Oak Class is home to our Year 3 and 4 children and is taught by Miss Cameron with support from Mrs Head (Monday to Wednesday) and Mrs Murdoch (T
hursday and Friday).
This half term, our whole school topic is about the wider world. In Oak Class, we will be learning specifically about what life is like in China!
We will learn about where China is and what it's major geographical features are; what life is like for Chinese school children and how it compares to the UK; and what Chinese culture is like!
Our English this term will have a strong link to the PSHE theme of diversity as we read Pride by Rob Sanders.
The very first picture book about the remarkable and inspiring story of the Pride Flag!
In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today''s world.
Award-winning author Rob Sanders's stirring text, and acclaimed illustrator Steven Salerno's evocative images, combine to tell this remarkable - and undertold - story. A story of love, hope, equality, and pride.
Oak Class PE is on a Wednesday morning. Children should come to school dressed in their PE kit each Wednesday. We also have additional PE sessions with our sports specialists on the following dates:
Thursdsay 11th June
Thursday 25th June
Thursday 9th July
Spelling tests are on a Monday morning. Children should ensure they have their red spelling book with them each Monday. Spelling practice activities can be found here: spelling activity ideas or accessed online the Purple Mash website.
Spelling lists for Summer term can be found below:
Yellow Group Spelling List Summer Term
Green Group Spelling List Summer Term
Blue Group Spelling List Summer Term
Red Group Spelling List Summer Term
Paper copies of these have been handed out to children. Please check their bags for these. Each week, children will also be given a paper copy of the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check worksheet to help them to practise their spellings at home.
Children should also be familiar with the Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Word List (words which are used frequently but do not necessarily follow the spelling patterns which they have already learnt) and the Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling List (a mixture of words which children use frequently in their writing and those which are often misspelt).
Reading books can be changed every day, as long as a comment is recorded in reading records by the child or their adult at home. Each time a child reads they will receive a Class Dojo point and a Regular Reader certificate is up for grabs for the most regular reader of each week!
Children can practise their times tables at home by accessing the Times Tables Rockstars website.
More information about home learning can be found here:Home learning ideas
Beamish Museum
Oak Class enjoyed a fantastic trip to Beamish Museum in May, supporting our learning about the industrial revolution, the invention of trains and what life was like in the 1800s.
