1. Year 4 Autumn 2013

3. Special Times in Year 4  History Walk into Deeping St James 30 th September  African Storytelling workshop 8 th October  Residential visit 14 th – 16 th October  We would welcome volunteers to help on educational visits and with activities in class – CRB check required

5. Morning maths

6. VCOP

7. Guided Reading  Daily reading session  One group reads with the teacher  Group activities include silent reading, handwriting practice, a project box to read and a follow up activity from the guided reading session.

8. Guided Reading Timetable

9. Individual Reading  New colour system for banding of the books  Children can change their books as long as their logs are signed by you  The children can also bring library books home to share and read at home

10. Phonic Groups  Daily Phonics Session  10 – 15 minutes each day  Read, Write Inc Spelling scheme  Read, Write Inc workbooks  Three differentiated groups across the year group  Weekly test on the phonic group (Fridays)  Mnemonics for those tricky words

11. Supporting Children’s Learning  A range of strategies used – within lessons in groups or individually or during small group work sessions outside of lesson time, supported by teachers, teaching assistants and parent/grandparent volunteers  Ethos to develop all children by focused additional support  Reading - comprehension, paired reading  Writing  Maths  PSHE  PE

12. Big Write  Independent writing session  Big write will take place every second to third Friday  It will be linked to the unit we are doing and the type of writing  In the session, we have music, biscuits and the children may bring in slippers to wear in a calm atmosphere for our writing time  The following week, will learn to edit their own work

13. Big Write WALT, WILF and Self Assessment WALT: Write a character description based on a picture of Granny Puckett from the film Hoodwinked WILF: (What I’m looking for) Use of their senses – see, hear, smell, taste and touch Super sentence openers Adjectives (describing words) and adverbs (slowly, gently) Similes (like a….as a…) Connectives (and, but, so, because)

14. Home Learning  Weekly  Set on a Friday, due in on a Tuesday  Maths and Literacy focus, but with scope for cross curricular activities  Reading at home, using new logs  Spellings/Phonic group to learn  Times Tables (songs) http://longbennington.primarypodcast.com/

15. Learning Logs  Children have their Learning Logs on their table throughout the school day.  At the back of the Learning Logs are three coloured sheet which the children may use to self-assess their understanding of the lesson. This quickly allows the adult to identify any children who may need further support.  The learning log has space for a record of the books children have read throughout the year.  Please note daily reading at home in the diary section.  We will endeavour to sign all Learning Logs on a Friday, please ensure that you sign the log on a Thursday evening.

16. PE Term 1  This term the focus will be football skills  We have coaches from POSH  Our follow up lesson will be linked to this  Children need indoor PE kit as well as a warmer PE kit for outdoors  Please ensure kits are named  Trainers needed  No ear-rings and we are not allowed to use tape

17. Class and Individual Rewards

18. Communication and Parents Evenings  10 minute slots to discuss progress, levels and your child at school  Written teacher comments for discussion  Set children personal targets  However any concerns please feel free to come in for a quiet chat  If you cannot come in please write in log and make sure your child informs us  Head teacher assembly notification by email

19. Feedback  We value your opinion and would very much appreciate any feedback you have on the feedback forms available on the tables.