Year 3 & 4 - Owls
A very warm welcome to Owls!
Our class teacher is Miss Santo. We also have the brilliant Mrs Millward and Student teacher Miss Atkins supporting us.
Key Information
P.E.
Our outdoor P.E. lesson will take place every Monday and indoor P.E. will be on a Friday. Please make sure your child comes to school in their P.E. kit on these days. Also make sure your child does not wear jewellery on these days and long hair should be tied back.
Home Learning
Reading Books and Diaries 
Reading books and diaries need to be in every day and will be checked every Monday so new reading books can be issued. It is important to hear your child read regularly and discuss the books with them. Ask them to recall and retrieve information they have read, discuss how characters may be feeling at different stages of a story or look up new vocabulary and use in a sentence. This year, we have introduced Starbooks,. If your child's Reading Diary is signed 3 times in a week they can a stamp on their Starbooks card. When their card is full, they can choose from one of the rewards. All the completed cards will be put in a hat and a winner pulled out at the end of the half term, that person will win a £10 Starbucks Gift Card.
Spellings
EdShed has lots of games that can help the children with general spelling rules. It is a great website where children play games to practise learning Year 3 /4 spelling rules. Your child will have spellings added weekly on EdShed to practise so please ensure these are learnt.
Your child’s log in will be stuck into their reading diary. It’s a good idea to take a photo / copy of all logins so you have them if your child leaves their diary at school.
Times Tables 
It is very important that our children learn their times tables as it underpins many aspects of our maths curriculum. At the end of Year 4, your child will also undertake the statutory Multiplication Check as set by the DfE. We use Times Table Rock Stars to set weekly tasks and battles to develop the children's knowledge and instant recall of multiplication tasks. We expect children to go on every day for at least 10 minutes to practise their tables. The class with the highest percentage of logins each week wins. Come on, Owls!
Learning Powers
The children can earn earn points using their Learning Power points. These are:
Busy Bee points for active learning and excellent presentation.
Unicorn points for challenging yourself and having a 'can do' attitude.
Magnifying points for using independent skills in lessons by using success criteria, working walls and the 'Help Desk' in our classroom.
Our Topic
This term, our theme is Food, Glorious Food. The children will be diving into a delicious mix of learning, discovering how their digestive system works, why our teeth are so important, and how food travels through the body. They’ll also explore different climate zones around the world and how these affect what can be grown. Along the way, they’ll learn about Fairtrade and how the choices we make can support farmers across the globe.
Photos of our learning environment and amazing work:
