Mrs Norton and Mr Chulan will be the other adults Meet the Teachers! Mrs Fletcher & Mrs Webber-Jones Mrs Norton and Mr Chulan will be the other adults working in year 4

Year 4 is all about starting to take responsibility Brass instruments & PE kits Completing homework Sensible seating choices Avoiding distractions Responsibility for their learning

Lunches, Snacks and Water School dinners need to be booked online. There is a hot and cold option. Healthy packed lunches are also an option You may like to provide your child with a piece of fruit or a healthy snack at break times. The kitchen also sell fruit loaf for 15p. Bring in fresh water or a soft drink daily, these will be stored in a drinks box and will go out on the playground at break and lunch times

Mymaths will only be sit when relevant (Monday). Homework Children are expected to read 4 times per week and are rewarded for this. Reading records are collected in on a Friday. Your child will have weekly spellings to learn. Given out and tested on a Friday. Your child will have a list of times table facts to learn. Given out and tested on a Friday. Mymaths will only be sit when relevant (Monday).

A little more about Spellings… Spellings make up nearly one third of the writing objectives in Year 4. Children will need to make sure they learn their spellings at home. We will be assessing their ability to apply spellings in written work and unseen dictations in the weeks following their spelling test.

A little more about Times tables Children are expected to know all of their times tables, including division facts, by the end of the year. Children should already have learned their 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables from Year 2 and 3. Times tables fact families will be the main way we will teach times tables in Year 4.

Times tables fact families Teaching this way has 2 advantages: firstly it reduces the number of facts that children need to learn and secondly it means children will be better able to see the relationship between division and multiplication. For example, Knowing this fact family means you know: 3 x 6 = 18 6 x 3 = 18 18 ÷ 3 = 6 18 ÷ 6 = 3

A little more about Reading Your child will learn key reading skills during Guided Reading sessions in class. In Year 4, our main focus is on developing inference skills and reading a wider range of text types – reading bingo. When reading at home, the focus should be more on understanding a book as opposed to just decoding words – question types handout.

Brass Tuition All Year 4 children will learn to play a brass instrument: cornet, trumpet, trombone or baritone. Our weekly lesson will be on a Monday. Children will need to remember their instruments every week. They will need to practise at home. There will be opportunity to perform.

Beaumanor Residential Children will have the opportunity to go on an overnight residential trip to Beaumanor Hall in February. Both days and the evening are jam-packed with exciting activities. The school office will send out more details regarding cost, deposits and payment plans.

Rewards and Sanctions Everybody at New Swannington believes in praising positive behaviour and hard work! Dojo points Golden Cards House Points Reading lottery Worker of the Week

Rewards and Sanctions Verbal warning Yellow tick – miss 5 minutes of playtime 3 x yellow ticks = red card Red card – for severe incident/breaking golden rules Red card – child stays in at playtime and lunchtime Phone calls and chats with parents (Red card)

General Reminders Uniform/PE Kit Lateness Home time Photography & food tasting permission slips Appointments with the teacher Names in clothes

Over the summer… Most importantly have fun and have a rest! If you do fancy doing anything school related may we suggest . . . Send school a postcard from somewhere you visit over the holiday. Take part in the summer reading challenge at the Library. Practise times table facts (2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 8) Learn some words from the year 3/4 words list.

Any questions?