Welcome to Class 3 2025/26. The Class will be taught by Mrs Holden and supported by Mrs Pattison and Miss Oselton. On a Thursday afternoon, this class will be taught by Miss Oselton and will be doing R.E. and Jigsaw. There are 28 pupils in this class.
About Me
Hello! My name is Mrs Holden, and I’ve been teaching at Consett Junior School for 11 years. For the past 8 years, I’ve had the pleasure of teaching in Year 6 and I’m now really looking forward to starting a new chapter in Year 4. I’m excited for the year ahead—I know it’s going to be a fantastic one!
One of the things I love most about teaching at Consett Junior School is our commitment not only to helping every child reach their full potential, but also to creating meaningful and lasting memories. Year 4 is a particularly special time, filled with exciting experiences like school trips, sporting events and the opportunity to take the lead in our much-loved Christmas show.
When I’m not at school, I love spending time with my friends and family. I also enjoy long, breezy walks along the beach with my dog, Bella—she’s always up for an adventure!
About Class 3
I can’t wait to get to know Class 3, I’m really looking forward to spending the year with our class—it’s going to be a great one! We’ve got lots of exciting topics coming up, and you can see some of the highlights below. We’ve also got some fun trips planned that will help bring our learning to life and make everything even more memorable.
English
In English, our work will be based on books, films and images. We are excited to introduce the children to these exciting mediums, and hopefully they will inspire the class and help them to create some amazing pieces of writing. Our class reading book for the first term will be ‘Who let the Gods out?’
There will be a weekly spelling list sent out and it will be tested on a Friday, the children will also be able to practise these words using spelling shed.
Maths
In Maths, we will be following the White Rose Maths scheme. Our daily lessons will incorporate a variety of fluency, reason and problem-solving questions. In our basic skills sessions we will focus on developing our arithmetic skills and our recall of the times tables up to 12×12, leading up to the multiplication check later in the year.
Our topics for this Year are:
History: Ancient Greeks, The Romans and Anglo – Saxons and Scots.
Geography: What can we discover about Europe?, Why does Italy shake, rattle and roar? and When the land meets the seas.
Computing: Coding, Online Safety, Spreadsheets, writing for different audiences, logo and animation.
Jigsaw: New beginnings, Say No to bullying(Getting on and falling out), Going for goals, It’s good to be Me, Relationships and Changing Me.
Science: The topics we cover in year 4 science are: States of matter, electricity, sound, living things and their habitats and animals including humans.
P.E.: The children will begin swimming this year and this will take place in the autumn term. All swimming abilities are catered for by the swimming teachers at Consett Leisure Centre. We will also do a wide variety of activities throughout the year.
