1. YEAR 3 & 4 Curriculum workshop
September 2018

2. Aims:
To understand the curriculum expectations within each year group
To identify ways to support your child’s learning at home

3. THE ICEBERG IMAGE
Refer to image at the back of the room

4. REPORTING TO PARENTS We use the phrases:
Working towards age related expectation WTS
Working at age related expectation EXP
Working well within the expected standards
We use these terms to describe your child’s progress against the curriculum for their year group

5. Maths in Primary School
Three main aims-fluency, reasoning and problem solving
Maths is taught using concrete, pictorial and abstract resources from early years all the way through to Y6
Children are exposed to a range of vocabulary that they will use when exploring a particular domain
Talk for maths is a big part of a maths lesson
Children work on a concept until they have mastered it
Basic skills will ensure that working memory is freed up

6. Maths: evidence So how will we assess in Maths:
Evidence in children’s books
A range of assessment techniques during lessons e.g. questioning, marking work, focus group work
Diagnostic marking, including response to marking opportunities R, F, P marking
Baseline, Autumn, Spring and Summer assessments
This allows for the teacher to make a confident and accurate judgement on the children’s progress and attainment each term
This evidence will be reviewed at the end of the year to assess whether the children are working at the age-expected standard

7. Maths: SATs SATs test will take place at the end of Y6 (KS2) KS2
There will be three tests:
Mental Arithmetic (30 mins)
Two Mathematical fluency and reasoning tests (40 mins each)

8. How can you help your child at home?
Times tables- fluent to 12 x 12
By the end of Year 4 children need to be fluent to 12x12 including associated division facts
By the end of Year 3 children need to be fluent in the 2,3,4,5,8,10 times tables
Number bonds
Practical use of maths at home e.g. money, time, recipes, planning journeys etc
Board games/ card games
I pad/ computer games
BBC Super movers -
MyMaths homework
Maths rocks App

10. ENGLISH
SPaG
Writing
Reading

11. English: SPaG Daily Grammar lessons based on the Year 3/4 curriculum
Four assessments during the year
REVIEW, TEACH,PRACTICE, APPLY
Using test questions for children to apply what they are learning- not just in their written work
Spelling will be taught explicitly 2 times a week and the spellings will be sent home on a Friday. The children will not be tested, but expected to use them correctly in their work.
Year 3/4 Spelling lists- handout
IDL- an intervention aimed at children with dyslexic tendancies

12. ENGLISH: writing process
PURPOSE, PROCESS, PRODUCT- we keep it simple!
Explore the text
First Draft
Redrafting- Austin’s Butterfly
Second Draft
Editing
Polished piece
HANDWRITING- Pen Licence

13. English: reading
Whole class Guided Reading- teaching the skills e.g. Skimming and Scanning, looking for clues in the text, word meaning, synonyms
Follow up tasks- independent and group activities
Individual reading
Reading buddies
Benchmarking- encourage children to read other books out of the book band
Encouraging enjoyment in Reading

14. English- reading, writing, spag
So how will we assess in English:
Evidence in children’s books
‘Tickled pink’ and ‘Green for growth’
A range of assessment techniques during lessons e.g. questioning, live marking, focus group work
Diagnostic Marking – Completed target work and response to marking
Cross Curricular Writing
Portfolio of work – building up within Learning Journeys
Raw scores for Reading, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Termly Tests for SPaG and Reading
QLA of tests- makes learning specific for the children

15. How can you help your child at home?
Reading for enjoyment- children reading, children hearing an adult read
Encourage children to share books that they have enjoyed reading at home with their peers
100 Fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school- according to teachers- handout
Online spelling games/ making spelling fun- share techniques that have worked, e.g. BBC bitesize
Using spelling words in sentences- applying what they are learning in context
Using a dictionary and thesaurus at home
Handwriting support Study books- available to purchase

16. Topic work A different topic each term
Encourage children to research in their own time at home
Show and tell
Curriculum Topic Web gives details of this term
History Week- beginning Tuesday 6th November
Class assembly and Open morning
Pikemere’s 50th Birthday January 2019