Larch Class - Year 3 & Year 4 2025 - 2026

The adults in our class

Miss Costelloe - Class teacher

Mrs Berry - Teaching assistant (AM)

Miss Hewitt - Teaching assistant (PM)

What are we learning in Summer 1?.

Pathways

In our Writing sessions this half term, we will be looking at Journey by Aaron Becker. It is a wordless book about a girl who goes on a magnificent journey. As we explore the story and go on the journey with the girl, the children will be continuing to develop their writing using a range of sentence structures and descriptive vocabulary. 

In our reading lessons, we will be reading Fantasticaly Great Women Who Saved The Planet by Kate Pankhurst. As the children read the book, they will answer a range of comprehension based questions to develop both their fluency and understanding.

Maths

We will be continue through the Oak National Academy scheme of work, focusing our term on multiplication and division. The children will be taught a range of methods and they will use a range of techniques to support and scaffold their understanding. Throughout our problem solving lessons, the children will be given ample opportunity to solve a range of problems using their learned methods. 

In addition to this, we will be practising our multiplications regularly, in preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication Assessments, as well as supporting the children's understanding with further fluency sessions, to help develop their maths mastery.

Science

During Summer 1, the children will be learning about plants. They will learn about what plants need to grow and survive. They will also be able to label the parts of a plant and the functions of each part. When working scientifically, children will be able to ask relevant questions, make predictions and record their findings using results tables.

Physical Education (PE)

In Summer 2, the children have PE on Tuesday and Thursdays. On Tuesdays, the children will either be doing their swimming lessons or doing football. On Thursdays, the children will be doing tag rugby.

Children are to come to school in their PE kits (white t-shirt and black joggers/shorts) on these days, as in accordance to the School Uniform Policy.

Religous Education (RE)

Our RE lessons this term will be about Sikhism. The children will be discussing Sikhism and its principles. They will be learning about how Sikhs express 
their beliefs and values, the 5 Ks, equality and the Gurdwara.

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Home Reading

Our school aim is to complete at least 5 reading at home sessions each week. We will be monitoring reading at home closely by checking Boom Reader (replacing reading diaries) each day and changing children’s books once a week, if required. We encourage children to develop their own sense of 'reading for pleasure' and would love to see the texts that children are also reading at home.

Online Learning Resources

Our children have access to a range of online resources to aid their learning, including TT Rockstars, Spelling Shed and Century, and have been given their login details.  All children should be familiar with how to use these.

Sacred Story

Each day, we take time to share a story read aloud in class — a moment we call Sacred Story. This is a cherished part of our day, when we pause, listen, and lose ourselves in the magic of a great book together. Hearing stories read aloud is not only a joyful experience but also a powerful way to develop language, imagination, empathy, and a love of reading. It helps us connect — with the story, with each other, and with the wider world of books.

Take a look at the wonderful stories we’ll be enjoying during Sacred Story this year - this can be found in the files list below.

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Many thanks,

Miss Costelloe