1. Welcome to
Owls’ class

2. Our Year 3/4 team this year is:
Mr Brain
Mrs Manning
Miss Preece
Mr Murnane - PE
Mrs Orr-Ewing – Music

3. VISION FOR THE YEAR To try our personal best every day!
For everyone to:
Become more effective and resilient learners
Be independent
Be responsible and reliable
Be adaptable and able to use their own initiative
Achieve their best
Enjoy their learning – be happy and enthusiastic
To try our personal best every day!

4. HOW DO WE LEARN IN YEAR 3/4? Listening attentively
Sharing our ideas with others
Taking part in group work and carrying out different roles
Working independently
Reading and research
Recording evidence
Setting and achieving personal targets
Incorporating different learning styles

5. SUPER LEARNERS
Whole school focus to help develop a positive attitude to learning
(resilience, perseverance and confidence)
Current positive thinking in Year 3/4:
This is my best work
Mistakes help me to learn and improve

6. Science topics we will cover:
Forces
Light
Earth and Space
Animals and Humans
Sound
Scientific investigation
(Child led)
We run a three year rolling programme to ensure that all topics within the curriculum are covered by all children by the time they reach year 6.

7. History topics we will cover:
Ancient Greece
History of Space Travel
The Mayan civilisation
We run a three year rolling programme to ensure that all topics within the curriculum are covered by all children by the time they reach year 6.

8. Geography topics we will cover:
EU country – Spain
Axminster
Tribal South America
We run a three year rolling programme to ensure that all topics within the curriculum are covered by all children by the time they reach year 6.

9. ICT
Programming through scratch
MS Office including Excel, Publisher and Power Point.
Internet safety
Researching and accessing online learning environments, games and apps.

10. ART / D & T
Greek designs, theatre masks , sandals and pots.
Lowry - Urban Landscapes
Rocket making and water propulsion (and maybe co2 via backing soda)
South American Art and designs

11. French
Greek designs, theatre masks , sandals and pots.
Lowry - Urban Landscapes
Rocket making and water propulsion (and maybe co2 via backing soda)
South American Art and designs

12. Teaching
Children work in mixed ability groups and may choose to work alone or with support.
Children may be put into groups to focus, extend or differentiate learning to their needs or the needs of the curriculum.
Work is differentiated to the needs of the children and depending on their year group. Children have the opportunity to extend their learning through different challenges.
Topics are repeated throughout the year to deepen understanding and develop confidence and independence.

13. Rewards and Sanctions Behaviour Policy
Children will receive stars for hard work and good behaviour based around our class and school charters and for making good choices.
Children will lose ‘golden time’ for making the wrong choice but will be given verbal warnings to correct their behaviour and make good choices before losing any time.
Beyond classroom sanctions for bad choices, the school has a ‘red box’ to record more challenging behaviour and parents will be informed at every step of this process with letters home.

14. HOMEWORK:
Will be given out on a Friday, to be returned by Thursday the following week.
Will live in homework books that we will stick in regularly.
Will be based on the learning that has taken place throughout the week.
May involve research / finding out facts / making an item for a lesson (eg a periscope!).
Please encourage your children to be creative with their homework make videos, build things, paint anything that engages them with their learning.
Individual tables targets are also given weekly.
Reading minimum 20 minutes a night please. Read with your child even if they are confident and test their understanding.
Homework / classwork – every piece of work should be their very best.

15. ANYTHING ELSE?..