Harrison Class
Class teacher: Mrs Goldie Drumm
Teaching Assistant: Miss Ellis
Our timetable for the week:
Monday
- Volunteer reader in school - please bring in reading books
Tuesday
Wednesday
- PE lesson (please come in wearing correct kit and earrings removed)
- Home Learning due back
- Reading records in and books changed (please let an adult know if you need a book changing sooner and we will be happy to help)
- Volunteer reader in school - please bring in reading books
Thursday
- Spelling practice and test
- Volunteer reader in school - please bring in reading books
Friday
- Home Learning & spellings will be sent home
Recent learning and events in Harrison class:
Our school trip to Living Land in May:
Our Y3 trip to the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend in February:
We have been grouping rocks in Science (yr. 3), building and adding up to 4-digit numbers in maths, and building a toolkit to help us write a suspense story in English.
We have been discussing how to resolve friendship issues in PSHE, testing out the impact of forces in Science (yr. 3) and retelling the story of Noah's Ark in RE (yr. 3).
Reading
Our class book is Big. (For more information about Vashti Harrison, scroll to the bottom of the page.)
We would like you to record how much your child reads each day in their reading record. We have sent home books that the children have been involved in choosing, but we are aware that children may wish to read something else and that is absolutely fine! Remember, it does not necessarily need to be a book, it can be a magazine or newspaper article.
We ask that the children bring in their completed reading records each day and we will let you know which day books will be changed. We will be recording how many times your child reads in the week - we are happy that the children complete this, but it must be signed by an adult. The children are all working towards earning Bronze, Silver and Gold readers badges, so every read counts! If you child needs to change their book more often, please ask them to speak to an adult in class.
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P.E.
P.E. is on Wednesday. This term our focus will be: Athletics.
Please come to school wearing PE kit suitable for outdoor learning. Earrings will need to be removed in order for your child to participate fully.
Home learning will be sent home on a Friday. On some occasions you will need to login to Google Classroom to complete the learning - agreements and logins to follow. All home learning is to be completed by the following Wednesday unless stated otherwise.
Spellings will be sent home on a Friday. These will be tested the following Thursday. Spellings will also be accessible to practise on Spelling Shed and logins will be sent home for this. Groups will be reviewed constantly, but please speak to an adult if you have any concerns.
Topic
Our topic this term will be Geography - Countries of the World.
Other Information
Any belongings brought to school e.g. clothing, lunch boxes, water bottles, hand sanitiser etc. should be clearly labelled.
Leave all your bits and bobs at home - you won't need your own stationery, toys or games.
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Curriculum overviews
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Vashti Harrison
Vashti Harrison is the New York Times bestselling creator of Big, which was awarded the 2024 Caldecott Medal, a Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor, in addition to being a National Book Award finalist. Vashti is also the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Little Leaders, Little Dreamers, and Little Legends, and the illustrator of Lupita Nyong’o’s Sulwe.
Vashti Harrison, author and illustrator of the bestselling Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, is an artist, author, and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. Now she uses her love for both film and illustration to craft beautiful stories for children.
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