Dragonflies
Year 3
Staff
Miss H Hopkin - Teacher
Mrs J Knight/ Ms V Lakin - Teaching Assistant
Mr I Richardson - HLTA - Computing/ MFL
Miss L Welch - PE
Learning
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Journey down The River Nile
In English, we will be focusing on the mesmerising story of ‘The Egyptian Cinderella’ with the overall aim to write our own version. Our class novel will be the hilarious ‘There’s a Pharaoh in my Bathtub’.
In maths, we will continue to focus on the most efficient methods of our 4 operations and those all-important times tables, along with developing our skills with fractions and decimals. We will continue to progress in our knowledge of geometry, statistics and measurement.
As geographers, we will study the River Nile. We will begin to understand how the physical features of the river stage throughout its course and how humans use the river today.
As Historians, we will explore how the Ancient Egyptians used the Nile and we will compare it with how the Nile is used today.
As scientists, we will investigate forces and then explain how the Ancient Egyptians used them and overcame them when they build the Ancient Pyramids.
As musicians, we will be exploring different genres of music and music from different cultures, including R&B. We will begin to create and write our own music, using a range of different instruments within the genres we have been exploring.
As artists and students of design and technology, we will work with textiles to create an Egyptian themed hanging wall art. We will incorporate sewing, the dying of material and weaving into our designs.
In P.E, we will be working on our ball skills – throwing, catching, striking, controlling, maintaining possession and passing.
In PSHE, we will be learning about healthy relationships, danger and risk and body space.
In ICT, we will be able to write programs that achieve specific goals and use sequence, as well as work with various types of input and output. We will also learn about safety when using technology and keeping personal information protected.
P.E.
Dragonfly PE Days are Thursday and Friday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit on each of these days.
Homework
Reading
Reading homework is ongoing on a daily basis. The homework tasks are taken home in the children's reading record and are to be completed in there. Dojos are awarded for the completion of homework.
Spellings
Spelling words are sent home on a Friday and these words are tested the following Friday. The emphasis will be foremost on the spelling rule rather than the word itself so please do not worry if you believe a particular word to be too easy for your child. If your child masters the spelling rule, this helps immensely with reading.
Times tables
Your child will bring home a times table sheet (every Friday). The children will be tested on these the following Friday and once they achieve 50 correct answers, they will then progress on to the next sheet (getting progressively more tricky!). This is a timed challenge - 3 minutes and for many it will take time to be able to master this. We urge you to practice with your child at home so that they can make progress. The children also have a Times Table Rock stars account to use daily at home for practice.
Class essentials
I do encourage all the children to bring in a bottle of water for drinking during lessons. They can fill this in the classroom and they are stored next to our sink.
Please ensure that your children have separate indoor and outdoor shoes.
I urge for all items of clothing to be labelled including PE kits.
Important Dates
Click here to view the Class 4 Calendar
or
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Click here to find the most recent School Newsletter
Getting in touch
If you need to speak to us at any point, please ring the office or contact Miss Hopkin directly.
Please visit the Contact Us page for the school's contact information.
Class web links
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We use a reward system in school called Class Dojo these are online creatures that your child can personalize, and if your child follows school rules and routines and strives to do their best, they will receive Dojos through the week. Again you will receive an invite and you can log on to ‘Class Dojo’, where you can see one of the ways we give positive feedback.
We are also on Twitter, so watch out for our tweets! You can find us at @mps_dragonfly We use twitter and the school website if we need to remind you of events such as home clothes days or if it is bad weather and the school has to shut. It’s worth logging on
Learning resources
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