and Eco Council
Every class has at one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
We also have an eco council with a representative from each class. These children meet to discuss ideas about how to make our school more environmentally friendly and sustainable.
Excellent Elms’ School Councillor
Samuel
Excellent Elms Eco Councillor
Iyanu
Dojo Masters
Every class has at least 2 Dojo masters. They are role models of excellent behaviour, always showing the FIRSY values of Fascinated, Independent, Respectful, Sociable and You can do it!
Aspiring Acers’ Dojo Masters:
Georgie and JJ
Excellent Elms’ Dojo Masters:
Evelyn and Tami
Our Curriculum
Click on the tabs below to find out more information about each topic. Throughout the year we will also add pictures of memorable experiences and hooks!
Topic
Autumn 1
Tribal Tales
In this topic, for History we will be learning all about the Stone age and how people lived back then. We will also be exploring this in our Art lessons, where we will learn how people in the Stone age made art! We will also be exploring light and sound in our Science unit this half term.
In our MFL lessons, we will be learning Latin as well as discussing how people learn new languages.
Our Maths lessons in Year 3 and 4 this half term will focus on Place Value and Addition and Subtraction. We will also be regularly practising times tables.
Autumn 2
I am Warrior
In this topic, for History we will be learning all about the Romans and how people lived back then. We will also be exploring this in our Art lessons, where we will learn how to do Roman drawings. In Design and Technology we will be learning to cook focaccia. In PE we will be starting our Dance unit in year 4 and continue swimming in year 3.
In our Maths lessons, Year 3 will be focusing on Addition and Subtraction and Multiplication and Division. Year 4 will be focusing on Area and Multiplication and Division. We will continue to practise our timestables daily
Spring
Urban Pioneers
In this topic, we will be discussing transport in Geography. This will also be a part of our Sustainability unit. We will be learning all about Architects in Art, linking with our local history unit, drawing lots of local buildings. In Science we will be learning all about plants.
In Maths, Year 3 will be completing multiplication and division, length and perimeter, fractions and mass and capacity.
In Year 4 pupils will be looking at multiplication and division, fractions, length and perimeter and decimals.
Summer 1
Predator
Our Science unit this half term is living things and their habitats. This also thinks to our Sustainability unit of living on land and living in the wild. We will be continuing our languages topic of Latin.
Summer 2
Gods and Mortals
In this topic, for History we will be learning all about the Ancient Greeks and how they lived. This will link with our Art topic of clay and drawing in 3D. We will be learning Latin alongside celebrating GRT history month.
English
Reading
Mrs Twist and Miss Delaney will be reading to us everyday. Our books for this term are:
Stig of the dump - Clive King
The Boy with the Bronze Axe - Kathleen Fidler
We will also be looking at some books based on the Stone age as a part of our History topic.
English
For English this term we will be learning all about different word types such as, nouns, verbs and adjectives and learning how to use these correctly. We will also be writing a portal story.
Our Experiences and Opportunities
We do lots of exciting things throughout the year, this may be part of our topic or additional experiences.
Memorable Experience
October 20th/21st - Enrichment through Archeology - https://www.enrichmentthrougharchaeology.com/stone-age-workshops
Music
We are really lucky to have specialist music teachers who will be teaching violin to all Year 4 children every Monday for the whole year.
Year 3s will be learning to play the glockenspiel.
Things you need to know
Year 3 will be swimming every Wednesday until February half-term in Elms. Please ensure your child brings a swimming costume and towel.
PE for Year 4 is on Wednesday.
The children will change for PE in school, so please ensure they have their kit ready. They can leave this in school if you like.
Home learning will be sent out every Friday and will need to be returned by Thursday the following week. Your child is able to complete it at lunchtimes in school. If that is needed, just speak to their class teacher.