Please help yourself to refreshments Welcome to Year 4 Please help yourself to refreshments

Year 4 Team Mr Brunt Mrs (Jan) Colwell

Year 4’s Keys to Success You will need to upload the Keys to Success from the website.

Reading Bookmarks Please add your year group’s book marks to this page.

Bognor Regis – Then and Now Year 4’s Curriculum   Autumn Spring Summer Creative Topic Sands of Time Terrible Tudors Pole to Pole Dragon Slayers Extreme Earth Bognor Regis – Then and Now English Genres Diary Instructions Narrative Poetry Explanations Texts: You Wouldn’t Want to be an Egyptian Pyramid Builder I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert Newspapers Informal letter writing Description Information Page Recount Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors Persuasive letter Information Text Ice Trap Shackleton Journey You Wouldn’t Want to be a Polar Explorer Tom Crean’s Rabbit Persuasive Writing How to Train Your Dragon Mountains genre Pebble in my Pocket Mountains non-fiction texts Non-chronological texts Stig of the Dump Please add your completed overview for the Autumn Term

Autumn Term Sands Of Time Visitors Trips English History D&T Maths Geography Sands Of Time Maths Art Music Please explain only key parts of the curriculum ICT R.E PSHCE

Stunning Start Entering Tutankhamen's tomb… With Howard Carter! Please add pictures of your stunning start

Fabulous Finish Egyptian Day Please add information on your fabulous finish

Supporting Your Child Reading: Support your child’s fluency and understanding by listening to them read for at least 10 minutes a day. Please use your child’s book mark to deepen their understanding. Please complete your child’s reading record so we know that they have read and what they are reading. Remember that if your child reads at least 5 times a week they will be entered into our half termly raffle draw. Maths: Support your child in learning their times tables and related division facts. Cook and measure ingredients for a meal or a cake. Encourage your child to tell the time and calculate time intervals, including converting between 12 and 24 hour time. Calculate and estimate the cost of shopping. Daily counting to improve number fluency. Complete challenges on Active Learn. Add and delete as appropriate

Supporting Your Child Spellings: Each week your child will receive 10 spellings. Learning their spellings will be a key part of your child’s Home Learning Task. Writing: Encourage lots of discussion to develop their vocabulary. Write birthday and Christmas cards. Encourage your child to keep a diary. Try and write something everyday no matter how small. Look out for the word of the week and encourage pupils to use it in the correct context. Encourage your child to complete challenges on Active Learn. Add and delete as appropriate

Home Learning This year the format for Home Learning has changed with a greater focus on grammar, punctuation and spellings.

P.E kit Games: Hockey - Wednesday P.E: Gym – Monday For all physical education lessons, your child must have the correct equipment. P.E Kit: Navy shorts T-shirt, which is their team colour Plimsolls or trainers (for outdoor work) Warm clothing in winter months such as a tracksuit. If they have an ear piecing it must be removed or your child must use tape to cover their ears.

Healthy Minds Please ensure that your child has a clear water bottle in school. This year we would like to encourage pupils to bring in a healthy snack during break times. The snack must be a fruit snack. Lunch boxes should not include sweets or a fizzy drink. If your child is entitled to a free school meal, application forms are available in your packs. Delete as appropriate for KS 1 or 2

Communication Class Dojos for rewards and sanctions. Class Pages. (http://www.southbersted.w-sussex.sch.uk/class-pages/) Weekly newsletters. Parent teacher consultations. Interim reports. End of year reports. Please add what you give green dojos for

Rewards and Sanctions Rewards Class Dojos. Weekly Red Book. Head teacher’s Award. Sanctions Clear classroom expectations. if a child is not following the class and school rules, then they will have a verbal reminder. If the behaviour continues they will be asked to move seats. If the behaviour continues still they will work in a partner class. Use of lunch time detentions. Currently, we are reviewing the whole school behaviour policy. At present these are our rewards and sanctions. Please discuss the whole class rules and rewards that were created during the first week.

Autumn Term Key Dates Parent Teacher Consultations: Trip to the Mary Rose exhibition:

Thank you for joining us this afternoon Thank you for joining us this afternoon. We look forward to working with you in supporting your child’s learning. Are there any questions?