Class 3 is a mixed-age class of years 4, 5 and 6. Mr Aitken is the class teacher and works together with our teaching assistant, Mrs Seaman. There are around 25 children in the class.

As adults responsible for the important role of teaching these young people, we pride ourselves on knowing each child well, building trust and confidence and treating them as individuals. Our understanding of our children aids us to help them get the best out of themselves. We provide them with the tools to become skilled learners. As well as ensuring they are safe and happy we also pride ourselves on helping the children become independent and resilient. Our approach is fair, honest and always underpinned by helping the children to develop the skills and qualities to be happy and successful in their lives.  Our class expectations are simple: be kind, be happy and try incredibly hard, all of the time. We have a great deal of successes and smiles.

Our classroom is situated apart from the main school but is very much part of the school community, joining in with everything that school life has to offer.

Everyone in Class 3 has very high expectations of each other. We all work hard and always try to produce our best work and our best for each other – we are a team. We are supportive and help each other to learn new things and gain new skills.

While we learn all the things that are part of the National Curriculum, we also enjoy the freedom of following our own interests and learning about things that we are really passionate about. We have Imagination Books to give us an opportunity to follow our own interests.

In Class 3 we enjoy more freedom and privileges but know that this comes with more responsibility. As the oldest children in the school, we take our responsibility as role models very seriously, carrying out duties to help the school run smoothly and make it a better place to learn. This is part of a more ‘grown-up’ atmosphere where we can apply to be a prefect, prepare ourselves for taking SATs and our next steps in education to high school.

A typical school day sees us learn English and Maths in the morning and a mixture of other subjects in the afternoons, such as Science, PE, Humanities and Art. We also find time to squeeze in other engaging activities such as: The World Cup of Books, Dream Team, The Quest for the Quills of Littaria and Mathsball, where we get the chance to practice our skills in a more real world situation. In addition to this we also write a monthly piece for our village magazine  - The Rocklander.

We love visitors and are always happy to talk about our learning and our school. We look forward to meeting you!