Indigo Class
Welcome to Indigo Class's page! We are a year 3/4 class with 26 pupils altogether. Our class teacher is Miss Hollick and we are supported by our HLTA Miss Greenwood.
If you are a Year 3/4 parent/carer and missed our meet the teacher meeting, please find the slides here.
In this half term, up until Christmas, we will be studying the topic of invaders. We will focus on the Romans and then transition into the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. As our hook, we will be visited by a Roman soldier and we will explore who they are and the importance they have had on our life today.
Core Subjects
English: After studying grammatical skills at the start of the new school year, we will begin to explore and write a diary from the perspective of a Roman soldier.
Maths: This half term, in my maths group, we will be looking at place value to 10,000. We will focus on our times tables every week on the lead up to the times tables test in Year 4.
Science: We will be focusing on electricity. The children will conduct a series of circuits and identify parts of the circuit. We will also look at conductors and insulators.
Foundation subjects
DT and Art: In DT, the children will be learning different stitches as part of sewing skills and this will lead to them creating their own Roman purse (bulla).
Music: In Music we will be exploring South African music through the song 'Hands, Feet, Heart'. They will find the pulse and rhythm whilst also learning the notes on a glockenspiel.
French: In French, the Year 3 children will be learning new vocabulary. They will focus on who they are, colours and family.
PSHE: Will will discuss the Zones of Regulation and how to manage our emotions whilst also discussing how we can stay safe and manage risk.
Computing: In Computing, we will be learning how to use a laptop, log on and use google classrooms and explore internet safety.
Religion and World Views: In RE, the Year 3 children will be focusing on what Christians believe about having a good life and the Christian faith.
Any questions, please email indigo.class@victoria-jun.leeds.sch.uk
Click here for the meet the teacher slides.
Important things to Know:
PE
PE lessons will take place outside on Tuesday's and Friday's. Children can come to school on those days in their PE kit. Please insure it is weather appropriate.
Swimming
Year 4's will attend swimming until February. Please ensure boys have their shorts on and girls bring their costume.
Online Learning
Children can access Bug Club, Times Table Rockstars and Mathletics from home.
Log on details are inside their reading records.
Please find the links below:
Bug Club:
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0
Please note that the school code is lwx6
Mathletics:
Times Table Rockstars:
Reading
Reading records are checked on Monday's and Thursday's to ensure the children have read 5 pages. Children can read their own books from home too.
Times Tables
Children can use TTRockstars to get extra help with learning their times tables. They can battle each other and set personal challenges in order to recall their times tables faster.
Every week in our maths classes, we focus on a times table and the children will get the chance to battle for TT Champion.
The children also have a times table book in school.
Homework
Spellings: They will be sent home with a set of spellings on a Friday and tested the following Friday. This can be up to 10 spellings per week.
Maths: Maths homework will be online using Mathletics. It will be based on what they are learning or have learnt throughout the year. This is set on a Friday and they have a week to complete it.
English: English homework will be set on google classroom and it may include tasks similar to their current learning in class or grammar focussed. This is set on a Friday and due in a week later.
Learn By Hearts (Maths Facts): these are factual based for maths. It may include number bonds, times tables or facts about shapes. These are set every other Friday. Children will be sent home with them on a Friday, tested the following Friday and then tested again the Friday after to see if their scores have improved. Then they will be given a new set to learn.
English and spelling homework will be available on google classroom or on paper copies if they have been requested.