Dolphins
Meet the Dolphins' Team
Teacher
Miss Kinsey (Monday & Tuesday)
Miss Cook (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
Teaching Assistants
Mrs Ann Duc- Monday and Tuesday am & teaching Wednesday from 10.45am - 3.15pm Management & PPA cover
Mrs Brigid Du Plessis - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday am
What does provision look like for those with additional needs in Dolphins class?
Outlined in the document below are the waves of provision we use to support children with additional needs. Support is tailored to each individual and provided as needed, with or without a diagnosis. Please talk to your child's class teacher if you have any concerns about your child, their needs or the provision in class. You can find further information on the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities page on our website. This is where you will find our vision for SEND pupils, and our SEND information report which outlines what we as a school can offer.
Class Information
PE Days
In Term 3, we have PE on a Tuesday afternoon and a Thursday afternoon.
Please ensure your child wear school uniform to school in the morning and has their PE kit in school for the term, so that they can change in school. Their PE kit should include the following items:
a yellow t-shirt
black shorts and black jogging bottoms or leggings
a jumper
plimsols or non-marking trainers
Woodland
Woodland sessions will now be termly. Our Woodland Day this half term is yet to be confirmed. The date will be added to Google Classroom and emailed to you by the office staff.
Please ensure your child wears appropriate clothing for the setting and the weather.
If it is raining, please ensure your child brings wellies into a plastic bag to change into after lunch.
Term 4: How can impact be measured?
This term, we will explore our enquiry question through two rich texts:
These two rich texts will be the vehicles to help us explore our learning journey question.
Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit
This rich picture book is set at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and it illustrates the dramatic events through the eyes of two children who are witnesses and then escapees from the natural disaster. We will write a formal newspaper report based on this text that has a clear structure, uses direct and reported speech and past tense consistently.
Empire’s End, A Roman Story by Leila Rasheed
This is a first person narrative told from the point of view of a girl who lives happily in Leptis Magna, in current Libya. She is taken to Rome, then Eboracum (currently York) so that her doctor father can tend to the last emperor to rule over Britannia. Through her eyes, we witness the life-changing experiences faced by people who travelled across the Roman empire in the aim to conquer or rule, and we also witness events that took place as the Roman rule in Britain unraveled. Inspired by this text, we will write a historical narrative, using ambitious vocabulary to describe, fronted adverbials and a range of clauses to add more detail and dialogue to move the story forward.
Pupil planners need to be brought into school and handed in every morning
We will visit the library weekly on Wednesdays
PE days are Monday and Wednesday
Mrs Duc will teach the class on Wednesday from 10.45am
Key Dates for Term 3
Friday 8th March World Book Day! Children to come dressed in pyjamas
TBC - Woodland Day
W/C 25th March Parent Consultations
Last Day of Term 4 - Thursday 28th March
Start of Term 5 - Tuesday 16th April
Inset Days 2023-24
Monday 15th April 2024
Term 4 Knowledge Organiser and Termly Overview
Year 3
Year 4
Homework
Homework is set every Friday on Google Classroom and will be due in the following Thursday. The homework folder can be found under the 'Classwork' tab.
Reading record - please record what you have read and how often you have read in the new home school planner. We encourage children to read at least five times a week either independently (aloud or in their head) or aloud with an adult.
Activities - there will be spellings to learn and timetables to practise.
Mangahigh - Children to login and complete the Manga High task set by your teacher. They should aim to complete the task three times. The children's logins can be found on their Google Classroom under 'Classwork'.
Nessy - Children with Nessy accounts should be accessing Nessy at home at least twice a week for 20 minutes.
Please do let the class teacher know if you require a paper copy.
We ask that you send in a photo of the work instead of a paper copy to reduce the number of items coming into school.
Websites to support your child at home
General
Reading
EPIC – eBooks: https://www.getepic.com/ (Our class code is on our Google Classroom under 'Classwork' --> 'Useful websites')
Maths