Year 3/4 Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Calvert's class

Welcome to the Year 3/4 class page!

Here you will find links to our class newsletters, homework and information about learning in Year 3/4. Please look at the latest newsletter, knowledge organisers and photos to see details about things that are taking place this term. 

P.E.

P.E. is each Wednesday and Thursday. Please can all students come to school in their school uniform P.E. kits on those days. Y3/4 have swimming lessons on Monday mornings, so please don't forget your kits. 

Equipment

In school each day, your child will need a water bottle and their reading books. Your child may bring a healthy snack (not crisps or chocolate please) for playtime if you wish. They do not need a pencil case as we provide all the materials they need in class. Please provide your child with a shower-proof jacket so that we can play outside on drizzly days. 

Wellbeing

During mental health awareness day we had a fabulous discussion about what helps us to feel calm and confident in school. As a result of feedback from the students we now have relaxing check-in areas of the classroom and resources to help develop emotional literacy in order to build confidence in talking about feelings. 

Homework

Spelling homework comes home each Friday and is due back in school before the following Friday. Reading is an ongoing homework. Please aim to read with your child at least 3 times each week for roughly 20 minutes. Times tables homework will be sent to follow-up class learning, as will handwriting practice. Please see the links on this page for times tables games. 

Communication

Please do not hesitate in coming to talk about your child with us in school. Children flourish when communication is strong and you are always welcome.

Our work email addresses are:

fionah17@st-georgescofe.derbyshire.sch.uk

vickyc123@st-georgescofe.derbyshire.sch.uk

School phone: 01663 743222

Reading

In Year 3/4 we read every day individually and as a class. This half-term we are reading Matilda by Roald Dahl in our reading lessons. At the end of each day we relax and enjoy story time before we go home. At story time we are listening to The Day The Screens Went Blank by Danny Wallace. During this time we are also share poetry and non-fiction books about Rivers and Mountains.

We also have a weekly session in our wonderful school library where we choose books to read for pleasure. Your child will regularly read individually with an adult also. Please help them to remember to bring their book to school each day and sign their diary when they have read at home. 

We celebrate the books we are reading by discussing them in Book Wars and the children are really enjoying writing book reviews to share. Sometimes your child will come home with the class book review book. Please help them create a book review about one of their favourite reads, from home or school, and they can share it with the class.

Vocabulary

Each week we are learning 3 new words from our English work. These are displayed on our wall and we learn actions for them and play around with them in new sentences and word games. They are our 'Wonderful Words of the Week'.

Check-in Time

Our classroom routine is supported by our emotions chart on which the children share and show their emotions. All emotions are valid and natural and we discuss how to manage our feelings and regulate them if necessary. We have been discussing our emotions and what to do if we need help with them. This helps all the pupils to feel supported and ready to learn in class. We have a 'message monster' in which the students can write and share important feelings.

Homework

The children have a login for Spelling Shed. Here they can challenge themselves and practice their weekly spelling homework task. 

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