About our class
Welcome to Willow class. Mrs McShee is the class teacher and our TAs are Mrs Littleworth and Miss Evans.
Our class ethos is to be kind and respectful to everyone and everything, to always try our best and to try to think independently.
Homework in Willow class is to practise times tables, spellings and reading. This is set on Mondays and should be completed by the following Monday.
Spellings follow the Twinkl spelling scheme and they contain a different spelling rule each week. Tests are on Thursdays.
PE is on THURSDAY afternoons and is taught by Mr. Cox. This term will be football and then dance.
This term...
Swimming will take place from 9th November until the 20th of November. It will be every afternoon between these dates and the children will need to bring their costume, a towel, a swimming hat, and a pair of goggles.
Forest School for Willow class begins on the 25th of September and we will aim to have 6 sessions before December.
Christmas performance – we will be performing a carol concert at St. Luke's church on the last day of term. All families will be welcomed.
Values education - we think about these values alongside our PSHE lessons and our assemblies:
September - Creativity
October - Cooperation
November - Flexibility
December – Gratefulness
English
In English this term, we will be reading 'Danny the Champion of the World' by Roald Dahl. This story is perfect for exploring how an author builds tension, how character description can help a reader sympathetic to their feelings, and how the use of vocabulary can create images in your mind. We will create diary entries, storyboards, and newspaper articles based around our reading.
We will have a daily focus on key literacy skills such as reading, spelling, handwriting, punctuation, and grammar.
Maths
Our school follows the scheme from 'Hamilton Trust'. This term we will be studying place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, and shape.
The year 3 pupils will be learning their 3s, 4s, and 8s times tables.
The year 4 pupils will be learning their 6s, 7s, 9s, 11s and 12s times tables.
There are many games which you could play with your children to help them to become more confident with their times tables. Both online and off. Please see the printout in their book bag.
Science
For the first half of the term, our science topic is light and shadow. We will be observing light and dark in our surroundings, investigating how light can affect shadows, and identifying and sorting reflective materials.
After the half term, Science will be about rocks and soils. Our investigations will take us outside where the children will identify and classify types of rocks, and they will observe and test how soil is formed.
Other subjects
Our Geography topic this half term is all about Mountains. The children will be learning about how mountains are formed, the types of mountains, and where mountain ranges are in the world. They will then choose a mountain to research and create a fact file on PowerPoint to present to the class.
After half term, our history topic will be the Romans. We will discover the answers to 'Who? Why? Where? When? What?' through drama, research, and artefacts.
For all other For all other subjects, please take a look at our class planning sheet. This year we are following Year A.