Presentation Meeting Year 3 Willow Class Mrs Sangha

Presentation Meeting Year 3 Willow Class – Mrs Sangha Ash Class – Miss Sanford Year 4 Cedar Class – Miss O’Connor Rowan Class – Mr Weldetnsae Wednesday 9 th September

Year 3 & 4 Staff Team • Classteachers • Teaching Assistants/Learning support teachers: -Mrs Daley -Mr Whaley -Miss Banks -Mrs Gumbs -Mr Celegin • Miss Buton – French teacher • Mr Devine - PE Teacher • Mr Moloi- Assistant Headteacher-KS 2 leader

A day at school • English and Mathematics taught in the morning starting at 8: 55 am • Break time – 10: 20 am – 10: 35 pm • Lunchtime – 12: 10 pm – 1: 10 pm • PPA cover – French and outdoor PE lessons • ICT will be once a week. • P. E days • • Indoor – Willow & Ash Thursday afternoon – Cedar & Rowan-Friday afternoon Outdoor – Willow & Ash Friday afternoon – Cedar & Rowan- Tuesday afternoon

English Transcription • Develop understanding of writing concepts by : • Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although. • Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense. • Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition.

Handwriting • Join letters, deciding which letters are best left un-joined. • Make handwriting legible by ensuring downstrokes of letters are parallel and letters are spaced appropriately. Composition • Write for a wide range of purposes using the main reading. features identified in • Use techniques used by authors to create characters and settings. • Compose and rehearse sentences orally. • Plan , write, edit and improve.

Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation • Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing writing and reading : Year 3 • word family, conjunction, adverb, preposition, direct speech, inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’), prefix, consonant, vowel, clause, subordinate clause. Year 4 • pronoun , possessive pronoun, adverbial.

Word Reading • Apply a growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology). • Read further exception words, noting the spellings. Comprehension • Draw inferences from reading. • Predict from details stated and implied • Discuss words and phrases that capture the imagination • Retrieve and record information from non-fiction, using titles , headings, sub-headings and indexes. • . . Prepare poems and plays to read aloud with expression, volume, tone and intonation

English Accelerated Reader will take place everyday. Children will need their book and reading record book in school. Tops Reports will come home as children complete a quiz. Reading regularly at home helps children understand texts with meaning and develops their vocabulary and imagination. Guided reading will take place every day. The teacher will sit with one group whilst the rest of the class will do a variety of language based activities. Spelling homework will be set once a week on Mondays and children must memorise them and then transfer them into their writing.

Maths • • Number, place value and rounding Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Fractions (including decimals, percentages, ratio, proportion and probability) Properties of shapes Position, direction and movement Measures Statistics

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Topics Year 3 Life, Health & Growth: Science – Plant life and growth & Animal nutrition DT: Healthy Meals English: Adventure & Mystery stories Egyptians: Writing outcome – Information texts, Dialogues & Plays Science – Light & Dark (Egyptian shadow clocks) D&T – Making Shadow Puppets Art – Egyptian Art, Sculptures History – The discovery of Tutankhamun Geography – The River Nile Romans: Writing outcome – Recounts History – Roman Geography – Roman towns in Britain & the long term Volcanoes and Earthquakes: impact on Britain Writing outcome – Report Writing Art – Mosaics Science – Rocks and Soils Rainforests: Geography – Location of volcanoes & Earthquakes, Writing outcome – Authors and Letters understanding why they occur in these locations Science – Classification of Living things, History – Pompeii Effect of environmental change on living DT – Designing structures to withhold an things, Adaptation to environments earthquake Geography – The Amazon & Brazilian climate zones Art – Brazilian Art & Animal masks DT – Tribal jewellery PSHE – Fair Trade

Topics Year 4 Invaders & Settlers Writing outcome: Diary & Invitation writing History: Vikings and Anglo Saxons Geography: Village Settlers Art & D. T: Designing & making Viking & Anglo Saxon artefacts South Africa Writing outcome: Narrative & Biographies Myths & Legends Writing outcome: Write stories that contain mythical, legendary characters. Water Writing outcome: Non chronological reports, Explanations & Persuasive writing. Robots

Foundation Subjects • The foundation subjects we will be teaching this year are: Music, Art, History, Geography, Science, PSHE, R. E. , P. E. , Computing & Design and Technology • We will be making cross curricular links within the specific topics being taught • We will be organising linked school trips and classroom experiences to enrich the children’s learning

Foundation Subject topics Year 3 4 Topic Life, Health and Growth Romans Rainforests Egyptians Volcanoes and Earthquakes Invaders and Settlers South Africa Myths and Legends Water Robots RE Festivals of Light Belief & Practice-Christianity Signs and symbols Special Leaders Journeys-Pilgrimages Prayer, meditation and cultivating the inner life Belief & Practice-Hinduism Moral dilemmas PSHE We’re all stars! Be friendly, be wise Living long, living strong Daring to be different Dear diary Joining in and joining up It’s our world Say no! Money matters Who likes chocolate? People around us Growing up Music French All about me Games & Songs Celebrations African Portraits Drumming The Four friends Growing things Pentatonic scale All aboard Creating mood Pocket money Singing games Tell me a story and songs Our sporting lives Carnival of the animals What’s the weather like?

Home-Learning Homework must be completed in homework books. English & Mathematics will be sent out on Thursday and will be handed in on Tuesday Spellings will be handed out on Monday Please encourage your child to use Mathletics at home on a regular basis. Where possible support your child in their reading and spellings by asking them questions and helping them to revise.

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French Year 4 AUTUMN: All aboard Pocket money SPRING: Tell me a story Our sporting lives SUMMER: Carnival of the animals What’s the weather like? Homework: Spellings, Translation.

French- Year 3 AUTUMN: All about me Games and songs SPRING: Celebrations Portraits SUMMER: The four friends Growing things Homework: Spellings, Translation.

P. E. • • Through P. E. we will cover a range of different sports ensuring that the children get a broad range of learning experiences within the different sports. Children should have the appropriate PE kit for the weather (shorts or jogging bottoms). If a child is unable to take part in a PE lesson for whatever reason I need to receive a note from the parent or guardian outlining why your child is unable to take part in the lesson. I have high expectations of all children and really encourage the idea of sportsmanship and a positive attitude towards team mates and competitors alike. This makes for a great atmosphere within lessons which in turn means children will gain a great learning experience and above all will enjoy the lessons!

Lunchtime Behaviour System Yellow card • This is a warning. The lunchtime supervisors will write down the child’s name in their book and talk to the child about what rule they have broken. • Red card If they break a rule a second time or they do something serious, the child will get a red card. Miss Alison will send a letter to the parent/carer to tell them about the behaviour and the child will have a lunchtime detention the following day with Miss Alison. • If they misbehave again, they will receive another red card. The parent/carer will have to come for a meeting with Mrs Holland Miss Alison to discuss the behaviour and they will have a lunchtime detention for 2 days. • If your child gets another Red card, it is very serious, they will have a lunchtime detention for 3 days and you will have a meeting with Mrs Holland. The child will go on a ‘report card’ to check their behaviour every play and lunchtime for 10 consecutive days. You will then meet Mrs Holland again to check improvements have been made. At the end of each term the slate is wiped clean and children start each term without a record of detentions or red cards.

General Reminders • Please make sure that book bags, PE kits and water bottles are in school every day. • All school clothes and PE kits MUST be labelled, (there is a uniform list on the school website). • Call the office if your child is absent. • No holidays will be authorised in term time.