Year 3 & 4 - Redwood, Beech & Maple

Year 3 & 4 – Redwood, Beech & Maple

Welcome to Year 3 and 4!

We are excited to embark on this learning journey with you and your children through year 3 and 4. Our classrooms thrive on open and honest communication, and we encourage you to reach out with any questions or concerns. This page is your go-to resources for staying informed and engaged throughout the school year. Here, you’ll find everything from learning focuses for each term and class timetables to homework information, termly newsletters, and other important updates. We look forward to a successful year of learning and growing together!

Meet the Team

Maple Class: Miss Tozer (Class Teacher), Mrs Eastwood and Mrs Connett (Morning Support)

Redwood Class: Mr Leek and Mrs Shopland (Class Teachers), Mrs Beswick (1:1 support)

Beech Class: Mr Hill (Class Teacher) Mrs Coldwell, Mrs Van de Velde and Mrs Warren (Morning Support)

PPA cover teacher for Maple and Redwood is Mrs Coldwell and Mrs Van de Velde for Beech.

Year 3 and 4 teachers are available to talk to about any issue or concern that you may have throughout the year.

If you wish to contact us via email please use:

Miss Tozer (Maple) maple@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

Mr Hill (Beech) beech@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

Mr Leek/ Mrs Shopland (Redwood) redwood@stnicholaschantryschool.org.uk

The School Day/ Class Timetables

The school day starts at 8.40am so please ensure that your children arrive to school by then and use the fire door into Redwood Class (Redwood/Maple) or the small hall (Beech) to enter the school building. As your child arrives on school site they will be greeted by a member of the year 3 and 4 team.

The school day ends at 3:15pm. Redwood and Maple Class will be collected outside of the fire door entrance to Redwood Class. Beech Class will be collected via the New Hall via fire exit opposite the gazebo.

Please give us 24 hours notice if your child will be collected by someone who doesn’t normally collect them.

Maple Term 1 Timetable

Redwood Term 1 Timetable

Beech Term 1 Timetable

Term 1 Learning Overview

Year 3/4 Term 1 Learning

Term 1 Learning Support

Geography

Science

Design and Technology

Home Learning

Reading

We are incredibly passionate about creating a love of reading within your children. Listening to your child read regularly at home is vitally important in helping them to practice and master their ability to read fluently. We ask that all our families listen to their child read 3 times a week as a minimum. If they have three signatures they will receive a raffle ticket which will go towards the book raffle during sharing assembly– a chance for your child to win a year group recommended read!

If your child finishes reading their book during the week, please encourage them to reread it. Re-reading books improves children’s fluency and understanding of the text that they have read. You can also check your child’s understanding by asking them questions. Reading Questions to ask your child at home

CGP Mathematics, Reading and SPaG Work booklets

The children will be asked to complete two pieces of work from their CGP work booklets. These will be checked at school each Thursday and returned to your child to take back home on Friday. Page numbers and activities in these booklets can be found in the fron cover of their SPaG booklets or below.

Term 1 Year 3 and Year 4 Homework pages

Times Table Rockstars

We have a subscription to Times Table Rockstars which is a vital tool to help your child learn their Times Table facts. Each child in Year 3 and 4 is given a login, at the start of the year. Here is a link that takes you to the TTRS website. https://ttrockstars.com/. Each child is expected to play 10 sessions of ‘Garage’ per week. We have class competitions up and running too!

Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have misplaced the log in details.

PE

Children have two PE lessons a week. These lessons give them the opportunity to develop a range of skills across the year. All lessons will in some way help children to develop their gross motor skills. The development of these skills enables children to improve their balance and coordination and use their larger muscles.

Year 3/4 P.E days are Mondays and Wednesdays.

Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school each week, every day.

Handwriting

Good handwriting is critical to children’s writing progress so alongside the learning children take part they will also practice letter formation in short handwriting sessions. Understanding Letters and Sounds have produced a guide to the way in which letters should be formed and this includes a patter to help children remember how to correctly form each letter.