Year 3/4

Welcome to Water Class 2025-26

If you need to get in contact with me as class teacher, please use our class email address: water@gkglt.co.uk

You can expect a response within 2 working days during term time.

During this half term, we will be…

Writing fantasy stories and travel brochures in English.
Both year groups will be looking at decimals, shape and statistics in Maths.
Investigating whether hand span affects grip strength in Science.
Discovering more about local and international settlements in Geography.
Developing skills relating to building structures by building a pavilion in DT.
Discussing economic well-being and changing bodies in Learning for Life.
Understanding more about Sikhism and what they believe about God in Religion and Worldviews.
Develop skills linked to athletics and orienteering in PE.
Exploring changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics in Music.
Recapping our learning from the year in French.

Sports:

Children should read every day. This should be aloud to an adult at home minimum three times a week.
Spelling tests are every Monday. Children are also expected to complete 7 assignments a week on EdShed. A list of the spellings for this half-term can be found below.
Maths homework is handed out every Friday and due in the following Friday.

Copies can be found below in the Maths homework section and are uploaded weekly.

Times Table Rock Stars is also available for your children to play whenever they like.
Duolingo is also available for the children to practise their French skills at home

Other:

Our Smokey Row day is Wednesday. In KS2, we aim to visit every other week (weather and adult ratio-dependent). Our visits for Spring term are: 22nd April, 6th May, 20th May, 17th June. 1st July, 15th July.

If you have any questions for me, please feel free to send me an email as noted at the top, or you can always catch me at pickup.

Best wishes,
Miss Butler