Welcome to Class 3

My name is Mrs. Kaminski and I am really looking forward to working with all the children this year and helping them to learn, make progress and have lots of fun! This year Class 3 are very lucky to also have the support and experience of Mrs. Makin and Miss. Tattersall.

We have very high expectations in Class 3 and always expect all the children to try their best and have a go.

April - Summer 1 - The Great Greeks

Welcome back to the Summer Term!

This half term we will be working very hard revising and preparing for the SATs which will take place in May. We will be focusing on key topics across Maths, Reading and SPAG papers, as well as revising lots of past papers so the children are familiar with the format of them. Revision packs were sent out prior to the Easter break, please send these back as soon as possible so new questions can be sent out and any extra support can be provided. In Maths we will be focusing on revising and preparing for the SATs which take place in May.

Alongside working hard in preparation for the SATs we will also be learning about the amazing Greeks in History and Geography. This is a topic which will last through to the end of the school year and link to the Olympics after the next half term. This topic will link into our English work where we will look at Greek Myths and legends, as well as producing holiday brochures for Greek holidays. At the end of this half term there will be a Greek tasting session where the children will plan and make a menu inspired by Greek food and sample the food!

PE will take place on Monday and Thursday afternoons. This half term the focus will be defence athletics.

PSHE lessons will focus on how to handle stress and anxiety. 

Class 3 will now continue Music lessons. These will take place on Wednesday mornings and children will be learning to play the cornet. 

Key things to remember:

Children will be read with several times a week and reading books need to be in school. Reading books will be changed as and when needed.

Spelling and times tables tests will take place on Fridays. Each child will be given individual spellings and times tables to learn a week before. 

Homework linked to learning that has taken place during the week will be given out each Friday. This is in addition to the Homework Grid activities which can be found below.

The Homework Grid can be completed in whichever order you choose and handed in st anytime. Please ensure all tasks are completed and handed in by Thursday 8th February 2024.

PE will take place on Monday and Tuesday afternoons, please ensure kits are in school.

Music lessons will take place on Wednesday mornings. 

If you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate to speak to myself or a member of the Class 3 team. 

Mrs. Kaminski and The Class 3 Team

Please see below for SATs revision help:

www.satspapers.org - please use this website to access past papers.

https://www.maths4everyone.com/pages/ks2-sats-practice.php

https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/resources/ks2-sats-online-10-minute-tests

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn

Self-isolation Daily Timetable Links

Use the relevant links below for each of the sessions on our timetable. Remember you will need sound on.

Remember to pause the videos to give yourselves enough time to complete the activities set and then start them playing again when you are ready.

Year 5 & 6 Key Words List

All children should be able to spell the words listed below by the time they leave primary school. This, is in addition to their knowlede of phonics, and the Year 3 and 4 word list help set solid foundations for accurate spelling in the future.

You can practise these at home as well as in school. They are coloured in groups of 10 so that you can set yourself mini-tests!

accommodate   accompany   according    achieve    aggressive   amateur    ancient    apparent

appreciate   attached   available   average   awkward   bargain   bruise   category   cemetery

committee   communicate  community  competition   conscience*  conscious*    controversy

convenience  correspond   criticise  curiosity   definite  desperate  determined  develop  dictionary

disastrous  embarrass   environment  equip (–ped, –ment)  especially  exaggerate  excellent

existence  explanation  familiar  foreign  forty  frequently  government  guarantee  harass  hindrance

identity  immediate(ly)  individual  interfere  interrupt  language  leisure  lightning  marvellous

mischievous  muscle  necessary  neighbour  nuisance  occupy  occur  opportunity  parliament

persuade  physical  prejudice  privilege  profession  programme  pronunciation  queue  recognise

recommend  relevant  restaurant  rhyme  rhythm  sacrifice  secretary   shoulder   signature

sincere(ly)  soldier  stomach  sufficient  suggest  symbol  system  temperature  thorough  twelfth

variety  vegetable  vehicle yacht

SATs tests are going ahead this year. You can ue these revision websites keep your skills sharp:

English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/

http://www.writingfun.com/writingfun.swf

http://sats.highamstjohns.com/LiteracyRevision.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/engindex.html

http://parkfield.edmodo.com/file/view-crocodoc-new-window?uuid=dc39e5e2-22b8-4850-b2a2-81cf338f3939&file_id=7216430

http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/sats/spelling.html

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html

http://www.spellingcity.com/

http://www.northwood.org.uk/SPAG.html