Foxes (Y3 and Y4)

Fantastic Foxes Curriculum letter

Christmas term is always my favourite, I hope you enjoyed our carol concert as much as I did.  The new year begins and it looks to be a very exciting one with the start of our farm school.   As well as feeding and caring for the animals we will be looking at the teeth and digestive system of the sheep to complement our science work.  We will also be bird watching and contributing to the RSPB big bird watch and planning our planting program and preparing the ground for the spring term. 

English

In English this term we will be writing a fictional meeting tale using our talk for writing approach.  We will be looking to develop setting description and using a range of adjectives, verbs and adverbs to bring the setting to life.  We will continue to focus on accurate formation of joined letters.

Our reading book this term is ‘Rumaysa – a fairytale’ which is a twist on 3 fairytales the children may already be familiar with.   We will look at how these three stories twist and turn and join as one with the main character adventuring through them all. 

Maths

In maths we will finish our work on geometry from last term and then move on to our second spiral of place value, addition and subtraction. 

Religious Education

In RE we are studying Islam.  We will consider key Islamic beliefs, how they may pray and how a Muslim person may celebrate. We will link this to how believing fits in our own lives and reflect on the celebrations through our own lifetime.

Science

In science we will study the human digestive system.  We will begin with looking at the job of our teeth and why we need incisors, canines and molars.   We will then track digestion through the oesophagus to the stomach and consider the job of the stomach before continuing the journey through the intestines and out through the anus.  At farm school we will be looking at the teeth and digestion system of the sheep. 

P.E

Our PE days continue to be Tuesday and Wednesday, children require a water bottle and PE kit on these days.   Please check the uniform policy to clarify uniform expectations.  We will be enjoying dance and gymnastics. 

Geography

Our Geography topic is ‘Rivers’.  We will be learning the four stages of the water cycle, how rivers are formed, where the longest world rivers and UK rivers are and how animals and humans use rivers.

French

In French we will learn some female nouns and extend our work with fronted adverbials, transferring our knowledge of ‘in the garden’ to ‘in the sea’.  We will work to put what we know into sentences.

Art

Our artist this term is Emma Yarlett and we are very lucky at Friskney to have one of her art pieces adorning the entire main corridor that heads to the early years class.  She is a modern-day illustrator of children’s book and the illustrator of the ‘Big Frieze’ – the story of Christianity.  We may have time at the end of term to further illustrate our English work using Emma’s style.