1. P4 Meet the Teacher
Thursday 1 September 2016

2. Spelling/Handwriting
P4 Timetable
August - October 2016
Monday
Rugby
Maths B
Reading L
HWB - Circle Time
Spelling/Handwriting
Music
Tuesday R
IDL
Technology U
French
Wednesday
IDL/ICT E N
RME
Thursday
Writing A
Gym C
ICT
Art
Friday
Assembly
L+T K
Problem solving
Golden Time H

3. Weekly Routines Numeracy – Monday to Friday incl
Problem solving with P5
Literacy- Monday to Thursday
Topic work – Tuesday, Wednesday
PE – Monday and Thursday
Swimming - Tuesday from January
Golden Time on Friday

4. Expectations and Standards
Behaviour
Neatness
Appearance

5. P4 Topics Term 1 - 1960’s food, Roald Dahl
Term 2 - ML week, Scotland, Christmas
Term 3 - Scottish Theme - Castles, World Food, Fair trade, Water
Term 4 – World of Work, Pirates, Health week, Rights Respecting Schools week, PSE Focus week

6. Be kind and always help each other
P4 Classroom Rules
Be honest
Be kind and always help each other
Be a good listener
Be well-behaved

7. Class organisation
Seating
Teaching groups
Working groups

8. PE Kit Indoor Outdoor - including trainers for Daily Mile Swimming kit
Everything should be named and in a bag

9. Lines of communication

10. Lining up in playground

11. Traditional Homework Spelling Reading - Literacy Circles Maths
Other subjects – Topic, Scottish poem etc

12. Homework
Homework is given on a Monday and should be returned on Friday, not before, as your child should be practising words and tables every night. However, reading homework will be given on a Monday for the following Monday.
Spelling
Look, say, cover, write and check each word 3 times.
Choose 6 words and write an interesting sentence with each word. SpellingCity app will have words labelled for each group to help practise words by playing different games

13. Reading
Read pages set by Literacy Circle group. Record the pages read and complete the task for that week.
Maths
Going for Gold card – practise the table; someone to hear your child saying the table; try for Bronze, Silver and Gold
sumdog – at least 20 minutes - twice a week if possible
Other subjects
Prepare a presentation about something that interests you connected with Topic; practise it at home and in class deliver it to everyone; learn a Scottish poem and recite with expression in class; bring in newspaper article that interests you about science and be able to talk about it to the class.

14. Golden Time

15. Any questions?