Welcome!

Thank you for what you do… Help with swimming, trips, Nibley Nibbles Help your child with homework or writing notes to let me know how they got on Hearing your child read Helping with times tables and dictation Bringing in items that link to our topic or other things we are doing in school

Problems we have across the school A lack of regular reading at home Homework – standard of presentation and regularity of completion Doing things little and often at home Support with the ‘harder’ things to do Lack of volunteer readers to listen to children

Homework Set on a Friday  due in on the following Wednesday Should be completed to a standard we expect in school e.g. written neatly, using pencil, on the sheet or in the homework book, stuck in neatly When complete and marked: 1 monster point given if it has been handed in on time and completed to the expected standard 2 monster points given if the child has pushed themselves further (presentation, effort, completing extra, etc)

Dictation Set on a Friday  tested the following Friday Spellings in bold are the focus words All other punctuation and spellings should be encouraged Use practising as a chance to also practise neatly joined handwriting and pencil grip When marking  look at focus words, punctuation, all other spellings

Times tables Tests on a Friday 2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 7, 12 When scoring 12/12, two weeks in a row, they ‘move up’  will be sent home with a new times table sheet Expectation for all children to know all multiplication and corresponding facts by the end of Year 4  times table test in June 2020 for Year 4 (current Year 3)

Reading Needs to happen daily School reading book (coloured band) needs to be regularly read alongside other reading for pleasure School reading diary  important to write down responses, reviews, comments etc Audio books etc are a good addition but shouldn’t be used instead  better if your child is able to follow the text whilst listening Quiz your child! Ask them questions about what they have read, ask them to predict what could happen next, summarise the last few pages to you, check that they know the meaning of words and see if they can provide synonyms or antonyms, ask them about characters etc. Reading comprehension cards available

Behaviour policy Monster points  app available for your phone (take the parent invite letter)

Pencil grip Focus for whole school to help improve handwriting Please look at how your child holds their pencil when completing homework etc and encourage the correct grip

Non-negotiables  Capital letters for the start of a sentence and for proper nouns (people’s names, place names, days of week, months of the year)  Correct ending punctuation  Spellings on word mats  Neatly joined handwriting  Paragraphs for a new topic / subject / place / time  Quotation marks (speech marks) when a character is speaking  Commas when I am listing (I bought apples, bananas, pears and strawberries. The big, scary wolf…)  Apostrophes for contractions (I’m, she’s, can’t) and possession (Tom’s car, the cat’s toy)  Capital letters for the start of a sentence and for proper nouns (people’s names, place names, days of week, months of the year)  Correct ending punctuation (full stop, question mark or exclamation mark)  Finger spaces  Spellings of all pencil words, high frequency words on word mats and rainbow spellings  Neatly presented handwriting

Independence Your child is responsible for: Changing their own reading book Bringing home letters and returning them during registration Handing in their homework books Looking after their water bottle and bringing it home at the end of the week Looking after their pencil cases and other belongings Book bags  should be a school book bag to go on their chair or in their drawer All children should go straight to the playground in the morning and bring anything to the cloakroom or classroom once the bell has gone

PE kits Full PE kit in school on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays All items should be named Carrier bag  muddy or wet items! If brought home for washing, ensure it is in school for PE days

Maths passport Links on school website Parent Guides available Reinforce previously learnt skills from other passports

Spellings Tested through dictation Word mats available to children in all lessons High Frequency Words and Common Exception Words (by the end of KS1) Year 3 & 4 Spelling List Your child needs to read each word, know the meaning, spell it and write it in context

Thank you!