Welcome to ASH Class Year 3/4 Tuesday 19 September 2017
Timetable • Miss Shell – overview of Ash Class: daily routines and need-to-knows • Miss Lock – overview of Maths • Mrs Roys – overview of English
So far… • Thank you! • Children have settled in amazingly well • Routines have been established • Children are getting used to how things are to be done in Ash Class
Daily timetable 9.15- 10.15- 10.30 – 11.30 – 12- 12.50 – 1.35- 2.35-3.10 10.15 10.30 11.30 12.00 12.50 1.35 2.35 Guided Monday Maths Break English Topic Lunch Topic PE Reading/ (Mr Handwriting Hopper) Computing Music Guided Tuesday Maths Break English RE Lunch Reading/ (Mrs Handwriting Jinks) Guided Wednesday Maths Break English PHSE Lunch Topic PE Reading/ (Mr Handwriting Hopper) Guided Maths Break English French Lunch DT Skills Thursday Reading/ (Mrs Handwriting Huitson/ Miss Bartlett) Science Friday Maths Break English RE Lunch Art
Homework • Spelling booklet – 10 spellings per week to learn – test on a Friday • Reading – Bug Club book from school. Will be changed on a Monday and Friday. • Please encourage children to read the books thoroughly, and ask them questions about them • If they finish the two Bug Club books, please encourage them to read a book of their own! • Maths homework – given on a Thursday or Friday, due in on following Tuesday
Important Notices • PE is on Mondays and Wednesdays – please ensure that their PE kit is sent in on these days (they can keep it in their lockers) • Please ensure we have any medication your child might need (anti-histamine, inhalers etc.). These can be dropped off at the office with appropriate instructions
Important Notices • If you have anything I need to know about, please write a note into their planners and ask them to show me! This is particularly good if your child gets a bus and we don’t get to see each other. I will respond by writing a note back.
Important Notices • I will ask children to let you know if we need anything extra in class – e.g. DT next week we’re making models of the human digestive system so will need some tubing! (I’ll let the children tell you why!) • Photo consent – I’d love to start sharing photos on Twitter (no names) – please let us know if you DO NOT wish your child’s picture to be used on our twitter feed
Important Dates • Friday 29 th Sept – Family ad individual photos being taken • 3 rd and 4 th October – ‘settling in’ parents evening • Weds 4 th October – Richard Winter, Dentist from Higgins and Winter, is visiting the class to talk about teeth (tied in to Science topic) • w/c 16 October – Harvest Festival (date TBC) • Friday 20 th October – 2pm – An answer to our Science question: “What happens to a sandwich when I eat it?” Come along and let the children tell you the answer!
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Abacus provides dedicated Year 1 / 2 and Year 3 / 4 schemes of work to ensure that children, in mixed year groups classes, receive the appropriate support and challenge to ensure that all achieve their full potential.
The Year 1 scheme of work is based on Workbooks The Year 2 scheme of work is based on a combination of Workbooks and a Textbook
The Year 3 and Year 4 Schemes of Work are supported by Textbooks. There is one for each term.
www.activelearnprimary.co.uk Each pupils will receive a unique username and password. To access the sire they will also need the school code which is rccm
Tasks can be found in the ‘My Stuff’ Section. Pupils can start to personalise their site by choosing their online world. There are four to pick from.
coates / Access the Primary section measure of the site www.mymaths.co.u k
Pupils access their homework through their Portal
Select a subject area Each subject area has a number of associated ‘sub’ areas
Select an area for study
Click on the board to launch a lesson and the lamp to launch an activity,
This lesson has one objective and there are 8 slides in the presentation. The slides will be a combination of demonstrations and pupil participation.
There are also games to play
Other useful websites • BBC Bitesize • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/ • This is an interactive site, aimed at children, containing games, revision sheets and quizzes • Numeracy Workout • www. numeracyworkout .co.uk • Mathsphere • http://www.mathsphere.co.uk/ • This site has a section dedicated to parents. • Skillswise • http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/ • This site contains fact sheets, activities, quizzes and worksheets. • Nrich • http://nrich.maths.org/public/ • The Nrich Maths Project Cambridge,England. Mathematics resources for children, parents and teachers to enrich learning.
The easiest ways to help? Be positive about Maths. Encourage exploration. Encourage children to see the relevance of Maths. Exploit opportunities. Maths should be fun!
English At Richard Coates CE School How to help with: • Reading • Spelling • Handwriting
Reading in School A rich variety of reading throughout the school day to inspire children to love reading and to prepare them to be life-long readers.
We achieve this through: • Daily phonics sessions in EYFS and KS1 to prepare children to read fluently in KS2 and beyond. • Shared reading • Guided reading • 1-1 reading • Reading for pleasure • Reading in curriculum subjects • Promoting reading at home (Bug Club books and on-line books)
Daily Phonics Sessions We follow the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme mainly through the ‘Phonics Bug’ resources (on - line and in print). These are very visual and exciting, interactive resources which help to teach children to link letters with sounds confidently. Most children are usually confident with the 44 phonic sounds by the end of KS2, although some Year 3 and 4 children may receive some extra teaching and support with phonics.
Phonics Bug
Bug Club • This is our main reading scheme within school. • It has coloured bands which the children move through to ensure that they make good progress in reading. • All children will have access to these books both in print and on-line. They will bring them home and change them every week. • Reading books will also be allocated on-line – use the Active Learn log-in. • Some older children will read books from the class library or from home; the teacher will check that the children are reading books that are enjoyable and suitable for their reading level. • However, all reading is valuable so encourage any sort of reading at home!
Shared Reading Whole class reading of a stimulating picture book, story, novel, poem or non-fiction writing. Pie Corbett’s Book Spine - books which promote enjoyment of reading; rich vocabulary, characters and plots. Talk 4 Reading / Book Talk - promoted in all shared reading sessions.
Guided Reading Ability groups of children reading with the teacher or teaching assistant. Focusing on the targets the children are working on in their reading. Groups of about 5 or 6. Reading, discussing, looking for clues, learning new vocabulary, analysing punctuation and its effects.
Reading for Pleasure We plan for this to happen every day in school. Children read their own choice of books guided by the teacher. Class library and the reading areas are located inside the classroom. A quiet atmosphere with everyone reading in class and enjoying it! Teacher or Teaching Assistant may listen to reading during this time.
Reading across the Curriculum Children find facts fascinating! Reading is promoted in every subject, linked to the topic or themes being studied in Science, History, Geography, PE, Maths. A great way to add to children’s vocabulary.
Enjoying reading at home Read at home with your child as often as you can. Find a quiet time when you can sit quietly together with the book and share it. Talk about the story- get your child to explain the main events, tell you about the characters, encourage them to state their likes and dislikes. Read stories aloud to your child. Put lots of expression into your voice and try to make it fun. Read everywhere: menus, adverts, magazines, cook books, rules of a game, metro timetables…
Spelling • Teaching spellings will be linked closely to phonic sounds in KS1. • Spelling rules will also be taught in KS1 and KS2. • High frequency and unusual words will also be taught. • Children will be using a variety of methods to learn spellings. • e.g. phonics, using root words, learning mnemonics, using shapes of words, learning about prefixes and suffixes.
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