1. Parent Information Meeting 20th September 2018
Welcome to Year 4!
Parent Information Meeting
20th September 2018

2. Agenda Staff Curriculum coverage Specialist lessons Homework
Classroom rules and expectations
Student roles
Communication
Questions

3. Staff Mrs Gemma Chadwick – Class Teacher
Ms Sanne Pagen – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Fenella Bosomworth– SENCO
Mrs Kate Bodell – Spanish Teacher
Mr Joao Deus – P.E. Coach
Mr Mark Hewitt – Head teacher
Mr Liam Peters – Deputy Head teacher

4. Curriculum coverage English
‘The Firework-Maker’s Daughter’ and ‘The BFG’. Narrative, recount, character description and instructions.
Maths
number and place value. Competence in this area will support the children in applying knowledge to other areas of maths, therefore there is a place value emphasis this term.

5. Curriculum coverage Topic
Potions (Science focus): Compare and group materials together according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases
Religious Education
How did belief in God affect the actions of people in the Old Testament? (Abraham, Moses, Ruth, David, Solomon, Jonah)

6. Specialist lessons
MEND session- Tuesday (children bring in P.E kit and change)
Whole class music tuition- Tuesday
P.E- Thursday. This includes swimming lesson and a separate P.E lesson in school.
Spanish - Thursday

7. Whole Class music tuition
Tri-borough music hub
Your child will be learning either the clarinet or the flute.
The instruments can be taken home for practice, once the terms and conditions have been read, understood and an agreement has been signed and returned to school. More to follow.

8. Homework ALL homework will now be set and handed out on a FRIDAY.
Mathletics- 5 tasks per week
English – one page from the comprehension book and one page from the grammar, punctuation and spelling book. This will be denoted by an asterisk next to the page number and the day’s date to avoid confusion.
spelling – 10 spellings per week, from the list given out last week.
times tables – ongoing, everyday
reading – at least 20 minutes everyday

9. Classroom rules and expectations
school rules / classroom rules
behaviour chart
consequences
rewards

10. Communication
Please write a note in the orange homework book and I will aim to reply the same day.
meetings – a request via the office and a message will be passed on

11. If you ask a question, I might not know the answer.
However, I will endeavour to find out the answer for you as soon as possible by asking someone who does!

12. Questions