1. Year 4 Curriculum Evening
Tuesday 13th September 2016
Year 4 Curriculum Evening

2. Staff in Year 4 Phase Leader Mr Woodburn 4DS Mr Sykes 4JW Mr Whawell
4SC Miss Chippendale
Teaching Assistants Mrs Brown
Mrs O’Donovan
Mr Quinn
Trainee teacher Mr Emmett

3. Overview of Year 4 Questions and concerns Transition from Year 3
Curriculum
Introduction of ‘Arts’ themed days
Questions and concerns
-Speak to your child’s class teacher. This can be before or after school on the door or you can book an appointment if that is easier.
Contact phase leader- again before or after school or phone the school.

4. Timetable in Year 4 Monday Spelling Test/New spellings
Tuesday Games (trainers, tracksuit in winter)
Any children who wear earrings (only studs allowed) must try to remove these themselves.
Thursday Swimming kit (Boys – no long shorts. Girls – one piece costume.)
Friday PE (pumps, white shorts, white or green t-shirt) Earrings as above
Long hair tied back.
Literacy and Numeracy homework
(Handed in on the following Monday)

5. Educational Visits
Ilam/Eyam residential
Filey

6. Educational Visits Residential – Thursday -Friday April 2017
After successful visits to Ilam Hall and Eyam village for the last seven years, we have secured places for current Year 4 children. More information to follow nearer the time.

7. Educational Visits Filey – Summer term

8. Expectations (Education Leeds)
Consent slips
Behaviour and implications

9. The Curriculum in Year 4 Literacy expectations
Writing – Spelling
use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them spell further homophones
spell words that are often misspelt place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary
write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.

10. Writing-composition Plan their writing by:
discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
discussing and recording ideas
draft and write by:
composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary.
organising paragraphs around a theme
in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot
in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices

11. Writing – vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions.
use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense
choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
use fronted adverbials
Indicate grammatical and other features by:
using commas after fronted adverbials
indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
using and punctuating direct speech

12. Handwriting- objectives
Pupils should be taught to:
use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined.
increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently.

14. Reading expectations
develop positive attitudes to reading and a good understanding of what they read.
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 one 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.

15. Reading Comprehension-sig
The man trudged wearily to the post office,
his head was hanging low as he pulled his
collar up against the driving rain.
Literal: Where was the man going?(1)
Inferential: How was he feeling? Which words tell you this?(2/3)

16. Accelerated reader scheme
New for 2016/17 – still in development
Aims to increase enthusiasm for reading while challenging appropriately
Books will be banded from Y2 - Y6
Central library in school
Quizzes to complete on banded books
Ability to access book lists for suggested books & authors
Ch still welcome to bring in own books
Please sign and date every time your child reads to an adult at home.

17. The Curriculum in Year 4 Numeracy expectations
Number – number and place value
count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000
find 1000 more or less than a given number
count backwards through zero to include negative numbers
recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones)
order and compare numbers beyond 1000
round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above and with increasingly large positive numbers

18. Number – addition and subtraction
add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods
estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation
solve addition and subtraction two-step problems
recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one- digit number using formal written layout
solve problems involving multiplying and adding

19. Number – fractions (including decimals)
recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions
count up and down in hundredths
solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities,
add and subtract fractions with the same denominator
recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths
decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number
compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places
solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places.

20. Maths calculation policy
These are available on the school website.
The strategies that your child will use will depend on their ability level and doesn’t necessary reflect the year group they are in.
We try to teach the pupils a range of mental and strategies that they can apply in assessments; they may have their own preference that they feel more confident using.

21. Assessment in Year 4
Assessment without levels- This will continue in this academic year.
English, maths & SPaG assessed regularly through “National Curriculum 2014 and KPI” system
When these take place:
This is an ongoing process in all subject areas.
Teacher Assessments:
Written assessments take place every half term in both Literacy and Numeracy to inform teacher judgement in terms of teacher assessment. This enable teachers to track individual pupil progress.

22. Science and the Foundation Subjects-SIG
History
Geography
French
Technology
Art
Music
ICT PE RE
PSHCE

23. Behaviour Policy Merits Golden book Postcards to be sent home
5 step process
Universal system throughout school

24. Website and VLE

25. E-Safety Increased use of the internet at school and at home
Ever growing risk of information being misused
Usernames and passwords to remain private
Parents to be aware of children’s activities – consider computer settings
Support on website for e-safety

26. Music Provision Peripatetic instrument lessons
Some children will have the opportunity to be in the first orchestra or the brass band.
Sporting opportunities
-after school clubs
-football team
-Athletics/rugby/football/cricket/dodgeball competitions

27. School PTFA Next meeting Thurs 6th October at 3.30 in the staffroom
Coffee, biscuits and child-friendly activities available

28. Home –School Partnership
Homework Diary
Open Door Policy
Child/Parent/Teacher Consultation Targets

29. Thank you for coming!
Any further questions, please speak to a member of staff