Y3/4 - Mrs O'Connor 2021 - 2022

Welcome 

My name is Mrs O'Connor and I teach Year 3/4 with support from Mrs Handley. I have been teaching since 2007 and have taught at schools in Sefton and Liverpool before I joined the fantastic Northway team in 2016. I have an undergraduate degree in French and a PGCE in Primary Education. When I'm not in school, I enjoy taking my dog, Charlie, for long walks on the beach. Alongside Mrs Reardon, I am responsible for leading Maths across our school.

Contacting the class teacher

Due to social distancing restrictions and school closure, teachers are unable to meet face to face unless meetings have been scheduled. Please use the class emails if you wish to contact the class teacher. If your concern is imminent, please contact the school office and they will pass the message on to the class teacher.

Year 3 Email: year3@northwayprimary.co.uk    

Year 4 Email: year4@northwayprimary.co.uk

We're really looking forward to welcoming you back in September. When coming into school, remember to walk down the pedestrian path, cross at the zebra crossing and wave goodbye as you walk down to path and onto the Junior playground. Here is a short video that will help you with how to walk into school. 

Year 3/4 PE

PE lessons will usually take place on a Monday but please make sure your PE kit is in school at the beginning of every half term and stays in school. ALL pieces of clothing, including school uniform and shoes MUST be named. 

Spellings

Each Tuesday you will be given a list of spellings to learn ready for a test on the following Tuesday. We will give you lots of tips on how to practise these at home. 

YEAR 3 Spellings will be tested Tuesday 2nd November

The words in bold are common exception words that do not follow a spelling pattern but must be learnt.

fabulous

hazardous

perilous

mountainous

nervous

business

calendar

caught

YEAR 4 Spellings will be tested Tuesday 2nd November

Unit 2 (2)

This week we are looking at words ending in -sure.  The orange words are our Y4 words that we have to know by the end of this year.

Reading

Please read with your child, regardless of their ability, at least twice per week and sign their home-reading record. Your child will need their reading book each day as we have Accelerated Reading sessions everyday.

Children can also check if a book they have read from home has a quiz attached to it using the following website: 

https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/default.aspx 

Water bottles

Please bring a clear, named reusable water bottle to school everyday, it should have a sports cap type lid and contain only water. 

Homework

Your homework is to use your Doodle account at least four times per week. This means four sessions of Doodle Maths and/or Tables  DoodleLearning

Links for Learning 

Times Tables Rockstars https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student 

Top Marks Maths Games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing 

Numbots https://play.numbots.com/#/intro 

Doodle https://doodlelearning.com/for-schools/  

Some children (though not all) may also have log ins for a Nessy account: Nessy https://learn.nessy.com/account/login#/accountLogin