Welcome to Dolphins Class (Year 3 and 4)   

                                

Mrs Townshend teaches in Class 3 with Mrs Ponton (TA) Please do not hesitate to come and see us after school if you have any questions or queries.

Class News

Welcome back! We have a busy term planned and are looking forward to seeing everyone make lots of progress.

Here is the class timetable.As with any primary school day, plans can change and lessons can be extended if necessary.There will be days when we go off timetable completely and times when we have to exchange lessons for assessments. We will aim to stick to the timetable as much as we can so the children have continuity and routine.

 

Week A		8.30-9.00	9.00-9.30	9.30-10.30	11-12	12.45-	1-2	2-2.15	2.15-3.00	3.00-3.15
Monday		Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Whole class reading /phonics	English	English	Spelling pairs	ICT	Golden Mile	RE	Story/pack up
Tuesday		Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Whole class reading /phonics	Maths	Maths	Spelling pairs  Handwriting	Science	Golden Mile	Science	Story/pack up
Wednesday		Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Whole class reading /phonics	PE	Maths	Spelling pairs  Handwriting	English	Golden Mile	French	Story/pack up
Thursday		Word of the day, register   Spelling pairs	Whole class reading /phonics	Maths	English	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Topic	Golden Mile	Music	Story/pack up
Friday		Word of the day, register   Spelling pairs  Times tables testing	Whole class reading /phonics	Maths	English	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Art	Golden Mile	Art	Story/pack up

 

Week B	8.30-9.30	9.00-9.30	9.30-10.30	11-12	12.45-	1-2	2-2.15	2.15-3.00	3.00-3.15
Monday	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Whole class reading /phonics	English	English	Spelling pairs	ICT	Golden Mile	RE	Story/pack up
Tuesday	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Whole class reading /phonics	Maths	Maths	Spelling pairs  Handwriting	Science	Golden Mile	Science	Story/pack up
Wednesday	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Whole class reading /phonics	PE	Maths	Spelling pairs  Handwriting	English	Golden Mile	PHSE	Story/pack up
Thursday	Word of the day, register   Spelling pairs	Whole class reading /phonics	Maths	English	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Topic	Golden Mile	Topic	Story/pack up
Friday	Word of the day, register   Spelling pairs  Times tables testing	Whole class reading /phonics	Maths	English	Doodle spell  TTRS  Quiz	Music	Golden Mile	French	Story/pack up

 

Our topic this term is Rainforests

 

      

 

In English we are reading books based on the rainforest, such as Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker, The Vanishing Rainforest by Richard Platt, The Adventures of Spider (West African Folktales) retold by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. The children will also be watching clips from The Jungle Book to inspire their writing.

 

 

In Science we are studying Plants

  

• Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.  

• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.  

• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.  

• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.  

 

In Maths we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme of work and use Times Tables Rockstars to help with learning times tables. All children are required by the government to know their times tables up to 12x12 before they reach Yr 5. We have a Rainforest display so that the children know which times tables they are learning next, please feel free to ask more about this system. Times tables tests are on Fridays. On completing a times tables test successfully, the children then move onto the next number, but the tests each week also cover numbers previously learnt to constantly consolidate the children’s learning.

Class information 

Trips- We have a trip booked to Colchester Zoo on September where we will have a workshop about the layers of the rainforest and then we will visit all the rainforest creatures who live at the zoo.

There is also a whole school trip to the Panto in December

Spellings

Spellings will be learnt in school and will be tested at the end of each unit. We will be revisiting the words regularly in class in order to embed the spelling rules and patterns.

Reading
Please listen to your child read as often as you can. Just ten minutes every night can really help your child to progress in their reading. (Even fluent readers may need help with difficult words.)

When you have listened to your child, please sign and date the pages read. Reading diaries will be checked weekly by Mrs Ponton and a raffle ticket will be awarded if your child has read five times or more in a week.

Independence
One of the important roles in Class 3 is to develop your child's independence. Being ready for lessons with the appropriate equipment in their own pencil case and having appropriate clothes for the weather that day is all part of this.

PE/ICT timetable

Monday ICT with Mr Barlow

Wednesday PE with Mr Leeks (Kicks and Tricks)

(Swimming in the Summer term)

Please make sure your child has:

1. A book bag/ folder to protect school library books and reading diaries.
2. Sports kit -(Please make sure your child can take their own earrings out)
3. A water bottle                                                                                                                                                              4. Wellies for outdoor activities.

Please make sure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled.