1. Year 3/4
Aquila Class

2. We will be talking about:
Values for Life and Skills for Learning
Start of the day/End of the day
Our topic
Spellings
Homework
Parents Evening
Questions

3. Values for Life
Our new ‘Values for Life’ are 5 Christian values which we have decided to focus on within our school. They are
Kindness
Respect
Courage
Friendship
Responsibility
These values are expected to run through every aspect of school life and we will be encouraging and teaching children how to incorporate these in daily life.

4. Skills for learning
Our ‘Skills for Learning’ are 5 core skills which we believe help children to become successful learners. They are:
Aim high
Collaborate
Focus
Persevere
Reflect
We will do our best to provide learners with opportunities to practice these skills as often as we can throughout the working week.

5. Start of the day/End of the day
The Aquila classroom door will open at 8:45am. There will be a member of staff waiting there to hear any messages you may have.
If you have something more important to discuss, you can make an appointment at this time. Alternatively, you can the office.
If someone other than you is picking up your child at the end of the day, please be sure to tell a member of staff when you drop off at 8:45am or the office by 2:30pm at the latest.

6. Spelling
We have recently changed the way we teach spelling at Brimscombe. We are now using a scheme which helps us to teach children spelling in many different ways which will cater for every different learning style.
Each term, a list of spelling words will be posted on the Aquila page of our school website. These words are from a statutory list taken from the National Curriculum.
We will teach spelling 4x a week but would encourage parents to use this list to practice some of the strategies from the handout each term.

7. Homework
Homework will continue to run as normal. Each term, children will get a ‘choice board’ of activities which they can choose from. We will collect the homework books in fortnightly and give them back out the same week.
The dates for collection will be on the choice board which is in the homework book.
Please encourage your child to take part in completing the homework. We have tried to find activities that will cater to lots of different strengths, however, we also encourage children to try something new.
A record of the homework should be put into books. It can be photos, writing or drawings. As always, please encourage your child to take pride in their work.
All homework choice boards will be posted onto the Aquila page of the website.

8. Upcoming dates Thursday 5th October – Grandparents afternoon
Friday 13th October – Outdoor Learning day
Tuesday 17th October 3:30pm-5:30pm – Parents Evening
Wednesday 18th October 5:30pm-7:30pm – Parents Evening
Thursday 19th October (time to be confirmed) – Church service