Mr Watson – Class 13 Mrs Mahal – Class 14 Miss Moran – Class 15

C LASS 13 – M R W ATSON PE day (Indoor) – Thursdays PE day (Outdoor) – Wednesdays Library Day - Thursday

C LASS 14 – M RS M AHAL PE day (Indoor) – Wednesday PE day (Outdoor) – Wednesday Library Day - Wednesday

C LASS 15 – M ISS M ORAN PE day (Indoor) – Friday PE day (Outdoor) – Wednesday Library day - Tuesday

H OMEWORK Maths Homework will go out every Tuesday and returned the following Friday. This will alternate between Maths problem solving activities and written activities. Literacy Homework will go out every Wednesday Night and returned the following Monday. Some homework will be project based

Homework is a consolidation and reinforcement of work covered in class. The homework is aimed to be a reasonable amount expected for each child approximately 20mins each night. Some homework may include online activities – log ins will be provided.

M ATHS  New curriculum has more emphasis on written calculations – school’s calculation policy is being updated and will be available on the website to refer to and support your children at home with the methods taught in school.  More emphasis on deeper understanding, pupils being able to explore, reason and problem solve

P ROBLEM S OLVING AND R EASONING  All lessons have been adapted to include problem solving and reasoning opportunities to enable pupils to apply their knowledge and explain their work for deeper understanding.  We will now have additional problem solving lessons covering five different problem types.  ‘Problem Solving Homework Packs’ will be sent home regularly so the children can apply their skills at home…..please support and ‘play’ these games with your children at home (a home/school record book is on order for teacher and parent to record observations)  Some homework may also include online activities, specifically chosen by the teacher to consolidate class learning (log ins will be provided)

N UMBER S KILLS  Essential for pupils to continue to practice their number bonds knowing them forwards and backwards (eg) 12+8=20 which is the same as 28-8=20  Key Stage 2 must continue to learn and practise the timestables. All tables need to be known by the end of Year 4. All division facts need to be known by end of Year 6.

W EBSITE The Maths page of the school website will have links to: The updated calculations policy (by half term) Year Group Guidance / Programmes of Study Links to games and activities The Year Group pages will have information on the skills being covered in each term.

R APID Rapid is a new intervention programme being implemented across the school. The programme is designed to support children struggling with concepts in the new curriculum in Literacy and Maths. The programme is designed to support pupils to make 'rapid' progress in clearly identified areas and intervention could last from 1 to 6 weeks. Children in need of this intervention will be identified by the teacher and is reviewed regularly. For those children placed in a rapid intervention on occasions the activities may include a short homework activity book to consolidate the learning or some online activities. The class teacher can provide more details on this if relevant at the time.

R APID – R EADING & W RITING After ongoing teacher assessment, it be necessary for your child to enter the reading and writing intervention scheme. Based on their reading age. Programme lasts 6 weeks. Books, for reading, will be sent home and also available as e-books online.

Clued Spelling Children will have spellings for 10 minutes every day. Paired work. Children work through a list of words and only learn the words they cannot spell. Therefore, no need to learn words that they already know. No ‘formal’ tests and no need to practise spellings at home.

Assessment Without Levels Information for Parents

Why do we need a new Assessment system? With the introduction of the New Curriculum, the DFE announced the removal of levels, stating that they were no longer a reliable method of assessment and reporting. Against the new Teaching and Learning regime. Their ‘Core Principles of Assessment ‘ document stated that ‘effective assessment systems’ should: -give reliable information to parents about how their child, and their child’s school, is performing -help drive improvement for pupils and teachers, and -make sure the school is keeping up with external best practice and innovation However, they announced that it was up to schools to devise their own methods of Assessment based on these principles.

4b was the expected average for a year 6 child. The floor target for combined RWM level %. Children should be reported as EMERGING, EXPECTED or EXCEEDING the standards for their year. Levels: 1c 1b 1a 2c 2b 2a 3c 3b 3a 4c 4b 4a 5c 5b 5a 6c Age Related Standards Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

What Assessmen t system should we use?

New Assessment system embedded. Formative (ongoing) Assessment and Summative (End point) Assessment

Kent Learning Pathways (FORMATIVE) Use of Kent Standards Assessment to track children’s progress against the EXPECTED standard for each year. -Year group standards will be called BANDS. Year 1 children ‘expected’ to be working on Band 1, year 5 on Band5 etc. The majority of children will begin on the BAND for their age group. They will be described as EMERGING in the band and will work through achieving targets to achieve EXPECTED by the end of the year. Children with gaps in their learning journey may work through achieving objectives on ‘lower’ bands if appropriate. More able children will work on mastering the objectives for their year group band and will be described as ‘EXCEEDING’ by the end of the year. All children will have their own learning pathway,. Achievement of targets will be evidenced and will be updated regularly by the class teacher. A child’s progress along the pathway will be shared with parents and form a basis of the dialogue at parents consultations. IMPORTANT to note the raised expectations for each year group- e.g. in maths, to achieve ‘EXPECTED’ by the end of year 4, all times tables up to 12 x 12 must be known! Copies of blank learning pathways are available at back of hall so that you can become familiar with expectations for your child’s year group.

GL Assessments (SUMMATIVE) Summative end of year test to supplement the ongoing tracking system. Children’s scores are measured against national attainment and standardised scores and will reported to parents. Individual report of test results and next steps for learning will be given to parents as part of the end of year report- helps validate formative teacher judgements Additional CATS for year 5 More information will be provided at the end of the year on how to interpret scores.

T OPICS Term 1 – ‘Any town Estate Agents’ Term 2 – ‘Carter’s Quest’ Term 3 – ‘Animal Kingdom’

H OUSEKEEPING Whenever possible dinner money should be handed in on a Monday, or paid online. Parentmail, please ensure the office have your current address. Please label your child’s uniform. Parent consultations will be held the two weeks before half term. (W/C 9/11/2015 and 16/11/2015). You will be advised of exact day shortly. Check the school website for updates and information on the main and year 4 page

Important Dates o Thursday 24/9/2015 – Whole School Mass (weather permitting) o Tuesday 29/9/2015 – Year 4 trip to Kent Museum of Life (optional fancy dress) o - Year 4 school Mass o Wednesday 4/11/2015 – Year 4 Anglo-Saxons session in school (optional fancy dress)

Thank you for listening! Any questions?