Southill Primary School

"A caring, family school"

Years 3 and 4

Welcome to Swifts Class.

Hello and welcome to Swifts!  Our teacher is Ms Calder and our teaching assistants are Mrs Mrs Huckerby and Mrs Findon  Our classroom has learning displays and pupil's work on show and learning is always designed to be challenging but achievable.  We also have a wonderful outdoor spaces near the school which we use to extend our learning, particularly in the spring and summer terms. 

We enjoy  mathematics and spelling grammar and punctuation within English lessons which are underpinned with high quality texts, every day. Our curriculum has  subject specific learning and we are proud to incorporate the Primary Knowledge Curriculum resource in our teaching and this is sequenced carefully to  ensure learning is linked to prior knowledge and that children have a chance to embed this in their long term memories. Music is taught through Sing up and using the local Inspiring Music resource for instrumental learning. We are always delighted to share some of our songs and achievements at our half termly assembly.

We have plenty of reading for pleasure books in the school and want children to share their reading book with you daily if possible. We love seeing your comments in their home school reading logs and want to make sure children become life-long readers.

We have two weekly PE lessons which this year are Tuesday and Thursday, so please make sure the children come to school dressed in their PE kit on these days. Please ensure kit is in school at all times as sometimes we do extra PE sessions and participate in sports festivals. Also, please make sure children are in the correct kit - with no brightly coloured leggings or hoodies with logos on (other than the school one).

Our homework consists of weekly spellings and TT Rockstars (by the end of Year 4 all learners are expected to know their times tables up to 12 x 12). 

Below you will find some planning documents so that you can see what we will be taught and our ‘Spelling Booklet’ for the current term so that you can support us at home.

 

 

 

Derwent and Southill Mathematics Strategies

In Year 4 the children have the opportunity to become an ambassador for the school. This is across various areas including supporting in the lunch hall with the younger pupils and tidying, assembly preparation and tidy up, handing out pamphlets in the church, playground equipment management and supervising games at break and lunch time. This important role prepares them for transition to middle school and enables them to enjoy the privileges of being the oldest in the school. 

Our timetable and yearly plan are below:

autumn term timetable 2023.pdf