Class 3 (Y3 and Y4)

Class 3 – Welcome to the Spring Term 2026

Welcome back and a happy New Year! We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas.

As you will know, Mrs Rothery is going to be away from school for a bit longer so we, Mrs Boother and Mr Alford, will be teaching class 3 until around Easter, depending on Mrs Rothery’s recovery time. There is a slight adjustment in the days we are with the class. Mrs Boother will cover Monday to Wednesday and Mr Alford will be in class on Thursdays and Fridays.

We are hoping to continue working hard with the children and we were both pleased to see the great progress the children made over the term. The Christmas production of Five Gold Rings was also a real highlight of the autumn term.

Below is an outline of all the exciting learning we will be doing over the next few months, together with some class routines and organisation.

Across the Carey Federation, we pride ourselves in the way we try to ‘Aim High, Be Resilient and Take Care Of Each Other’ and strive to ‘Be Respectful, Be Resilient, Be Resourceful, Be Reflective and Build Relationships’ in all that we do. The children certainly lived up to our expectations last term and we are excited to be teaching Class 3 again during the Spring Term.

Curriculum

We plan the curriculum carefully to capture the interest of the children and build upon prior knowledge. Forging cross curricular links where possible, for example in English and History this term, helps to provide context and meaning to children’s learning.

Within RSE (relationships and sex education) we follow Scarf materials.

Class 3 will have P.E. sessions on Tuesday afternoons. Please ensure NAMED PE kit suitable for indoor and outdoor wear is always in school on Tuesdays. Wild Tribe will be during the second half of the term.

Class Routines

Homework will be posted on Dojo on Tuesday. This will be:

• Maths We are moving onto a new learning platform for maths home learning called Doodle Learning, and we will send out more details soon. In the meantime, please continue to use Times Tables Rock Stars and Numbots. We encourage children to use these resources for 5-10 mins x 3 a week to practise recall of basic number facts and times tables.

• Learning spellings. These will be written into spelling journals each week based on the common exception words, (spelling rules will be taught and practised in school through Spelling Shed) The words will be specific to your child according to assessment. The spelling journals are for use at home to practise spellings but it is vital they are bought into school each day for new spellings to be written in. There will be no formal ‘test’ of spellings each week, we look for evidence within class written work. However, we will carry out spelling checks to see how children are progressing with their year group list. A copy of recent assessments will be sent home. In the spelling book.

• Reading five times a week with an initial from a parent in reading records. Reading regularly to develop fluency, comprehension and stamina is essential to enable pupils to make progress across the curriculum, not just within reading. The five reads will be counted each week.

The children’s well-being continues to be of the utmost importance and we aim to create a happy, kind and healthy environment for all. If you have any worries or questions, please do not hesitate in coming to see us. You can message via Dojo but this is not checked regularly, so if it is something urgent, please email the school office to ensure we receive it straight away.

Many thanks,

Ms. C. Boother, Mr. N. Alford and Miss T Farrow