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Class 3 Newsletter – Summer 1

Hello everyone! I hope you have all had a wonderful break over the last few weeks and are ready to begin your learning for the summer term. I have put together this newsletter to keep you informed about what is coming up over the next five weeks.

English

This half term we are reading another new book, but one I’m sure you’ll find very interesting – Scavenger by Darren Simpson. Landfill has lived his whole life as a scavenger, running with wooflers, swimming with turtles and feasting on fresh gull. Old Babagoo has always looked after him, on one condition – follow his rules. NEVER COME LOOKING OUTSIDE. NEVER RISE ABOVE THE WALL. But despite the dangers, Landfill longs to see Outside. And some rules are made to be broken.

Maths

This half term I am pleased to be continuing on with fractions, looking at addition and subtraction for both Year 4 and Year 5 before we begin to look at the topic of decimals. We will continue to take our CPR approach, looking at the concept before practising the methods and then applying this to some reasoning and problem solving.

Learning Journey – Entrepreneurs in the making

This half term we are focusing on the idea of becoming Entrepreneurs in the making! To launch our learning journey, we will be seeing what we can make and create with just ten pounds in small groups. Then over the coming weeks, we will create prototypes and presentations to show our ideas off. We will also be including some Science here, looking at circuits and how we can apply them to our products. In PE we are starting Kwik Cricket, and as always, we will have our PSHE sessions on Monday afternoons as well.

Key Messages

This upcoming half term is only a short one, but we have so many things to pack in! I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Miss Barker as part of the South Kilvington and Class 3 team. Year 4 have already had the chance to meet her, but I know she is really looking forward to getting to know everyone over the coming weeks.

I would also like to use this as an opportunity to ask for some help in regards to bringing things in to school. Can I please ask parents to support us at this time in ensuring their children do not bring toys or unnecessary items into school. I love hearing about and seeing these things, but in order to keep these things safe I would like to request that they do not come into school, or if this is not possible then they stay in bags until the end of the day. I will also happily keep things safe in my cupboard if needed. Thank you as always for your support.

Best wishes, and enjoy the rest of your break!

Mr Acaster