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 (Thursday and Friday).
This half term, our whole school topic is about Changes in History. In Oak Class, we will be learning specifically about the industrial revolution, particularly the invention of the railways!
We will learn about the very first types of trains and how they have changed over time. Our topic will include a trip to Beamish Museum to see vintage transport and trains!
In English, we will link our reading to our science topic which is all about plants. We will read The Last Garden by Rachel Ip.
In a war-torn city, a little girl tends to the last garden. But everyone is leaving and soon the girl has to leave too. The garden is all alone now but soon the seeds scatter throughout the city and the roots take hold.
Inspired by true events in Syria and war gardens around the world and throughout history, The Last Garden is a thoughtful, tender story of hope, touching on issues of conflict and migration, from a talented debut picture book pairing.
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:
Thursday 23rd April
Thursday 7th May
Thursday 21st May
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
Richmond Castle
Oak Class enjoyed a fantastic trip to Richmond Castle in October, supporting our learning about British monarchs.
