Meet the Teacher Year 4

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Valley Primary School Year 4

Meet the Teacher

Care

Learn together Aim high

Be honest

Look after what we have

Meet the team…

Miss Whittington – 4OW

Mrs B and Mrs Wallace – 4BW

Mrs Driscol– Year 4 teaching assistant who spends time in both classes throughout the day.

A Typical Day in Year 4

A Typical Day in Year 4

• Art and DT will covered in block lessons.

• Interventions will be put in place throughout the day to support pupils with reading, writing and maths.

• Year 4 PPA will be on a Tuesday and Thursday where Mrs Driscol and Mrs Purdy will be covering.

Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum

Maths home learning | Home learning | White

Rose Education

Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum Knowledge Organiser

(Curriculum info will be updated on the website in due course)

Sayers Croft

Residential March

Trips

If we do not receive sufficient parental contribution to cover the cost of the trips they will be cancelled

Photo Permission

Please check that you have completed the Photo Permission form. If this form isn’t completed, you child will not have any photos around the school or in Newsletters etc.

Homework

Year 4

Core Weekly Homework Schedule

Set weekly every Wednesday. Spellings to be handed in on Monday. Reading records will be checked periodically.

Reading Spelling Times Tables

Read for at least 15 minutes every day. Your child should be reading aloud as well as reading to themselves. This helps develop fluency and expression. Your child will bring home a reading book which can be changed as often as they need to. Please take the time to discuss and ask questions about what your child is reading. Children will be sent home with a yellow reading record. Children to record their own reading books and how often they are reading. Parents, please sign this weekly.

Children are also encouraged to read a variety of texts as well as their stage books.

Each week you will have a list of up to 20 spellings to study from the Ninja Spelling Scheme. You will be assessed on a selection of these throughout the week. There will be no formal spelling test.

There will also be a written task to go with the list of words, to help with the learning of the rule or pattern.

Children should be doing daily practise using Times Tables Rock Stars to develop quick recall of times tables facts. Log in cards are stuck in homework books.

Please see the parent guide sent out via email.

‘Gigs’ will be done in school, as these games are the assessment tool for TTRS to personalise the questions for each child. At home children should focus on ‘Jamming’, ‘Garage’ and ‘Studio’ games.

Homework – Example of weekly spellings

Homework

AutumnTermHomeworkMenuYr 4

Pleasebringin thetwopiecesfor thishalf -termbetween the14th and 16th of October readyfor our sharingevent on Thursday17th October.

For next half term, pleasebringin the3 piecesbetween 16th and 18th December, readyfor our sharingevent on Thursday19th December.

History Geography The Arts Science Experience

Createa fact fileon your favouritePharaoh or Queen.

Remember todrawa beautiful illustration soweknowwhat theylooked like!

OR

Createa fact fileon your favouriteGreekgod/goddess.

Curriculum Drivers

Focus: AspirationandAmbition

Investigatethedifferent jobsin a museum. What onewould interest you themost?

Can you createa jobadvert for thisrole?

What aretheworld climatezones?

Chosea climatezoneand createa poster. What’stheaverage temperature? What’stheweather like? What animalslivethere?

Namesomeof countriesin this climatezone . Drawsomeimages that symbolisetheclimatezone.

Design your own Egyptian headdress.

Or

Design an Ancient Greekvase.

GrowingPlaque

2tspof yeast in each cup.

1tspwarmwater in each cup.

Add 1tspsugar toONE cup.

Stir tomix…with separatespoons.

ObservethePlaqueAttack!

What makesyou a good friend?

You can present thisanywayyou like!

Asan acrosticpoemisoneidea

SeePurpleMash tocreate your own fairytaleusing coding.

Thinkabout thefeaturesof a fairytaleand can you make themcomealiveand move?

Createyour own pyramid usingand solid art material.

Paper mâché would bea good good idea. Pleasetryto keepthemroughlyA4 size.

Or Makeyour own Papyruspaper. You can even add some hieroglyphs!

Goand visit theEgyptian or Ancient Greekexhibit in the British Museum. Don’t forget tosharephotoswith usif you go!

Learn the fire escape plan for your home.

Homework

TTRS

Behaviour Policy

A link to the updated Pupil information leaflet will be sent home soon, for you to read through with your child.

An updated Parent information leaflet will be added to website shortly.

Personal Development and Wellbeing

Look on the school website for links to the Bromley Y parent webinars and support offer.

Wellbeing

Personal Development

Pupil Roles in School

Years 1-6

Years 4-6

Years 3-6

Year 6

Years 5-6

Opal helper Opportunities coming soon

Years 4-6

Years 3-6

Year 4-6

Staying safe online

Everyone in the class has signed up to our Acceptable Use Agreement principles which cover how we act

PE and Playtime snacks

The focus is for pupils to learn and develop the skills which they can apply across a range of different sporting opportunities.

Pupils should come to school wearing their PE kit on our PE day. This consists of navy blue shorts or tracksuit bottoms, a white round-necked t-shirt and plimsolls. Long hair should be tied back and stud earrings removed or covered. If they forget or do not have the correct kit, they will be given another role in the PE lesson.

As a school we are promoting Healthy Eating and encouraging pupils to eat the fruit provided at playtime. KS1 and KS2 are free to go to the fruit area during morning play. Any additional snacks should be healthy and Nut Free.

We celebrate birthdays by singing Happy Birthday in class. Please do not bring in any treats or gifts to be given out.

Health Information

• If your child requires an asthma inhaler, you need to get an Asthma Card completed and signed by the GP or Nurse so that we can hold and administer the inhaler in school. This is in accordance with current guidelines from the Schools Nursing Team for Bromley and recommendations by Asthma UK. Asthma cards can be picked up from Mrs Crawford-Jones or the office.

• We are an allergy aware school and do not allow any nut products in school – for snacks or packed lunches.

• If your child requires medication to be given during the school day, please go the the admin office and fill out the medication form. The office staff will then keep the medication in the office administer it as needed.

Thank you

Raising Concerns

Thankyou

We are looking forward to working with you over this year.

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