Miss Lewis (Teacher), Miss Offer and Miss Dudley Welcome to Year Four Miss Lewis (Teacher), Miss Offer and Miss Dudley

General Routines Register is taken at 9:00. Collective Worship is held everyday at 9:10- apart from Monday while we are swimming Maths and English every day. Topic and Foundation subjects every afternoon Monday Morning and Thursday afternoon the children have PE- remembering correct uniform Monday – swimming , Thursday- Gymnastics . After half term back to Wednesday and Thursday

Start and end of the day Children can enter the classroom from 8:45 onwards. Independence The children will always have a start of the day activity. Children who need accompanying will be taken to the playground.

Homework Maths homework will be set on a Friday- due the following Friday. Spellings will be tested every Monday. These are taken from the New National Curriculum and must be learnt. 99 Club tested every Friday. Children will write in their scores in and will fill in table at front when they have completed the club Topic homework letter sent home - Topic homework sharing date:21st March If there are any problems with the homework, please come to speak to me so I can help. If the homework is too hard, or too easy, please make a note in the children’s homework diaries.

Reading 3 x a week Please record, or encourage your child to record, when they have read at home. There will be a prize for those children who continuously read 3 times a week (we monitor this by comments made in homework diary). The homework diary is also a point of contact

Progress A range of assessment strategies Continuous ongoing assessment If child is not on track to meet age related expectations then I will contact you. CAT tests – parents evening

Topic – Romans

Maths This term we will be focusing; Decimals Fractions We will then be focusing on the four operations. Quick recall of times tables will support the children’s learning within class so please practise at home.

English Lots of learning about the Romans Newspaper report Non chronological report Myths and legends

Science Sound Living things

Dates for your Diary January 30th Rain Garden coffee morning February 27th – coffee morning about PE and positive play Residential 18th – 20th April

Open Door Policy If you wish to contact me I am always available at the beginning and end of the day in the classroom. Available for phone calls before and after the school day. If you want an update

PPSA – looking for people to join EMAIL - Preshuteppsa@hotmail.co.uk There will be a display pictures of PPSA committee members on board to left of the reception The committee meet once every 6 x weeks.  If anyone would like a copy of minutes of meetings please let them know. Our display board as you come in to school (outside as you enter the school doors) should give you the latest info. All updates/future events will be found in the bi-weekly school newsletter. The PPSA work closely with the school to ensure we are not duplicating or holding too many events!  'Matched Funding' .. Match giving or match funding is a simple way of maximizing the fundraising efforts of the PPSA volunteers. Normally companies will match up to £3,000 for an event.  A fantastically easy way to raise money. Companies love being associated with this type of fundraising in partnership with there employee.  All monies raised recently has gone towards  furniture and books for the Library and School Lunch and now working with Yr5/6 on how to support creation of the quiet area.  Being on committee or a helper really is 'fun'.. and not huge amounts of time just very worth while!.

Thank you Thank you for all your support so far this year! Also any cardboard boxes would be greatly appreciated as I aim to make Roman shields with the children