Year 3/4 2025 - 2026
Miss Aldis
Mr Owens
Mrs Edwards
Welcome to Year 3/4
We hope you enjoy visiting our Year 3/4 page which shows the exciting learning that happens in our classrooms. Click on the links below and take a look at the photographs to see what we've been up to. Please follow us on Twitter @CanonYearFour for daily updates and reminders.
Our topic this half term is: Invasion
In the Invasion project, your child will explore the effects of the Roman withdrawal and the chronology and geography of subsequent invasions. They will study the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in detail, examining their reasons for invading, their settlements and their everyday life. Your child will also look at monasteries and the Anglo-Saxon legacy. They will consider how we know about life in this period and investigate the Sutton Hoo ship burial. They will learn about Athelstan, an Anglo-Saxon king, and what happened after his death, before ending the project by learning about the Norman invasion of 1066.
Our science topic this half term is: Food and the Digestive System
In the Digestive System project, your child will revisit the meaning of scientific vocabulary, including producer, consumer, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, predator and prey. They will learn about the features of ecosystems and the meaning of new terminology, including 'biotic', which means living, and 'abiotic', which means non-living. They will research an ecosystem and use the information gathered in future lessons. They will learn about two scientific diagrams, a food chain and a food web, finding out what these diagrams are and what they show. They will discuss the similarities and differences between food chains and food webs and sketch examples. They will revisit the word 'interdependence' and its meaning and discuss how living things depend on biotic and abiotic features of ecosystems for their survival. They will discuss the challenges different ecosystems face from human activities such as pollution or natural events such as deforestation. They will then learn about the digestive system of humans, naming the digestive organs, describing their functions and finding out what happens to the food they eat. They will learn the names and functions of the four types of human teeth and identify the differences between the teeth of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. They will formulate and then ask a dental health professional questions to discover the importance of oral hygiene and its role in preventing tooth decay and gum disease. They will complete their learning by creating and carrying out an investigation into the effectiveness of fluoride toothpaste.
Home Learning:
Children in Y3/4 are expected to complete the following learning at home;
* Read/share a book at home four times a week (this can include their school reading book, library book and other books/reading materials from home).
* Practise spelling the weekly common exception words, words set as a '2do' on Purple Mash or words from the Y3/4 Spelling list (In files to download below)
* Complete any work set on Purple Mash for Maths and English.
* Complete any Cornerstones work set as home learning tasks.
* Practise times tables on TT Rockstars.
Useful Links:
Topmarks - Games and activities 7-11 Years
Oxford Owl - Free Ebook library - select any of the books in the appropriate age category.
BBC Teach - free collection for children to practice their times tables.
Useful Information
Reading Books & Home Learning
Reading books will be changed as needed. Your child will need to return their reading book and their reading record book in order for them to bring home a new book. Reading books should be in school every day so that they are available for your child to read during the school day as well as at home. Prizes will be awarded every half term for frequent reading at home.
Children will be bringing home a book of their choosing for their reading book. Children accessing the RWI programme will be bringing home a book from the colour band they are working on as well as a library book of their choosing.
Spellings will be sent home on a Friday and will then be tested the following Friday. These will be sent out via our electronic system. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings at home.
Children will have a times table test every Friday. We will let you know via our electronic systems which times table we are focussing on each week. Please encourage your child to practise at home as well as accessing their TT Rockstars account regularly. Certificates will be awarded on a Friday for improving scores, fluency and accuracy.
P.E
PE is on a Thursday. Children are able to come to school wearing their PE kit for that day. Please note that our school PE kit consists of royal blue/black shorts, school logo polo shirt or a plain white polo shirt & black trainers/pumps. A warmer PE kit will be needed as it gets colder and we will advise you of this nearer the time.
