1. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4 Mr Jones
Purpose of the Meeting
To meet you and introduce myself
To introduce the Key Feature of life in Year 4
To consider how you can support your child and school

2. Year 5/6 Timetable – 2013/2014

3. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4
The Curriculum Topic is The Egyptians
Main threads include:-
Geography, History and PSHE
In addition ART/D.T will be taught
Home Learning – research relating to The Egyptians.

4. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4
Rewards & Celebrating Success
How to achieve them and what they are
Merit Points (Bronze, Silver and Gold).
House Points
Assembly Awards
Star of the Week
Star Writer
Special Subject Achievement Awards

5. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4
The Learning Environment
Learning Intention and Success Criteria (displayed to help children take a step by step approach to achieving the learning intention).
Respect (See next slide)
WOW words
Targets – generated through ongoing daily assessment and half termly formal assessment. To be shared at parents’ evening.

6. Code of Conduct
R – Responsible in all we do
E – Encourage each other
S – Safe work and play
P – Polite and considerate
E – Enjoy being and ‘active learner’
C – Challenge and celebrate our efforts
T – Trust each other
Any breaches of our code of conduct will result in a letter home and a record will be kept.

7. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4
Home Learning in this class:-
Friday:
Spellings – New lists will be given out on a Friday and these will be tested on the following Friday.
Talk homework – Research based which will tie in with The Egyptians or the topic being studied.
Maths - This can often be a recap on previous learning or occasionally will be an introduction and is in for Friday.
READING – approximately 20 minutes most nights. Children have reading journals that must be completed at least twice a week (checked weekly). Please encourage comments such as, “I like/don’t like this book because…”
You may also comment in the back if you wish to do so.
Tables revision – we will have regular mental maths quizzes where children will need to be familiar with multiplication and division facts.
Home Learning Diaries – These will be used to keep as a diary for home learning. You may also like to make any comments under Notes as a means on making contact.
Please ensure that work is named, stapled, placed in home learning folders etc as appropriate.

8. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4
The Whole Child
PHSE – values for life and half termly topics. (PEACE)
RE – half termly topics and recognition of many key festivals.
Collective Worship
Reflection Time / lunch time prayer.

9. MEET THE TEACHER INFORMATION EVENING Class 4
Enrichment
Trips to enhance learning.
Outdoor learning sessions – Each week a lesson to be taught outside.
Whole school days – eg World Book Day.
Creative Curriculum topic days.
Class swaps/paired reading.