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Good evening. Thank you for joining this meeting. Please: • Ensure your microphone is muted. • Keep your camera off. • Post any questions using the chat function. • Please bear in the mind that the chat function is public. If you have questions specific to your child, please contact the school office to make arrangements to speak to your child’s teacher. • We will endeavour to answer as many questions as possible, if they are not likely to be covered by later material. • If any points are not dealt with tonight, please email the school office.

Year 4 Welcome Meeting

Year 4 Welcome Meeting Agenda • Staff introductions • Current classroom layout • Current rules, routines and reminders • Pupil well being • Proposed curriculum and trips • Reading • Homework and how to help • Assessment and catch up plan • Website navigation and Twitter

Mr Spilsbury Year 4 Teacher and SLT Staff Introductions Miss Booth Year 4 Additional Teacher Mrs Keiller Year 4 Teacher and Band Leader Mrs Hodgson Year 4 Teaching Assistant Miss O’Connor Year 4 Teacher and Band Leader

Current Classroom Layout

Current Rules, Routines and Reminders • Arrive punctually (not too early) for drop offs and collection and leave quickly. • Water bottles to be taken home, washed and refilled daily. • Hand sanitizers – small bottles please. • Small pencil cases to be left in school. (Discuss content) • No nuts in lunch boxes. • Toileting in school. • PE kits to be brought in and left in school.

Pupil Well Being • First priority is settling the children in and getting them used to socialising and being in a school environment.

Proposed Curriculum and Trips https: //www. greatmeols. wirral. sch. uk/year-4

Reading • Key priority in school. • System for reading in Year 4.

BUG CLUB

Home Learning and How to Help • • No homework books currently. As much reading as possible. Spellings to be practiced at home. Make use of online tools: • Bug Club / TT Rockstars / Top Marks Hit the Button • Google Classroom (with interaction and feedback) to be used if future lockdowns.

Assessment and Catch Up Plan • Conducting informal tests over the first few weeks to inform next steps. • Use of additional staff and TAs to plug gaps. • Flexibility on timetable to ensure children have time to catch up. • Children will still experience the full curriculum.

Twitter

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