Welcome to the Year 3/4 “Meet the Teacher” Event There will be a signing in sheet coming round – please make sure you have signed this before you leave!

The Aims of the Afternoon Introduce parents to the Y3/4 teaching team Give parents an overview of the year Highlight the end of year expectations for English Highlight the end of year expectations for Maths Explain homework expectations Give some housekeeping information

The Year 3 Teaching Team Hughes Class Mrs Wellington Mrs Warner Hughes@miltonparkprimaryschool.co.uk Blyton Class Miss Dyson Miss Strawbridge blyton@miltonparkprimaryschool.co.uk

The Year 4 Teaching Team Dahl Class Miss Noice Miss Howieson Hughes@miltonparkprimaryschool.co.uk Walliams Class Miss Dickie Mrs Bottrell blyton@miltonparkprimaryschool.co.uk

Overview of the Year – Year 3

Overview of the Year – Year 4

Topic Overviews

English – Reading Year 3/4 Reading - comprehension Pupils should be taught to: develop positive attitudes to reading, and an understanding of what they read, by: listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally identifying themes and conventions in a wide range of books preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination recognising some different forms of poetry [for example, free verse, narrative poetry] understand what they read, in books they can read independently, by: checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context asking questions to improve their understanding of a text drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence predicting what might happen from details stated and implied identifying main ideas drawn from more than 1 paragraph and summarising these identifying how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning retrieve and record information from non-fiction participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say Reading - word reading Pupils should be taught to: apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology) as listed in - both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet read further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound, and where these occur in the word

English – Writing Year 3 demarcating all sentences with: capital letters, including Proper Nouns full stops and some use of question marks exclamation marks commas (lists, fronted adverbials, inserted clauses) inverted commas for speech apostrophes for possession and contraction Continue using a range of sentences in writing including statements, questions, commands and exclamations To start sentences with An adverb An adverbial phrase A verb (ING word) A preposition Use a range of nouns and pronouns to help flow and avoid repeating Using present and past tense consistently Begin to use the present perfect tense Using a range of conjunctions to extend sentences when if because although while that Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time Place manner Spelling many common exception words consistently correctly Use paragraphs (with headings/subheadings) to group ideas Spell and use the correct homophone Adding prefixes and suffixes to spell some words correctly in writing eg. –ation, -ly, -ous, un-, dis-, mis-, im- Spelling most words from the word list correctly Using joined, legible writing independently and consistently Use ‘a’ and ‘an’ correctly in front of nouns

English – Writing Year 4 Suffixes Prefixes Words from the wordlist Spells words with: Suffixes Prefixes Words from the wordlist Homophones Use standard English Knows the grammatical difference between plural and possessive s Chooses nouns and pronouns to avoid repetition Use present perfect form of verbs Use expanded noun phrases Use a range of conjunctions Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions for time and cause Organise paragraphs a round a theme Use fronted adverbials Make correct use of: Use apostrophes for possession Commas after fronted adverbials Inverted commas and other punctuation for speech Describe character, setting, and plot in narrative Use organisational devices where necessary Assess and suggest improvements to writing Proofread for spelling and punctuation errors Use neat, legible handwriting ensuring correct use of joins

English - Spelling