WELCOME TO YEAR 4 INFORMATION EVENING! Wednesday 16th September 2015

YEAR 4 TEAM Mrs Jo Rose Miss Kerry Evans Mrs Michaela Porter Mrs Helen Hale Miss Chelsea Whatley Miss Emma Davis Miss Karen Selway Mrs Kathie Light

OVERVIEW OF TOPICS Term 1 and 2 What was it like to live in an Ancient Civilisation? Term 3 and 4 Is Africa a continent of contrasts? Term 5 and 6 Is everywhere the same as here? (Including celebrating the Olympic Games)

WEEKLY TIMETABLE PE Times – KE class: Outdoor on Tuesday, indoor on Wednesday. JR class: Outdoor on Friday, indoor on Wednesday. Swimming will start in January. Cooking sessions throughout the year will be on a Wednesday with Mrs Porter and Mrs Hale, a one off payment of £8 for ingredients has been requested. Forest school will be on a Monday afternoon, led by Miss Whatley and Mrs Heathcote – this will not start until Term 2. Every Thursday afternoon we will be having our music lesson, learning how to play the cello!

MORNING ROUTINE Classroom doors will be open from 8.45 for the children to come into class independently. This will ease congestion in the cloakrooms. If you do need to speak to us about an issue please try to leave it until after school as first thing in the morning is very busy! Lunchtimes – children who are having a school dinner, will need to choose their meal and select the appropriate coloured band.

READING & SPELLING Changing Books – opportunity to change their book every day if necessary. Benchmarking will start shortly. Reading – we will listen to your child read at least once a week – hopefully twice, please could you continue this at home. Spelling – children will be given spelling activities to complete within school which are personalised to their needs. Spelling lists will not be sent home unless part of a homework activity.

LITERACY Literacy – we will be looking at a range of genres. Handwriting – we use the Nelson handwriting scheme. By the end of Year 4 it is expected that all children will be writing in pen with joined letters. SPAG – This is a relatively new initiative to raise standards. The children will have a activities within school dedicated to Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.

NUMERACY Number and place valueNumber and place value Number – Fractions and decimalsNumber – Fractions and decimals Number – addition and subtractionNumber – addition and subtraction Number – multiplication and divisionNumber – multiplication and division Geometry – properties of shapesGeometry – properties of shapes Geometry – position and directionGeometry – position and direction StatisticsStatistics MeasurementMeasurement Weekly mental maths testsWeekly mental maths tests

HOMEWORK Homework – your child will have a piece of homework every week. It will be given out on a Friday to be returned the following Wednesday. Homework club has started on Monday at 3.15pm.

WOW EVENTS! Bristol Museum. A visit from Howard Carter! Christmas production. Trip to the zoo. Plus others in the pipeline…..watch this space!

Any questions??