WELCOME TO YEAR 4

1. WELCOME TO YEAR 4

2. Meet the team Teachers: Miss E Wright (Year Leader) Mr K Grandison (Mon & Tues) Mrs J Smith (Wed – Fri) Miss A Corr Miss S. Vaile • LSAs: Mrs T Palmer Mrs L Morgan Mrs J Hyett Mrs U Thomas Mrs K Smith Mrs D Muckelt

3. 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 pullover or school sweatshirt jade or grey, plain or with school logo Summer - Grey or Black tailored shorts (as an optional alternative) Black Shoes 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 - Jade gingham or stripe dresses or grey or black tailored shorts (as an optional alternative) Black Shoes or White summer 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)

4. Key Days of the Week • Library: All classes every Friday • PPA: Alternate Wednesday • PE : Alternate Wednesday (PPA) & every Monday

5. Homework • Daily reading (3x week min) • Daily Spellings (School & Home) • Weekly Spelling Sentences • Weekly Learning Logs (2 pieces, given out on Friday and collected in on following Wednesday)

6. 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 at a 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.

7. 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 – Golden Time, STEP awards, Merit Awards, Praise 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 Golden Time Step 3 The child loses 5 minutes of Golden Time for that week. Step 4 The child is sent to the Team Leader for a lost lunchtime, who sends home a Lost Lunchtime slip to be signed and returned by parents. If a child loses all of their Golden Time, they will automatically receive a lost lunchtime. Step 5 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, 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 Plan.

8. Year Overview • Autumn: Sin Dex Material World • Spring: Into the Rainforest My World • Summer: What a Dilemma! How it Works

9. Assemblies • Year 4 class assemblies: Thursday 29th November – 4V Thursday (date TBC) – 4MS and 4C Please look out for dates in the newsletter • Parents’ evenings Wednesday 7th November 2012 Wednesday 14th November 2012

10. SENCO • Special Education Needs Coordinator (SENCo) is Mrs Cooper. • Responsible for any additional needs that pupils may have and leading team of Learning Support Assistants (LSA) • 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.

11. School Website • Please check our school website regularly. This is available at: • www.hartplain-jun.hants.sch.uk

12. Trips These trips have to be funded, we can only run these trips if we continue to receive voluntary contributions that will cover costs. • Autumn 1 Butser Ancient Farm (£14.20) • Summer 1 & 2 • A possible trip to The Living Rainforest (£15) Swimming (no charge) • Summer 2

13. 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 where the levels expected at the end of each academic year.

14. 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 and elections will be held this term. • School Council gives the children a voice and a forum to enter into discussions about things that matter to them. e.g organising ‘dress up as celebrity day’ for local charity-Mill Hill Children’s centre. • 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.

15. PTA Our PTA have a section on the website that is available also as a means of communicating ideas. Please come and join Marc Le May at one of our P.T.A. meetings. The next meeting is Wednesday 19th September at 2.30pm. See the website calendar for the date of any future meetings.

16. 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.

17. Minimum Expectation (Whole School) • No doodling in any books, including the cover; • 'I', long date and own name always capitalised; • No capital letters in the middle of words; • All learning in children's books to be dated (long date English and other subjects, short date maths) and the learning objective (and success criteria as appropriate) to be written at the start of work; • All underlining or drawing of margins or other straight lines to be done with a ruler and pencil; • Handwriting to be formed on the line; • Writing only in pencil, blue handwriting pen or cartridge pen as appropriate, not gel pens, felt-tips or biro. Coloured pens or highlighters to be used for specific purposes; • Mistakes to be neatly erased or crossed through with a single straight line; • One digit per square in maths; • Paper to be stuck neatly into books, not overhanging the edge of the book; • Success criteria to be completed; • Teachers’ comments to be responded to. Where children do not meet these expectations, they must repeat the entire piece of work during a lunchtime. Members of staff on the Leadership and Management Team will oversee this.

18. Minimum Expectation (Year 4) • Capital letters for all proper nouns; • Majority of sentences to start with capital letters and end with full stops or other appropriate punctuation; • All handwriting to be formed correctly, mostly joined; • Pencil until Apprentice Scribe awarded.

19. 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. • If the problem persists, contact the Year Team Leader. • For more serious problems, contact the Head Teacher (Mrs Tettmar) or Assistant Head (Miss Wright).

20. Classroom and Pride visit. • Parents are now welcome to visit their child’s classroom and see where they work. Class teachers will be available during this time. • We would also like to invite you to visit our Pride room. Tea, coffee and cake will be available.