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Welcome

To the Year 4 Curriculum Evening.

The Year 4 Team

• 4P St Peter: Miss Petley and Mr Whitfield
• 4K St Kea; Mr Kitcatt
• We will be supported by Mrs Gibbs, Mrs

Desanges, Mrs Slominski.

Golden Rules

• We treat others as we would like to be

treated.

• We make everyone feel welcome.
• We are the best we can be.
• We always have a smile on our faces.
• We share our talents.
• We listen carefully to each other.
• We say no to bullying.

1. We treat others as we would like to be treated 2. We make everyone feel welcome 3. We respect everyone is unique 4. We say no to bullying 5. We are the best we can be and enjoy our learning 6. We make the right choices to be good role models 7. We know how to stay safe and healthy 8. We respect the school and other people’s property 9. We listen carefully to everyone

• 10. We are polite and honest.

Love

Forgiveness

Honesty

Thankfulness

Wonder

Kindness

Friendship

Hope Respect

Tolerance

Our

• Growth mind set
• Going deeper

1.

High Expectations

2.

Engagement

3.

Challenge

4.

Assessment for Learning

5.

Progress

6.

Independence

7.

Collaboration

8.

Reflection

9.

Presentation

10.

Writing Quality

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Religious Education

Come and See This year we will cover the following topics:

• People, Called, Gift
• Community, Giving and receiving, Self

discipline

• New life, Building bridges, God’s people
• We also do a short study of Judaism and

Islam.

Autumn Term - All Roads lead to Rome

History Romans DT Bread making and nutrition Art Murals and mosaics Science Bones and Muscles Sound English Recounts Historical Fiction Playscripts Maths

Place Value Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division

The year 4 Curriculum

Spring Term – Scary Scandinavians

Geography Scandinavia History Vikings DT Lamps Art People and emotions including Edvard Munch Science Electricity English Fantasy Stories Leaflets Maths Multiplication and Division Fractions and Decimals

The Year 4 Curriculum

Summer Term – Amazing Amazon

Geography The Amazon river and rainforest DT Sewing Art Exploring different techniques Science Habitats and states

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English Stories from

• ther cultures

and persuasive writing Maths

Decimals Money Time Statistics Shapes Position and direction

PE

• For both classes: Monday and Wednesday

Please ensure their named kit is always in school on these days.

Dates for this term…

Tuesday 24th September –St Kea’s Roman Bread Making Thursday 26th September –St Peter’s Roman Bread Making w/b 7th October –Bread Rolls Week Tuesday 8th October –St Peter’s Chertsey Museum Trip Thursday 10th October –St Kea’s Chertsey Museum Trip Tuesday 22nd October – Harvest Festival Friday 4th October – Inset day Friday 29th November– Strings Concert Tuesday 17th December –Roman S=P+A+C+E Day (ending with Roman Feast)

Homework Timetable

Wednesday Maths either My Maths? or practising basic skills e.g. tables Thursday New spellings. Friday One piece of homework based on learning in RE, Science, Topic or Art.

Reading: Children should read up to 20 mins a week. Once a week you should ask your child one of the revised comprehension questions at the front (fiction) and back (non-fiction) of the reading diaries.

Homework continued

• Time will be allocated at the end of the day for the child

to record their homework in their homework diary. If instructions are complicated a sheet will also be sent.

• Children are expected to put their own homework in a

homework tray where it will be monitored by staff.

• Encourage children to read through their homework with

you to check accuracy and presentation.

• Homework diaries, reading records and SaCaWaC will

be checked regularly.

Spelling Alternate Weeks:  3 part grid – spelling rule, homophones and a selection of Year 4 statutory words. Spelling pattern from Year 4

• bjectives (list of words) with a

spelling activity to reinforce these words

Week 1,3,5 etc Week 2,4,6 etc

How can you help…..

• Regular practice of multiplication tables and

their related division facts will greatly aid your child in many aspects of Mathematics.

• Please do check homework diaries daily for

homework and messages and sign them

• nce a week.

Times Tables Assessment

This Summer, the Year 4s will be the first year to be assessed on their times tables through a Government online testing programme. This is nothing to worry about, and there will be a talk for parents with more information later in the year. In the mean time, keep practising those tables! 

Strings Scheme

The RGS Strings Scheme will be giving violin and cello lessons to all the Year 4s every Friday. Please make sure the children have their instruments in school on this day. Autumn Concert @ St Thomas- 29th Nov Summer Concert @ RGS- tbc

• The diary
• The newsletter
• The website – Learning at a glance, year group pages,

curriculum pages, news, photos… everything is there!

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• Curriculum Weeks:

– Autumn Term – Well Being Week

– w/b Monday 11th November

– How can we keep ourselves physically and mentally well?

– Spring Term – Book week

– w/b Thursday 5th March

– A love of reading and writing

– Summer Term – Olympics’ Week

– w/b Monday 15th June

– Links to the Olympics

• Helping out…

– DBS and safeguarding meeting with Mr Lewin – Trips, help in classes

• Open afternoons

– Last Friday of the month – see School diary for set dates

• Parent Prayer group

– 1st Friday of the month

• PTA

– Meetings and events are in the diary

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• Class worships:

– 4P Thursday 6th February – 4K Thursday 19th March

• Prayer service:

– Thursday 3rd October

• Mass:

– Thursday 21st May

• Productions:

– Tuesday 10th December –Yr 3/4 Afternoon Christmas Performance

– Wednesday 11th December –Yr 3/4 Evening Christmas Performance A

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• Parent workshops:

– Monday 30th September: Helping your child with early Phonics, reading and writing – Tuesday 12th November: Making S=P+A+C+E for ME (1 of 3) – Tuesday 21st January: Helping your child with Maths – Tuesday 4th February: Making S=P+A+C+E for ME (2 of 3) – Monday 23rd March: Making S=P+A+C+E for ME (3 of 3)

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Safety Procedures

Start of day procedures. There are yellow boxed areas by the MUGA gates. These are to allow the children to get to class safely at the start of the day. Please could you keep these clear until the children are safely in class. End of day procedures. Please let us know if another adult is picking your child up at the end of the day. Could you also ensure that ASC are aware that you intend to collect your child if this is a change to the normal routine.

Head teacher challenges

• Each week every child in the school will be

set a different challenge by Mr Lewin. The focus of this challenge will change through

• ut the year.
• This half term the focus will be on times

tables.

• The next half term will be focused on

spellings.

Equipment

• Named PE kit- including a change of socks especially for

girls wearing tights and a PE jumper for winter months.

• Art apron/shirt.
• Hooded coat for outdoor learning.
• One pencil case containing- couple of pens, pencils, ruler

(not bendy), rubber, colouring pencils, sharpener, glue- stick.

• Children can buy a handwriting pen from the school

stationary shop for 50p on Wednesday (?)

Year 4

Visit to York 2020

Monday 2nd – Wednesay 4th March

The ‘York Talk’ parents’ meeting will be on the 29th Jan where more details will be available!

Thank you for joining us this evening!