Philosophers 2025-2026

Year 3 / 4

Welcome to our class page! Here you will find information about our curriculum, timetable and other important information. 

Mrs McGuire is our Class Teacher.

Mrs Davey and Mrs Eyley-Jones will be working in our class to support our learning and Mrs Whitby and Mrs Russell will teach us on a Friday.  

We are looking forward to a brilliant year, full of exciting activities, adventures and lots of learning! Our topics this year include: Rainforests, Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greece, 'Scrumdidilyumptious' (finding out about where our food comes from), Saxons and Vikings. 

If you ever have any questions, please come and speak to us.

Key Information:

Please ensure your child brings in a water bottle and their reading book/record every day. It would be helpful if you can also ensure that their belongings are labelled - it makes it easier to return when left around school.

PE and Swimming:

On Thursdays, both Year 3 and Year 4 children go swimming (dates below). They will have PE lessons on the weeks when they is no swimming session. Children will need their swimming kits on these days.

For normal PE lessons, children will need to come in their PE kit.  Our PE day will be Friday

PE kit should be:

• plain white t-shirt
• black shorts/ joggers
• plimsoles/trainers

Please ensure a bobble is provided to tie back long hair and your child is able to remove their own ear-rings (or has tape to cover).

For Forest Schools, children will need to wear appropriate outdoor clothing that you don't mind getting dirty or wet. Children will need a change of shoes (boots, wellies) that they can change into for this session. 

Homework:

The homework each week will be as follows:

• Times Table Rock Stars - a new challenge is set each Thursday.
• Spellings - new spellings will be given out every Friday. These will be stuck in Homework Diaries. 
• Reading every day for at least 5 minutes and recorded in Homework Diaries - these are checked weekly and Dojo rewards are given to children based on the number of times they have read.

All of your child's log-ins are stuck inside their Homework Diary.

Please see the 'Homework Help' section below for more information on homework. 

Any incomplete work will need to be completed by children during break/lunch. If they need a little extra help, please let me know and we will find a suitable time to go through it.

Learning this year:

This year, we are following Cycle A of our Long Term Plans. To find out more about our units, please follow this link. Further information for each half term can be accessed using the links below.