hazel CLASS
Year 3 and 4
mRs Armstrong-McCLean
2026-27
Autumn Term
Welcome to Hazel Class (Year 3 and 4) and our class page! On our class page we have details of our topics for this term as well as other useful information about Year 3 and 4 and websites that we use to help our learning. We love to share what we learn in school every day via our School Facebook page, so please follow us to see what we get up to.
Mrs Armstrong-McClean
What will we be learning about this term?
English
1st half term- Ancient Egypt Animation, Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx-Joe Todd-Stanton.
2nd half term- 23 degrees, 5 minutes animation, The Last Bear-Hannah Gould
Maths
Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Measure-Area, Multiplication and Division A
R.E.
1st half term- What kind of world did Jesus want?
2nd half term- For Christians, what was the impact of Pentecost?
Science
1st half term- States of Matter
2nd half term- Changes in Sound
History - 1st half term
The achievements of early civilisations- The Ancient Egyptians
Geography - 2nd half term
The Rainforest Biome
Art - 1st half term
Sonia Delunay
DT - 2nd half term
2D shape to 3D product – Simple stitching
P.E.
1st half term- Golf, Game Sense-Invasion, Swimming
2nd half term- Dance-cats, Tag Rugby, Swimming
French - 1st half term
Family and Friends
PSHE / RSE –
1st half term- Being me in my world
2nd half term- Celebrating Differences
Computing
1st half term- Introduction to Purple Mash
Animation
2nd half term- Logo
Unpacking Hardware and Software
Arrival/collection
Our arrival time each morning is 8.45-9.00am and we leave at 3.15pm.
What to bring to school
The children should bring in a water bottle which they will take home each day as well as their packed lunch (if they do not receive a school lunch). They do not need any other equipment such as pencil cases, stationary etc as they will have everything they need at their own desk.
PE days
Our PE days are a Tuesday and a Thursday. On these days, the children should come into school wearing their PE kit. They do not need to bring in their normal school uniform to get changed into, they will just stay in their PE kit all day. PE kit is: trainers, white PE t-shirt, purple shorts or plain black tracksuit bottoms, purple hoodie or purple school jumper.
We will be going swimming on a Friday beginning on 11.9.2026. For swimming lessons, the children need to come to school in their uniform and bring a backpack, holding their towel, swimming costume/trunks and goggles.
Homework
Spellings
Spellings will be posted on Class Dojo and children will have the same list for 1 week . It would be great if the children completed fun activities at home and we will be learning these spellings in class throughout the week.
www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html
www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling
Reading
The children are encouraged to read a variety of texts at home and share a love of reading with parents. Try to read Accelerated Reader Book at least 3x per week. Remember to bring your Accelerated Reader book back into school each day. There will be an opportunity to change library books every Friday.
Times tables
Try to practise your times tables every night to help us prepare for the Year 4 Multiplication check. Suggested websites and apps to help to practise times tables include:
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
Useful websites
Visit these websites for some games to practise your English skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Visit these websites for some games to practise your Maths skills.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
Maths Zone Cool Learning Games – Maths Games and Learning Activties for Fun
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
This is a useful website to practise a range of different subject areas.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/
