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High Cross Primary School. Together We Win. Meet The Teacher. Class 4RS. The Y4 team. Class Teacher – Miss Strong Support Staff – Mrs Salathial, Miss Jessop and Mrs Moore ICT Support – Mr Watts Library and reading support – Mrs John. Class Routines and Times.
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High Cross Primary School Together We Win Meet The Teacher Class 4RS
The Y4 team • Class Teacher – Miss Strong • Support Staff – Mrs Salathial, Miss Jessop and Mrs Moore • ICT Support – Mr Watts • Library and reading support – Mrs John
Class Routines and Times • Start and end times (pupils not on site until 8:40 a.m. as no adult supervision available) • Wet mornings – from 8:40 – children to enter school and report to their classrooms as usual • School dinners - £1.90 – must be brought into school daily in a labelled purse • Fruit money – 20p daily or £1 weekly • PE slot– Kit - blue (light or dark) t-shirts, blue shorts, blue jogging bottoms and trainers – no other colour-see website for a guide • School shoes – black – an extra old pair needed for children to play on the field!
Dinner Routines • School dinners eaten in the canteen • Sandwiches eaten outside (weather permitting) • Playing on the field – stops after October half term and re-commences in April (around Easter/or earlier – depending on the weather) • Sandwiches – eaten inside after October half term or earlier (depending on the weather)
Class Timetable • Language and Maths sessions daily • Science taught as PPA Tuesday pm • PE – Thursday am linked with visit from Janice Chappell the NGD rugby Coach • Music – Taiko drumming from GMSS Wednesday pm • ICT – Thursday pm • Library time – Wednesday pm
Topics Covered • Autumn term – The Tudors • King Henry VIII and family as well as Tudor life including trip to Abergavenny • Spring term - Chocolate • Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Chocolate around the word including a trip to a Chocolate factory, Swansea • Summer Term – The Rainforest • Places around the world, the effects we cause, The Vanishing Rainforest book, trip to Cwmcarn
Outside School Events • We do ask for a voluntary contribution, however if insufficient funds we will have to cancel the event as school is unable to fund the whole cost
Dedicated Spelling Time • Carrying through the phonic scheme and strategies from KS1 which has been so successful in the Foundation Phase – to further develop children’s spelling strategies • Planned to deliver every a.m. for 20 minutes • We use the following approach: - • ‘Route to Spelling’
Dedicated Spelling Times Route to spelling • Say the word • Do I know how to spell it already • Which parts of the word can I spell already? • What is the tricky phoneme? • What do I know about the phoneme? • What is my best guess • Does it look right?
Dedicated Reading Time • Every day - straight after lunch for 20 minutes the children have a reading session in which various activities take place • Children work on activities related to the novel • ‘Reading for a Reason’ time for researching a project • A listening activity • Group reading
Learning Logs • Set on a Friday / returned by Wednesday • Discussed on a Friday (whole class / partner work) • No spelling given as homework – dedicated spelling sessions in school • Presentation – high standard expected - exactly the same as in school books
PPA Cover • NC/MW to cover from Y3 to Y6 – supported by Mrs Davies • Wellingtons needed on Forest School day – Wednesday on Mrs Williams’ return • NC/MW to teach Science as well • NC/MW to write the Science part of the report and provide staff with notes for parent consultations
Parent Consultations • TERM 1 • Meet The Teacher • 1-1 consultations where you will be provided with an interim report on Literacy, Numeracy, Personal Social and Well Being. Also, targets for further development. • Meetings are planned to take place at the end of November – either during the school day or after – depending on staff availability – staff will do their utmost to accommodate
Parent Consultations • TERM 2 • Classroom Consultations – during school time – parents invited in to share their children’s work and meet with the class teacher on a 1:1 basis – a timetable will be on display in the classroom for parents to book a meeting during the session
Parent Consultations • TERM 3 • Open classroom visit – children will share with parents what they have done in school throughout the year. • Individual Reports written and handed out at the end of term – parents are provided with an opportunity to discuss the report if they so wish
AfL • At the end of every Literacy and Numeracy work, children evaluate their own work by either traffic lighting or using 2 stars and a wish, writing a comment relating to their task based on the WILF which is ‘What we are looking for’