Green 2023 - 2024

Welcome to Green Class

We are a Year 3/4 class taught by Mr Robinson, supported by Mr Richards.

This is what we will be learning in the Autumn term:

Maths:

Y3:

Place Value: Numbers up to 1,000; Partitioning numbers; Number lines; Comparing and Ordering Integers; Counting in 50s

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division: Applying number bonds to 10; Adding and Subtracting 1s, 10s and 100s using exchanging; Estimation; Complements to 100; Inverse operation; Problem solving and reasoning.

Multiplication and Division:

Equal groups; Using arrays; Multiplying and Dividing 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10. We will be practising Times Table Rockstars four times a week.

Y4:

Place Value: Numbers up to 10,000; Partitioning numbers including flexible partitioning; Multiples of a 1000, Number lines; 1, 10, 100, 1000 more or less and Rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.  

Addition, Subtraction:  Add and subtract 1s,10s, 100s, 1000s using exchange; Adding and Subtracting 1s, 10s and 100s using exchanging; Estimation and Problem solving and reasoning.

Area: Measure area using squares and Compare area.

Multiplication and Division: Multiplying and dividing 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 and Multiplying three numbers.

English:

We will develop our reading and writing skills across a range of genres and text types using high quality texts.

The children in year 3 and 4 will write a narrative of an approaching threat and an explanation on how to capture the Iron Man inspired by book, The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.

Then we will be creating a narrative of a fable and creating a persuasion text. These will be inspired by the book Fox by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks.

We will be focusing on prepositions, subordinate clauses, direct speech and the use of inverted commas.

Science:

Humans Including Animals

The children will be learning about how animals survive and stay healthy. They learn about the nutrients that different foods provide and how these nutrients help our bodies. The children will also explore how different animals eat different types of foods and need different proportions of nutrients. We will learn about food labels on food packaging show and gather information from food labels to help them consider balanced diets. We will explore the different types of skeletons that animals have and compare these. The children will learn some names of bones in the human body and carry out an investigation and plan a fair test and measure and record accurately.

Light

The children will learn sbout light, reflections and shadows, about different sources of light, and that we need light to see. The children will investigate reflective materials, in the context of designing a new book bag. Additionally, the children will learn that the sun’s light can be dangerous, and will create an advert for a pair of sunglasses or a sun hat that they have designed. The children will find out how shadows change when the distance between the object and light source changes. 

History:

Vikings and Anglo Saxons

The children will about the raids and invasions by Vikings in Anglo-Saxon Britain, who the Vikings were as well as when and where they raided and settled. They will learn about significant events from the period and order these chronologically on a timeline. The children will find out about the Anglo-Saxon kings who ruled during the 'Viking Age' and examine their influence and significance in British history. In addition to this, they will learn about the Anglo-Saxon justice system, explore everyday Viking life, houses, clothes and food they ate.

Geography:

Extreme Earth

The children will about the destructive powers of nature, from volcanoes and earthquakes to tsunamis and tornadoes. They will learn about how and why these natural phenomena occur, and the ways in which they affect people and the environment.

Computing:

Drawing and Desktop Publishing

The children will be developing graphic and presentation skills by introducing drawing as opposed to painting. We will look at understanding layouts, draw, order, group and manipulate objects to make a picture.

Presentation Skills

The children will develop their use of presentation software, learning slide transitions, animating objects and creating hyperlinks. They will learn how to add pictures and videos clips.

Art:

European Art

The children will learn about broken buildings, paint on ceilings, and create shape houses. They will also have the opportunity to explore works by European artists Anselm Kiefer, Michelangelo, Salvador Dali, Rembrandt, Le Corbusier and Coco Chanel.

Design and Technology:

Mechanical Posters

The children will develop their understanding of mechanical systems. They will follow instructions on how to make different types of lever and linkage mechanisms before developing

their own ideas, making a prototype, and then creating their own ‘Lever and Linkage Poster’.

Religious Education:

Sikhism

We will be learning about the Amrit Ceremony and answering the question, does joining the Khalsa make a person a better Sikh?

Christianity

The children will be learning about incarnation and whether Christmas has lost it’s true meaning.

Music:

Poetry, Environment and Sounds

We develop performance and rhythm of poems. We will look at composition using the seasons as a stimulus, then moving on to how sounds are produced and classified.

Physical Education:

Indoor P.E. days are on Monday and outdoor P.E. is on a Wednesday.

OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities) and Gymnastics

The children will learn a range of fundamental skills needed for outdoor adventurous activities, including teamwork, problem-solving, communication and orienteering.

For gymnastics the class will learn how to perform a variety of floor and vault movements while developing their understanding of the necessary flexibility, strength and control needed to perform the movements successfully.

On these days, the children will need to come to school dressed in their P.E. uniform: navy shorts and light blue t-shirt; navy tracksuit and light blue t-shirt. No logos or football kits. Trainers should be plain black or plain white. All long hair should be tied back and earrings should be removed.

M.F.L. - French:

Family and Friends

The children will learn how to identify and introduce family and pets and spell their names. They will also learn the names for places in their own home.

P.S.H.E.:

TEAM

The children will identify the impact their actions have on the team they are working in. They will learn about successful teamwork skills, being considerate of others in the team and how to positively resolve any conflicts that occur.

Money Matters

The children will be encouraged to think about where money comes from and how it can be used. We will discuss how we spend money, why people might need to borrow money and

the consequences of this.

Homework:

Maths: Maths homework will be set via Class DoJo on a Friday to be completed by the following Wednesday. It is so important to practise Times Tables Rockstars as this will really help your child with later Maths’ topics of Fractions, Perimeter, Money and Time. Our aim is to improve instant recall of key multiplication and related division facts.

English: English homework will be set via Class Dojo on a Wednesday to be completed by the following Wednesday. We ask that the children also engage frequently with Spelling Shed to practise their spellings.

Reading: At Weston, we encourage children to develop a lifelong love for reading. We ask for children to read regularly at home to adults and to themselves. Reading is fundamental to the wider academic and personal development of children and the need for children to read widely from a broad and challenging range of texts is even more crucial this term, due to the protracted absence from school. Children will be provided with quality texts appropriate for their age and ability. Furthermore, Bug Club will regularly be updated with ebooks and accompanying comprehension tasks to help extend learning and reading skills further.