Hazel Tree - Year 3/4 2025 - 2026

Welcome to your child’s last term in Hazel Tree Class - we cannot believe this year has gone so quickly!!  We hope you had a lovely Easter holidays and are ready for a very busy but enjoyable last term. 

Below are some reminders and information for our class.  We try to keep to these routines every week but will occasionally change items to suit the needs of the children and any other additional events happening in school.  Have a read through our welcome letter and curriculum overview to see all the exciting things we have planned for the Summer term.  Attached below are also our curriclum knowledge organisers for the Summer term.  

On this page, you will find some useful information about the term ahead and any key messages that you need to be aware of.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see our class X feed and link to Google Classroom. We love to use X to share some of the excellent things going on in class and will use Google Classroom to support learning at home - spellings, homework and useful documents will be uploaded and made available on there.  If you are on X, please follow @hazeltreegsp to see regular updates.

We are set to have a great last term and have some really exciting things planned and lots of new things to learn about.  If there are ever any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch, either by popping in or telephoning.  The support you give is essential for your child's progress and the closer we can work together the better it will be for them.

Kind regards

Mrs Rowlands and Miss Heywood

Our Curriculum:

In English, the children will use a variety of different stimulus throughout the term to engage and inspire the children’s writing.  During summer term, the children will be looking at the stories Seal Surfer and Zeraffa Giraffa and cover a range of writing such as setting descriptions, letters, persuasive leaflets and poetry.  Children will also focus on spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

In Maths, children will be studying lots of topics this term including: Fractions, Decimals, Money, Time, Shape and Position & Direction.  We will also focus on mental arithmetic and continue learning our Times Tables in preparation for our MTC.  In Year 4, children are expected to know their times tables up to 12x12 ready for their mutiplication check which will take place in June.  To help the children practise their times tables, they need to be using TTRS at least 3 times a week at home.  Useful MTC links can also be found below.

Children will learn about how vibrations cause sounds and how sounds travel, as well as how sounds can change pitch and loudness.  Children will explore how sounds are made, how sounds can change over distance and investigate the best material for soundproofing.

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What would we find at the end of a river?  In this topic, the children learn about the features of rivers, and the natural and human ways that rivers change over time.  They will learn the names and locations of the major rivers of the UK and the world and will also find out more about why rivers are so important to the towns and villages that have developed on their banks. 

How Have the Ancient Greeks Left Their Mark?  In this topic, children will gain an understanding of where and when some key events during the ancient Greek period took place. They will explore what life was like for different people and the different elements of daily life.  Children will learn about the birth of the Olympics and explore how, towards the end of the ancient Greek period, Alexander the Great grew an empire. 

Reading:

Please make sure that you read at least 3 times a week for 10 minutes.  This can be your school book, own book, newspapers, comics, shopping list etc and record in your planner.

Spellings:

Spellings will focus on a particular spelling rule/pattern or will be taken from the statutory word list and will be taught and practised throughout the week. Tests will take place each Friday and new lists posted on Google Classroom and Spelling Frame.

PE:

Children will have Outdoor PE on a Tuesday and Indoor PE on a Thursday and should come to school in their PE kits on these days. PE kits should be their house colour t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/joggers and a black jacket/hoodie.  Please remember to tie back long hair and wear no jewellery for safety reasons.

Homework:

Homework will be set on a Friday and this should be completed by the following Wednesday at 6:30pm. LbQ will be used to support the children with their homework.  Homework will consist of an activity linked to the unit of work they are covering in class, so they should be able to complete the activity independently. However, if your child feels they need some extra support to complete the activity they should ask in school asap.   

MTC:

The MTC is an on-screen check consisting of 25 times table questions.  Your child will have 6 seconds to answer each question, with a 3 second pause in between questions.  On average, the check should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. It will be carried out individually on iPads.  Please regularly quiz your children on times table recall.  There are also lots of online apps, card games and puzzles widely available to support children to learn their tables in a fun and engaging way.  

We will administer the check during the week commencing Monday 8^th June – Friday 12^th June 2026.  Please can you make sure that your child is in school during this week. 

Year 4 Residential:

Our residential to Tyn-Y-Felin, Anglesey, will take place on Wednesday 17^th – Friday 19^th June 2026. It promises to be an amazing trip packed full of exciting visits including Nature walks, Crabbing, Rock Pooling and Canoeing!  More information regarding the trip will be sent out in the next few weeks.  In the meantime, if you have any questions, please just ask. 

Some useful websites, resources and links: