Swan Class 2024 - 2025!
PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday - make sure you wear your PE kit to school on these days. Forest school is on Friday. Please see letter dated 06.09.24 for more details.
Dates for your diary
- 4th September: Start of Term
- 25th October: End of Half Term
- 4th November: Inset day
- 5th November: Inset day
- 6th November: Start of New Half Term
- 20th December 2pm : End of Term
Please see below for key documents relating to your child's learning:
Spelling list Autumn 1:
Words will be given out on the date given and tested the following week. The words chosen are following on from the phonics work the children have completed in year 2. For any questions or issues, please speak to Mr Payne.
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Words given out. |
05.09 |
12.09 |
19.09 |
26.09 |
03.10 |
10.10 |
17.10 |
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Spelling rules: |
/r/ r rr wr Rh /g/ g gg gu gue gh
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/c/ /m/ /w/ |
The double letters ff, ll, ss, zz protect the short vowel sound in one-syllable words |
Double the final letter to protect the short vowel sound when you add -er. |
Use ck at the end of a word after a short vowel sound |
Use tch at the end of a word after a short vowel sound |
Common year 3 words. |
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red |
kitten |
chess |
hotter |
peck |
torch |
eight |
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lorry |
chicken |
fuzz |
bigger |
sick |
switch |
fruit |
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wrist |
school |
hill |
swimmer |
rack |
reach |
woman |
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rhino |
raccoon |
fill |
runner |
sticker |
lunch |
recent |
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goat |
mosque |
miss |
winner |
chicken |
witch |
caught |
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wiggle |
summer |
mass |
slipper |
chuck |
crunch |
actual |
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guitar |
thumb |
toss |
thinner |
crack |
stretch |
busy |
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league |
autumn |
jazz |
drummer |
pack |
approach |
guide |
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ghost |
wheel |
off |
upper |
yuck |
screech |
group |
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make |
penguin |
puff |
wetter |
pick |
peach |
early |
Our Values
Respect, Resilience, Empathy, Reflection
Our Golden Rules
We take care
We take pride
We have respect
Through Class Worship, assemblies and cross-curricular lessons, our values will be embedded into all aspects of our day-to-day learning, helping us to become the best that we can be.
Any questions or comments please come and find us!
Class Teacher: Mr Payne
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Wilson and Mrs Altaf
Class Reminders!
Homework
One piece of online maths homework will be given to the children on a Thursday and expected to be handed in the following Wednesday. If homework is not handed in, children will miss their playtime to complete it. The website to find this homework is MYMATHS.
Spellings will be shown above for each week. Spellings will be tested on Monday and the children will have 5 mystery words in the test that follow the same rule they have been learning. I encourage children to research other words that follow the same rule to understand how the spelling rule works.
Reading
I would like to reiterate how important it is that children read every day. I expect children to read for at least 20 minutes every day. Within our school day we take time to read each day, however pupils will benefit greatly from daily reading independently or with an adult at home.
Please see below for our Recommended Reading Lists.
Times Tables
Another key area of focus will be developing pupils understanding and fluency in their time tables. By the end of the term it is hoped pupils will have a good grasp and easy recall of the 2 – 12 times tables. Such knowledge supports a wide range of mathematical themes covered in the curriculum, and is invaluable for pupil’s progression. We will focus on developing these skills in class both with math games and our weekly 100 Club challenge, however to support pupils in this regular practice at home will be greatly beneficial.
Accelerated reader:
You can check on the progress your children have made on accelerated reader. Please go to the school website, scroll to the bottom and click on Accelerated Reader Home Connect. It’ll redirect you to a login page; and you will need to enter their child’s username and password. You can also opt in to update emails from here.
Any questions please don't hesitate to ask a member of the Swan team.
Useful websites for additional learning
I have listed some websites below which you made find useful to continue your learning at home. Whilst there are many sites here, this list is by no means complete!
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ - this website is full of free eBooks! Make sure you use the filter to find books suitable for your age.
http://www.pobble365.com/ - this website has lots of imaginative inference and writing activities all around a different picture of each day.
https://wonderopolis.org/ - this is a website to inspire curiosity with an interesting question of the day - great for developing reading skills!
https://www.tynker.com/ - great for any mindcraft lovers, this website allows you to practise your computing coding skill
https://parentinfo.org/
https://www.storylineonline.net/
https://www.onceuponapicture.co.uk/
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/kids-club/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn
https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
https://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
https://www.mathsisfun.com/
https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/home-learning-resources.html
https://www.seussville.com/
https://www.roalddahl.com/home/
http://www.ictgames.com/
