Welcome to Class Nine
Teacher: Miss Creaby
Teaching Assistants: Mrs. Horton and Miss. Blackmore.
We are pleased to welcome you to the Class Nine page. The main need-to-know information can be found here including up to date information about the curriculum your child will be taught, as the year progresses.
English
In English lessons throughout the year, we will be reading a range of fiction and non-fiction texts. English lessons for children are structured around the National Curriculum, focusing on four core areas: speaking and listening, reading, writing, and spelling, grammar, and punctuation (SPaG). Throughout the year, children will develop their abilities to communicate effectively, comprehend diverse texts, write coherently for different purposes, and master spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills, with increasing complexity in the skills and expectations as they move through the year. Children will be focusing of varied text types throughout the year, with main purpose being to inform, entertain and persuade the reader.
Our book focus each half term will be:
Autumn 1- Place Value of Punctuation and Grammar Unit
Autumn 2- Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kiamura
Spring 1- Snowy by Berlie Doherty
Spring 2- How to wash a Woolly Mammoth Written by Michelle Robinson
Summer 1- Storm by Sam Usher
Summer 2- The Scarab’s Secret by Nick Would
Mathematics
Children will learn core mathematical concepts including numbers, operations, shape, space, and measures, progressing from basic counting and place value in Key Stage 1 to more complex fractions and geometry in Key Stage 2, focusing on fluency, conceptual understanding, and mathematical reasoning to solve increasingly challenging problems.
Please see our Class Long Term Plan for a more detailed outline of what key areas of learning will take place for each year group throughout the year.
Science
In Science, children will be working on a Year 3 curriculum. This academic year, students will develop their scientific enquiry skills through five core units:
In Autumn 1, pupils study nutrition, diets, and skeletons.
In Autumn 2, they examine rocks, soil, and fossils.
Spring 1 covers reflections, shadows, and sun safety.
Spring 2 focuses on plant parts and life cycles.
The Summer term introduces friction and magnetic poles.
Throughout the year, students will learn to ask questions, conduct tests, and record data.
Geography/ History
This academic year, children will be working on a Year 3 curriculum.
Please see our Class Long Term Plan for a more detailed outline of what topics of learning will take place throughout the year.
Computing
In computing lessons this year, we will follow 6 Year 4 units of work:
Autumn 1- The internet – Further understanding of networks including WWW.
Autumn 2- Audio editing – Capture and edit audio to produce a podcast.
Spring 1- Introduction to variables – Use variables to count things and keep track of what is going on, then create simple games which use a score variable.
Spring 2- Repetition and loops – Create loops to repeat instructions. Nest loops inside each other to form more complex repetitions.
Summer 1- Photo editing – Manipulating digital images and reflecting upon impact.
Summer 2- Data logging – Recognising how and why data is collected over time, before using data loggers to carry out an investigation.
P.E
Every Monday we will have P.E. Please make sure you send your child’s P.E kit into school.
Music
In Music we will be looking closely at different genres of music. Each term we will learn to sing a new song and play along with instruments.
Autumn 1- A Shining Performance (featuring Sparkle in The Sun)
Autumn 2- Sing and Move (featuring The King of All Polar Bears and Five Gold Rings)
Spring 1- Music and Video (featuring Be Safe Online)
Spring 2- You Gotta Try (featuring You Gotta Try)
Summer 1- Music and Sound (featuring Sinfonia Cymru’s Regenerate: Seasons for Change Project 1)
Summer 2- Sound Exploration (featuring RSNO’s Sounds of The Deep)
R.E
In R.E lessons this year, we will be following 3 key themes in lessons:
Autumn- Christianity: Miracles
Spring- Islam: Ramadan
Summer- Hinduism: Brahman
PSHE
In PSHE lessons we will be focusing on a Year 3 curriculum delivered through Muse Wellbeing. Throughout the year, we will be covering the following topics.
Term 1 – Health and Wellbeing
Autumn 1- Healthy Minds and Healthy Bodies
Autumn 2-Growth and Change
Term 2 – Understanding Relationships
Spring 1- Positive Relationships
Spring 2- Respecting Others and Ourselves
Term 3 – The World Around Us
Summer 1- Thinking Locally and Globally
Summer 2- Economic Wellbeing and Reflection
DT
In Design and Technology lessons, we will be focusing on a Year 3 curriculum.
Please see our Class Long Term Plan for a more detailed outline of what focus will take place each term.
Homework
Children will be sent home with spellings to learn each week, could you please find the time to practice with the children.
Children will read at home each day with parents/carers. Please ensure it is noted daily in your child’s reading record.
At The Grange we believe that it is crucial to work in partnership with parents and carers. There is an expectation that you will support us by ensuring that your child completes the tasks that we set as homework.
Obviously the level of your engagement will depend on your child’s age but we expect you to take an active part in all aspects of homework. and where necessary, indicate that you have monitored the completion of it (e.g. by signing the Home/ School Reading Record Book)
The routines of reading every day, learning spellings and multiplication tables etc. can be great fun and very rewarding for all concerned. Best results are achieved when homework is not done at the last minute but has a fixed time in a child’s established home routine. Short, sharp period of activity are preferable to prolonged periods of study where concentration can be lost.
Effective learning and consolidation of learning cannot happen in an environment with lots of distractions (e.g. television etc.) Please give some thought to where your child works at home.
Please see below the extensive list of websites that your child can visit to consolidate and extend his/her learning.
