Welcome to St Paul & St Peter Year 4 Class Teachers: Mrs. Hawkes & Mrs Zokra Teaching Assistants: Mrs Duran & Mrs Martin

What you need to know… Equipment and water bottles PE kits and uniform Homework/home learning Support for learning Reading support Parent – teacher communication Expectations for behaviour Behaviour policy

Equipment and Water Bottles Please ensure that all equipment brought in from home and any clothes are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Due to health and safety any water bottle that is not named will be thrown at the end of the week. Your child may bring in their own pens and pencils, provided they are kept in a named pencil case. However, if they prove to be too much of a distraction we will ask them to take them home.

PE kits and uniform PE sessions will take place on Mondays (indoor) and Thursdays (outdoor). Children must ensure they have the correct kit for both sessions: Plimsolls for indoor Tracksuit (plain, dark) and suitable trainers for outdoor Water bottles – water only Correct book bags/reading folder and PE kit bags only please No earrings please or please ensure that your child can cover their earrings with tape Homework/learning All weekly homework will go out on Thursday Maths and English; children will have a week to complete each piece o work. My Maths will also be set on a Friday every two weeks. This is in addition to weekly spellings and spelling test.

Support with learning The school expectations for parent support remains the same; different children will require different levels of support but all children should receive some input at home to support their in-class learning Homework is monitored and you will be contacted if your child is regularly not completing homework activities – if you need support, speak to us as soon as possible! Reading Children in year 4, regardless of their reading ability, should be listened to each day – please ensure that you are signing their reading records as this is monitored Buster Book Club is continuing and children should record how long they read for each Wednesday night, to be tallied up on a Thursday morning. The bookmarks must be signed by parents! Again, this is monitored and expectations are that all children try and reach their 20 minute weekly target.

Parent – teacher communication We are available from Monday to Friday (excluding Wednesday) after school so feel free to make an appointment if you ever need to discuss anything. The sooner the better so that concerns/issues can be addressed promptly! School expectations are that important messages that can’t be delivered directly to the class teachers are received in writing e.g. if children need to leave early/arrive late due to appointments, excused from PE for medical reasons, change of home time arrangements etc as they are difficult to deal with when not formally recorded. Expectations All children are expected to arrive punctually, in time for the register at 08.55am. Obviously exceptional circumstances sometimes occur but punctuality/attendance are monitored by the school. Similarly children must attend if they are well enough, according to the attendance policy (see website) Golden Rules are displayed in the classrooms and around the room and all pupils have signed and agreed the class charter – behaviour standards are high in year 4!