Welcome to our Year 3 and Year 4 Squirrels Class
Our Class Teacher is Mrs Hillier and our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Tooke
Click on the links to find out more about our class.
Parents curriculum Meeting 2025
Autumn 1 Squirrels Newsletter 2025-26
Autumn 2 term newsletter Squirrels 2025-2026
Spring 1 term newsletter Squirrels 2025-26
Spring Term 2026
Our Big Question this term is "Is our world unique?"
Mayan Workshop
We had an amazing Mayan workshop. We learnt about Gods, sacrifices, writing, maths and pottery. We looked at artefacts and sketched them.
Easter Crafts
Thank you to all the parents who came and participated in our Easter Crafts session.
Red Nose Day
We took part in raising money for Red Nose day.
Science Day
We had a fantastic day: building nests using beaks and then testing them in front of a wind machine, thinking about aerodynamics while making paper aeroplanes, speaking to and asking questions of scientists about space, mucus and moths and measuring reaction times in PE!
World Book Day
We all dressed as our favourite book character and bought the books that we appeared in into school. During the day we focussed on the book "The Lost Words" by Robert MacFarlane. After reading the wonderful poems and looking at the fantastic illustrations we wrote our own poems.
Children's mental health week
As the theme this year is "This is my place" we thought about how we all belong. We also designed an island that showed where we feel happy and what we feel makes us belong. We also made some posters to help ourselves when we make a mistake and how to think about our emotions.
Safer internet day.
The theme for Safer Internet Day 2026 is artificial intelligence or AI. We discussed when it was okay to use AI and when it was not okay to use AI.
Number Day
Autumn Term 2025
Our Big Question this term is "What does a Hero look like?"
Christmas
We made Christmas cards, calendars, decorated plates and baked biscuits.
D.T.
We sewed Christmas decorations, putting on a patch and using cross stitch, blanket stitch and running stitch.
Art
We have been thinking about sculpture and 3D.
Elf Day
We took part in Elf Day for the Alzheimer's Society.
We took part in a Diwali dance workshop.
Children in need
Odd Socks Day
We wore odd socks to show support for anti-bullying week. This is a symbolic way to celebrate individuality and raise awareness that everyone is unique.
Remembrance Day
Science
We are learning about rocks and soils. We have looked at their appearance. We have also tested their hardness, absorbency and reaction to acid rain (vinegar).
Salisbury Cathdral
We had a wonderful visit to Salisbury Cathedral to learn about Spirituality and make encaustic clay tiles.
Science assembly
We took part in a science assembly. It was good fun!
Harvest Festival
We made a Harvest Sheaf for Harvest Festival.
European Day of languages
We celebrated the European day of languages.
Structures: Designing and making Castles
We designed and made our own castles.
We took part in Genes for Jeans day.
