St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Year 3/4
Welcome to Year 3/4
2021/2022
Ash Class – Miss Elwyn
Sycamore Class- Miss Philpott
Intervention Teacher – Mrs Kritzinger
Teaching Assistants – Mrs Jordan, Miss Finch and Miss Smith
Mr Thorne – PE for both Classes
September 2021 Term 1
This term our topic is "Around the World", we will be exploring Europe through all our Foundation Subjects. We look forward to sharing our work with you.
In PE this term the children will be swimming and playing Invasion Games with Mr Thorne.
We will also be taking part in our wider Partnership, please check the calendar for key dates.
Term 1 2021
DT - Castle Making
In DT this term we have been designing and creating our own Castle.
Term 3 - January 2021
Welcome back to the new year 2021. This term our topic for History and Geography will be Chipping Norton. We cannot wait to learn more about our wonderful town with the children. Please check in on Class dojo for class updates.
Spellings this term are:
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WB 4th January This week will not be tested but can be worked on at home |
11th January |
18th January |
25th January |
1st February |
8th February |
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Year 3 lower |
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jolly tidy silly sillier tidier jollier
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bigger madder sadder hotter slimmer fitter |
too two ate eight nose knows |
key donkey monkey chimney turkey honey |
kindness sadness illness goodness lateness weakness |
Coldness Foolishness Softness plainness darkness quietness
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Year 3 |
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Magician Politician Musician Optician Electrician Location Injection Construction Attraction education |
Rewrite Replace Redo Reappear Rearrange Redecorate Reconnect Renew Refresh recycle |
Whether Weather Ball Bawl Knot Not Plain Plane Week weak |
Antifreeze Antisocial Antiseptic Anticlimax Antibiotic Anticlockwise Clockwise Social February Chipping Norton |
superhero superwoman superglue superstar supertanker supersonic woman human sonic power |
Subway Submarine Subzero Submarine Subheading Subtitle Submerge Subdivide Subsoil different |
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Year 4 |
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illegible illogical illiterate illegal impatient impolite impractical quarter question purpose |
Unique Antique Grotesque Cheque Fatigue League Dialogue Tongue Though Although |
Heal Heel Mist Missed Who’s Whose Accept Except Particular Peculiar |
Irrelevant Irregular Irresponsible Irresistible Regularly Relevant Responsible Natural Naughty notice |
Confession Expression Discussion Admission Permission Submission Transmission Strength Suppose surprise |
Expansion Comprehension Extension Tension Revision Confusion Attention Intention Pressure Probably |
Term 1 September 2020 - Roald Dahl and Stone Age
September 2020
This term we will be learning about various Roald Dahl texts including The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
In our History lessons, we will be learning about the Stone Age.
We look forward to a fantastic term with the children.
Spellings Term 1 September 2020
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Year 3 Spelling |
Term 1 |
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25th September |
2nd October |
9th October |
16th October |
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misbehave misplace mislead unfair misprint misunderstand undo inhuman busy business |
impossible imperfect immature immortal incapable incomplete disconnect unkind unhappy dishonest |
dangerous mountainous famous jealous tremendous enormous nervous poisonous fabulous generous |
humbly gently simply horribly merrily suddenly politely comically nicely finally |
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Year 4 Spelling |
Term 1 |
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25th September |
2nd October |
9th October |
16th October |
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treasure measure leisure enclosure pleasure closure measurement believe bicycle build |
trouble double younger country enough toughest rougher youngest decide describe |
autopilot autobiography automobile autocue autograph automatic autobiographies early earth eight |
cheekily angrily rudely sadly heavily magically comically heroically famous favourite |
Year 3/4 September 2020
Lego in a cup challenge.
29th June 2020
We have been really impressed with the Plant projects that were handed in on Friday. The ongoing effort with your home learning is fantastic and I know that those of you with home learning packs, will also be trying hard at home.
Please scroll down to see some of the Plant projects from across the 3 classes. The next few weeks we have given you a range of Science experiments and learning to have a go at. We look forward to seeing what you get up to.
Mrs Eaglestone
Plant projects
Home learning plant projects
Another great plant project
Outdoor learning in school
Animations by Year 3/4 children
Hello CKJ.mov
Thief DB
Term 6
We are really impressed with your continued effort with your Home Learning. This term, we will be looking at Teeth and Digestion in our Topic learning and you will have already started some projects about this at home.
1.6.2020
The children that have been in school this week have created posters and animals masks whilst learning about teeth (see the pictures below).
8.6.2020
The children at school have been creating board games linked to teeth and beginning to learn about the rest of the digestive system. We can't wait to see what you have got up to at home when you send in your completed projects on Friday!
Hill End at Home
This week, we should have been going on our Year 4 Residential to Hill End. Instead, many of you have been taking part in our Hill End daily challenges and have been enjoying listening to members of staff talk about their best bits of Hill End.
Take a look at the pictures below of you achieving these challenges. Keep up the good work and I will be adding some more pictures throughout the week.
Home learning by Ananya Pednekar
A home learning project on teeth/digestion by Anuska
Animal masks showing the different types of teeth!
Term 4 and 5
Romans
Term 4 began with us learning about Roman Gods, Roman Roads and the Roman empire. Due to schools being closed you have been continuing your Roman learning online and we will be continuing with this until the May half term.
We have enjoyed seeing your home learning and all of the extra adventures that you are getting up too. Please keep sending us pictures on dojo and we can upload them to this website.
Keep safe everyone and we hope to hear from you soon.
School closure adventures and learning
Term 2 - Christmas
This term, Year 3/4 will be focusing on Christmas as our Topic. We have already been busy learning songs and lines for our play Stable Manners. Please look out for letters relating to Parents evening and Christmas Events and also check Parentmail or the school website for upcoming dates and newsletters.
Year 3 Health and Fitness session - Football
Year 3 children were able to enjoy a morning of Health and Fitness activities linked to Football. They enjoyed learning some new football drill activities and then a classroom session about how Sport keeps you healthy. The session was run by WR Sports who will be visiting the same group of children throughout the year to promote and encourage many different areas of sport.
Term 1 September 2019
Around the world
The children have made a fantastic start to the new academic year and have been very excited about our new Around the world topic. The children have been learning about Music from around the world; how to stay safe on the World Wide Web and locating and learning about European Countries.
Term 6 - Ancient Egyptians and Rainforests
What a busy start to the term! The Year 4's are all safely back from their Hill End Residential. A very soggy trip but lots of fun was had by all of the children and the adults! We will post some pictures in the coming days.
The end of the year will see transition days, Sports days and watching the Year 6 leavers play. We will continue to update Class Dojo but any pictures will be posted on this website. Reports will also go out at the end of the term.
We look forward to a busy term. Remember, if you need to, chat to us in the morning or after school at our classroom doors or pass on messages through Class Dojo. Please remember we cannot take absence messages through Dojo, you must contact the office.
Term 5 - Ancient Egyptians
Welcome back to the new term. We are going to be learn about the Ancient Egyptians in our Topic lessons this term. We are looking forward to taking the children on a trip to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford to take part in a hands on workshop. Please see our Topic web for more information about what Curriculum coverage in other subject this term.
Dates:
Wednesday 1st May - Year 4 Languages festival at CNS.
Wednesday 15th May - Year 3 and 4 Trip to the Ashmolean Museum.
Wednesday 22nd May - Year 4/5/6 Athletics Championship - Invitation only
May Half Term - 27th May - 31st May.
Term 4 - February 2019
Local History - Chipping Norton
This term we will be continuing to learn about Chipping Norton. We are going to be focusing on the changes of the High Street and the history of St. Mary's School. The children will be learning how to use the iPads and tablets to create an informative video about their chosen History topic. We hope to invite parents in to see the videos at the end of the term.
Term 3 - January 2019
Local History - Chipping Norton
This term we have started our journey of learning about Chipping Norton. We have visited Chipping Norton Museum and already learnt lots of information about the history of our town. You can see some pictures below of our trip to the Musuem.
Library Visit
All of the Year 3/4 children got the opportunity to visit Chipping Norton Library in Term 3. The children learnt about the facilities available in our Library and took park in activities with the Librarian.