Mrs Bravington and Mrs Killian
Welcome to Butler Class, where together, we’ll explore, grow, achieve great things and most importantly Shine Bright!
This term, our topic is A Tale To Tell…
Our learning will be full of exciting opportunities across the curriculum. In maths, we’re exploring place value, developing strategies for addition and subtraction, and preparing for multiplication and division later in the term—Year 4 will also be working towards the national times tables check. In English, we’re writing across a range of genres linked to George’s Marvellous Medicine, while building fluency, comprehension, and handwriting skills. In RE, we’re reflecting on the Christian Creation story and how kindness and care can make a difference. Our history topic focuses on Ancient Egypt, and in geography we’re investigating rivers and the water cycle. Computing lessons will develop our desktop publishing skills, and in PE we’re exploring movement and dance with SSP. Art and Design will be inspired by famous artists including Frida Kahlo and in DT we’ll be designing and making pneumatic toys. Music sessions with Durham Music Service will help us learn to play instruments and expand our musical vocabulary.
On Monday afternoons, Year 3, Year 4, and Year 5 students will have separate science lessons in their year groups. This helps us focus on the specific science topics and objectives for each year group, ensuring a tailored and thorough learning experience for everyone. In Year 3, we’ll begin by exploring food groups and the importance of a balanced diet, then move on to studying skeletons, muscles, and how our bodies change as we grow. Later in the term, we’ll investigate light and shadows through hands-on enquiries, including testing materials and exploring how reflective surfaces help us stay safe. Year 4 will start by learning about teeth, taste buds, and the digestive system, before moving on to explore states of matter—investigating how temperature affects solids, liquids, and gases, and understanding processes like dissolving, evaporation, and condensation.
To stay updated and see photos of our learning, please visit our class page or log on to Dojo.
Important Information
Remember to bring your reading book and reading together book to school every day. Books will be changed once children have finished their book and they have completed their Accelerated Reader Quiz.
Our PE day is a Tuesday morning where we will be going swimming with Mrs Ryder and Miss Jones.
As always, if you have any questions, please get in touch.
Mrs Bravington and Mrs Killian 
