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Welcome to Orcas Class page
Dear parents,
Welcome to Orcas Class Page.
I hope you will find the information on this page helpful.
If you need to contact me, please use the messaging feature on Class Dojo.
Links on the class timetable will take you to teaching PowerPoints for the week. Please use these for home learning if your child needs to self-isolate, but is feeling well enough to do school work. Work may also be emailed to you.
Best wishes,
Mrs Danielle Smout
Learning activities Term 4
Our topic this term is ‘Ancient Greeks" and has a history focus. The children will be learning about who the Ancient Greeks were, democracy, comparing Athens and Sparta, the Olympics and Greek Gods and Goddesses.
Our main texts for this term are Marcia Williams's Greek Myths, Theses and the Minotaur in particular, and we will also be reading Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf by David Almond. The children will write a recount of a myth and an information text about an aspect of the Greeks they are interested in.
Our science topic is Light and in maths we will mostly be learning about fractions. We will also be taking part in Science Week and start the term of with a special focus Book Week where we study the work of Anthony Brown.
More details about our learning in this term will be posted in the newsletter.
Class timetable click on the links to download the lesson powerpoints
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Maths |
Maths |
Maths |
Maths |
Ancient Greek |
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English |
English |
English |
English |
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| BookTalk (see Monday) |
BookTalk |
BookTalk |
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Art |
Help with Learning @Home
Maths
- Maths reasoning lessons Home learning challenges for year 3 & 4 by Gareth Metcalfe.
- White Rose Maths Home learning videos and maths resources. We use this approach in school.
WRM have now published free to download parent and pupil workbooks - Third Space Learning offers a range of home learning resources with a maths focus.
Please choose the appropriate year group or level for your child.
- Teach handwriting
- Super Sentence Stacking These videos teach writing using the approach we use in school. Why not let your child join in?
- Pobble365 English reading and writing activities
Other subjects
- STEM, various home learning activities with a focus on science, computing, technology and maths
- James Dyson's science challenges
- Science for families in partnership with the University of Manchester
- BBC Bitesize daily lessons in all subjects.
- Oak National Academy provides free daily lessons in all subjects. Especially good for English grammar and maths revision. Year 3 and Year 4
Resources for you to download
Multiplication grid
100 square
Fronted adverbials word mat how, when, where words and phrases
Adjectives word mat 1 to describe a noun
Adjectives word mat 2
Conjunctions to extend sentences
Sentence openers for non-fiction
Sentence openers
Maths objectives year 3
objectives year 4 number and other maths
Writing objectives year 3
objectives year 4
Reading objectives year 3
objectives year 4
Websites to help with Home Learning
ClassDojo children can post stories, pictures, and videos of their work on ClassDojo, either in their portfolio or via a message for me to put in their portfolio. If they like, I can even share it with the whole class. It is a great way to stay motivated and connected. The app and website are free to download / use. I look forward to seeing their work.
How to help your child with maths at home for parents
Maths dictionary for parents
Times Tables Rockstars
Mathsbot for helpful manipulatives like dienes, numicon, counters and numberlines
Top Marks offers numerous learning games and activities in all subjects
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
DK Find Out! Excellent for curious minds
Reading with your child
Oxford Reading Owl for free books
Open Library books to borrow
Virtual Library from the National Literacy Trust
Reading Eggs Phonics, spelling and reading activities. Children have received login details.
- Take turns to make plans and predictions before reading: ‘I wonder if… what do you think?’ ‘You think… Oh, I thought…’
- Recap to check ideas and understanding as your child is reading: ‘So, you think that…’ ‘Did you expect…to happen?’ ‘Why do you think that happened?’
- Use encouragement and praise to keep children engaged in reading: ‘What brilliant ideas…let’s see what happens.’ ‘You thought so carefully about... What might happen now?’
- Share prior knowledge and past experiences that link to what is being read: ‘Have you learnt about…at school?’ ‘Do you remember when we watched…and found out about…’
- Tune-in and listen to your child – be curious about their interests: ‘I didn’t know you knew so much about…’ ‘I love reading stories about...with you.’
At school we use the Reading Rainbow to give children a reading focus (a lens to read with) and sentence starters to answer questions.
Phonics
Here at Rye, we are very excited to share with you a new phonics programme that we have invested in to teach phonics and reading. Following a recent change in government guidance we have decided to invest in a brand new scheme for teaching early reading in our school. This will impact the way that both phonics and reading are taught. Phonics will continue to be taught daily to all children but will be taught following a newly released phonics scheme called ‘Little Wandle-Letters and Sounds revised’. This is a very thorough and very rigorous programme which teaches the children the skills they need to read. All children will be working alongside peers with a similar secure phonic knowledge.
Further information about Little Wandle can be found here, including videos on how we sound out each phoneme (sound), how we teach tricky words and blending.
Staying active
When you are self-isolating and feeling well, it is important to keep active physically as well as mentally.
Cosmic Yoga
GoNoodle
Unicef learn with me - crafting, baking and dancing activity videos from around the world by children for children.
Archive Term 4
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BookTalk |
BookTalk (see Tuesday) |
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Class timetable w/c 7.3.22
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Class timetable w/c 28.2.22
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English |
English |
English |
English |
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BookTalk |
BookTalk |
BookTalk (see Tuesday) |
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Computing |
PSHE |
Art |
Class timetable w/c 21.2.22
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BookTalk |
BookTalk |
BookTalk (see Tuesday) |
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