Year 3/4 2024 - 2025
Miss Aldis
Mr Owens
Mrs Edwards
Welcome to Year 3/4
We hope you enjoy visiting our Year 3/4 page which shows the exciting learning that happens in our classrooms. Click on the links below and take a look at the photographs to see what we've been up to. Please follow us on Twitter @CanonYearFour for daily updates and reminders.
Our topic this half term is: Rocks, Relics and Rumbles
IIn the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.
Our science topic this half term is: Forces and Magnets
In the Forces and Magnets project, your child will learn what forces are and what they do. They will learn about pushing and pulling forces and sort different actions into pushes and pulls. They will identify and explain contact forces. They will learn about and investigate frictional forces. They will use force meters to measure the forces needed to carry out everyday tasks and record their measurements. They will learn about magnetism (a non-contact force) and explore bar magnets. They will find out about magnetic attraction, repulsion and magnetic fields. They will test the magnetic properties of different objects. They will learn about the magnetism of the Earth and how this enables compasses to work. They will use this knowledge to make compasses. They will learn about the uses of friction and magnetism and carry out research. They will use different methods to investigate the strength of magnets.
Home Learning:
Children in Y3/4 are expected to complete the following learning at home;
* Read/share a book at home four times a week (this includes their school reading book, library book and other books/reading materials from home) and access their My Book Blog.
* Practise spelling the weekly common exception words, words set as a '2do' on Purple Mash or words from the Y3/4 Spelling list (In files to download below)
* Complete any work set on Purple Mash for Maths and English.
* Complete any Cornerstones work set as home learning tasks.
* Practise times tables on TT Rockstars.
Useful Links:
Topmarks - Games and activities 7-11 Years
Oxford Owl - Free Ebook library - select any of the books in the appropriate age category.
BBC Teach - free collection for children to practice their times tables.
Useful Information
Reading Books & Home Learning
Reading books will be changed as needed. Your child will need to return their reading book and their reading record book in order for them to bring home a new book. Reading books should be in school every day so that they are available for your child to read during the school day as well as at home. Prizes will be awarded every half term for frequent reading at home.
Children will be bringing home a book of their choosing for their reading book. Children accessing the RWI programme will be bringing home a book from the colour band they are working on as well as a library book of their choosing.
Spellings will be sent home on a Friday and will then be tested the following Friday. These will be sent out via our electronic system. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings at home.
Children will have a times table test every Friday. We will let you know via our electronic systems which times table we are focussing on each week. Please encourage your child to practise at home as well as accessing their TT Rockstars account regularly. Certificates will be awarded on a Friday for improving scores, fluency and accuracy.
P.E
PE is on a Thursday. Children are able to come to school wearing their PE kit for that day. Please note that our school PE kit consists of royal blue/black shorts, school logo polo shirt or a plain white polo shirt & black trainers/pumps. A warmer PE kit will be needed as it gets colder and we will advise you of this nearer the time.
