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Puffins - Year 3 and 4

Welcome to our Puffin Class Page!

Hello, my name is Mrs Sissons and I am the Puffin class teacher!

 

Our teaching assistants are Mrs McDowell, Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Bowhay.  

 

This half term we plan to be exploring the following elements and subjects:

 

Science: States of Matter/Animals including humans-fit for success.

R.E.:   How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews?  

P.E.:  Swimming

Art & Design: Drawing Architecture: Home and Building Design, Antoni Gaudi

History: Local history study (mining)

Computing: Creating media: Video trailers/Computational Thinking

Music: Body and tuned percussion 

PSHE (Jigsaw): Relationships

MFL:  La Fruta (Fruits) & Las Verduras (The Vegetables)  

Design Technology:  Textiles (Wallet or purse)/Pop up cafe (food technology)

Geography:  Geography of Cornwall

In English, we are looking at suspense/mystery narratives and letters.

In maths, we are looking at fractions and division.

 

At home,  children can benefit greatly from the following activities to support their learning in school:

  • learning multiplication tables and the corresponding division facts [each child has a multiplication/division table that they are focusing on]. Children have access to TTRS. Most days we plan for them to have a short 5 to 10 minute session on this in school. If they can mirror this at home, they will develop speedy and secure tables knowledge to help them confidently learn new maths topics.
  • reading to and with an adult. Again we plan for the children to have a reading for pleasure daily session in school but the children need to also be reading at home as much as possible.
  • practising spellings [weekly spellings to learn will be sent out each week]. Additionally, each child has a grid of list 1, 2 or 3 words (often referred to as challenge words) in the front of their spelling list book. Please note that sometimes these challenge words will be the weekly spellings set to learn. These challenge/list words need to be learnt, revisited and applied in writing throughout their time in Puffins. 

If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

                    Kind regards,

 

                              Mrs Ann-Marie Sissons

Puffin Class Home-School Weekly Communications

Week beginning: Monday 28th April

 

GALLERY pages now updated with the photographs of our recent trips!

 

SPORTS DAY: Proposed date is the afternoon of Thursday 5th June.

 

Thank you to everyone who has sent in old tops that can be used as clothes protection during messy activities. We still need five more for a class set!!!

 

PE is on a Monday and a Wednesday each week.
 
 

Monday

 NO PE due to Cricket Chris lesson on Friday.

Tuesday

 

 

Wednesday

Pink homework books & Scrapbooks need to be returned to school.

 Swimming (2) Meet at pool at 8.45am.

Thursday

 

PM: Mrs McDowell teaching Puffin Class.

Friday

 Library books need to be in school.

 

Homework books sent home.

 

Homework Set:   

  1. Reading, reading, reading - all Puffins have an AR reading book and a free choice library book.  Please read regularly at home and record entries in your child's reading record book.
  2. Learning multiplication/division tables - scores for this week's timed activity are in books and this week's focus table for your child is shown. The tables are printed and stuck in your child's home learning book that they brought home on Friday.  There is no set task for them to complete because each child memorises facts differently. Please find a fun way to help your child learn their tables. The children have specific tables set on TTRS which they can practice in the 'Garage'.
  3. Spellings - this week it's list/challenge (purple) words and revisiting singular to plural noun spelling rules.  There are some challenging words this week so please practise reading and using the words in spoken sentences with your child. There are also assignments set on 'Ed Shed'. We aim to test spellings each Wednesday.
  4. Family Maths Scrapbook task (please see covering letter below). This week's activity is Deciphering code.
The pink book and Family Maths Scrapbook needs to be returned to school each Wednesday and it will come home each week on  a Friday.
 

Other information

Please feel free to send us an email if you have any questions or concerns:

amsissons@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk  

secretary@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk 

Parent Information 
Recommended books for Puffins... 
 
...some are explored in English units and some we will read for pleasure in class.  Children can also borrow these books to read for pleasure independently or share at home!