Welcome to Conifer Class – Year 3 and 4

Class Teacher

Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant
We are very excited to welcome the children back to school and we have a brilliant year planned for them. If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, please email us via office@tunstead.norfolk.sch.uk.
Curriculum Planning
Homework
(given out on Friday to be returned the next Thursday)
Spelling homework will be given out on a Friday and be tested on the following Friday. Children will be given a paper copy of the spellings to practice each week. The spelling pattern will be taught in school during daily spelling lessons. Maths homework is in the form of times tables practice on Times Tables Rockstars. There is a strong emphasis on learning the times tables in Key Stage 2 so that children are able to apply the facts in their learning and for the statutory multiplication check at the end of Year 4. There may be additional Maths or English homework, this will be work that has been covered in class during that week.
Reading
We encourage the children to read daily at home either to an adult or independently. If the children read 4 times within a week they will earn house points. If your child reads 4 times each week within a half term they can choose some prizes from the prize box.
Good Reads
Charlotte’s Web – E.B White
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo
Voices in the Park – Anthony Browne
Beetle Boy – M.G Leonard
The Snow Walker’s Son – Catherine Fisher
Evie and the Animals – Matt Haig
The Wild Robot- Peter Brown
The Boy Who Grew Dragons- Andy Shepherd
The Creakers- Tom Fletcher
The 13-Storey Treehouse- Andy Griggiths
The Accidental Prime Minister- Tom McLaughlin
The Boy At The Back Of The Class- Onjali Q Rauf
The Abominables- Eva Ibbotson
Useful Links
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfg9bqt
A website about the stone age
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z8bkwmn
A website about the iron age.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/topics/cnep90jwjj7t
Supermovers songs to help practice times tables.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/loocwc
A game to enter your spellings into to practice.
https://www.2simple.com/purple-mash
Purple Mash website for computing.
https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L352/index.html
Practice compass points with this rainforest game.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Hit the Button- A game to practice times tables.
- Dance Mat Typing
Learn to type the fun way!
- Look cover write check
Why not put your weekly spellings in here and learn them with this website?
- Times Table Rockstars
A fun way to learn your tables