Welcome to Year 3/4!

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and are ready for an exciting new term! The children have settled back into school life brilliantly, and we’re looking forward to a fantastic start to the new year.

This term, our topic is ‘Invasion where we will be learning about castles and medieval life, explored through the theme of “The Age of the Princes” in Wales. We’ll be discovering:

• Why castles were built and how they were defended.
• What life was like in medieval times for different people.
• The fascinating history of Welsh princes and their role during this period.

For those of you who love art, we will be creating our own family crest.

Through this topic, we’ll use a range of activities including historical research, creative writing and even some art projects to bring the medieval world to life! Along with a trip to Cardiff Castel!

For the Sports enthusiasts, our PE lessons will be on Thursdays. Everyone needs to remember their P.E. kit on this day as it is an important part of the curriculum. Our focus this half term is on gymnastics.

In Literacy we will be studying the short film ‘Dragon Slayer’ . This will help us develop our writing skills which we can then use across the curriculum! Don’t forget to read and complete the activities for 1 book each week on Bug Club. Reading is so important in helping us learn and develop other skills. A new list of spelling will be posted on our class page each Friday. Please remember to practice these words each day at home ready for your spelling test the following Friday.

Also, don’t forget to complete your My Maths homework online. This is set each Wednesday and you have a week to complete it.

Our new RE topic is Galilee to Jerusalem. We will be learning about how Jesus showed the Kingdom of God on Earth through his miracles. Our virtues of ‘Curious and Active’ will assist us in exploring this.