Golden Rules Our ‘Golden Rules’ are:

2. Golden Rules Our ‘Golden Rules’ are:

3. BEHAVIOUR The school’s approach to behaviour recognises how important it is to praise those children who keep the ‘Golden Rules’ and who work hard to produce their best. Rewards, privileges and opportunities are given to these children. In class, we also reward children who demonstrate: - Good sitting - Good listening - Good looking and good thinking

4. The Merit System We reward children who follow the ‘Golden Rules’ using the merit system. Each child has started this year with a bronze merit card which has spaces for thirty merit stickers. When any adult notices a child following the ‘Golden Rules’, they will issue a merit sticker which is then stuck onto their merit card. When a child completes their bronze merit card they: Are presented with a ‘Bronze Merit Star’ wrist band which allows them two days access to the ‘Reward Zone’. The ‘Reward Zone’ is a special area for children to play in at break time. Are given a silver merit card to begin to complete.

5. The children work towards the silver card and then move onto their gold card. The rewards for these are: Silver 60 merits 5 days access to the ‘Reward Zone’ Gold 80 merits An invitation to our end-of-term day out.

6. Special Mentions We reward children who learn well and produce good quality work by awarding them with a ‘Special Mention’ certificate in an assembly each Monday. These are the rewards for earning ‘Special Mention’ certificates: 3 certificates = Token to spend in the school shop. The shop will be open each Friday and run by the School Council. 9 certificates = Special t-shirt awarded in the ‘Special Mention’ assembly. The t-shirt can be worn as school uniform after being awarded. 18 certificates = ‘Golden Shield’ to be presented in a ‘Special Mention’ assembly by the Head Teacher. Parents to be invited to attend.

7. The Tick System There is also a clear system of sanctions that are applied when behaviour falls below that which is expected. We use the tick system to remind the children of the importance of following our ‘Golden Rules’. STEP 1 Verbal warning. ‘Golden Rules’ reminder. Name on the board. STEP 2 One tick. Send to year group partner for five minutes. STEP 3 Two ticks. Send to year group partner for the rest of the session. STEP 4 Three ticks. Refer to LMT member. FRESH START AFTER STEP 4

8. Detentions Unfortunately children’s behaviour can fall well below what is expected and detentions can be issued as a result. In detentions, children will be given the opportunity to reflect on their behaviour and to set targets for improvement.

10. By the end of the year we are aiming for children to be able to: - Spell and use all common words accurately (F, Y1, Y2, Y4). • Use a range of different types of punctuation to add interest to their writing. e.g. full stop, capital letter, commas, speech marks, paragraphs. • Adventurous use of vocabulary. • Have an understanding of their own levels and the next step for learning to make progress • Read (and write) a wide range of texts from different genres e.g.: - Recounts • Reports • Stories from other cultures, imaginary worlds, black history • Persuasive writing • Diaries • Poetry - Non-fiction to support topics. - Practise new spellings using ‘look, say, cover, write, check’ strategy.

14. How can you help? You can help your child in mathematics by: • Teaching how to tell the time using analogue and digital clocks. • Using simple timetables e.g. television timetables. • Being confident in using money in every day situations and knowing how to record amounts of money using decimal point e.g. 150p = £1.50 • Using scales to measure amounts in metric when cooking. • Practising appropriate multiplication and division facts.

15. By the end of the year we are aiming for children to: - Know specific vocabulary - Know tables facts, by heart, up to 10x10 - Know related division facts e.g. 7 × 6 = 42 6 × 7 = 42 42 ÷ 7 = 6 42 ÷ 6 = 7 - A written method for each of the four number operations (-, ÷, ×, + )

18. English Science ICT Y4 Curriculum - Terms 1 and 2

19. Jane Humberstone from the East Sussex County Council Music Service will be teaching recorder to all children in year 4 throughout this year during music lessons. Children will have the opportunity to follow up this teaching with their class teacher at appropriate times during the week.

20. SEAL Social and Emotional, Aspects of Learning During the school year we will be looking at the following topics: TERM 1 New beginnings TERM 2 Getting on and falling out Say no to bullying (to be done during anti-bullying week in November) TERM 3 Going for goals TERM 4 Good to be me TERM 5 Relationships TERM 6 Changes

21. HOMEWORK • This will be set each week to consolidate or extend classroom learning. It will usually be set on Friday and should be returned the following week by Wednesday or by a specified date. • Weekly Spellings – children should be practising L.S.C.W.C at least three times at home and complete sentences for each spelling word from the spelling session. These will be checked every Tuesday. • Times Tables – each child is working on an individual times tables target which they must practise at home where they will be tested at different times throughout the week. Home Reading It is really important that the children continue to read at home in Year 4. The children are asked to read to an adult at least three times each week who need to record this in their reading record. These will be checked each Friday and merit stickers awarded. At this stage in the children’s reading it is important to ask questions, make predictions and deductions about the text. We are always pleased to see children reading both their own books and those chosen from our school library.

26. Thank you very much for coming this evening we hope that all the information was useful and we look forward to seeing you again! Mrs Woolley and Mrs Drinkwater