1. Welcome Meeting Year 3 and Year 4 Led by Mr Matthew Bews
Year 3 and 4 Phase Leader
Thursday 12th September 2019

2. Staff
Miss Jess Butler Head
Mrs Carolyn Hanwell Deputy
Mrs Jo Staples Assistant Headteacher
Ms Rachel Hale PA to the Headteacher
Mr Corin Gouede School Business Manager
Mrs Vanessa Blake School Administrator
Mrs Louise Gee School Administrator
Mr Matthew Bews Year 4 (China)
Miss Emily Woodcock Year 4 (Japan)
Mr Scott Leader and
Mrs Pippa Bodeker Year 4 (Thailand)
Mrs Annilee Angel-Murry Year 3 (Nepal)
Mrs Laura Wigley Year 3 (India)

3. 8.45am – Doors open and early morning work begins
Timings of day
8.45am – Doors open and early morning
work begins
9.00am – Registration
10.45am am Break
12.10pm – Lunchtime
1.00pm - Afternoon sessions commence
3.15pm – End of the school day
Anybody arriving after the register has been completed at 9am – must go to the office to be marked present. Lateness also affects attendance figure.

4. Lateness and Attendance
Did you know?
Minutes late per day Equivalent of missing
5 minutes school days a year
10 minutes school days a year
15 minutes school days a year
20 minutes school days a year
30 minutes school days a year
90% attendance means that your child is absent for the equivalent of half a day every week.
Over five years this is the equivalent of about half of a school year.

5. ATTEND TODAY TO ACHIEVE TOMORROW
Grading of attendance
% attendance over whole year
Days lost per year
Outstanding
100%
99% 2
Very good
98% 4
97% 6
Nearly satisfactory
96% 8
95% 10
(2 weeks of learning lost)
Unsatisfactory
Warning signs!
94% 12
93% 14
92% 16
91% 18
90% 20
(4 weeks of learning lost)
Unacceptable
Very worrying!
89% 22
88% 24
87% 26
86% 28
85% 30
(6 weeks of learning lost)
84% 32
83% 34
82% 36
81% 38
80% 40
(8 weeks of learning lost)
Below 80%
URGENT action required! Your child’s education is being severely neglected
Succeeding in school requires developing good habits, and attendance is one of the most important ways to help your child with this!
ATTEND TODAY TO ACHIEVE TOMORROW

6. Every day, every child needs:
Water bottle
Reading book and diary
PE kit – in a draw string bag
Please name everything!

7. 8 learning skills

8. Behaviour at Stephen Freeman
We have high expectations and the children understand these expectations.
We share rules and expectations at regular times – these were shared at the beginning of term.
We are striving for children to work independently with consideration of everyone around them

12. Positive Behaviour Rewards
Class Dojos
Additional play time for all green
Dojos.
Parent log in for Class Dojo will be
created next week.

13. Expectations
Please let your children come in to school independently.
Quick concerns can be dealt with in the morning but best to make appointments with class teacher in
first instance.

14. Curriculum and Trips In Year 3 – Tribal Tales - Scrumdidlyumptious
- Bend and flow
- The Greeks
- Tremors
- Dragons
In Year 4 - Road Trip
- Potions
- Vikings
- 1066
- Misty Mountains
- Blue Abyss
Cornerstones
Story telling
White rose mastery

15. Curriculum and Trips In Year 3 and 4 - Stonehenge
Winchester Science Museum
Hill End Education Centre
Aquarium
River and Rowing Museum
Ashmoleon Museum
Natural History Museum
Millets Farm
Cornerstones
Story telling
White rose mastery

16. Assessment Ongoing assessment happens everyday
- Answers to verbal questions
- Marking
– pink where children have met the objective of the lesson
- green where adults think the chidren can do even more
- purple is used by the children to make their work better or to follow up after their book it marked
- Formal assessment of timetables at the end of year 4
Nationally what is happening
In school how are the children assessed and tracked

17. Home Learning and spelling

18. Home Learning and spelling

19. How can you help? Read with and to your children every night
Encourage them to complete their home learning
Encourage them to come into school independently and begin to organise themselves for school
Ask them about their day – start with what went well.
Ask them what they have learnt each day
Making sure children are ready to learn – early nights, resources ready, good breakfast.
Effective communication with teachers about any changes or problems etc
Supporting school policies regarding behaviour and attendance focus.
Encouraging curiosity and sharing home learning with the children.
Reading.

20. Thankyou for coming
Any questions?