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PUFFINS - Year 3 & 4

Welcome to Puffins' Class Page

The teacher of this class is:

Mr Berry

 

Our teaching assistants are:

Mrs Howell (HLTA), Miss Langford, and Mrs Evans

 

Class timetable

This is general timetable for the Summer Term. This may change some weeks due to other factors. If there are any changes to PE, we will notify parents.

 

 

Topic

Our topic this term is the Anglo-Saxons.

 

Anglo-Saxon warriors with shields and swords

 

 

This term we will look at what happened to Britain after the Romans left. We will look at how different tribes from northern Europe came to the British Isles to claim their own part of the now unprotected fertile lands of Britain. We will look at the Kingdoms these tribes created, the languages they brought, and how these kingdoms and people became the foundations for what we now call England.

 

 

PE lessons

PE lessons will be on Mondays and Thursdays during Summer Term. 

 

PE Kit / Jewellery

On P.E. days, all children will be coming into school in their PE kit. Please ensure that children are wearing the correct kit i.e.

 

White T-shirt

Navy shorts

White socks

Navy Tracksuit bottoms when it is cold

Navy plain hoody

Trainers not pumps

Long hair must always be tied back

 

Music - Brass lessons

In Puffins and Kingfishers classes, the children are lucky enough to have a professional music teacher who visits the class each week and teaches them trumpet. Trumpets will be allocated to each pupil in the first few weeks of the new term.

  • Music lessons will be on a Friday morning. Once children have an instrument this will need to be in school for the lesson. Regular practise at home is encouraged.

 

 

 

English - Class Book

 

First half term

 

Journey

 

 

 

 

Further Curriculum information:

Please see the Curriculum Sheet linked at the top of this page.

 

Year 4 Multiplication Check

 

In early June 2026 the Year 4s will be doing their 'Multiplication Check'. They are given 6 seconds to answer times tables questions up to 12 x 12.

It is therefore really important to try to find time at home for your child to practise their times tables as practising them frequently is the only way to establish fluency in this area. Please ensure your child is practising their times tables frequently at home using TTRockstars.

We are of course practising these in school, but time and resources are limited and so individual practice at home is crucial.  

There are some links to useful websites at the bottom of this page which can be used to practise times tables fluency at home.

For more information about the check, click on this link.

 

 

Useful Websites

 

Click on the links below:

 

  • TTRockstarsFun games for practising and developing recall of times tables. This is a weekly expectation.

  • Numbots - Great personalised games and tasks to develop 'number sense' and arithmetic fluency.

  • Hit the Button Great, simple times tables practice.

  • MTC Practice A great website to practise a times tables test with a short amount of time for each question. This is similar to the statutory 'Multiplication Check' which all Year 4 pupils undertake in June each year. This website gives you 10 seconds for each question, whereas the 'real' test is only 6 seconds! This is also the webpage we use to assess the pupils' times tables each half term.

  • Mathletics Maths task may be set as homework on Mathletics.

  • Spellzone Practise games and activities for the weekly spellings.

  • Read Theory Practise reading and comprehension as often as you like. Log in and it will give you reading activities at a suitable level. Request your child's login details if interested.

 

 

 

 

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