Birstwith CE Primary School

Welcome

We are delighted to welcome you to our class page. We will be using this to update you on all the exciting things we are getting up to in Class 2 - Year 3 and 4

Our Teacher is Miss Watkin. On an afternoon, we also have Mrs Holland. During PPA time, Mrs Paxton teaches us all sorts of things - music, French and art!

We are doing some brilliant work and enjoying lots of exciting learning opportunities together! Please do have a look at our page to see some of the wonderful things we are getting up to this year...

Note to parents: (Updated February 2024)

PE takes place on a Monday. This half term, we will be outside working on our teamwork and collaboration skills by playing basketball and hockey. Please ensure children have correct PE kit for this. We will then be swimming on a Thursday - children will need full swimming kit each week for their trip to The Hydro.

Please ensure your child comes to school with a water bottle and appropriate clothing for the weather - it has been very wet at the moment, so a waterproof coat is always good to have on hand.

Homework will be sent home on a Wednesday to be completed and is to be returned by Tuesday - this includes weekly spelling practice and maths.

Please read with your child at least 3 times per week, encouraging them to read independently additionally to this. Where possible, discuss the text with them including the events, motives and actions happening to build comprehension and fluency in word reading. Please record this in their reading record (they can take increasing independence of this, writing in the session themselves) and please ensure these are both brought into school each day to allow teaching staff to read with children regularly.

If you have any questions or queries throughout the year, please do approach Miss Watkin via email - ewatkin@birstwith.n-yorks.sch.uk.

Useful Website Links (you can use these to supplement and revise learning with your child):

BBC Bitesize

Useful Documents:

Year 3-4 Vocabulary Exploration (This document supports the acquisition, comprehension and spelling of Y3/4 statutory spellings).

Curriculum documents

Class 2 text map A1 24-25 (1)

Class 2 text map Sp1 2024-25

Curriculum Overview - Autumn 1 (1)

Curriculum Overview - Spring Term Class 2

Autumn Term 2024/5

Belmont Football Festival

We really enjoyed our visit to Belmont School to join in with the Sporting Inflence Football Festival. We played against children from schools all over our local area and got the chance to show off our football and teamworking skills during the morning. We were really proud to receive some of the Social Skills Certificates in determination and sportsmanship as well.

Children in Need 2024

This year, we have been thinking about how we can use our gifts to help others who are less fortunate than us. We have thought about all the ways we can use what we have been given to give other people joy, happiness and peace.

Olympian visit

This half term we had a visit from olympic triathele Jonny Browlee! we we so excited to hear him speak about his experience in sports, and we even got to hold his Tokyo 2021 gold medal. It was so much heavier than we thought! Johnny told us all about his highs and lows, from his famous fall in Mexio 2016 to his gold medal in 2021.

Drums visit

We had a visit from George (of the Harrogate Music School), who came into play the drums with us. It was so interesting to talk to him about how he learned the drums and about his adventures touring the world with Queen! We all got to have a go on his amazing drum-kit, and Oliver even played us some Queen of his own.

Spring Term 2024/5

This half term we had the amazing opportunity to travel to the Outwood Academy at Ripon and take part in the Sporting Influence Dance Festival. We really enjoyed choreographing and then sharing our dance with the other children, as well as getting involved in learning theirs! It was so much fun to dance together and make new friends.