Year 3/4 Blog - Friday 4th September 2026

 Dear Parents,

A huge welcome to you if you are joining us here in Year 3/4 and a big hello if you were with us last year! The children have had a very busy week and have all settled in well to their new classes. It is so great to see the children smiling when they are coming into school each day. 

Our weekly blog is the best way to receive communication from us. We will also use the Class Dojo from time to time when needed. If you have not received your child's log in please ask their teacher.

ROUTINES

• Messages to staff on the gate in the morning.

• Please ensure that children come on to the school grounds on their own.

• Please send in a note or email the office if collection arrangements are different to normal.

• Please call the office if collection arrangements change during the day.

• Please label all clothing including their tie.

• Ring the office if your child is off sick – must be clear for 48hrs before returning to school. 

• Please notify the office of any changes to mobile numbers or email addresses.

• Our PE day will be on Wednesdays.

• Snacks - Please provide fruit or vegetables for your child’s snack in a named, reusable container.

• Homework is set every Friday and will need to be handed in by the following Wednesday.

SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Next week in class we will be electing our class representatives for the School Council. If your child would like to stand for election, they may wish to use this weekend to write a speech, create a poster or think about the qualities they have to make a great class councillor. Results will be announced in next week's Celebration Assembly.

YEAR 3/4 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

Your child will have brought home 2 homework books today - a Maths and a Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling book. Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

MATHS

Year 3 Pg 6 (Place Value)

Year 4 Pg 8 (Place Value)

ENGLISH

Year 3 Pg 38 (Capital Letters and Full Stops)

Year 4 Pg 36 (Capital Letters and Full Stops)

The spellings for this week have been posted on ClassDojo. Please make sure that your child is looking at the spellings for their year group. The children will be tested on these spellings next Friday.

FREE-WRITE FRIDAY

Every Friday, the children will be completing an independent piece of writing based around a different text type that will be decided via a spinning wheel. To aid the children, they should complete a simple plan with ideas for their writing. This week's text will be:

Poetry

The children will be writing a poem on a topic of their choice. This can be anything such as reading, football or even cake! If they could collect some vocabulary to use for their writing e.g. adjectives or ideas around this topic. THEY DO NOT NEED TO WRITE THEIR POEM AT HOME. We will share some examples via Dojo that the children can use as inspiration.

ADDITIONAL TASKS

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it.

• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 3’s.
• TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Greenfield, Miss Langley & Miss Smith