St. Patrick's

Welcome to Year 3/4's Class Page!

Class Teacher: Miss Morley

SEN Support: Miss Washington

PPA Teacher: Mrs Batters

We are working hard to become a paperless school so please check regularly for updates.

Useful information:

• Homework will be added to Purple Mash to be completed as and when. This will be based on the children's most recent learning. 5 dojos will be awarded for each piece of homework completed.

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stjosephshd5#/ 

• Weekly spellings are provided on Spelling Shed each Friday, applied in written tasks during the week and tested on the following Friday.

https://play.edshed.com/en-gb

• P.E. kits need to be in school at all times to provide the correct uniform for P.E./Sport Coaches/Extra Curricular Activities as P.E. days can change at short notice.
• Collins Ebooks are provided for each child and are accessible through the following link using your child's personal login details: 

https://ops.collinsopenpage.com/sso/login?service=https%3A//ebooks.collinsopenpage.com/wr/index.html&eulogin=true

Please listen to your child read regularly and sign their reading diaries. Evidence suggests that reading for pleasure leads to increased attainment (Clark and DeZoya 2011).

• In June, all children in year 4 have to complete the Multiplication Timetables Check (MTC). To support your child with this please ensure they log on TT Rockstars at home and complete the Soundcheck activity regularly. 

  https://ttrockstars.com/

Curriculum (Spring 2)

English

This half term, our class text is The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.

In reading we are developing the full range of comprehension skills, ensuring we are using evidence from the text to answer questions effectively, learning to skim and scan to find evidence within the text quickly.

Maths

This half term we are continuing our work on length and perimeter. We then move on to calculating fractions and decimals and then mass and capacity.

Science

This term we are studying rocks. We will be comparing different types of rocks based on their appearance and their physical properties. We will look at the process of fossilisation and the formation of soil.

Geography

We are learning about landscapes. We will look at how landforms can change through physical processes and develop awareness of how humans impact landform change through pollution.

R.E

This half term we are focusing on Jesus the Saviour, using the bible to explore how Jesus is both God and human and finding biblical evidence for this. We will also consider the importance of Lent before exploring the Easter story, making links to the New Covenant and how the Resurrection of Jesus is important to our lives today.

PSHCE

We are thinking about ways to keep ourselves healthy, both in mind and body and why this is important to help us develop and be happy

P.E

This half term we have a sports coach in on Tuesdays for team games and in our other PE lesson we will be focusing on invasion games for the year 3s and swimming for the year 4s.

Art

We will be looking at sculpture and 3D: Abstract shape and space.

Computing

This half term we will be looking at data and information.

Spanish

We will be looking at different types of foods. We will be able to request a quantity, preference and describe the items.

Music

This half term we will have a musician coming into school from Kirklees Musica.

Previous Learning

We had a great morning in Design Technology learning how to program wearable technology. We problem solved how to program and control a product. We used MakeCode to make our Micro:bit light up and sent different codes to the light sensor.