Firs Primary School
Year 3/4 Marvellous Maples and Jolly Junipers
Staff
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Marvellous Maples | Jolly Junipers |
| Teacher | Miss Guildford | Miss Wiggins |
| Teaching Assistants |
Mrs Allison Miss Gutsa Miss Daniels (1:1) |
Mrs Page
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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 have Topic boards where we proudly display the children’s work and photographs of their learning.
Marvellous Maples
Jolly Junipers
School Council
Every class has one school councilor that represent their class at school council meetings. They will share ideas their class have, make decisions and action change driven by the children. They will then feedback these improvements to the rest of their class.
School Councillor for Marvellous Maples
Efe
School Councillor for Jolly Junipers
Lola
Dojo Masters
Every class has two Dojo Masters. The Dojo Masters demonstrate our FIRSY values each day and help support their peers to represent these values too. Also, they will greet visitors in school, welcome them into our classrooms and explain what the learning within class.
Dojo Masters – Marvellous Maples
Abdullah
Evelina
Eco Councillor – Marvellous Maples
Ishaanvir
Dojo Master- Jolly Junipers
Gabriela
Lebeau
Eco Councillor – Jolly Junipers
Daniel
Our Curriculum - what will we be learning?
Topic
Autumn 1
Tribal Tales
Throughout this half term, our Year 3/4 pupils will explore a rich and exciting range of learning. In History, children will investigate Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, discovering how early people lived, hunted and built communities. In Science, they will explore Light and Sound, carrying out practical enquiries to understand how we see and hear. Our Art work includes creating expressive cave paintings and sculpting a clay ‘Lion Man’. In Computing, pupils will learn about Data Logging and how technology helps us collect and interpret information. Through RE, they will consider what it means to be a Christian in Britain today. PSHE focuses on building healthy relationships and understanding feelings. In MFL, children will begin discovering new languages, including Latin. For PE, Year 3 children from Marvellous Maples will take part in swimming lessons while Year 4 children from Maples along with all of Junipers will develop skills through net and wall games.
Quality Text
Our quality text this term:
Stig of the Dump- Clive King
Experiences
Our Memorable Experience:
This half-term, we will take part in a Stone Age workshop. This will take place on 20th/ 21st October.
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.
Quality Text
Our quality text this term:
Experiences
Our Memorable Experience:
Spring 1 and 2
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.
Quality Text
Our quality text this term:
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.
Things You Need To Know
Key Dates
INSET DAY- Friday 4th September/ Monday 7th September- No children in school
Back to school- Tuesday 8th September
Meet the Teacher event- Jolly Junipers- Thursday 17th September @ 3.00pm
Meet the Teacher event- Marvellous Maples- Tuesday 22nd September @ 3.00pm
Home Learning
Home learning will help children to practice skills and consolidate knowledge learnt at school. Children will have a Topic Home Learning Grid where they can choose activities to complete throughout the half term. You can share pictures of these on Class Dojo.
For Marvellous Maples and Jolly Junipers, weekly home learning for English and Maths will be given to the children on Friday and must be returned to school by the following Wednesday.
Home learning club is available at lunch time if your child wishes to attend or requires extra support to complete their home learning.
P.E.
Maples PE lesson- Wednesday
Junipers PE lesson- Friday
Please ensure your child comes to school with their PE kit in a bag. Children should have hair tied back if it is long enough. To keep children safe, make sure your child is not wearing any jewellery on PE days.
For swimming lessons, children need to have a towel, girls need to have a one-piece swimming costume and boys need to wear shorts or swimming trunks.
