Sapphire Class
Sapphire Class is our year 3 and 4 class and is taught by:
Mr Kricka.
Mrs Beckett teaches Computing and P.E.
We are supported by Mrs Davies and Mrs Velloso-Langton.
Our Class Blog:
December 2025
We have continued to have a really positive Autumn term and have been incredibly welcoming to Miss Sawyer. We have enjoyed developing our skills in PE, taking part in both dodgeball and dance. In maths, we have been building on our understanding of addition and subtraction as well as working hard on our times tables. In writing, we have had great fun persevering to invent exciting new spy gadgets, using our imaginations and applying our creativity. In geography, we have been exploring the world, learning about longitude, latitude and the equator, and using this knowledge to improve our map skills. During RE, we have been learning about Islam, including the inspiring story of Bilal. In DT and science, we have had the opportunity to create our own electric personalities and investigating circuits - these look incredible! Our confidence and creativity continue to shine.
November 2025
We have made a really positive start to the new half term and have enjoyed the opportunity to learn how to catch and pass a rugby ball this week. We have also built on our understanding of column methods for calculations and started to explore subtraction using this method, even with exchanges! Year 3 have been enjoying their first French lessons learning about the rides at the fairground and being able to name them. We children thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to share our learning in our sharing assembly today. A big thank you to the parents and carers who were able to join us. We shared so much learning including our fantastic model shoes, experiments with magnets, fantastic English work, learning about the Romans in history and how good we are getting at our times tables! It was great to see our confidence, creativity and to share in our success!
October 2025
We had a brilliant time visiting Colchester Castle to find out about its Roman past. We made connections between our lessons on Boudica's revolt against the Romans and discovered the reasons why the Roman army was so successful. We found out that the armour and shields were really heavy! In Science, we have been testing magnets to see if a larger magnet is more powerful and they used curiosity to discover and sort magnetic materials. In Art, we have further developed our 3D forms of a shoe and turned them into riding boots, high heels and sliders.
September 2025
We have had a fantastic start to the new school year. We have been using our creativity to rewrite The Princess and The Pea with a different setting. We enjoyed reading versions set in a doll's house and Africa and have also begun to make a 3D model shoe in Art and persevered with covering our mould's in brown gummed paper.
