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A Typical day Time Lesson 8.45-9.00 Registration and morning activity Assembly 9.20-10.50 English including spelling practise 10.50-11.10 Playtime 11.10-12.15 Maths 12.15-1.15 Lunch time 1.15-1.45 Guided Reading 1.45-3.00 Topic/Science/ICT/PE 3.00 Story time 3.20 Home time

Our curriculum English Maths Science –Topic- Geography History Art DT ICT PSHE PE – Premier sports Music French RE-

Maths In Year 3 and Year 4, children develop their understanding of numbers through solving a range of problems involving money, measurements and time. Children also learn more about fractions and make links to decimal numbers. By the end of Year 4 children are expected to know their times tables facts, up to and including 12 x 12

Reading To develop positive attitudes to reading, and an understanding of what they read understand what they read, in books they can read independently retrieve and record information from non-fiction participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say

Writing Draft and write: -Rehearsing sentences orally -Organising paragraphs around a theme -In narratives, creating settings, characters and plot -In non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices Plan -Discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar -Discussing and recording ideas Writing Evaluate and edit by: -Assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements -Proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences

English Spellings Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable More prefixes and suffixes Possessive apostrophe with plural words Homophones and near-homophones Handwriting Cursive letter join, finger spaces,

P.E

Science Topic Chocolate. Autumn Human Nutrition Electricity Spring Growing living things and dangers to living things Dragons and where to find them. Ancient Egyptians Changes of state Sound Discussion points at home

Home learning Reading Children are given a reading record and you are encouraged to read as often as you can with your child and date and sign the reading diary. We will be checking and celebrating completed reading records in class. Guided reading will happen daily, children must bring in their books and reading diary every day. Children will take a selection of books home: Star reading/Colour band Library book Children are encouraged to read their own books and visit the library!

Teeth and the digestive system Home learning Spellings and Homework Spelling test is on a Friday. Spelling lists will be sent home every Friday for the following weeks test. A homework task will also be given on a Friday to be returned following Wednesday. If children do not brig their homework back by Wednesday they will go to homework club during their lunch time. Homework will be a English task and a maths task. Mathletics (optional) Swifts termly project Chocolate Roald Dahl Teeth and the digestive system Aztecs

House keeping Any questions? PE days- Tuesday and Thursday Water bottles in school everyday Books and blue diary in school everyday Homework to be taken home on Friday and returned the following Wednesday Snack at playtime Label everything! (Packed lunch boxes, Book bags etc.) School uniform including PE Kit – Please check website We are always here to help before or after school. Any questions?