General Information P3 & 4 parents

P3A Ms Slattery/Ms Quinn Staff P3A Ms Slattery/Ms Quinn Mr Doney P3B Ms Barber Ms Long P4A Ms Bartlett Mrs Shipley P4B Mrs Feeney Ms Martin

In partnership with the children and parents/carers, Key Stage 1 Vision In partnership with the children and parents/carers, We will: Value our relationships through open and honest communication, recognising the importance of a good home/school balance for everyone. Promote a safe, positive and child-centred environment to help everyone achieve success in their learning. Foster the development from Foundation Stage to Key Stage One by promoting and encouraging independence in their decision making, learning, behaviour and organisational skills.

Behaviour Positive behaviour management Class charter

Reading Oxford Reading Tree (Snapdragons/Treetops) Storyworlds Link Up Paired Reading (P4 Hallowe’en-Christmas) School Library Book Class Library Book Class Novel Online resources

Spelling Complete Spelling Programme Linguistic Phonics Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check Have-a-go spelling Word Book Spelling

Number facts Daily mental maths have been highlighted this year to improve number recall during maths activities across the school. Mental maths is essential in the early years because it lays the foundation for more complex maths later on. Mental maths takes a lot of practice, and the more you can do with your child at home, the better you'll prepare them for the maths they'll encounter in class and in tests (and in everyday life). Little and often is definitely the key. Some things you may want to practise are: Counting (eg counting in 2s, 5s or 10s) Place value (eg understanding that the 3 in 37 means 30, rather than just 3) Number facts (eg times tables, or pairs of numbers that add up to 10) Simple additions and subtractions (eg 32 + 5)

P3 Homework Homework Folder Mon – Numeracy Sheet, Reading, MM focus, LSCWC. Tues – Literacy Sheet, Reading, MM focus, LSCWC. Wed -- Numeracy Sheet, Reading, MM focus, LSCWC. Thurs – Literacy, Reading, Revise all Spellings and MM. Reading record The reading book and pages for each night, the spelling list and the mental maths focus are all included in the Reading Record. They are stuck in each Monday morning.

P4 Homework Mon – Literacy HW, Reading, MM, LSCWC Tues – Numeracy HW, Reading, MM, LSCWC Wed - Literacy HW, Reading, MM, LSCWC Thurs – Mathletics Tasks, Reading, Revise all Spellings. Written answers to Reading Comprehension are handed in on a Friday. Children will write down spellings Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Reading information and weekly focus in Homework Diary. Reading Questions & MM in Folder. Numeracy/Literacy given in homework books.

General routines Fruit break Punctuality/Absence notes PE times….P3 Monday, P4 Friday. Names on belongings PLEASE! Parking/Traffic (beginning and end of day) Children independently enter school The school day begin at 8.55 am and finishes at 2.55 pm. Trips If you need to talk to the teacher, please make an appointment. (First thing in the morning is not ideal.) Appointments/Collection arrangements shared with teacher, (eg. class at the park) Number bonds/mental maths practice Reading groups.