1. Welcome to Year 4 Parents Information Evening
Mrs Lovell
Miss Leonard
Kingsnorth… the best days of OUR lives!

2. Aims Expectations and standards Curriculum areas Contacting us
Your queries

3. School Organisation Team – Middle school Year 4 TAs
PPA Cover: Mrs Botacchi and Mrs Brittain

4. Daily routines in Year 4 8:45 Early morning work 8:55 Registration
9:00 English
10:00 Collective Worship
10:15 Morning Break – whole school
10:30 Maths
11.30 Handwriting
11.45 Spellings
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Afternoon Session 1
2:00 Afternoon Session 2
3:15 Hometime

5. Parental Information Behaviour – choices and consequences
Attendance / illness / punctuality
Texts and outdoor notice board
Parents’ drop-in sessions (Tuesdays 3:15)
Informal parents’ evenings

6. Reading
We will hear children read in school as often as possible – guided reading or 1:1
Part of daily English sessions.
Reading at home – every day wherever possible. Discuss the text, characters, vocabulary choices etc. Log book signed please.

7. Reading Continued..... Accelerated Reader Programme
Select from a range
Children to change own books and record
Incentives – AR certificates, whole school and class rewards.
“The best readers make the best learners”

8. Writing
Spelling and grammar is a high priority, new SPAG test in Yr 6.
Handwriting – all children have begun the year writing in pencil. ‘Pen licences’ to be given out.
High expectations of presentation in all subjects and in homework.

9. Maths
Mental and written methods of addition, multiplication, subtraction and division
New Maths curriculum - mastery
Weekly problem solving and practical challenges
Number facts and times tables
Please encourage children to practise tables regularly – essential!
Mathletics

10. Homework Set every Wednesday – due following Monday No spellings Maths
English / foundation subjects
Homework club

11. Independence Growth of independence
Encourage children to talk to an adult in the class
Children should try to be organised and prepared each day, remembering homework, PE kit, change reading books, letters etc...

12. PE PE sessions on a Wednesday (4Lo) and Friday (4Le). Remove earrings
PE kit in school at all times
House T-shirt / white t-shirt, shorts, joggers, plimsolls and trainers, socks
Strictly no astro-turf trainers

13. Extra activities Clubs - Consistent attendance expected
Trips – Godinton House on 29th

14. Contacting us
Collection from school – note to teacher / message to office
To have a quick chat at the end of the day, please see us after school
For a longer discussion, contact us via the school office
Please talk to us about any concerns if they arise
Keep up to date via the school website, texts and newsletters.

15. And finally...
We welcome donations of books for our book corners please!
Any board games no longer wanted, we’d love to have as wet play activities
Birthday sweets…a book instead!