Sapphire 2024 - 2025
Mrs Grindley
Mr Foster
Miss Riley
Welcome to Sapphire class (Year 3/4) page.
Useful days
Communication: We will continue to use Class Dojo to keep in contact with parents/carers and update you on our learning journey. Class Dojo will also be used a reward system.
PE: Sapphire have PE on a Monday. However, as other opportunities for physical activity lessons may become available, children should keep their PE kits in school. Homework: Homework will be given out on a Monday and is due back on a Friday. Homework will support all class learning and so it is important that homework is completed every week. Homework will be discussed in class and any questions about the homework will be answered on Monday afternoon before it being sent home. If you find that your child is struggling with homework, I am more than happy to support you on Wednesday or Thursday before homework is due back in. Children who complete their homework in time will receive an extra play time and those needing further support will receive this in school.
Spellings: Spellings will always be included within children's homework, therefore spellings will be set on a Monday. Sapphire class will then be tested at the end of the week and rewarded for their efforts.
Times tables: Practicing your times tables every night via Times Tables Rock Stars is also encouraged to help number fluency which will, in turn, help you child make connections with other Maths problems that they encounter. Every week we will be focusing on particular times table and this will be disclosed on a Monday and tested on the Friday. Once again, children will be rewarded for their progress.
Reading: Reading is encouraged every evening. Reading books from school are provided but, please take advantage of both Oxford Reading Buddy and Bug Club online at home as well as enjoying your own books and reading for pleasure - your log in details for these have been stuck in at the back of your reading records. Please log all the reading that you do (outside of Bug Club or Oxford Reading Buddy) in your reading records and hand it in to the reading tray for Mr Foster and Mrs Grindley to read every day. The scheme is to build on all of the children's reading skills and some may be able to read the text clearly but may find it more difficult to answer questions about what they have read. Please ask your child various questions about the book that they have read to you and allow them to discuss how they feel about the story or information. All books that are sent home must be returned to school when you are finished with them.
Useful Links
While Class Dojo is not being used as a reward system in class, photos of our learning will continue to be uploaded onto out class timeline and important information and changes will be posted here.
This may be useful if you would like to practise your maths skills at home or could be used to support homework. If there is an area of maths your child struggles with, I am able to set lesson and activities to help you at home should you wish.
Use your personal log in to continue practicing yout times tables. Challenge your class mates or plat against the clock to beat your own scores.
Use your personal log in details to log into our online books bands. Explore a wide range of books tailored to out reading level and answer questions and quizzes.
Use your personal login to access reading and Science.
The BBC Bitesize is a great resource for all areas of the National Curriculum.
http://www.saint-maximilian-kolbe.org/
Serving the Catholic Communities of St.Edward and Holy Spirit.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyfkng8/articles/zt27y4j
This BBC website video explains what decoding is.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/learn-to-read-phonics/
This article (aimed at parents) explains how children learn to read using phonics and it also contains a useful phonics guide to show you how to make each of the sounds.
Are you looking for a new book to read? Why not try one of these?
Check our nrich website for some great maths challenges to really get you thinking.
Download Scratch from here to try your hand at coding.
Autumn 1
The book we will be using in our writing sessions is:
We will use this book to write non-fictional and fictional texts including letters to various characters.
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This is the book we will be using for our reading sessions:
We will be using this book to recognise features of non-fiction texts, learn about facts about the oceans and the creatures that live there.
Autumn 2
The book we will be using in our writing sessions is:
When we read The Winter's Child, we will:
-Use conjunctions and adverbs to express, time, place and cause
-Use a or an according to whether the next word begins with a vowel or consonant
-In narratives, create characters, settings and plot
-Use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
The book we will be using in our reading sessions is:
Through this we will learn how to:
-Ask questions to improve understanding
-Draw inferences (inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions) and justify with evidence
-Draw inferences (inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions) and justify with evidence
-Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
Many thanks
Mr Foster and Mrs Grindley