Year 3 & Year 4 (Bamford, Castleton & Edale)
Welcome.
Welcome to Year 3 & Year 4. We have three, parallel mixed age classes: Bamford, Castleton and Edale. Please take a look at the information below to find out what we will be learning about this half term, key days of the week, and do check out our gallery!
Thank you,
Mr Hunter, Miss Cullen, Ms Kappas and Mrs Newman.
Key days each week.
| Bamford | Castleton | Edale | |
Monday | PE (please come in your kit, we go outside for PE where possible so please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions) | PE (please come in your kit, we go outside for PE where possible so please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions) | Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day |
Tuesday | |||
Wednesday | PE (please come in your kit, we go outside for PE where possible so please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions) | ||
Thursday | Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day | Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day | Cornets (please ensure cornets are returned to school every Thursday) |
Friday | Spelling test | Spelling test | Spelling test |
What are we learning this half term?
This half term, our focus is on History/ Geography as we discover the Roman Empire! We will be exploring where the Romans first invaded and where they came from. As well as this, we will be discussing the impact the Romans have had on Britain.
In English, following the Roman theme we are going to use the book ‘Empire's End: A Roman Story’ written by Laila Rasheed as our inspiration. We will be using the exciting adventure to create our own setting description. Following this, we will be writing instructions to create our own Roman boat!
In RE we will be exploring what we can learn from religions in deciding between right and wrong, and in Science we will be looking at biology.
In Maths, Y3 will be continuing with fractions. We will be adding and subtracting fractions, as well as looking at unit and non-unit fractions. Following this, we will be looking at money and time. In Y4, the focus is on decimals, comparing and ordering decimals to the nearest hundredth. Similar to Y3, we will continue onto money and time, solving problems with money and converting analog to digital time.
Knowledge organisers.
What are we reading this half term?
Author of the half term: Vashti Hardy | |
About the author: Vashti Hardy is an award winning writer of children's books spending her time between Lancashire and Sussex. She was a primary school teacher for several years, and has a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing and the use of journals and creating fantasy worlds. She has a first-class honours teaching degree with English specialism and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. After leaving teaching to focus more on her writing, she became a copywriter and digital marketing executive. | |
We are reading: |
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Key days each week.
| Bamford | Castleton | Edale | |
Monday | PE (please come in your kit, we go outside for PE where possible so please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions) | PE (please come in your kit, we go outside for PE where possible so please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions) | Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day |
Tuesday | |||
Wednesday | PE (please come in your kit, we go outside for PE where possible so please come dressed appropriately for the weather conditions) | ||
Thursday | Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day | Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day | Cornets (please ensure cornets are returned to school every Thursday) |
Friday | Spelling test | Spelling test | Spelling test |
What are we learning this half term?
This half term, our focus is on Science as we investigate different types of rocks!
In English, following the Rocks theme we are going to use the book ‘Pebble in my pocket’ written by Meredith Hooper and illustrated by Chris Coady as our inspiration. We will be using the vocabulary to create beautiful poetry. Following this, we will be writing information leaflets!
In RE we will be exploring different religous holidays, and in History/ Geography we will continue to explore how energy has changed over time.
In Maths, Y3 will be looking at length and perimeter. Following this, we will be exploring fractions. In Y4, the focus is on Fractions, comparing and ordering fractions on a number line as well as converting mixed numbers to improper fractions. Similar to Y3, we will also look at length and perimeter.
Knowledge organisers.
What are we reading this half term?
Author of the half term: Zanib Mian | |
About the author: Zanib Mian fell in love with writing at primary school. After studying molecular cell biology at University College London, she taught science in secondary school before deciding to move into children’s publishing. Zanib felt that characters from all minorities were missing from books for young children and launched Sweet Apple Publishers with a clear commitment to publishing inclusive boo | |
We are reading: Planet Omar |