WELCOME TO YEAR 4 (2024–25)
THE TEAM
Teachers:
4F Mr Simon Foster
4M Mr George McWilliams
Teaching Assistants:
Miss Erin Doherty
Mrs Eve Gleeson
THE SCHOOL DAY
There are no changes to drop off, collection or the length of the school day in Year 4. The children line up in the playground at 8.25am (as before).
Drop Off – 8.00–8.25am
Children may be dropped off from 8.00am and play outside until the bell is rung (supervised by the members of staff on duty). The children then line up in front of the swimming pool at 8.25am in their year groups, where they are met by their teachers.
Pick Up – 4.00pm
Children are dismissed from the Morris House entrance of Upper School at 4.00pm unless they are attending aftercare or an after-school club.
WRAPAROUND CARE
Breakfast Club (bookable and chargeable) – 7.30–8.00am
Located in the dining hall (code needed to access site will be provided upon booking).
Upper School Aftercare (bookable and chargeable) – 4.00–6.00pm*
Children make their way to the Upper School library (tea is served in the dining hall at 5.00pm).
7.30–8.00am Breakfast club (charge)
8.00–8.25am Morning care – pupils supervised in the playground or dining hall (if wet)
8.25am Bell is rung to line up outside for registration
4.00pm End of school
4.00–6.00pm* Co-curricular clubs (charges may be applicable) and Upper School aftercare (charge)
* Aftercare ends at 5.00pm on a Friday
UNIFORM, BELONGINGS & SNACKS
UNIFORM
The uniform remains the same in Year 4.
GAMES KIT
Children should come into school in their games and PE kits on days they have these lessons (see the table below). Boot bags should be dropped into the changing rooms before they line up for morning registration. Please do not go into the changing rooms with your child.
STATIONERY
Children in Upper School need to bring in a pencil case, which should contain HB pencils, coloured pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser, a glue stick and a 15-cm ruler.
SNACKS
Children may have fruit and vegetables, a small sandwich or fruit loaf, cereal bars, flapjacks (these must not contain chocolate), plain bread sticks, rice cakes or crackers, plain popcorn, smoothies. Please remember we are a nut-free school, so no nuts or sesame. They also need to bring in a named water bottle each day.
REPORTING
There are Parents’ Evenings and formal written feedback in the autumn and spring terms. A full report is prepared at the end of the summer term.
Please remember to name everything!
WHAT TO WEAR 4F 4M Monday Uniform Uniform Tuesday Games kit Games kit Wednesday PE kit Uniform Thursday Games kit Games kit Friday Uniform PE kit
HOMEWORK
SEESAW
Homework will be recorded in the Upper School Diary and made available on Seesaw. To record and communicate with us about reading, please use the Upper School Diary. There is an option on Seesaw to comment directly for specific pieces of work, or you can use the Upper School Diary. We check both Seesaw and the Upper School Diary regularly.
The following homework is set each week:
• Reading aloud (20 minutes) daily – please record this in the Upper School Diary
• Spelling/Handwriting (5 minutes) daily Spellings will be set and tested on a Monday
• Times tables (5 minutes) daily
• Maths – one activity a week (20 minutes)
• English – one activity a week (20 minutes)
Maths and English homework will be set on a Friday, and will be due in on the following Thursday.
COMMUNICATION
IN PERSON/BY EMAIL
Please do email the Year 4 team if you have any concerns about your child. We are very happy to have a brief chat at drop off, but if you would like to talk for longer, we can arrange a convenient time to meet.
Our email addresses are:
sfoster@chinthurstschool.co.uk
gmcwilliams@chinthurstschool.co.uk
office@chinthurstschool.co.uk HOME/SCHOOL
YEAR 4 TOPICS & TRIPS
We have exciting cross-curricular topics:
AUTUMN TERM – The Romans (history); Asia (geography)
SPRING TERM – The Tudors (history); Asian Issues, e.g. natural disasters (geography)
SUMMER TERM – The Greeks (history); Child-led Learning (geography)
TRIPS – Roman Workshop visit (autumn); The Living Rainforest (spring); High Ashurst Residential (summer)
WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
PARENT HANDBOOK – Contains detailed information on all aspects of school life.
SPORTS HANDBOOK – Further information about PE, games and swimming at Chinthurst.
WEEK AHEAD – Contains information about the children’s learning for the following week. These are issued by class teachers via Seesaw on a Friday.
THE CHRONICLE – Includes a message from the Head, a round-up of school news from the previous week and school notices. This is issued each week during term time.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Follow the school’s Instagram and Facebook accounts to see lots of the fun activities that take place on a day-to-day basis.
PRINTED CALENDAR – Issued at the start of each term.
CLASSLIST – We encourage parents to register with www.classlist.com to connect with other parents in their own class, year group or the whole school.
SPORTS WEBSITE
Contains details of sports fixtures.
SCHOOLSBUDDY APP
Has details and takes bookings for:
• Wraparound care
• Co-curricular clubs
• Trips
New parents receive a log-in before the beginning of term.
EVENTS
We hope to see you at our family events throughout the year. These include:
• Grandparents’ Morning
• Sports Day
• Swimming Gala
• Church Assemblies
• Year 4 Production Year 4 also take part in Harvest, Easter and Christmas Services.
Please keep an eye on the Chronicle and Classlist for more information about CPA events.
