Welcome to Year 4 Tonights meeting is intended

Welcome to Year 4 Tonight’s meeting is intended to give you an overview of your child’s week in school, our learning, timetable, routines etc. and other things which are important to your child’s learning.

Being Y 4 is about challenging yourself and becoming independent. Using and Applying the knowledge already gained and using it as a basis to learn new things.

Partnership This year is a partnership. Your child, you and me. We will teach you the knowledge, skills and understanding needed and support you in strategies to meet end of year expectations; also to be able to tackle an assessment challenge and understand what is being asked. Your child will need to do their bit • a positive can do attitude; • always giving 100%; • pushing themselves and taking on a challenge; • asking for help, • complete homework • actively look at how they can improve in things, especially in things they know they struggle with.

Planning for our Curriculum was linked to our School Aim –‘Help our teachers to light the spark for a love of learning and of life. ’ We use the acronym SPARK to remind us about how we learn. We think of the brain as a muscle and intelligence as something that grows with exercise, we ask our children to have ‘lively’ brains not ‘lazy’ brains. We want our children to lead and take responsibility for their own Learning Journey. Children need to recognise that no-one can make that journey for them. For children to become active learners they cannot just be trained; put simply its about the right learning attitude- it is having the WILL to pursue the SKILL. Learning is ‘how we call a skill to mind and make use of it’. Learning is when ‘we activate our learning capacity’.

Spirituality is learning through the senses and your spirit. YOU feel a sense of awe and wonder (WOW), feeling a sense of the way you connect to the wide universe. Practical or ‘hands on’ learning- helps YOU to learn by ‘doing’ and ‘talking, so you build your understanding through experiences and remember them. Asking Questions is a way of learning. – It is good to ask ‘why, what, when and how’; ‘What do I want to know about? ’, ‘How will I use this learning in my life? ’ Use YOUR curiosity and interests and think for YOURSELF.

Resilience means that YOU don’t give up – to FAIL is a ‘First Attempt in Learning’. You are learning all the time and you won’t always get it right first time. Learn to enjoy a challenge, stretch your brain and give it a good work-out! Are you leading your own learning? Knowledge is everything YOU have learned. ‘What do YOU know that YOU did not know at the start of the lesson? ’ How are YOU going to use your knowledge? Can YOU talk about what you know and how you use it to learn more. We are all life-long learners.

Study work This term we will be reading ‘How to train your dragon’ by Cressida Cowell.

Timetable: There will be some flexibility to the timetable to allow for other activities which take place in school but as a general guide. . Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Registration Registration Book Club English English Worship Worship 10. 45 am -11 am Break Break 11 am-12 pm Maths Maths 12 pm -1 pm Lunchtime Lunchtime 1 pm – 2 pm Study Work P. E Study Work 2. 00 pm – 3. 00 pm Study Work P. E Study Work 3. 00 pm – 3. 15 pm Class read Class Read 8. 45 am -8. 55 am 9. 00 am – 9. 25 am 10: . 30 am 10. 45 am Book Club

General Routines Ø 8. 45 doors open and children registered Ø 8. 55 doors locked Ø Book Club Ø Worship Ø English and Numeracy Ø Afternoons: study work, PE, RE, Music Ø Book Club Ø Story time

Start of the day As children come into school they are expected to settle quickly. This includes setting up for their Book Club lesson and writing the date and title in their English and Maths books.

Book club and reading experiences Book club During this time your child will participate in reading related activities. These could include: ØParticipating in a guided group read with an adult – this is key to targeting specific reading skills ØWord / sentence level work ØComprehension

Book Club Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Spelling Reading Miss Word Red Free Write Check Prep Pennance Power Word Miss Yellow Intro to Reading Prep Free Write Power Pennance new Reading Miss spelling Green Free Write Word Power Prep Pennance pattern Blue SPa. G Follow Up Miss Pennance Free Write Word Power Reading Prep

Reading at home It is expected your child is reading regularly at home and enjoying reading…it shouldn’t be given as a punishment! Every child is a reader, some just haven’t found their favourite book yet! So, read with your children as often as you can. Also, encourage them to talk about what they are reading and share what you are reading too!

Homework School Daily Recommendations Reception Year 1 and 2 Year 3 and 4 Year 5 and 6 ☺ 10 minutes reading 15 minutes reading 10 minutes homework-see below 15 minutes homework-see below 20 minutes homework-see below 30 minutes homework-see below Weekly homework will include: Subject Task Reading Daily readingshared or independent. English Skills weekly activity from CGP year book Spelling Weekly list to learn and follow up work in CGP book Tested in school Check Recorded in reading diary by EY/KS 1 parent & KS 2 parent/child. Teacher introduces and reinforces. Peer checking in Book club. KS 1 KS 2 class test. Teacher /OA/ peer marked. Maths Online My. Maths/Khan Academy tasks – set by age expectation Maths Skills Weekly test of number facts appropriate for age inc. number bonds and times tables On line mark KS 1 and recorded for KS 2 class testchild- staff check. Teacher /OA/ peer marked. Aims At Wybunbury Delves School, homework should: ☺ engage parents in children’s learning ☺ basic skills and extend the curriculum; ☺ be relevant to learning in school; ☺ support build independence, confidence and develop the child’s self-discipline needed to prepare them for secondary school;

PE Sportscape provide PE on a Thursday. Please ensure long hair is tied back on PE days and earrings are removed- this applies for clubs also.

Ø Visitors and Visits Over the year we aim to undertake visits or have visitors to enhance our learning. This does incur a cost and we do try keep this to a minimum but rising fuel costs are impacting on the cost of visits. Ø Church and worship At harvest, Christmas and Easter the children participate in a church worship. These are an act of worship and not a performance. Community Worship Everybody is welcome to stay and share.

Behaviour School favours positive rewards and these can come in many forms Ø House points Ø Star of the day Ø Stickers Ø Head teacher awards Ø Outstanding learner recognition

Sanctions Yellow cards are used as a warning that a child’s behaviour is interrupting the learning environment or spoiling play times. A red card will be given if no improvement is seen, your child will then fill in a behaviour sheet which will be sent home. The behaviour code is set out on the homeschool agreement.

Kiva Wybunbury Delves is a Ki. Va school. Ki. Va is an initiative to teach the children about appropriate behaviour, how to be a good friend and to learn about respect and will work alongside our current PHSE curriculum. These lessons will be taught in class and we will be using the ‘Ki. Va’ language throughout school.

Progress is continuously monitored by class teachers and the children are actively involved in this. Progress does need consolidation and it should be remembered that this is an important step in any child’s learning journey. Consolidation is needed to ensure learning is embedded.

Expectations Each year group works towards an ‘End of Year Expectation’ grid based on new National Expectations. Children have bookmarks in their books for Reading, Writing and Maths which personalise their ‘Next Steps for Learning’ (targets). Books are sent home each term.

End of School day Ø Year 4 leave school via the top corridor door onto the playground. A member of staff will be on the door. Ø Parents and carers should wait on the playground to collect children. Ø It is important we know if there any changes to your child’s home time arrangements. Ø Home time arrangements form needs to be completed please.

After school School run a variety of clubs as well as other providers who use our premises. The field needs to be vacated to allow these to happen. We do ask that everyone leaves the premises by 3. 30 pm at which point the gates will be locked.

Raising concerns Ø When ever you need a chat or longer discussion about your child in school we are available. Sometimes a quick chat at the school doors is needed, at others an appointment is best as teachers need to register children at 8. 55 am and start lessons at 9 am.

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Keeping Safe online Ø Look at our e-safety page on the school website. Ø Children are taught about keeping safe when using the computers in school.

Community Hub The library has moved to the mobile on the playground and this year we will be developing this area as a Community Hub. It will begin by opening to parents every Wednesday morning from 8. 30 am until 9. 15 am. Some weeks there will be external agencies (e. g. Cheshire East Information, Advice and Support Team, Children’s Centre, Autism Team, PC Nick)

Thank you