Langho and Billington St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

Year 3 and 4

Welcome to our Year 3 and 4 page!

We are so glad that you are joining us in our learning adventure this year.

On this page you will find everything you need to know about what we have done and achieved, what we are currently doing and where our journey is taking us next.

We have three classes in Year 3 and 4 (also known as LKS2).

Our classes are:

Herons (Y3) whose class teacher is Miss Jones

Kingfishers (Y3&4) whose class teacher is Miss Waddicor

Owls (Y4) whose class teacher is Mr Taylor

Learning is also supported by Teaching Assistants.

HERONS

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KINGFISHERS

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OWLS

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Key Information

Homework

Homework will normally be set on a Monday and will need to be completed by the next week, including spellings. Spellings will then be tested on the following Monday, all work that needs completing will be listed in the Pupil Record book, which will come home with a reading book, and will also be posted below on Mondays.

Reading

We all know the impotance of reading and the knowledge and joy it brings. All pupils will come home with a school reading book and will be listened to in class. Any opportunity to read to an adult at home will be valued and talking about the book will truly help engagement and key comprehension skills.

Labels

Labels are very important in every piece of clothing to enable us to distinguish any lost or found clothing. Please could you help us to help the Y3/4 pupils to keep all that belongs to them in this way.

For Spring 1, all three classes will have Key PE on a Tuesday. Please ensure that you send your child in the correct PE kit.

We also have an additional PE session on these days:

Kingfishers - Monday

Owls - Wednesday

Herons - Thursday

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Dates for your diary

We have many exciting events taking place this year, so here are important events taking place in the Autumn Term (this will be updated if any new events occur):

Wednesday 11th September - Welcome to Y3 & 4 Meeting

This will be at 3.30pm in the hall and will give parents and carers to meet the teachers as well as find out what to expect during the year ahead. There will be opportunities to ask any questions that you may have.

Tuesday 8th October - Year 4 Learning Engagement Session at 3pm

This will be at 3.00pm in the hall and will give parents and carers the opportunity to celebrate children's learning with them and find out what they have been learning in the term so far.

Wednesday 9th October - Year 3 Learning Engagement Session at 3pm

This will be at 3.00pm in the hall and will give parents and carers the opportunity to celebrate children's learning with them and find out what they have been learning in the term so far.

Friday 8th November - Owls Led Worship

Owls will be leading worship in church at 9.00am - all parents and carers are welcome to join us.

Friday 22nd November - Kingfishers Led Worship

Kingfishers will be leading worship in church at 9.00am - all parents and carers are welcome to join us.

Friday 6th December - Herons Led Worship

Herons will be leading worship in church at 9.00am - all parents and carers are welcome to join us.

Thursday 28th November -Panto!

All of KS2 will be attending Jack and the Beanstalk at the Empire Theatre, Blackburn for the morning - oh yes we are!

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Lower Key Stage 2 Trips

We have planned great experiences for our year group that we are sure they will gain much from.

Autumn

As mentioned above, all of KS2 will be attending Jack and the Beanstalk at the Empire Theatre, Blackburn for the morning.

Spring

LKS2 will also be attending a day of exploration at the Manchester Science Museum.

Summer

Imaginative History will be in for the day helping us find out more about life in Ancient Egypt!

Year 3 & 4 Class Timetables

Timetables are created for each half term and ensure that we provide the coverage and time allocation for each subject.

We adhere to these timetables unless there is an exciting reason not to such as a trip or visitor.

Herons Timetable

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Kingfishers Timetable

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Owls Timetable

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Year 3 & 4 Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Overviews are written as a whole school to ensure that all pupils gain the breadth and depth of knowldgew which the National Curriculum requires.

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Homework for the Week

Week beginning: 19th May 2025

GPS Book - Page 61-62

Maths Book - Page 60-61

Spellings -

Year 4: Prefix bi-

bicycle,

biplane,

biped,

bicentennial,

biannual,

bilingual,

biscuit,

biceps,

binoculars,

bisect

Year 3: Challenge words

accidentally,

breathe,

century,

eight,

consider,

guard,

heard,

peculiar,

possible,

quarter

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What have we been doing in class this week?

Friday 16th May

This week, the children have completed some fabulous non-fiction writing in English about animals in the Daintree Forest in Australia. We have been blown away by the standards of writing and use of ambitious vocabulary! In History, we have discovered Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and even tried writing our own! In Computing the children have done an amazing job at editing different photographs using different effects and tools. Well done on another brilliant week everybody!

Friday 9th May

Another brilliant week of learning in Year 3 and 4! In English, we have described a range of jungle animals and their features using possessive apostrophes and we have started to group related ideas into paragraphs, all about saving the world's rainforests. During RE lessons this week the children have explored a range of different churches around the world and considered how the most important part of a church is the people. In PE, we have enjoyed using map skills in orienteering while exploring our school grounds. Well done everybody!

Friday 2nd May

Well done on another fantastic week of learning Lower Key Stage Two! Each child rose to the challenge of the London Mini Marathon this week and completed an astonishing number of laps, even in the warm weather! In Science, the children have looked at sources of electricity as well as some similarities and differences between battery and mains power. They have also explored electrical circuits and understood different symbols. In English, the children have completed some outstanding pieces of descriptive writing, considering the changes in a rainforest from the past, present and to the future. In History, the children have learned about the Ancient Egyptian Civilisations and the importance of the River Nile to them. They have also discovered the hierarchy of power in Ancient Egypt and considered what role they would have wanted to fill. Keep working hard everybody! Well done for another brilliant week.

Friday 25th April

What a fantastic first week back after Easter holidays Lower Key Stage 2 have had! In English, the children have completed some excellent poems based on the Windrush generation and have learnt all about the challenges they faced when migrating to Britain. In Reading, we have began to explore our new class novel “The Eye of the Wolf” and have enjoyed making predictions of what might happen next. In History, we started our topic about the ancient Egyptians by learning about two other ancient civilizations. The children explored facts about Ancient Sumer and the Indus Valley, discovering what they achieved as well as comparing them both. Keep up the great work everyone!

Friday 4th April

What a wonderful end to an exciting half term we have all had! The children have ended this week with spirituality day where we have focused on prayer in three different sessions: Praise, Preparation and Power. The children thoroughly enjoyed the practical activity link to each theme and they created some wonderful pieces of work and art to represent their thoughts and feelings. In Science, the children have been constructing their own food chains. We have enjoyed learning about how energy is transferred between different living things and linking this to our knowledge of teeth and digestion. One of the highlights of our half term has been creating our slingshot cars in DT. This week, the children finished their final designs on their cars and managed to test and evaluate their effectiveness. We couldn't believe the speed of them! In Geography, the children have ended their topic all about latitude and longitude by learning about different time zones. The children had lots of interesting questions to ask about the international date line and they were amazed by the fact that you can travel 'back in time' if travelling to a place with a different time zone to us. Well done for all of your super work this half term, everyone! Have a wonderful Easer.

Friday 28th March

We have had another busy week in Year 3 and 4. In Science, the children have been learning about food chains and how energy is passed from one living thing to another. The children thoroughly enjoyed constructing their own food chains. In DT, the children created and designed their car body ready to attach to their chassis next week. The children are all very excited to test out their slingshot cars! In French, we have continued to learn different vocabulary focusing around the theme of ice cream. The children have practiced asking for a cone or tub of ice cream, even progressing to asking for a variety of numbers of scoops! In English this week, the children have planned and started to write their own adventure story based on 'Koji's Island'. They have created lots of their own imaginative ideas to retell the story in the first person. We can't wait to read the finished products! Well done, everyone for another super week.

Friday 21st March

What a brilliant week we have all had in Year 3 and 4! The highlight of our week was our school trip to Manchester's Science and Industry Museum. The children especially enjoyed exploring the interactive science resources. During guided reading this week, the children have been hooked by our novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. They are becoming experts in using evidence to support their thoughtful predictions and inferences! In Science, the children have learned about the different parts of the digestive system. They enjoyed finding out some very interesting facts about the amount of liquid our stomachs can hold and the length of our small intestines! In RE, we discussed whether Easter is a time of sadness or joy, and the children thoroughly enjoyed designing their own crosses to reflect the story of Easter. Well done, everyone for another wonderful week!

Friday 14th March

We have had another wonderful week of learning in Year 3 and 4. The children have continued to enjoy learning about teeth in science, thinking about how the types of teeth animals have determine their diet. The highlight of the lesson was investigating different skulls and teeth, and trying to predict which animal they belonged to. In Geography, the children learned all about how lines of latitude influence the type of climate a place has. The children were very curious and eager to learn more about global warming and the impacts of this on both polar and tropical regions. In DT, the children have enjoyed creating and enhancing their chassis for their slingshot cars; they are looking forward to designing the frames next week. In PSHE, we have learned all about budgets and the importance of spending choices. Well done for another super week of learning, everybody!

Friday 7th March

We have had another incredible week in Year 3 and 4. The highlight of our week has been world book day. The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing their favourite books with their friends and exploring 'The Dot' together. We created some artwork based on the text, focusing on making our mark in the world and encouraging others to do the same. In guided reading this week, we have continued to read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; the children have been extremely eager to discover what happens next, whilst making some incredibly detailed, well-evidenced predictions! In Science, we learned all about the role of the mouth in the process of digestion. The children were amazed at some of the interesting facts about the role of saliva (and the amount we produce per day!) and the importance of our tongue. In DT, we began making the chassis for our slingshot cars. The children thought carefully about how this must be structured in order to create a working mechanism. Well done, everyone for another fantastic week!

Friday 28th February

What a wonderful start to a new half term! In English, the children have thoroughly enjoyed making predictions about our new story, Koji's Island and exploring what the main character, Koji, can see from the crater of the volcano. The children are also enjoying our new class novel, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. They have made lots of fantastic inferences and are becoming experts at looking for clues in the text that support their ideas. In Science, we have started to learn all about the different types of teeth that humans have and the functions of each. Our geography learning this half term is all about lines of latitude and longitude. This week, we have focused on lines of latitude, specifically the 5 major parallels. The children enjoyed comparing the differences in climates in these places. Well done, everyone for a super first week back!

Friday 14th February

Year 3 and 4 have had another brilliant week of learning. In English, the children learnt about the features of a cinquain poem and created their own based on the poem ‘The Roman Centurion’s Song’ by Rudyard Kipling. These were fantastic to read and included an incredible depth of vocabulary. In Science, our plants topic was concluded by learning about pollination and the importance of bees to the world. The children learnt about how insects pollinate plants and discussed what the world would be like without insects. Finally, we discussed the battle for power in 1066 including the battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings, where Anglo-Saxon rule in Britain ended. We then investigated the impact that the Anglo-Saxons had on Britain, including some of the names of towns and cities nearby. Well done to everybody and have a lovely, relaxing half-term!

Friday 7th February

This week, Year 3 and 4 have continued to work incredibly hard and should be very proud of everything they have accomplished! In PE, the children worked in groups to put together a dance performance of their holiday to Spain. They danced to Spanish music while counting to a beat of eight. The children have written their own stories based on our feature text ‘Escape from Pompeii’. They have been challenged to write it from a first-person perspective, focusing on one of the main character’s feelings and thoughts throughout the day. In RE, we have focused on the words ‘power’ and ‘authority’. We have considered who has power and authority in our lives, and where they get that from. We also learnt about two inspirational people: Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr and discussed how they stood up against authority when it was not being used correctly. Well done everybody for a fantastic week!

Friday 31st January

Well done on yet another fantastic week of learning, Lower Key Stage 2! This week in English the children have written some excellent letters sharing the events of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the impact it had on Pompeii. In French, we have learnt how to say different vegetables and this week the children practiced ordering different vegetables during a conversation. In RE, we read through several of Jesus’ miracles that he performed and considered how this showed that Jesus was God’s son. Finally, in PSHE we discussed the importance of diversity in our community. The children designed their own island thinking of what benefit different people would bring to their island. Keep up the great work everybody!

Friday 24th January

This week, Year 3 and 4 have had another amazing week to be proud of! In Reading, we have continued to read ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ and even learnt about a secret family link between two main characters! In Art and Design, the children experimented with handmade stamps and created a repeated pattern of different shapes. The children learnt all about photosynthesis in science, and considered the impact that deforestation could have on humans due to the lack of photosynthesis happening. The children also discovered the different roles that local councillors do and how many things around us are the council’s responsibility. Well done everybody!

Friday 17th January

Year 3 and 4 have had another fantastic week of learning. In Art and Design, we experimented with charcoal by expressing different words or phrases with mark making. The children’s creativity really flourished as they created these drawings! In RE, we have learnt about some of the incredible miracles that Jesus performed and considered how he was able to do these amazing things. In Computing, the children have loved programming on Scratch. They have added sounds, movements and even had multiple actions happening at the same time. Keep up the great work everybody!

Friday 10th January

Well done everybody on a fantastic first week back after Christmas holidays! In Reading, we have enjoyed our new class novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’. The children have all made excellent predictions and enjoyed finding out about the characters. In PE, we have begun our dance topic with a swashbuckling theme, as we danced as pirates keeping to a tempo of 8 counts. We used our knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons from earlier in the year in History as we learnt all about the Viking lifestyle and their invasion of Britain. In science, we have learnt all about plants and what the different parts of a flowering plant do, and why they are so important. Well done everybody on a brilliant week of learning!

Friday 20th December

A busy and fun-filled final week of the Autumn Term! The children completed their learning about Jeus being the Light of the World by learning about the tradition of Christingles and making our own, as well as having a Christingle Service in Church. The children have been busy finishing off their learning in Geography, French and Science and have completed quizzes to show how much they have learned! In PE, the children were lucky enough to demonstrate their gymnastics skills using the climbing apparatus and thick mats! We have finished the week by learning about Christmas traditions around the world, and we have watched 'The Witches' to make comparisons between the film adaptation and the original text.

Enjoy a well-deserved rest over the next 2 weeks and have a wonderful time celebrating the festive season with your families! We look forward to seeing you all back in January.

Friday 13th December

Even in the run up to Christmas, the children in LKS2 have been working super hard! In English, the children have finished writing diary entries in role as a main character and then have challenged themselves to extend the story by writing a diary entry in role as a supporting character. In DT, the children have finished building the frame structures for their pavilions and have added decorative cladding. In PE, the children created impressive sequences in groups including counter balances, 5 stages of jumps and rolls. In Geography, the children learned about our local river, the Ribble, while in Science the children investigated which objects are reflective and why.

Friday 6th December

Another very busy week in LKS2! The children have all worked very hard during assessment week and have really enjoyed the learning in their afternoon subjects. In RE, the children considered whether light was a good metaphor for Jesus through song and artwork. This week’s PSHE lesson explored using small steps to overcome barriers and fears and the children made plans to show kindness and make sacrifices. In Geography, the children learned more features of rivers and predicted how world rivers might change over the next 100 years due to erosion and deposition. To end the week, the children loved celebrating Victorian Day with a worship in church led by Herons class and completing tasks as the children of St Leonard’s would have in 1874! In the afternoon, the children enjoyed Victorian Christmas crafting.

Friday 29th November

We have had another super week in Year 3 and 4! In RE, children reflected on Jesus being the light of the world and they wrote some beautiful poems. In PE, the children created counter balances and counter tension balances with a partner - very impressive to see! In Geography, the children explored the different sections of rivers and how to categorize them; they thoroughly enjoyed linking this to what they know and have observed about our local rivers! We started building pavilion frame structures in DT and learned about how to change the size and shape of shadows in Science. The highlight of the week was the Pantomime trip which the children absolutely loved! Keep up the great work, everyone.

Friday 22nd November

Year 3 and 4 have been amazing this week and have completed some fabulous work! In RE, the children considered why Christians view Jesus as the Light of the World. In French, the children described what happens in springtime. As part of our computing lesson, the children used iPads to create a simple stop-motion animations. In geography, they learned what humans are doing to negatively affect the water cycle and created plans of how to change in the future to ensure this doesn’t continue. In Science, the children investigated how to make shadows change size by moving the light source closer to or further away from an object. All of the children have worked incredibly hard and have made us very proud this week!

Friday 15th November

What a busy week we've had in LKS2! The children used apparatus in PE to enhance their gymnastic sequences, adding in jumps and balances from equipment. In PSHE, the children learned all about how to keep their teeth healthy and made very informative and eye-catching posters. In computing, the children looked at how technology is used to make stop-motion animations. In Geography, we looked at the water cycle in more detail and thought like geographers, considering what the impact would be on us if different parts of the water cycle didn't happen. In science, the children considered how shadows are formed and investigated which types of objects cast shadows and what shadows look like. In DT, the children designed their own pavilions ready to start constructing! The children enjoyed dressing up in the colour of a Pupil Promise on Friday and raising money for Children in Need. Thank you for all the donations to Nightsafe!

Friday 8th November

We have had such a busy week in LKS2, jam-packed with learning and exciting activities. We started our new RE unit considering why light is important in a variety of faiths and learned about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. In our Key PE sessions, the children started to put together a collaborative sequence involving different challenging gymnastic positions and balances. In Geography, the children learned about the different stages in the water cycle and were amazed by the fact that the water we drink is the same water the dinosaurs drank! In DT, children built basic frame structures and challenged themselves to test different shapes while ensuring the structure is stiff, strong and stable. In Science, the children learned about the Sun as a light source and its impact on Earth by giving us day and night. The highlight of our week was tree planting in Swindell's Woods with the Woodland Trust! The children loved the activity and planted around 150 trees between them!

Friday 1st November

What a great, short week back in school! The children have loved exploring the new class novel, 'The Witches', and enjoyed writing free verse poetry in English lessons. In Geography, the children learned about the importance of glaciers as part of the world's freshwater system and considered the challenges we face due to climate change. In Science, the children investigated whether darkness is just the absence of light and thought about different natural and artificial light sources. In DT, children learned about the importance of a strong frame when building a structure and loved having a go at making their own! In PE, the children started their gymnastics unit, practising balances and jumps. We can't wait to get into the rest of our new learning next week!

Friday 18th October

What a wonderful half term we have had in Year 3 and 4! The children have worked incredibly hard and have made a fantastic start to the school year. This week, we finished reading our class novel 'The Killer Cat' and the children were captivated by the humorous ending to the story. They thoroughly enjoyed discussing and making inferences about what happened behind the scenes of the story and building on each other's ideas. We also finished our writing unit based on 'Gorilla' by Anthony Browne. The children have planned and written their own narratives and have worked extremely hard to include various grammatical features such as fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases and inverted commas. We have been blown away with the vocabulary used! In Science, we concluded our topic about rocks by learning all about fossils and the process in which they are formed. We had lots of fun using playdoh to demonstrate the process of fossilisation! In History, we learned all about the religion of the Anglo-Saxons and how this changed over time. The children enjoyed acting out the process of the Anglo-Saxons converting from being Pagans to Christians, which resulted in some fantastic explanations recorded in the children's books. Well done, everybody. A brilliant half term of learning!

Friday 11th October

Year 3 and 4 have had another fantastic week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the children thoroughly enjoyed sharing their learning and wonderful books with their parents in our learning engagement sessions. It was lovely to see how proud they all were of our school and their brilliant work! In guided reading, we have continued to enjoy our class novel - 'The Killer Cat' - and the children have been answering a variety of questions based on the text. They have particularly enjoyed making inferences about the various activities that the main character, Tuffy, gets up to. In History, we learned all about Sutton Hoo and the artefacts that were discovered there. They learned lots of new vocabulary such as 'archaeologists' and 'excavated' and they enjoyed being detectives, hypothesising what they thought the different findings were. In English, we have finished reading 'Gorilla' and the children were very excited to find out how the story ended. The children have focused on using fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases this week and they have produced some phenomenal pieces of writing. The children enjoyed their PE lessons this week where they continued their topic all about sending and receiving and they practised their passing and dribbling skills. Well done Year 3 & 4 - another super week of learning!

Friday 4th October

We have had a super week of learning in Year 3 and 4. We have started reading our new text 'Gorilla' and have began to explore different grammatical features. We have been amazed by the creativity in their writing! In guided reading, we started reading 'The Killer Cat' and the children have thoroughly enjoyed making inferences based on what we have read so far. In Art this week, we have focused on the skill of using brushstrokes to paint in the style of Paul Cezanne and the children have learned to mix primary colours to create different secondary colours. In History, the children have learned about about the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain. They really enjoyed looking for Anglo-Saxon place names that still exist today! This week in Science we explored what soil is made up of and the children had the opportunity to sieve soil and use a magnifying glass to observe in finer detail. Well done for a super week, everybody!

Friday 27th September

Year 3 and 4 have had another incredible week of learning. We have enjoyed applying our grammar skills to our writing and the children have relished the opportunity to use ambitious vocabulary linked to our current class novel, 'The Iron Man'. The cliff-hangers have been of great interest to the children; each day we can’t wait to find out what happens next! In History we learnt more of the life of the Anglo-Saxons, thinking about how their lifestyles might differ to ours today. This week in Science, the children have been conducting investigations and testing whether or not different rock samples were limestone or chalk. They used fantastic scientific terminology to describe their methods and findings, many of them using words such as 'variable' and 'reaction'. In art this week we have created our willow patterns using blue paint and ink. Well done everybody for another brilliant week!

Friday 20th September

What a wonderful week we have had in Year 3 and 4! In Science, the children considered whether or not they felt a rock could 'change' before discovering more information about metamorphic rocks. They enjoyed working together to sequence how a sedimentary rock like limestone could become marble. In English the children have thoroughly enjoyed completing some creative writing pieces focusing on our class novel, 'The Iron Man'. It has been fantastic to see their creativity shine through their work. In RE, we continued our work on values that are important to us, particularly thinking about friendship. The children thought about what makes a good friend and the attributes that a good friend has. In Art, we have continued to work on sketching our willow patterns ready to transfer to paper plates using blue ink next week. Well done everybody for another super week of learning!

Friday 13th September

We have had another fantastic week in Lower Key Stage 2! In Science we learned all about igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and how they are formed. The children thoroughly enjoyed sorting and comparing the different types of rock. In History we have started to learn all about the Anglo-Saxons and why they came to Britain. The children considered lots of thought-provoking questions and thoroughly enjoyed discussing whether or not the invasion was beneficial to Britain. We hope you all have a restful weekend. Well done everybody for another brilliant week of learning!

Friday 6th September

What a great first week back we have had in Lower Key Stage 2! We have been getting to know the routines in our classrooms and settled in brilliantly. This week we have started our whole class novel of 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. We have also begun our topic in Science looking at how rocks are formed - with a bit of hands on investigation. In History we have been recapping our knowledge on chronology and timelines before we start learning about the Anglo-Saxons next week! We hope you have a lovely restful weekend, well done for all your hard work this week.

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