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.
Expectations letter September 2024 Squirrels class
Parents curriculum Meeting 2023-24
Autumn 1 newsletter 2024 2025.docx
Autumn 2 term newsletter Squirrels 2024-2025.docx
Spring 1 term newsletter Squirrels 2024 2025.docx
Summer Term
Our Big Question this term is "What is a world without internet?"
Hillier Gardens
We visited Hillier Gardens. We had a lovely day looking at pond dipping, net sweeping and thinking about habitats.
Ball skills
We had a ball skill workshop. It was amazing!
Crazy Creatures
We were visited by Crazy Creatures. We were able to hold or stroke a cockroach, millipede, stick insect, tortoise, bearded dragon and a snake. We asked some brilliant questions.
Walk Safe
We were visited by Walk Safe to teach us how to cross roads safely. We had a classroom session and then the yearr 3s and new year 4s went for a walk to put it into practice.
Mini Marathon
Congratulations to all the Squirrels who took part in the mini-marathon.
Butterflies
Today we released our butterflies. We have watched them grow from caterpillars, into chrysalises and then into butterflies. One of them was keen to stay with us!
VE Day
We celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE Day. We watched film clips from eighty years ago, wrote poems, designed medals, learnt a new song to share with parents, dressed up and had a street party on the playground.
Science - Energy: Electricity and circuits
Spring Term
Our Big Question this term is "Does anyone wake up hungry?"
Roman Day
We had a fantastic day learning more about the Romans. We discovered what Romans used for toothpaste, that Julius Caesar was not actually ever an Emperor, what the letters were in the Roman alphabet and how to play Roman games amongst other things.
D.T. Adapting a recipe
After looking at packaging and tasting biscuits from the shops we had to adapt a basic biscuit recipe, make packaging and carry out market research on our own biscuits. We had to stick to a budget and were allowed to add up to 3 extra ingredients. All the biscuits were delicious and all tasted different from each other even though everyone used the same basic recipe!
Art
We have made paper like the Egyptians used to. However, we used brown paper rather than papyrus plants! We then decorated our paper using symbols that represented us.
Red Nose Day
World Book Day
Number Day
We all wore clothes with numbers on and did number activities all morning.
D.T.
We made prototypes to hold a digital mindful moments timer. We used ipads and micro:bits to programme the timers.
Autumn Term
Our Big Question this term is "How can I make a difference?"
Christmas
We wore our Christmas jumpers. We made shoes for St Nicholas to fill and he did! No sticks for anyone in Squirrels Class! We designed and decorated our own Christmas plates. We made magic calendars! We had a craft morning where our parents joined us to make some fabulous Christmas items! We also had a school Christmas disco!
D.T. - fastenings
We made book covers. We had to make a template, cut out the fabric, thread our own needles, sew the fabric together and then add a button. We all made amazing covers!
Science
We have been learning about muscles and bones. We have also thought about what we need to eat to keep our bodies healthy.
P.E.
We have been doing gymnastics this term.
Odd socks for anti-bullying day
R.E.
We thought about what water symbolises. We identified the difference between a ‘Gospel’, which tells the story of the life and teaching of Jesus, and a letter. We thought about what texts about baptism and Trinity might mean.
D.T. Slingshot cars
We made slingshot cars and then tested them on the playground.
Divali dance workshop
We took part in a Divali dance workshop.
R.E.
We are thinking about whether celebrating Divali at home and in the community brings a feeling of belonging to a Hindu child. We have heard the story of Rama and Sita and thought about the five days of Divali. We have made paper Diva lamps and then made our own Diva lamps out of clay.
Fire safety
We have had training in what to do when there is a fire at home.
Science
We are looking at light and shadow. We have looked at opaque, translucent and transparent materials to see how this affects shadows. We have used a light meter to see what type of materials reflect light. We have looked at how shadows change depending on where the light source is.
Art
We have been taking texture rubbings to create nature-inspired artwork in the style of Max Ernst and botanical artist Maud Purdy.
Stonehenge
We visited Stonehenge. We walked around the stones and learnt about how they arrived in Wiltshire. We then learnt about a Bronze Age burial in a barrow - there are 200 around Stonehenge! We looked in prehistory houses and looked at the tools they used.
