Kingfishers

Our teacher is Miss Boyagis. We are a mixed class of 28 Year 3/4 children.

We have PE on Thursdays and Fridays.  Please ensure that your child has  their Dinton PE kit, suitable for indoor and outdoor lessons and a pair of trainers. 

Reading books and records must be brought in daily. Children should be reading with an adult and doing times table practise every day.

Spellings will be set every Monday, to be brought back the following Monday.

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English

We are writing our own holiday brochures, persuading our readers to take a holiday in the rainforest! In SPAG, we are looking closer at direct speech and how we use commas in dialogue. 

Book Club

In Book Club, we are reading Stitch. 

Maths

Our topic is Multiplication and division. This week we are focusing on correspondence problems, multiplying up to a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number – no exchange and with exchange, related calculations and to divide by a 1-digit number.

All activities will involve reasoning and problem solving.

Times tables:

Year 3: x9

Year 4: x3

Please remember to revise times tables regularly at home as well as in school.

Year 4 will have the statutory MTC (Multiplication Tables Check) in June in which the response time is 6 seconds!

Science

Science topic: Fossils

We are recapping how fossils are formed, looking closely at each step in the process. 

Religious Education

RE topic: How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim?

This week, we learning what the opening chapter of the Qur'an teaches Muslims about God. 

Geography

Geography topic: Why are rainforests important to us?

We are learning who lives in the rainforest. 

DT

DT topic: Cushions

This week, we are designing our cushions and making a pattern. 

Computing

RE topic: Programming on Scratch
Taught by Mr Howard