Foxes (Y3 and Y4)

Foxes Curriculum letter

Spring term was a great success and we really enjoyed dressing up as Tudors, taking part in a Tudor banquet and role playing leisure time in different social hierarchies. 

Summer term has arrived and there is so much to look forward to.  We enjoyed more outdoor learning last term and we hope to take many more of our lessons outside this term.  The class showed their true sports abilities at the netball development day last term and have a cricket development day to look forward to this term.   

English

In English this term we will be learning to write a finding tale.  We will be using our ‘Talk for writing’ approach and be learning a story about two boys who find some treasure.  We will have an opportunity to write our own finding story and possibly make the found item out of clay. 

Our reading book this term will be ‘Mark of the Cyclops’ once we have finished ‘Songs of a dolphin boy’.  This mystery book explores life in ancient Greece and takes the children on an adventure trying to find out what is special about a vase. 

Maths

In maths we will be recapping addition, subtraction and fractions.  As this is a spiral curriculum, we will be refreshing knowledge and working with larger numbers.  We will be practising all our times tables and it would be helpful if children could have time on TT rockstars as a small homework task each night.   

Religious Education

In RE we are studying Pilgrimage.  We will consider Pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Jewish, Christian and Muslim people and why it is a sacred place for many religious groups.  We will consider the importance of the journey as well as the destination.

Science

In science we will study states of matter.  We will consider matter in the form of gas, liquid and solids and look at the properties of each.  We will identify and sort matter according to their state and consider how some matter can change state and whether this process is reversible or irreversible.

P.E

Our PE days will only be on a Tuesday this term.  We have a dance specialist working with us on the first week of the term and will block teach an entire dance unit over the three days.  Tuesday PE will be athletics.  Please send your children to school on a Tuesday in PE uniform.  Please ensure they have a water bottle and that earrings are removed before school.   

Geography

Our Geography learning is focussing on local Geography.  We will look at how Friskney is represented on maps, the land use in Friskney and how the land has changed over time.  We may have a short walk around the village to identify ordnance survey points.

French

In French we will continue to learn some female nouns and extend our work with fronted adverbials, continuing our knowledge of ‘in the sea’.  We will work to put what we know into sentences and use previous learning such as colours to extend these sentences.

Art

Our artist this term is Barbara Hepworth.  We will evaluate her work, consider the impact she had on the development of modern art and be influenced by her work to develop our sculpting skills.  We will practise the skills of coiling, pinching and rolling to form 3d models.