2. Year Four Parents’ Information Meeting Year Four Parents’ Information Meeting

3. School Times Breakfast club: 8.15am School Times : Class starts promptly at 8.50am Break Time : Fresh fruit / Vegetable Water / Milk Water / Milk Dinner Time : Dinner tickets are £2.50 per day. Home Time: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 3:00pm Friday 2:00pm

4. School Uniform  Full school uniform is required  Black shoes must be worn in school  All parts of uniform should be clearly labelled with child’s name and class (including tie)  White polo shirts and maroon shorts  No jewellery is allowed during P.E. Earrings must be removed or covered.

5. Absences & Appointments Absences & Appointments  Please try to keep appointments outside teaching hours, where possible  Any absences require a written note  Alternatively, phone the secretary.

6. HomeworkHomework  Reading nightly from Monday to Thursday  Encourage independent reading.  Spellings nightly for Friday test  Numeracy and Literacy homework every night.  As well as Reading Records, written homework must be signed.  Encourage independence with homework. (30 - 40 minutes is ample) (30 - 40 minutes is ample)

7. Pastoral Care Reward System

8. PATHS  Introducing a new PDMU programme in Years 4-7  PATHS is a social- emotional learning curriculum that focuses on teaching children improved thinking skills and responsible decision making.  Aimed at promoting positive self-esteem and alternative thinking skills  Parental input required for Pupil of the day.

9. Year 4 Curriculum Year 4 Curriculum  Religious Education  The World Around Us  The Arts  Physical Education  PATHS  Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities  Mathematics and Numeracy  Using ICT  Communication

10. CommunicationCommunication N.I Curriculum identifies three areas : Reading, Writing and Talking & Listening. Shared Reading Guided Reading Individual Reading Instructional Reading with Systematic Scheme Linguistic Phonics Paired Reading Reading Reading should be an enjoyable experience. Pupils will be offered the opportunity to develop their abilities to read, understand and engage with various texts for their enjoyment and learning. This will be achieved through

11. CommunicationCommunication Writing Children will produce : Shared Writing and Independent Writing They will also practice letter formation and handwriting skills Talking and Listening Children will develop their experiences of expressing and communicating meaning through: Classroom discussions Questions and answers Pupils’ own experiences Topic work

12. Mathematics and Numeracy Number  Recognition to 1000.  Recognition of coins to £2 and ability to give change within £10  Addition and subtraction within 999 through the introduction of place value. Introduction multiplication and division Introduction to notation of half and quarter Language of number

13. Mathematics Shape and Space Recognition of basic 2D and 3D shapes. Introduction to more complex shapes Handling Data Sorting everyday objects. Recording data as block graphs and Venn and Carroll diagramsMeasures Introduction of standard measures. Time: Quarter past and quarter to and 5 minutes intervals Processes Problem solving, selecting and using maths appropriate to the task maths appropriate to the task

14. Religious Education Religious Education Children will follow the Alive O programme. They will have opportunities to develop their faith through  Story  Prayer  Mime  Art  Poems  Songs The contribution of parents is crucial to the success of this programme.

15. First Communion  Sunday 15 th May  Parish Centered- “Do this in Memory of Me” programme  Parents can help with learning prayers from weekly Alive O homework.

16. The World Around Us Children will have experience of : Discussion Making Observations Developing Manipulative Skills Prediction Recording Evaluation Topics covered this year are: Trees Energy WW2 Transport Journeys

17. The Arts and Physical Education Music There is a well-developed programme of music in the school. In year four the children will be tested for individual tuition on instruments and have the opportunity to join the Junior Choir. PE Children have two half-hour sessions of PE per week in school. PE for both classes is on Monday & Tuesday. They will learn: Games Gymnastics Dance Athletics

18.  Informal Assessment by the class teacher- is on going throughout the year.  Weekly Test  End of Key Stage 1 Assessment  Standardised Assessment in Reading, Grammar, Spelling and Numeracy  ALTA Assessment

19. Thank you Thank you for attending your child’s Information Talk.