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Year 3/4 Newsletter (September 2026)

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Year 3/4 Newsletter  

Autumn 2026

 

 

Welcome to Year 3/4

Welcome to Sprowston Junior School Year 3 and welcome back Year 4; we hope you had a restful summer break and are ready for all of the exciting activities we have planned for you. We have some really great topics that we will be learning over the year and some super trips and other events too…… so here goes!

This newsletter has been put together to tell you about our year group, the expectations we have; the main topics we will be covering and to give you general day-to-day information.

The Year 3/4 Team:

Martham Class: Mrs Wills and Mrs Connell – Class teachers

Filby Class: Mrs Pope and Mrs Connell- Class teachers

Lily: Miss Allen - Class teacher and Mrs Bernotaviciene (Mrs B)

Teaching assistants: Mrs Bernotaviciene, Mrs Webb, Mrs Clarke & Mrs Gillies.

At Sprowston Junior we use 'Marvellous Me' to communicate with you at home.  We send home important reminders, positive messages and general comments.

Please sign up to receive Marvellous Me messages so that you do not miss out! 

There is also a useful video which will give you an idea of what Marvellous Me is all about. For more information, have a look at the parent walk through information.

If your child is in Year 4 and you used Marvellous Me last year the log on details will remain the same, so there is no need to reinstall the app.

We look forward to sending the first messages home.

Home/School Journal: Children will earn house points for reading at home (one for up to 2 times a week, two for 4 times a week). Every week we expect the journal to come in to school signed by someone at home (with a comment if possible).

Homework: Homework will be given on a Wednesday and will be expected back the following Monday. Children will be given logins to access maths games at home too - these can be found in the home/school journal.

We will send home spellings to practise in all different ways each week in line with our ‘Essential Spelling’ spelling programme.

You may also be the lucky carer of Martham's Maths’ monkey - Chimpanthree, Filby's Maths' crocodile, Mildred or Lily's Maths' friend. If you get to take these home, please complete some maths with them and record your activity in the book sent home.

PE days:

Martham: Wednesday and Thursday.

Filby: Tuesday and Thursday.

Lily: Wednesday and Thursday.

Please send children to school in their PE kits (blue/black shorts, navy or white tops). Earrings should not be worn on these days and hair should be tied back.

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Curriculum Corner - Concordia Academy

Curriculum Overview

Autumn

Literacy: 

In literacy we will be studying lots of different books. We begin with a series of picture books to help us learn the routines, expectations and our school's values, then we move onto The Tin Forest. This term we will also be reading Charlotte's Web and Pandora's box. 

Maths:

Place value: identifying and representing numbers up to 1000

Addition and subtraction: using column method up to 4-digit numbers

Area: calculating the space inside rectilinear shapes (all corners are right angles)

Multiplication and division: studying multiplication tables up to 12 x 12 and counting in multiples of 25 and 1000

Geography:

Europe: Identifying and learning about different countries and capital cities within Europe. 

History:

Boudicca and the Iceni: Discovering who Boudicca was and her importance within the Iceni. 

 

Science:

Animals including humans: Identifying and labelling bones and muscles in the human body and learning about animal and human diets.

Sound: Learning how sound is made, changes and travels.

This term we will be hosting some exciting curriculum days. Details to follow. We also hope to invite parents/carers in to have a look at our learning. 

Art:

Printing: Mono printing, block printing and creating repeating patterns

DT:

Food technology: Answering the question 'Is cheap food worse for us?' by learning about nutritional information.

We are really looking forward to the term ahead. If you have any queries, just ask.