Phase 3/4 Poetry
The children across the phase have been working hard to learn the poem ‘Let No One Steal Your Dreams’ by Paul Cookson.
On Thursday, they will perform this poem together in a special assembly to celebrate National Poetry Day.
We have focused on voice projection and adding expression as we read.
In reading lessons, the children have explored the meaning of the poem and words they’re curious about.
Help at home by encouraging your child to recite the poem, adding expression and projecting their voice.
Living and Learning: Protected Characteristics
Over the next couple of weeks, we’re learning all about respect.
We’ll be revisiting what the protected characteristics are. These are characteristics that are protected by law to stop discrimination.
disability, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation
We can use this useful mnemonic to help us remember: DRGRAMPSS.
As well as reminding ourselves what the protected characteristics are, we’ll be exploring themes around them such as…
- Why are they protected?
- What would society be like if they weren’t protected?
- How do they link to the British Values?
We’ll also look at different scenarios where the characteristics aren’t being protected and see if we can identify the problem and the characteristic.
Help at home: Have a chat with your child about why we have protected characteristics and the importance of them.
Living and Learning: rights and responsibilities
This week, our L&L statement was: I know that rights come with responsibilities. This week, our Living and Learning statement is I know that rights come with responsibilities.
We have been learning that rights are the things that everyone deserves (like being safe, cared for and listened to) and responsibilities are the things we should do to make sure we and others can enjoy those rights (like following rules, showing respect and helping others).
We’ve had brilliant discussions about how we all have rights, however these come with certain responsibilities. We came up with some rights we have within school and the responsibilities that come with these:
- We have the right to learn and go to school. We have the responsibility to help others learn while at school and be good learners.
- We have a right to eat lunch but a responsibility to be respectful and polite to the lunchtime staff.
- We have a right to use the classroom equipment but a responsibility to look after it.
- We have a right to playtime but a responsibility to play safely and respectfully.
- We have the right to feel safe and a responsibility to make others feel safe.
We watched this video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqgm7yc#zmghp4j and discussed what rights and responsibilities that we have at school and at home.
Help at Home: Talk to your child about their rights and responsibilities at home. For example, they might have the right to play with toys but the responsibility to tidy them away afterwards. Sharing examples together will help to strengthen their understanding.
Class Novel: Podkin One-Ear
Our class novel this term is Podkin One-Ear by Kieran Larwood.
Help at home: ask your child to summarise what has happened in the story so far.
Can they summarise it in one word?
You can check out the author’s page along with information about the book here.
Phase 3,4 Reading
Well done to everyone who has been reading regularly at home by accessing the e-books.
The work completed in the Reading Records looks great! Here are some good examples below.
Keep reading regularly at home and please contact us if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Team 3,4
Geography: Where in the World am I?
This week, we’ve been learning about maps as part of our Geography topic – ‘Where in the world am I? We have been using an atlas to find the page that will support our learning the best. We have looked at maps showing the main cities in The United Kingdom and maps that show the highest mountains and longest rivers in The UK. We found out that The River Severn is the longest river in The UK and Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in The UK and Scotland.
Help at home by quizzing your child on their United Kingdom knowledge. How many rivers, cities and mountains can they name? Have a look at an atlas or google earth to locate some of them.
3,4C Class News
What a fabulous first week, 3,4C!
The children have started the year with a positive attitude to learning. They’ve spent time learning new routines, meeting new friends and learning to work as one big team. The pride and care taken with their work so far has been incredible! We are really impressed.
Here are the beautiful bookmarks that the children have made to use in class when reading.
Well done 3,4C. Have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week.
Mrs Wadsworth and Miss Joicey
Phase 3/4 – Reading
Reading records
This week, we have spent some time in class settling the children in Phase 3,4 into reading groups. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, your child will read their book in class with their group. Your child will be able to access their book at home using the Collins login details. Their username and password will be on the inside of their reading record. Your child will be able to tell you the chapter(s) they are currently reading at school so they can practise reading the same chapter(s) at home. We are currently experiencing some technical issues with the children being able to log in. We will let the children know when they can access the e-books.
In addition to this, each child will bring home a library book to foster a love of reading.
Each class has spent some time going through the reading records so the children know how to use them. Each Friday, the children will be set a reading record task to complete for homework. Details of how to complete the tasks are in the reading record.
Please make sure that your child brings their reading record to the Book Club session each week. In this lesson, their class teacher will have the opportunity to check the reading completed at home, share reading records as a class and celebrate reading.
Book Club sessions:
- 3/4 A – Friday
- 3/4 B – Friday
- 3/4 C – Friday
Please ensure that your child is reading out loud and regularly to an adult at home and has an opportunity to discuss their understanding. There is space in the reading records to sign when your child has read at home.
Any questions, please ask.
We look forward to sharing the reading records each week during Book Club. Happy reading!
Phase 3,4 Team
Welcome Back!
Welcome back, Year 3 and 4!
It’s been lovely to welcome back all our new Year 4s and the fresh introduction of our new Year 3s has been a breath of fresh air as well – lots of smiley faces and respectful learners!
Get in touch with your class teacher if you have any questions or queries about the year ahead!
– oliwain@spherefederation.org
– natalielake@spherefederation.org
– nicolawadsworth@spherefederation.org
Living and Learning: I know the school rules.
To kick off Living and Learning this year, we have been reminding ourselves about our school rules. These are:
- We’re ready
- We’re respectful
- We’re safe
We have spent time thinking about and discussing why these rules are in place, why we have rules altogether and what might happen if there were no rules!
Help at home: See if your child can explain the importance of our school rules.
Help at home (ERM challenge): See if your child can explain the importance of our school rules without saying ERM or taking any long pauses! This will help develop their oracy skills (and it’s a bit of fun, too)!