The Class teacher is Miss Shaw
Welcome to Year 3/4’s class page!
We have an exciting term ahead, this Autumn with lots of new learning and I can’t wait to begin!
In English, we will be reading a range of texts. We will be reading Leon and the Place Between, Heart in a Bottle, Cloud Tea Monkeys and Winters Child during this half term. In our guided reading sessions, we will be exploring a range of nature poems in the book I am the seed that grew and explore some adventures and mysteries in the book Arthur and the Golden Rope.
In Maths, we will be building upon last year’s previous skills whilst we dive deeper into place value, addition and subtraction and further multiplication and division.
This half term we will be answering the question why rainforest are important to us in our Geography sessions. We will be exploring the amazon rainforest in detail and find out the problems arising around deforestation.
In art, we will be exploring the theme, Growing Artists. We will be using botanical drawings and scientific plant studies as inspiration, and we will explore the techniques of artists such as Georgia O’Keefe and Maud Purdy to draw natural forms, becoming aware of differences in the choice of drawing medium, scale and the way tonal shading can help create form.
In PE, we will learning new skills in hockey, gymnastics and how to apply problem solving and tactics in game situations. Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday.
During RE, we will be learning about the topics and questions, Christianity (God) How have some people served god? We also will be further exploring Christianity (Jesus) through the question - What does it mean to be a disciple?
In PSHE we will be learning about awe and wonder as part of our Thoughtbox curriculum.
Plesae use the link below to see our year 3/4 yearly overview.
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Widnes Academy
Cholmondeley Street
Widnes
WA8 0EL
Tel: 0151 424 2799
Email: school@widnesacademy.co.uk