LUXULYAN SCHOOL
Luxulyan Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5EE
Tel: 01726 850397
E-mail: [email protected]
Executive Head@ Mr P Towe
Head of School: Mrs S Le-Doux-Lucas
Sycamore Class (Class 3) Newsletter
September 2016
Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed the Summer break and is ready for the Autumn
term ahead. I am really excited to be your child’s class teacher this year as they enter the
next stage of their learning. If you ever have any concerns or worries about your child or wish
to discuss any matters, then please feel free to pop in to see me; I am usually available at the
start and at the end of the school day (8.30am-8.45am and 3.05pm- 4.00pm). I am also
looking forward to working with Mrs Mary Fox who will be the teaching assistant in Sycamore
Class this year and is, of course, already known to most of the children.
Autumn term 1- ‘Where does my food go?’
Learning will include: Investigating different parts of the human digestive system and the role each part
plays
Exploring the jobs of different teeth and how to look after them
Making comparisons and contrasts between the teeth of herbivores, carnivores and
omnivores
Fiction reading and English based on Roald Dahl’s‘ James and the Giant Peach’ where
children will imitate, investigate, innovate and invent their own version of part of the
story
Newspaper report writing inspired by what happens to James and the peach.
Maths- Place value, addition and subtraction including exploring the length of
digestive organs of different animals
Art and Design- Drawing in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Autumn 2 ‘Were the Dark Ages dark?’
Learning will include: Imitating, investigating, innovatin and inventing a variety of texts relating to myths
and legends from the British Isles and Scandinavia including Beowulf and Loki and Thor
Formal and informal letter writing linked to the life and times of King Alfred and
Viking raids
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Learning about the invaders and settlors around 450-1000 AD
Exploring how sophisticated the Anglo-Saxon world was
Studying Anglo-Saxon and Viking musical instruments
Working together to compose and perform a piece of music based on the epic poem
Beowulf
Finding out about the physical and human geography of Iceland
PE this term will mainly focus for 10 weeks of Swimming starting on 16th September; however,
your child will still need to have their full PE kit with them each day in case of occasional timetable changes. Daily active programmes (‘Wake up. Shake up’) of exercise will take place
every morning in addition to cross-curricular active outdoor learning in Maths and English.
The children will be learning Spanish with Miss Nikita Teobold on Monday afternoons and RE
will be taught on Wednesdays by Mrs Suzanne Le-Doux-Lucas.
Home Learning
I hope that you will be able to support you child at home with their learning which I will set on
each Friday and will be due back in the following Thursday. It is expected that at least an
hour a week should be dedicated to home learning which will consist of: Online Learning: MyMaths
Times Tables Rock Star
Spellings (Children will be tested every Friday)
Regular reading (Children will have the opportunity of participating in the school’s ‘Karate’
reading scheme – more details will follow shortly)
I appreciate that not all families will have easy access to the internet at home so there will be
opportunities for children to complete some of their home learning in school if this is the case.
I look forward to meeting you all.
Kind regards
Mrs Sharon Mileham
Class Teacher Year 3/ 4
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