Years 3 and 4
Welcome to Lower Key Stage Two, the home of years 3 and 4! As children move into Key stage two, they are supported and encouraged to begin working more independently as well as problem-solving with their peers to deepen their knowledge across the curriculum and continue to make connections between what they have learnt.
Year 3 and 4 staff team (ID 2075)
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Miss RuizYear 3 teacher
Miss Ruiz
Miss Ruiz teaches Dragonflies Class, in Year 3.
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Mr MartinYear 3 teacher
Mr Martin
Mr Martin teaches the Year 3 Hedgehogs class. He is also the subject lead for Design Technology.
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Mrs ShamaYear 4 teacher
Mrs Shama
Mrs Shama teaches the Year 4 Otters class and leads on French and Religious education
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Miss ThomasYear 4 teacher
Miss Thomas
Miss Thomas teaches Owls class in Year 4. She also helps coordinate support for children with English as an additional language.
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Mrs WilsonTeacher
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson is a specialist teacher working across KS2 to support children who need some extra support with reading.
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Mrs GreenTeaching assistant
Mrs Green
Mrs Green is a teaching assistant working in Year 3. She also supports in our Breakfast Club.
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Mrs StawinskaTeaching assistant
Mrs Stawinska
Mrs Stawinska is a teaching assistant working in Year 3. She also works in our Year 1 nurture group, the Lighthouse.
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Mrs CantwellTeaching assistant
Mrs Cantwell
Mrs Cantwell is a teaching assistant working in Year 4.
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Mr JenkinsTeaching assistant
Mr Jenkins
Mr Jenkins is a teaching assistant working in Year 4.
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Miss SmithTeaching assistant
Miss Smith
Miss Smith is a teaching assistant working in Year 4.
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Mrs MackowskaCover teacher and school librarian
Mrs Mackowska
Mrs Mackowska teaches in Year 3 one day a week, and also runs our beautiful school library.
Reading is at the heart of all we do in Year 3 and 4, including focused phonics learning and lots of reading for meaning and pleasure, as we aim for all children to become confident, enthusiastic and fluent readers. We also have a strong emphasis on teaching multiplication tables to support fluency in maths.
Over recent terms, children have become experts across the curriculum through our exciting projects: as ambitious historians they explored the Romans and Ancient Egyptians and in geography they became expert guides to our own local area, as well as exploring rivers across Europe. In art, they delved into the beauty of the expressionist movement, as well as exploring the artist Van Gogh, using these to inspire their own art. Through their design and technology learning, children designed and sewed some beautiful hand puppets in year 3, and some delicious culinary dishes in year 4. Children also enjoy learning French for the first time: learning basic greetings, colours and numbers to help them hold simple conversations.
We bring learning to life through exciting experiences in school, including visitors coming in and the opportunity to go out to explore all that Oxford has to offer. Children visit the museums in Oxford, and have the opportunity to go on an overnight trip to explore the beautiful nature and surroundings at Hill End in year 4, as well as making use of our beautiful school grounds!