Otter Class

Welcome to Otter Class

Hello and welcome to the Otter Class web page.

Otters are a Year 3 class taught by Mrs Sarah Evans and Mr Rupert Kirby and supported by Mrs Rachel Dight, Miss Agata Feld, Mrs Debie Coles and Mrs Edita Neverauskiene.

In Otter Class, we recognise every child is a wonderfully unique individual. We are proud and privileged to play a part in helping them to reach for the stars and achieve their dreams. Year 3 will provide new challenges as it marks the start of Key Stage 2 and we will build upon the foundations laid in previous years.

Through developing a ‘can –do’ attitude and a growth mindset, we explore children’s curious inquisitiveness that derives from an inclusive, safe and happy learning environment. Our aim is to develop children’s academic and personal skills so they can bloom into confident, resilient and independent learners.

Within the classroom, there are designated learning spaces for core subjects containing essential resources and information dedicated to help scaffold and reinforce children’s learning.

We look forward to welcoming you into our class.

In order to help your child reach their full potential please support them with these four key areas at home: 

Reading - children should read every night for 15 minutes to an adult. Any reading should be recorded in the reading log book.

Spelling - children will be sent home with spellings to learn. This will be an on-going weekly homework which will be taken from the age-appropriate statutory word lists.

Maths - children should practice their times tables every night using the Times Tables Rock Stars resource.

Wherever possible, please encourage your child to have a go at new concepts and challenges as this will develop their growth mindset.

In Otter Class we reward children with

• Epraise Points
• Special Mentions in Collective Worship
• Sports Value certificates in Collective Worship

• Book bag 
• PE kit
• Reading book
• Homework Book
• Healthy snack for playtime
• Lunchbox
• Swimming kit (every Monday)