Years 3/4

Welcome To Years 3/4 - Amarillo, Rosa and Verde Classes

Our Year 3/4 team would like to give you a warm welcome. We are always here to answer any questions you may have. As children enter Lower Key Stage Two, they build on their prior learning and engage in a motivating and engaging curriculum designed to meet the needs of all learners, enabling every child to thrive.

In Years 3 and 4, we have three mixed-age classes — Amarillo, Rosa and Verde. Our aim is to ensure a smooth transition into Key Stage 2 while further developing children’s independence, confidence and social skills. We strive to empower every child to become intrinsically motivated, understanding that success is achieved through making mistakes and persevering towards ambitious goals.

Across our team, our caring staff support the children throughout their educational journey and help instil our school values of being respectful, ambitious, proud and safe. These values underpin a positive ethos and support children not only in school but also equip them for the wider world.

The key skills and knowledge learnt in Year 3 are revisited and built upon in the following year, ensuring children consolidate and deepen their understanding across all areas of the curriculum. We recognise that happy learners are our best learners. We create a supportive environment where children learn through problem-solving, creativity and positive relationships.

Years 3/4 news

School Hours

8:50 Gate opens
9:00 School begins
15:30 Home time

Each school day is 6.5 hours long giving a total of 32.5 hours a week.

Curriculum Intent

At Edgewood Primary School, we have designed a broad and balanced curriculum aimed at creating the best conditions to allow children to grow and develop into confident successful learners, who want to go on to make a positive contribution to society.

As well as achieving academic success through acquiring knowledge and skills, we want our children to become ambitious, inquisitive and resilient as these are behaviours that will serve them well in the next stage of their education and throughout their lives.

Our curriculum also looks to support our children’s social, moral, spiritual and cultural development so that they are well prepared for modern life.

Our school vision and values are at the core of how we deliver our curriculum so that all children learn to become Respectful, Ambitious, Proud and Safe.

Admissions

If you are new to the area and wish to enrol your child into years 3 or 4 at our school, you will need to make an application for a school place online via the Nottinghamshire County Council admissions portal. They will be able to process your application and confirm if we have space in the required year group.

You can of course take your time to read through our statutory information and school policies while you are waiting for your application to process. 

We are also more than happy for you to make an appointment to take a look around our school so that we can show you what Edgewood has to offer. Please contact our office for more details.

Helping Your Child

To help support your child’s learning we regularly set your child homework. If you make the time every day to help your child with some of the following things, it will make a real difference to your child’s confidence as a young learner.

Maths

Every week, the children will complete a times table test in the classroom. On Maths Shed, they will be assigned the times table they are focusing on for their weekly test. They should complete 5 games on the Maths Shed website.

In Year 4, the children will complete a Multiplication Tables Check. They can practice and prepare for the test via this link. 

Reading

Every child has an online account on the Learning With Parents website. Each child should aim to read at least four times a week.

Spellings

Children will complete a weekly spelling test. The spellings will be assigned every Friday and they should complete 5 games on the Spelling Shed website.