Year 3 & Year 4 (Bamford, Castleton & Eyam)

Welcome.

Welcome to Year 3 & Year 4.

We have three classes: Bamford Y3, Castleton Y3 & Y4 and Eyam Y4.

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 Wood, Miss Lack, Ms Kappes and Mrs Newman.

Key days each week.

	Bamford	Castleton	Eyam
Monday	PE (please bring your PE kit in a bag to school) Please bring your reading books (Library trolley and Book Band Book) into school every day	PE (please bring your PE kit in a bag to school) 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
Tuesday	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day
Wednesday	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day
Thursday	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day
Friday	Please bring your reading books into school every day	Please bring your reading books into school every day	PE (please bring your PE kit in a bag to school) Please bring your reading books into school every day

What are we learning this term?

Our enquiry question for the Spring Term 2025 is What power does water hold?

This term, our driver is Geography.

By the end of the Spring Term 2025, we will learn the value and importance of a natural resource.

We will gain wisdom about rivers, their purpose and a rich vocabulary on the subject.

We will gain further knowledge in PSHE about how to be safe around water.

https://www.britannica.com/science/list-of-rivers-2020029

In English, to support our learning in Geography, we will be looking at the text ‘Rhythm of the Rain’ by Grahame Baker-Smith.

We will be following the water's journey by writing a diary entry from the jar of water's perspective!

Following this, we will be reading ‘The Big Book of Blooms’ by Yuval Zommer.

Using this as a stimulus, we will be creating a fact file all about plants to support our Science work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-k6tq9w2Ls

In Science, to help us answer the enquiry question 'what power does water hold?' , we will be investigating what plants need, their properties, the importance of water for plant growth as well as pollination and seed dispersal.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhwnk7

In Computing, we will be exploring desktop publishing and photo editing.

In RE, we will know why festivals are important to religious communities and how these deepen their faith.

In Maths, In Y3 and Y4, the focus is on multiplication and division in Spring 1, moving on to length and perimeter in Spring 2. We will be using our knowledge of multiplication and division facts up to the 12 times tables, particularly in Year 4.

What are we reading this half term?

Author of the half term: Vashti Hardy

About the author:

Vashti lives near Brighton with her husband and three teens. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. After leaving teaching to focus on her writing, she became a copywriter and digital marketing executive. Vashti has always had a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing and the use of journals in creating fantasy worlds.