Staff
Excellent Elms is taught by Miss Potts-Perkins and the teaching assistant is Mrs Zareba
Aspiring Acers is taught by Miss Howard and the teaching assistant is Miss Slack
Excellent Elms is taught by Miss Potts-Perkins and the teaching assistant is Mrs Zareba
Aspiring Acers is taught by Miss Howard and the teaching assistant is Miss Slack
Our classrooms are well organised to promote the children’s independence and to ensure the best from all of our children. Both classrooms have working walls for English and Maths to aid the children with their work. We also celebrate children’s fantastic work by displaying it around our classrooms.
Every class has at least one school councillor to help share their classes’ views and make changes across the school.
School Councillors
Aspiring Acers
Lexi Gibb – School Councillor 2021-2022
School Councillors
Excellent Elms
Mia – Excellent Elms School Councilor 21/22
Every class has at least 1 dojo master. The dojo masters help show visitors around school and explain what they are/have been doing in class.
Dojo Master:
Aspiring Acers – Max and Allison
Dojo Master
Excellent Elms
Reeyansh and Robyn
Dojo master
Click on the tabs below to find out more information about each topic. Throughout the year we will also add pictures of memorable experiences and hooks!
During this term children will be studying an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066: Changing perceptions of the monarchy; Richard III and Elizabeth I. In art, we will study portraits of past monarchs. In science, the children will study the concept of light.
Within this topic, the children will get the chance to study states of matter and different materials within Science. We will even erupt our own volcano with our parents! In Geography, they will use atlas’, maps and digital mapping to locate countries and features. We will also study the greenhouse gases from volcanoes that contribute to global warming. Lets go!
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed Pompeii, but some people must have survived. Taking this historical event as a starting point, this story tells of Tranio, an actor’s son, and his friend Livia, the baker’s daughter, as they witness the destruction of their beloved city.
As we are going to be writing a warning tale we learnt about how to act incase of an Earthquake!
During this term, we are going to be focusing on the Anglo-Saxon and Viking times in Britain. In Art, we will study material pattern printing from these periods in time. In Geography, we will learn the locations of certain settlements and look at their geographical features. We will study the Viking tale ‘Beowulf’ and innovate it to create our very own ‘conquering the monster tale’.
During this term we will be learning about how the human body works when we digest our food. We will look at different foods and how important to us a healthy diet is. We will study teeth and see how different foods will effect our enamel. For music, we will play the handbells. In PE, we will learn how to play rounders.
Within our topic this term we will be learning about magnets and their properties. We will also be looking at different metals and their magnetic properties. We will study friction and how this impacts upon movement.
As part of Design and Technology, we will create a moving robot – how exciting!
We are very lucky this term to be having a community artist Kate to help deliver our art lessons – we will be making metal structures. Parents will be able to come into school on the 16th May to create metal jewellery with the children – Yay!
In PE, we shall be playing badminton.
This text is a moving tale about a Robot that has a broken heart and a bird looking for a helping hand.
What would happen if we lost the happy endings to stories – imagine the tears at bedtime! A fantastic and magical tale about what happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to bedtime stories. It is up to Jub, the keeper of the happy endings, to save the day and ensure sweet dreams everywhere in this lyrical story about storytelling. In the tradition of classic fairy tales for children, Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray have created a truly compelling, surprising and beautiful story for children of all ages.
We do lots of exciting things throughout the year, this may be part of our topic or additional experiences, click on the tabs below to have a look.
PE for AA is on a Monday.
PE for EE is on a Tuesday.
The children will change for PE in school so please ensure they have their kit ready. They can leave this in school if you like.
AA and EE Year 3s do not go swimming now.
Home Learning for each class is due every Thursday – see the home learning grid for tasks set
Useful Links to Learning!
https://firsprimary.derby.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Year-3-and-4-Spelling-List.pdf
https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html?logoutReason=10
https://www.mymaths.co.uk/
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
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