Excellent Elm

Our teaching team is: Mr Betts, Miss Hall & Miss Beardsley.

If you need any help or assistance please get in touch with your class teacher or school office.

We are looking forward to working hard with you all and also having some fun, creating lots of super memories with each and every one of you.

A few things to remember:

• Please bring a named water bottle to school each day.
• We enter, from 8.40am, and exit, at 3.30pm, through the main entrance.
• If your child requires an inhaler please ensure that they have it in school.
• Please check all your clothes are labelled, especially coats and jumpers!
• Please remember our school uniform policy. 

Elm class will be swimming for PE this term on a Friday - Spring Term 1.

On your child's swimming day, could children please come in their PE kit and bring their Swimming Kit to change into. (no costumes under clothes).

This half-term our during Humanities we will be learning about:

Discovering Dragons!

This term, our class will be travelling through time as we explore the fascinating world of Ancient and Modern China. We will learn about how Chinese civilisation began, how people lived long ago, and how China has grown and changed into the country it is today. Through stories, artefacts, images, and discussion, children will discover important traditions, inventions, and ideas that have shaped Chinese culture across thousands of years.

A special focus of our learning will be Chinese myths and legends. We will read and retell traditional stories, explore the meanings behind mythical creatures, and think about why these stories were important to people in the past. Our topic will allow us to create our own dragons and place them in their very own myth. Children will also have the opportunity with Art lessons to draw dragons using different media, including pencil and pastels.

We are looking forward to a term full of curiosity, creativity, and discovery as we uncover the wonders of China together.

 Plants (Year 3/4)

This term in science, our Year 3/4 class will be learning all about plants and how they grow. Pupils will explore what plants need to stay healthy, including water, light, nutrients, and the right temperature. We will investigate the different parts of a plant, learning about the important jobs of roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.

Children will also study the life cycle of plants, from seed to mature plant, and observe how plants change over time. Through hands-on experiments, careful observation, and simple investigations, pupils will develop their scientific enquiry skills by asking questions, making predictions, and recording results.

Where possible, learning will be linked to real-life experiences such as growing plants in the classroom or exploring plants in the school grounds. This exciting topic will help children understand the importance of plants to people, animals, and the environment, while encouraging curiosity and respect for the natural world.

               Home learning will include:

• Spellings: which will be tested through the week. (Click below to find your spelling booklets)
• Reading: when an adult has listened to you read, please record this in your reading log. All reading can be recorded not just your school reading book.
• 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)

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:)

Below are our topic subjects for 2025 - 2026.

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.

Children - remember if you need anyone to talk to - at anytime you can find help here on your 'Children's Safeguarding Page' (click below) :)  You are never alone, you are part of the Mundy CE Junior school family :)