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Puffins - Year 3 and 4

Welcome to our Puffin Class Page!

Hello, my name is Mrs Sissons and I am the Puffin class teacher!

 

Our teaching assistants are Mrs McDowell, Mrs Gardiner and Mrs Bowhay.  

 

This half term we plan to be exploring the following elements and subjects:

 

Science: Plants/Sound

R.E.:   What is the trinity and why is it important for Christians? 

P.E.: Athletics & Badmington

History: Ancient Egypt (early civilizations and achievement)  

ComputingCreating media: Video trailers/Creating media: Website design 

MusicBody and tuned percussion (Theme: Rainforests)  / Production songs/Adapting and transposing motifs  (Theme: Romans) 

PSHE (Jigsaw): Changing Me

MFLLas Verduras (The Vegetables)  /La Clase (In The Classroom)   

Design Technology:  Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally/Pneumatics

Geography:  Amazon Rainforest

In English, we are looking at letters and persuasive writing.

In maths, we are looking at decimals.

 

At home,  children can benefit greatly from the following activities to support their learning in school:

  • learning multiplication tables and the corresponding division facts [each child has a multiplication/division table that they are focusing on]. Children have access to TTRS. Most days we plan for them to have a short 5 to 10 minute session on this in school. If they can mirror this at home, they will develop speedy and secure tables knowledge to help them confidently learn new maths topics.
  • reading to and with an adult. Again we plan for the children to have a reading for pleasure daily session in school but the children need to also be reading at home as much as possible.
  • practising spellings [weekly spellings to learn will be sent out each week]. Additionally, each child has a grid of list 1, 2 or 3 words (often referred to as challenge words) in the front of their spelling list book. Please note that sometimes these challenge words will be the weekly spellings set to learn. These challenge/list words need to be learnt, revisited and applied in writing throughout their time in Puffins. 

If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

                    Kind regards,

 

                              Mrs Ann-Marie Sissons

Puffin Class Home-School Weekly Communications
Preparing for September for the new Puffins...
 
It's been lovely meeting the new class during the transition afternoons this week.
 
Below are some handy reminders of how the 'new 2025-2026 Puffins' can get prepared for September:
 
1. Please read regularly. Remember you can sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge. Please email your photographs of all the 'natural' areas that you have found to read.
 
2. Learn and consolidate multiplication and division tables. The children were all given a poster to help them with this during our final transition afternoon.
 
3. If you want to do some extra home learning, we begin in September with an English and science project focusing on our oceans and the problem of pollution. You could do some research over the summer and share what you have found out when you return to school in September.
 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to see me or leave me a message via the school office.
 
 

Week beginning: Monday 14th July 2025

 

Thank you to everyone who has sent in old tops that can be used as clothes protection during messy activities. We still need five more for a class set!!!

 

Library books need to be returned to school

 

Monday

Performance to WRENS and DOVES.

Tuesday

PM Performance

Wednesday

Evening Performance

PE Kit needed in school.

Return AR/reading books.

Thursday

PM- Mrs McDowell teaching Puffin Class.

Friday

 

 

Homework Set 11.7.25:  

  1. Learning multiplication/division tables - scores for this week's timed activity are in books and this week's focus table for your child is shown. The tables are printed and stuck in your child's home learning book that they brought home on Friday.  There is no set task for them to complete because each child memorises facts differently. Please find a fun way to help your child learn their tables. The children have specific tables set on TTRS which they can practice in the 'Garage' or the children can practise all tables in 'Studio' or experience the Year 4 multiplication check in 'Soundcheck'!
  2. Spellings - this week it's list/challenge (purple) words. and spelling words with the prefix 'bi'. There are some challenging words this week so please practise reading and using the words in spoken sentences with your child. There are also assignments set on 'Ed Shed'. We aim to test spellings each Wednesday.
  3. Family Maths Scrapbook task (please see covering letter below). This week's activity: none set.
The pink book and Family Maths Scrapbook needs to be returned to school each Wednesday and it will come home each week on  a Friday.
 

Other information

Please feel free to send us an email if you have any questions or concerns:

amsissons@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk  

secretary@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk 

Parent Information 
Recommended books for Puffins... 
 
...some are explored in English units and some we will read for pleasure in class.  Children can also borrow these books to read for pleasure independently or share at home!