1. Welcome to Year 4 Year 4 Teacher: Mr Day Class LSA: Mrs James

2. Autumn: Starry Starry Night Spring: Exploring the Unknown (Ufton Court) Summer: Invaders and Settlers (Y3&4 trip) Topics

3. ‘Friends on a learning journey achieving success together’ This year we are moving away from using the NC ‘Levels’ which you may have previously seen in reports. Your child’s progress will be measured in school by whether they have achieved the ‘Milestone’ objectives specific to their year or phase group. Further information will be shared regarding the reporting process later this term. Children will be set learning challenges in school and always encouraged to challenge themselves in their own learning to move on and make progress.

4. Year Specific Expectations  Keep the classroom tidy and look after school equipment  be polite and show respect to adults and children and their property  be sensible, helpful and kind  listen to each other and the teacher  keep ourselves safe and healthy  be honest and follow the school rules and values  work hard and do our best From our Year 4 class charter: Star Chart

6. A few reminders… PE kit Water bottles Break time snacks Morning arrival Reading books Pencil cases – pens and pencils Naming Items Please would you ensure that all equipment and clothing and water bottles are clearly labelled with your child’s name.

7. Our Home learning Expectations At Warfield we expect that all children undertake all Maths and English home learning set by their class teacher. Home Learning Grids These have been given out for this half term. Children should keep a record of their points totals and share any home learning on a Friday. Class teachers will award their own certificates and prizes for outstanding effort or individual home learning pieces. Mental Maths Half termly Maths learning at home sheets are provided to focus on which mental maths target areas to test your child on at home in preparation for weekly tests in school. Spellings Spelling lists will be given out. Results will be recorded in school and the children made aware of their marks.

8. Meeting your child’s individual needs Within lessons tasks are differentiated by teachers to meet children’s needs either by task, by level of support or by expected outcome. Children are encouraged to challenge themselves within lessons by choosing a level of challenge activity appropriate for them. Children may often work in mixed ability pairs or groups within a classroom to encourage peer support. Children may be invited to attend groups outside of the classroom to meet their specific learning needs.

9. Reading At Warfield CE Primary School we feel that regular and appropriately challenging reading of a range of texts is essential to ensuring the development of all of our children. We ask that parents listen to their child read on a daily basis and record this in their child’s Reading Journal. In Year 4 your child’s reading will be listened to regularly in school. This will happen through lesson and guided reading times. Your child may not be heard individually on a weekly basis by their class teacher but will be heard regularly by other adults in school who will record the reading session in their Reading Journal.

10. Our Website All of the information for your child’s class is available under the class page on our school website. This can be found under Children/Class Pages/ Year 4

11. All of the documents for your child’s year group can be found on the right hand side of the page under Documents to download.

12. Documents that can be found on the class webpages include: Home Learning grids and class specific home work documents Lists of weekly spellings and maths to learn at home for weekly tests Termly Learning Overview of Topic

13. How to contact me If you wish to speak to me quickly please pop in after school. If you have a general enquiry that is not urgent please phone or email the office who will pass on your query to me. If you require a longer appointment please ring the school office or pop in to arrange a date and time with me. I will contact you if there is something important with regards to your child which I would like to discuss.

14. Diary Dates: Parents’ Evenings this term will be on Wednesday 4 th November – 5.30 to 8.00 pm Thursday 5 th November – 3.30 to 6.00 pm Thank you for attending tonight. I look forward to seeing you soon.