1. Wednesday 23rd September
Welcome to Meet The Teacher
Year 3 and 4

2. Classes Mrs Hutchison - Year 3 /4 in Sycamore Class
Mrs Redhead and Mrs Fleming - Year 3 /4 in Chestnut Class.
Mr Knight - Year 3 / 4 in Elm Class.
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Bastow, Mrs Sturtivant.

3. Maths Groups Groups are streamed Y3 – Mrs Redhead and Mrs Fleming
Y4 - Mr Knight
Y3/Y4 - mixed Mrs Hutchison
Groups are reviewed half-termly

4. Times Tables
Times tables will be tested weekly and cards changed as appropriate.
Certificates are given for completed cards.
Mathletics has several excellent activities to support learning of times tables, including sing-along tunes (‘Times Tables Toons’).
The National Curriculum states that by the end of Y4 all children are expected to know the 11 and 12 times tables.

5. Mathletics
Mathletics.co.uk is a successful website for motivating and helping children to improve their Maths skills.
All children at MPPS have a secure user name and password to access the website stuck into their diaries (usually on page 15).
There will be either Mathletics homework or paper homework set each week.

6. Reading
Children can choose from fiction or non-fiction books, brought from home or borrowed from the school.
Some children will be reading books from the Oxford Reading Scheme.
Guided Reading Groups – your child will read with their teacher once a fortnight.
Reading at home needs to be recorded in diaries and signed. These will be checked weekly and a full merit given for children who have read 5 or more times at home.

7. Spelling
Children have a personal spelling list taken from the NC Y3/4 required spelling list.
Once your child is able to spell all of these correctly, they can then choose misspelt words from their own work.
A ‘Spelling Buddy’ system in class will operate to help with this.
Group spellings which include taught spelling patterns will be issued every three weeks and tested accordingly.

8. Big Writing
Big Writing has proved very successful and gives children the opportunity to write extended independent pieces of work.
Big Writing usually happens every other Friday in Years 3 & 4.
Big Writing talk homework will be sent home just before the Big Writing, on a Wednesday.
Talk Homework with your child is intended to be a ten minute activity and there is no need to write anything down.
Please initial your child’s talk homework or diary.

9. Reading Comprehension Groups
Piloting a new system
Children will be grouped according to their ability
Based on teacher assessment
Reading comprehension will take place every other Friday, alternating with Big Writing

10. Homework Weekly Numeracy (Mathletics/ Paper homework)
Weekly Literacy/Topic homework
To consolidate skills which have been taught in class
Sometimes this might be research based homework
This will be recorded in their diaries
Given out Friday, collected in Tuesday

11. Extra support
Teaching assistants are timetabled to provide extra support classroom through differentiated activities.
Teaching assistants will also take small groups out for various intervention programmes e.g. 5 Minute Box and phonics work.
Parent helpers – if you are interested, please see your child’s teacher. Help with reading and times tables is especially appreciated.

12. Being Organised!
Please ensure uniforms, including P.E kits, are labelled.
P.E is taught on various days so please ensure full P.E kits are in school during the week.
Please check and sign diaries each week.
Notes for staff in diary-make sure your child tells the teacher.

13. Experiences and Extra Curricular
Swimming – Chestnut, Sycamore, Elm
Tuesday afternoons, observers welcome, please let the office know!
Spring Term: Y3/4 Inter-school Athletics competition
Egyptian Day later this term!
Trips: Residential to Ilam Hall
(Yr4 Thursday 10th – Friday 11th March 2016)

14. Volunteers!
If you are able to give up any time during the week to help with readers or times tables, we would love to hear from you!
Parent mail-please sign up!