Believe, Achieve, Together: Our School Mission

1. to years 3 & 4

2. Our School Mission Statement : Believe, Achieve, Together We Succeed

3. Our School Values: • Academic : Being Resilient Being Conscientious Being Creative • Community : Being Responsible Being Respectful • Emotional Wellbeing : Being Reflective Being Courageous Being Kind

4. Your Phase Team Phase Leader – Miss Swallow Year Three Team Teachers – Miss Swallow, Miss Shipley and Mrs Evans Teaching Assistants – Mrs Hawk, Mrs Ashton, Mrs Jenkins, Mrs Fenton & Mrs Wilkins Year Four Team Teachers – Mr Ayers, Miss Hawthorne and Mrs Lawson-King Teaching assistants – Mrs Powell, Mrs Wooldridge, Mrs Jenkins Our PPA cover teachers are: Mrs Higginson (Music), Mrs Brown (RE) and Mrs Wild (French)

5. Lines of communication You can leave messages for your class teacher by; Calling/visiting the school office, emailing, writing or sending a text to the school or leaving a message at the school gate.

6. Developing independence and responsibility We encourage all children to take responsibility for their learning and behaviour. • Handing homework in on time • Respecting other pupils and school property • Choosing own reading books • Developing independent learning – using Learning Partners & resources. • Managing their own break and lunch times.

7. Behaviour boards Children are reminded that each stage of the board is a choice and that if they are on amber or red, they are able to move back up with good behaviour choices. Gold – 2 house points and a raffle ticket Silver – 1 house point Green – A brilliant day! Amber – 5 minute thinking time Red - 15 minutes of next break time lost. Weekly ‘Well Done’ assemblies for children who have shone during the week. Termly ‘Values’ assemblies for children who demonstrate our ACE school values.

8. Equipment for school • Drinks bottle • Healthy snack for break time • Small bag/book bag • PE Kit (tracksuit bottoms/jumper for outdoor PE during colder weather) • Apron/painting shirt

9. Spellings • During Autumn 1, we will work on consolidating spelling patterns taught in the children’s previous year. • After this, we will be teaching one unit from our Read Write Inc spelling programme. • Children will record the spellings that they need to practise in a log book.

10. Reading • In years 3 & 4 we encourage children to read as often as possible, at least three times per week. • Reading at home recorded in a reading record and this is monitored in school on a daily basis.

11. Home Learning Home learning is set weekly, except for the first and final week of term. It is set on a Thursday and is to be handed in on a Tuesday. Children will record their weekly homework in their home learning books. Home learning will consist of one English and one maths task each week, alongside children’s regular practice of times tables, spellings and reading.

12. Helping to promote children’s wellbeing ‘Change your words, change your mindset.’ • Overcoming challenges in our learning allows us to ‘grow’ our brains – the more we do something, the stronger the connections between neurons in our brains become. A ‘Can-Do’ attitude is essential! ‘Yet’ is our magic word.

13. Being Me In My World – celebrating our strengths and what makes us unique. Celebrating difference – How our words affect others. First impressions and how they change. Children across the phase cover 6 different PSHE units. Dreams and Goals – My learning process and how I can improve. How to set new goals even when I have been disappointed. Healthy me – Strategies for keeping safe and who to ask for help. Recognising when I am being put under pressure and ways to resist this. Relationships – How actions of those around me influence my life. Explaining different points of view on animal rights issues. Changing me – Body changes during the growing up process. What I am looking forward to next year.

14. How to Heal a Broken Wing Whole school focus on this story about caring for others with respect, kindness and patience. How we can be caring and kind in a busy world.

15. Autumn Term Topics • Year 3 are starting the year off with our topic ‘The First People’. • Stone Age to Iron Age Britain with a visit from Portals to the Past on the 28th September. Geography – trade links and natural resources. Art and design – cave drawings. History – early age settlements and farming.

16. Autumn Term Topics • A focus on narrative writing in English using Stone Age Boy. Writing to entertain an audience Developing children’s descriptive writing and ability to create their own characters, settings and plots.

17. Autumn Term Topics • Year 4 are starting the year off with our topic ‘Who Invaded Britain?’ • Vikings and Anglo-Saxons: Visit to Bishops Wood (TBC) and Viking experience day within school. Geography – Anglo-Saxon settlements and local geography. Art and design – Viking helmets. History – Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Kings, invasions and everyday life.

18. Autumn Term Topics • A focus on narrative writing in English based on Viking myths. Writing to entertain an audience We will be planning, drafting and editing with a focus on selecting descriptive vocabulary for effect.

19. Hillcrest Residential Trip PGL Booked for Wed 13th– Fri 15thMarch Parents meeting –TBC A two night stay, filled with fun packed activities that even teachers enjoy! There will be an information letter issued soon regarding this trip.

20. E-SAFETY AT HOME What is the concern? • Keeping safe on-line is a growing concern for adults and children. • Technology is part and parcel of our everyday lives. • Technology is now mobile (tablets, smart phones etc.) • Research shows that mobile technology is monitored less frequently at home than static devices such as a desktop computer. • Annual Ofcom report and CEOP (Child Exploitation and On-line Protection agency) tells us that the number of cases of serious e-safety issues reported is increasing in primary aged children. • Research shows that a significant number of children understand the dangers of using the internet but often forget these messages when at home.

21. WORKING TOGETHER At Home Reinforce the messages shared through the acceptable use agreements. Monitor what your child is viewing on the internet and have open discussions about who they are communicating with. Set clear boundaries regarding who they can communicate with (i.e. only people that they know in the real world) and how much time that they spend on the computer or tablet. At School • Safe and responsible use of the internet at the heart of the school’s robust scheme of work. • Clear expectations are set through the school’s e-safety policy and acceptable use agreements. • E-safety issues are taken seriously and are monitored to inform the computing curriculum. • Opportunities for teaching about e-safety issues are identified in other areas of the curriculum. Please remember to send your Home-School Agreements in!

22. Further advice… • View the school’s website to access key information regarding e-safety. See the parent’s section. • You will find a PDF of the full e-safety policy. • On the website there are some useful tips and factsheets to download. • Some useful sites: - parentzone.org.uk - thinkyouknow.co.uk/parents

23. Let’s Get Connected Week • 22nd October • Children will learn about computing and digital safety. • This includes learning that will continue throughout the year.