Welcome to Dolphins Class (Year 3 and 4)   

                                

Mrs Townshend and Ms Jary teach in Class 3 with Mrs Ponton and Mr Barlow as class TAs. Please do not hesitate to come and see us after school if you have any questions or queries.

Your child needs their own named plastic water bottle to keep in class, which they can access and top up during the day and a small pencil case which will fit in their tray. They may also wish to bring a healthy snack for morning break which they then eat at the beginning of play time. 

Class News

Our topic this term is Ancient Maya (Chocolate)

 

       

 

In English we are reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in order to inspire the children's writing. We will also be reading 'Chocolate:From Bean to Bar', a non-fiction text, so we can learn the process of how chocolate is made from the cacao pod on the tree to the wrapper bar in the shop.

 

 

In Science we are studying Living Things and Their Habitats. We will learn how to group living things, including vertebrates and invertebrates and create our own classification key based upon the living things we find from pond dipping in the school pond. We will begin to observe the changes to our local habitats throughout the year and consider how changes to a habitat, both locally and in different environments, can affect living things in a positive or negative way. 

In Maths we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme of work and use Times Tables Rockstars to help with learning times tables. All children are required by the government to know their times tables up to 12x12 before they reach Yr 5. We have a Rainforest display so that the children know which times tables they are learning next, please feel free to ask more about this system. Times tables tests are on Fridays. On completing a times tables test successfully, the children then move onto the next number, but the tests each week also cover numbers previously learnt to constantly consolidate the children’s learning.

Class information 

Spellings

Spellings will be learnt in school and will be tested at the end of each unit. We will be revisiting the words regularly in class in order to embed the spelling rules and patterns.

Reading
Please listen to your child read as often as you can. Just ten minutes every night can really help your child to progress in their reading. (Even fluent readers may need help with difficult words.)

When you have listened to your child, please sign and date the pages read. Reading diaries will be checked weekly by Mrs Ponton and a raffle ticket will be awarded if your child has read five times or more in a week.

Independence
One of the important roles in Class 3 is to develop your child's independence. Being ready for lessons with the appropriate equipment in their own pencil case and having appropriate clothes for the weather that day is all part of this.

PE/ICT timetable

Monday ICT with Mr Barlow

Wednesday PE with Mr Leeks (Kicks and Tricks)

(Swimming in the Summer term)

Please make sure your child has:
1. A book bag/ folder to protect school library books and reading diaries.
2. Sports kit -(Please make sure your child can take their own earrings out)
3. A pencil case with a selection of HB pencils for writing and drawing, a few coloured crayons, ruler, rubber, pencil sharpener etc. Please make sure that the pencil case is small enough to fit in your child's drawer in the classroom.
4. Wellies.

Please make sure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled.