Welcome to Ash Class Year 3/4
TO ASH CLASS
Accomplished Ash
Our Teaching Team is:
Miss Catton, Miss Dineley, Mrs Halliday and Miss Tiernan.
We are really excited about the year ahead. Our whole team are looking forward to working with you all; working hard but also having some fun. We will be creating lots of super memories with each and every one of you.
If you need any help or assistance please get in touch with your class teacher or school office.
A few things to remember:
If your child requires an inhaler please ensure that they have it in
school every day.
- Please bring a named water bottle to school each day
- We enter, from 8.40am, through the main entrance and exit, at 3.30pm, through the outdoor classroom from the blue pod
- If you have a sports afterschool club, wear your school uniform and bring your PE kit in a bag so that you can get changed after school
- Please check all your clothes are labelled, especially coats and jumpers!
- Please remember our school uniform policy
Please note that Ash class have PE on a Friday and will be swimming this term. On a PE day your child should come to school ready in their PE kit. Hair should be tied back and earrings removed before school. If it is their swimming day, could children please come in their PE kit and bring their Swimming Kit to change into (no costumes under clothes).
Our Home Learning:
Check out the 'Home Learning Activities' for this term in your Home Learning Book & remember all your logins, usernames and passwords are stuck in the back! There are weekly tasks (see below) and a range of Maths, English and Topic based activities to choose from each term.
Weekly Tasks:
Spellings:
Your current 'set' of 5 spelling words from your 'Super Spelling' booklet, which will be tested through the week.
Reading:
Each time an adult listens to you read, please record this on your Booklog Bookmark and tick your home learning sheet. All reading can be recorded not just your school reading book.
Check out all the eBooks on the Activelearn website (and visit your Home page = games = rewards = Your Tree House plus Maths games!):
ActiveLearn: Login (activelearnprimary.co.uk)
Times Tables:
Times tables will be taught in school and should also be practiced at home. Remember you can use the Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) website to practice.
Website: Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)
Click the link below to open the Mundy Junior Home Learning Webpage.
This has more information about home learning at our school. It also has a 'Spelling' link which gives you access to all our spelling booklets (at home), a 'Reading' link - with information about reading and how to use Activelearn, and a 'Timestables' link - with information how to log in to TTRS.
If you scroll to the bottom of the home learning webpage there is a Year 3 & 4 Home Learning Zone with details of your current home learning activities and a PARENTS ONLY page!
If you would like to send any homework in by email please send it to: homelearning@mundy.derbyshire.sch.uk
This half-term our during Humanities we will be learning about:
Through the Ages: From the Stone Age to the Iron Age
In our exciting history topic, Through the Ages, students explore life in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. This journey through time begins over 2 million years ago with early humans in the Stone Age. Pupils learn how people survived using basic tools, hunted animals, and lived in caves or simple shelters. They explore how communities slowly developed farming, built homes, and began to settle in one place during the Neolithic period.
Next, we move into the Bronze Age, where children discover how metalworking changed daily life. They learn about the use of bronze tools and weapons, and how people built stone monuments like Stonehenge. Pupils investigate how trade and travel expanded during this time.
Finally, we reach the Iron Age, where iron tools helped farmers grow more food and tribes built impressive hillforts for protection. Children explore how Iron Age people lived, dressed, and defended their homes.
Throughout the topic, pupils use historical evidence, artefacts, and hands-on activities to understand how life evolved over thousands of years. It’s a fascinating way to connect the past with the present and develop a deep appreciation for human history and innovation.
Light (Year 3/4)
In Year 3/4, our science topic Light helps children explore how light allows us to see and how it behaves in the world around us. Pupils investigate sources of light, learning to identify which objects give off light and which reflect it. They discover that darkness is the absence of light and carry out practical experiments to explore how shadows are formed and how their size can change.
Children also learn about the dangers of looking directly at the sun and how to protect their eyes. Through fun, hands-on investigations, they explore how light travels in straight lines and how reflective surfaces help us see in the dark.
This engaging topic encourages curiosity and scientific thinking, helping pupils ask questions, make predictions, and record their findings. By the end of the unit, children have a clearer understanding of how light impacts our everyday lives.
Parents - If you would like to know more about how to help your child at home, please use the links below to take you to helpful pages on our website:)
Our Curriculum:
2025-2026
Remember to regularly visit our school library, and enjoy the wide variety of books it has on offer.
Pick a reading book to read in school and at home.
Have you tried the Mundy Reading Challenge yet? Ask in the school Library for more information.
We will be choosing a wide range of class reading books this year.
We are currently reading:
Please give any book recommendations to Miss Catton.
Our gallery:
Have a peek at what we've been getting up to in Ash class throughout the year!
We are looking forward to an amazing term ahead. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have in the meantime.
Below are some link to websites that you may find useful, please let us know what you think of them: