3LR

Teacher: Miss Randell

LSA: Ms Bragg

Welcome to our class page for the Autumn term 2024.

We have lots of exciting learning happening in our class over this half term. 

In English we have already visited "the circus" and had a go at lots of different circus skills! We will be reading "Leon and the place between" with a focus on descriptive writing. 

We will also be teaching the skills of skimming and scanning a reading text and begin to look at how to answer retrieval questions (who, where, when to start) as well as 'find and copy words'.

In maths we will be looking at place value and number. We will also be consolidating our 2x table knowledge. Please help your child to learn these at home.

In the afternoon, we will be covering a range of subjects.

In geography we will be mapping our local area and going on a walk around Hamp. We will also be looking at the types of maps and symbols. 

In PSHE we will be thinking about 'me in my world', focusing on the rules of our school, who we are to others and our emotions. 

In science we will look at rocks and then soils. We will think about the permeability and hardness of rocks, erosion and fossils. We will also focus on Mary Anning.

In RE we will look at Christianity and Judaism with the over aching question being 'What is important to me?' We will look at Christian stories and Christian and Jewish festivals. 

In music, children will start to learn how to play the recorder.

We will be looking be at gestural drawing in art using charcoal and PE will be focusing on the skills of hockey and football (weather permitting).

Important information

Homework

Homework will be given out every Friday and be due in on Wednesday. This will be a piece of work in books to consolidate learning from that week. Children will have also have a sheet of spellings to learn which will also include the word of the week and two spellings from the statutory 3 and 4 word list. They will also have  a mixture of multiplication and division questions depending on which times table olympic level they are working on. Please help them to learn practice these daily. Here are some websites that may help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9u3KxGCio8

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

https://ttrockstars.com/ 

There will be a times table test every Thursday and a spellings test every Friday.

PE kits

The children do not need to bring PE kits to school. On Tuesday and Friday the children can come to school in their PE kits with their school jumper over the top. When it is colder, they are welcome to wear their joggers. Please ensure children wear appropriate footwear on these days too. 

Reading books

We use accelerated reader books for our reading. The children will complete a star reader test in school which will give us the children's book band level. Once they have read the book, they complete a comprehension quiz in class on their book. If they score above 80% they can move up to the next level. Children will read in school daily and quiz in school so it is really important their reading books are in everyday.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on Class Dojo.

Many thanks,

Miss Randell