Welcome to the Year 4 Parent Meeting 2019

1. Welcome to the Year 4 Parent Meeting 2019

2. Year 4 Team Mrs Devan 4T Class Teacher Year group leader Ms Gisanrin 4W Class Teacher Mrs Bains 4P Class Teacher Miss Mughal 4S Class Teacher Learning Support Coaches: Mrs Nadeem Mrs Ahmed Mrs Uz’zoha

3. The Curriculum We offer a rich and broad curriculum where learning is not only engaging but purposeful.

4. Core book based Curriculum Predators and Prey English Maths Geography core text FOX by Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks ART Computing Music Science

5. Books and topics for the year Autumn term Topics: Predators an Prey Invaders Books: FOX and Iron Man Spring term Topic: Operation Pied Piper Books: Lion with and the wardrobe Summer term Topics: Inventors and Entrepreneurs Express yourself! Books: Billy Sure and Voices in the park

6. Autumn Term • Autumn 1: Predators and Prey • Animals around the world • Core text and philosophical question • Owl Worksop linked to UK • Autumn 2: Invaders • Romans • Britain history • All our learning across the curriculum will be linked to our topic. ‘

7. Some things to look forward to in the Autumn Term • Trip to the London Zoo • Owl workshop in school • Designing and building our robots • Year 4 Roman day

8. Spring TermOperation Pied Piper! ‘ • Our topic in the spring term is ‘Operation Pied Piper’. • World War II • Countries involved (Germany, Italy, Japan, France, United Kingdom etc) • Rationing • What was it like to be a • Child during WWII? • The affect it had on the • world.

9. Some things to look forward to in the spring term • British Museum • World War II Bus workshop in school

10. Summer Term • Summer term 1: Inventors and Entrepreneurs • Inventors and Entrepreneurs from the past • What does success mean to you? • Group projects • Summer term 2: Express yourself! • Emotions and different colours • How artist use art to express themselves? • Portraits

11. Some things to look forward to in the summer term • Nation Portrait Gallery

12. English • Areas of learning - (Reading, Writing, Grammar and Spelling) • Writing for a purpose – making links to grammar • Expectations of presentation in books

13. Our new home reading journals! All children should be reading a minimum of 5 days a week. Our new journals have instructions on how they are to be used on the back. They also include a central 8-page full-colour guide for the reader and reading helper.  For each day your child reads they need to note this down in the journal and get it signed by a parent/guardian to confirm they have read. For each confirmed day they will get a mark on the reading chart. Replacement journals can be purchased from the school office for £1.

14. In every class there is a read to succeed chart where the number of times your child has read will be displayed. Journals will be checked so remember to check your child’s reading journal daily and sign it.

15. Guided Reading overview • At William Torbitt Primary, there is a determination that every child will learn to readand enjoy it! The teaching of reading is at the heart of the curriculum. • In addition to using a core text approach for English, we have daily Guided Reading sessions that last up to 30 minutes. • Children are put into groups of 5/6 where they will read a range of texts with guidance from the teacher. • They will have one focus session with the teacher each week, where they are able to develop their skills through discussions. • For the rest of the week they complete a set of appropriate challenging tasks. • The children apply the skills they learn throughout the curriculum.

16. Spellings and Phonics overview • At William Torbitt we use Read Write Inc Phonics to teach daily sessions from Nursery to Year 2. The children learn to read accurately and fluently with good comprehension. They learn to form each letter, spell correctly, and compose their ideas step-by-step. • Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 follow the Rising Stars spelling scheme that takes the children through the core spelling requirements from the English programme of study. The children learn how to spell with fun activities each week. They also have a weekly spelling test to see how well they are doing.

17. Home learning Year 2 and year 3 are currently trialling a new Home Learning structure. The home learning policy is currently under review.

18. One piece of Maths and English home learning will be given weekly on a Friday • It must be handed in by 9.00 am the following Wednesday • Work relating to the topic will sometimes be set instead of English home learning • Daily reading – a minimum of 5 times per week to be recorded in their reading journals • If your child is struggling or is unable to complete the tasks set, please ensure they speak to the class teacher on Monday

19. How you can support your child at home: • Please ensure that your child reads every evening (20 minutes). You can help by learning key words and talking about the book that your child is reading. • Ensure that an adult has signed the child’s reading journal at least 5 times in a week. • Encourage your children to read a range of reading material – magazines, graphic novels, newspapers etc.

20. How you can support your child at home: Most importantly get out and about. Provide the children with opportunities to explore the world around them, opportunities to speak and question why things work and time to have fun!

21. How you can support your child at home: • Writing for a variety of purposes – making links to the topic e.g. diary writing, formal letter writing and description. • Refer to the English writing mat for examples for what the children should be including in their writing. • Ensure that your children know how to spell the common exception words or spelling List for the year group. • Help them with their Home Learning – but don’t do it for them!

22. How you can support your child at home: • Please encourage you child to learn and quickly recall all their times table up to 12 × 12 off by heart. • Also encourage them to practise their written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

23. Just a few reminders…

24. Expectations in Year 4 Punctuality & Attendance Making the most of school Soft start – Children will make their way in from 8.50am. Orange slips for messages to class teachers. Behaviour & Focus Making the most of every lesson

25. WTPS Behaviour Policy • Traffic lights System for behaviour • Time out in partner class • Time out with SLT • Dojos/well done cards for good behaviour • Merits for good effort and work – Bronze, Silver, Gold certificates given out during sharing assemblies • Behaviour reflections - 2 Behaviour Reflections- letter home

26. Worry boxes • What are they? • How are they used?

27. School Uniform • Full and appropriate school uniform needs to be worn at all times! • Plain navy blue school style jumpers and cardigans • White school shirt/polo shirt • Grey skirt, pinafore dress or trousers/ girls blue and white checked dress • White/grey/navy blue head scarf • Black shoes or black trainers

28. PE Kit • White T-shirt • Black or navy blue shorts • Black pumps • Winter Games Kit • Plain tracksuits • Trainers

29. Healthy Body, Healthy Minds… • Water bottles – access all day • Morning snack • Healthy lunch boxes • Healthy school dinners

30. Things to take home Y4 Spelling List. (Please note that children should be able to spell these and more. This list is simply a guide) Year 4 national curriculum expectations for Reading, Writing and Maths. Times Tables ! Do children have them at their fingertips? Question stems to support you with supporting your child’s comprehension. Strategies to help with spelling Assessment checklist for writing

31. Working Together School works best when it is a partnership between us and you! 'We endeavour to always do the best for the children. Occasionally, you may not agree with something or we may get something wrong. Please come and speak to us and we can discuss how to put it right and move forward. We need to work together in partnership.

32. Thank you for attending and we look forward to getting to know you all! Mrs Devan 4T Class Teacher Year group leader Ms Gisanrin 4W Class Teacher Mrs Bains 4P Class Teacher Miss Mughal 4S Class Teacher Learning Support Coaches: Mrs Nadeem Mrs Ahmed Mrs Uz’zoha