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Welcome to Year 4 Meet the team

Welcome to Year 4 Meet the team. Lower School Leader – Mrs Julia Roberts Teachers: Miss S. Vaile Miss K. Geddes Mrs J. Phelan LSAs: Mrs M. Mitchell Mrs S. Harris Mrs U. Thomas Mrs S. Aitkins. SENCO.

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Welcome to Year 4 Meet the team

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  1. Welcome to Year 4Meet the team • Lower School Leader – Mrs Julia Roberts • Teachers: Miss S. Vaile Miss K. Geddes Mrs J. Phelan • LSAs: Mrs M. Mitchell Mrs S. Harris Mrs U. Thomas Mrs S. Aitkins

  2. SENCO • Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCo) is Mrs Faithfull. • Responsible for any additional needs that pupils may have and leading team of Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) • Work with Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapists and Specialist Advisors. • Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for children with additional needs will be written and shared with children and parents each term. • Individual Behaviour Plans (IBPs) will be written and discussed with children and parents as required.

  3. Stretching our Children • More Able Children are managed by Mrs Faithfull. • Responsible for tracking more able children and ensuring their individual talents are catered for including academic subjects and sport and creative subjects • Progress is tracked by the school • Needs are catered for in class. All teachers have had training to help them set challenging work for more able children. • Some groups attend various activities organised by other schools in the area e.g Maths Olympiad.

  4. School Website • Please check our school website regularly. This is available at: • www.hartplain-jun.hants.sch.uk • A list of all of our after school clubs are also on the website.

  5. School Uniform This information is always available on our school website. www.hartplain-jun.hants.sch.uk Boys: Grey or black trousers (not jeans, cords or track suit style trousers and no decoration) Smart plain white shirt or white or jade polo shirt, plain or with school logo Grey or jade cardigan or pullover, or sweatshirt , plain or with school logo Summer - Grey or Black tailored shorts (as an optional alternative) Black Shoes, or black or brown sandals. Girls: Plain Grey or black skirt or trousers (not jeans, cords or track suit style trousers and no decoration) Smart plain white blouse, or white or jade polo shirt, plain or with school logo Grey or jade cardigan, or pullover, or school sweatshirt jade or grey, plain or with school logo Summer - Green gingham or stripe dresses, or grey or black tailored shorts (not “short shorts”!) (as an optional alternative) Black Shoes or black, brown or white sandals  Track suit style clothing should only be worn for games activities. Shirts and Polo shirts should be tucked in P. E. Kit County regulations dictate that for gymnastic and movement lessons in the school hall children must be barefoot, even if they have cuts, blisters or a verruca. If these are split and or painful they could be covered with a sticking plaster. For invasion games with apparatus (e.g. hockey) a pair of lightweight plimsolls (NOT TRAINERS) should be worn. Trainers or a separate pair of plimsolls should be worn for outdoor games. Therefore, either two pairs of plimsolls or one pair of plimsolls and one pair of trainers are needed.         Boys                                                             Girls                   White T-shirt,                                                 White T-shirt,         Black shorts,                                                   Black wrapover skirt or shorts,         Socks, white                                                   Socks, white         Track suit. (black, grey or navy) Track suit. (black, grey or navy) Trainers or plimsolesTrainers or plimsoles

  6. Key Days of the Week • Library: Wednesday • PPA: Thursday afternoons • PE : Thursday (PPA) & every Monday.

  7. Homework • Daily reading (5x week) • Daily Spellings (School & Home) • Weekly Spelling Sentences • Learning logs will go out on a Thursday and come back in the following Tuesday.

  8. Behaviour Code A copy of our behaviour code has been sent home in a newsletter and is also available on our website. This is based around the Golden Rules: Do be gentle Do not hurt anybody Do be kind and helpful Do not hurt people’s feelings Do work hard Do not waste your or other people’s time Do look after property Do not waste or damage things Do listen to other people Do not interrupt Do be honest Do not cover up the truth We also have a range of rewards – STEP awards, Merit Awards, Praise Points, House points Sanctions are applied as follows: A gentle, non-confrontational verbal or visual reminder of appropriate behaviour and a request to stop the Inappropriate behaviour Step 1 A child is given a verbal warning, the rule broken is explained to child and the child’s name is recorded on the class display Step 2 The child’s name is moved to the next step on the class display, with a reminder of a) appropriate behaviour and b) that s/he is at risk of losing Minutes Step 3 The child loses 5 minutes of break time . Step 4 The child is given a lost lunchtime, Parents are sent a text telling them why their child has received a lost lunch. Step 5 If a child receive more than 2 lost lunches in a week then they will be given an afterschool detention on a Tuesday or Thursday with the Assistant Head teacher or Headteacher. Step 6 The child is sent to a member of the Senior Leadership Team and can be isolated internally or excluded. If a child persists in misbehaving beyond step 4, if there is a consistent pattern of misbehaviour or in cases of extreme behaviour, then the Headteacher may issue a fixed term or permanent exclusion, and afternoon detention, isolate the child from the class for a fixed period, invite the parents in to discuss the child’s behaviour or initiate an Individual Behaviour Management Plan.

  9. Year Overview • Autumn Sin Dex – Chariots of Fire day 23/10 Material World • Spring Into the Forest • Summer What a Dilemma! How Things Work!

  10. Trips We can only run these trips if we continue to receive voluntary contributions that will cover costs. • Sin Dex Butser – Autumn 1 • Into The Forest Rainforest workshop -Spring 2

  11. PTA Our PTA have a section on the website that is available also as a means of communicating ideas. Please come and join Emma Jervis at one of our P.T.A. meetings. The next meeting is 18th October at 2pm

  12. Lunch & Snacks • There is a choice of hot and cold school dinners available for £2.00. There is a 3 week menu that can be seen at www3.hants.gov.uk/caterers If you are entitled to free school dinners, you can collect a form from the office, or download one from the school website. • Mid-morning snacks are also sold and cost 30p for a piece of fruit, bread roll or cup of flavoured milk or fruit juice. A box of raisins costs 10p and cartons of fruit juice or fruit bread cost 35p. Alternatively, you can send in a piece of fruit or a carton of fruit juice for break time. • We do ask for plain water only in class.

  13. Parent Volunteers • We welcome parent volunteers and appreciate their time and support. • All volunteers must be CRB checked. • Please talk to your child’s class teacher if you would like to volunteer.

  14. Government Expectations • Children are regularly assessed and your child’s levels for Reading, Writing and Mathematics are reported to you at the end of the year so that you can compare your child’s progress with national expectations. • The chart below shows the levels expected by the children at the end of each academic year.

  15. What to do if there is a problem • Speak to your child’s teacher on the playground at the end of the day, send a note or phone to make an appointment. • For more serious problems contact the Head Teacher (Mrs Tettmar), Lower School Leader (Mrs Roberts) or Upper School Leader (Mrs Faithfull.)

  16. School Council • Part of the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda. • Children are taught about democracy and how the system works. • They are also encouraged to take part in the decision making process within school. • Each class elects a class councillor. • School Council elections will be held w/b 01/10/13 • Council gives the children a voice and a forum to enter into discussions about things that matter to them. e.g Installing the ‘Buddy Bench’ on the playground. • OFSTED will write to the School Council when they visit Hart Plain. They meet with the members to discuss positive aspects and targets for the school.

  17. Butser Trip – 30th September • Volunteers needed!

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