Spring Term 2016

Willow and Maple

Class Newsletter

Huncote Community Primary School

Willow Class

Year 3

Miss Whetton

Miss Dow

Maple Class Year 4

Mrs Johnson

Mrs Clarke

Resources

If you have any resources

linked to our topic of China

that you think would be useful

and don’t mind sharing with us,

that would be much appreciat-

ed. This could include books,

artefacts, models etc.

Our Literacy sessions this half term will cover traditional tales linked to ‘The Willow Pattern’ plate. This popular blue and white design on pottery tells the story of two people that fell in love. The children will look in detail at the story and use inspiration from this to design their own plate to tell a story. We will also be looking at information texts towards the end of the half term, which will enable the children to write about what they have learnt so far. In Numeracy the children in Year 3 will be revising and extending their knowledge of place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies, as well as position, direction and money. The children in Year 4 will also be covering the

above as well as developing knowledge of negative numbers, fractions, measuring, including length, perimeter and area. Over the half term we will also be learning about The Great Wall of China, creating our own willow plate designs in various media and focusing on the Chinese New Year and the traditions that come with it towards the end of half term. Our PE lessons this half term will give the children the opportunity to develop their ball skills individually and in pairs. This is in preparation for a bench ball tournament at Brockington.

Curriculum Information

This term we will be learning about China, as one of the three topics covered over the course of the year.

PE - Monday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Spellings - Given out on Fridays and tested on the following Friday.

Reading Books - Children continue to chose their own books from the library according to their colour band. They are responsible for showing me any comments in the home-school diary, when they have finished a book.

PE - Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

Spellings - Given out on Fridays and tested on the following Friday.

Guitars - Year 4 will continue to learn to play the guitar on Thursday mornings and need to remember their instrument every week please.

Reading Books - Children will continue to chose books from the library, and will take them home each evening to read with parents. Please can you ensure that they return to school each morning for them to use in class.

Spring Term 2018

Curriculum Overview

Please note that a curriculum

overview for Year 3and 4 can be

found on each of the class

WebPages.

Creative Homework

Spellings

Children will be given

spellings to learn on a Friday,

which will be stuck into the

home-school diaries. Children

will be tested on the

following Friday and scores

will be recorded in their home

-school diaries.

Spellings will be a mixture of

high frequency words, topic

words and National

Curriculum words.

Reading

Children will be expected to

read to an adult or older

sibling three times a week.

Please record this in their

home-school diary so that the

children can receive their

team point.

Reading doesn’t have to be

just from their school reading

book. Other material is also

encouraged such as

Newspapers, recipes,

magazines or non-fiction

books.

Mathematics

The children should continue to

regularly learn their times tables

as they will be tested on a

weekly basis.

Below is a reminder of what the

Year 3 and 4 children should be

revising and learning.

Year 3

Revising

2,3,5,and 10

Learning

4’s and 8’s

Year 4

Revising

2,3,4,5,8 and 10

Learning

6,7,9 and 12

Purple Mash

Log in to purple mash and complete

the 2do in your area. The activity is to

select three attractions from the

images provided and write about

them. They are all based in Hong

Kong.

Chinese Numbers

Discover the symbols used for the

numbers 1-20 in China and use

these to write some of your own

calculations.

Chinese Dragon

Chinese dragons were mythical creatures

often made up of many other animals e.g. a

camel head, a snake neck, fish scales etc.

Draw and label your own Chinese dragon and

write a detailed description of it, including

what it looks like and how it moves.

Chopsticks

Learn to use a pair of chopsticks and

be prepared to demonstrate your

new found skills in the classroom.

Chinese Games

Research a traditional Chinese

game. You could write instructions

on how to play, make the game to

play with a friend or teach a

member of your family.

Dragon Mask

Once you have written about your

dragon can you create a model of

it? Get creative!

Homework

Below is a selection of different homework ideas linked to this terms topic of China. Children can choose which

activity they would like to complete for each deadline. The following are only suggestions, so children can be

creative in how they are presented. However, please ensure that at least one homework is chosen from the

boxes marked with a smiley face

A homework project should be handed in on each of the following dates: Friday 26th January and Friday 9th

February.