Year 4 Parents Meeting

Welcome to the
Helping your child reach for the stars!
Learning Gains Success


Miss Edwards 4E
Mrs Evans 4B
Mr Davis 4D
Mrs Poulton Teaching Assistant
Mrs Damms Teaching Assistant
Mrs Shields- Teaching Assistant

Children will also work with:
Miss Milnthorpe- providing PPA cover
Mrs Phillips School Learning Mentor
Mrs Green SEN
Mr Crees Forest school

The Year 4 Teaching Team...

Healthy School

Healthy School Standard/Healthy food/snacks
Children at Lyndon Green are expected to eat healthy
snacks only! Please do not send crisps for break times.

Water bottles Every child in year 4 should have a water
bottle in school from Monday Friday. Take these home
on a Friday to be cleaned. Sports caps preferrable.
Requirements
Dark shorts
Plain t-shirt
Pumps or Trainers
(Tracksuit bottoms)
(Swimming Kit)- Spring
Term
Jewellery - Earrings
Either
Dont wear on PE days
Take them in/out yourself
Cover up with plasters/tape
Long hair to be tied back please!
Class Days for Autumn Term
4E Tuesday and Thursday
4B Thursday and Friday
4D Tuesday and Friday
Days may change so please keep PE kit in
school!
Learning Enhancements

Home/School diary
-To be completed daily and signed by parents
weekly
- Handed in every day for TAs to check
- Teacher will sign once a week
Please use the diary as a way of
communication.

Homework requirements
*Reading 4 times a week signed by an adult
*English Once every two weeks (sent home
Monday to be back by the following Friday)
*Maths Once a week (sent home Friday to be
handed in on a Wednesday)
Policies

Readiness for school Wearing the correct uniform
Attendance/Punctuality It is very important to be on time
and to have the best attendance possible in Year 4
Contact with school (home/school diary/office/teacher)
Behaviour and care policy
-Being assertive
-Bullying
Medicines/Inhalers The office should be informed of any
medications to be taken by children
The Year Ahead

Autumn
Term

!Burps,
Bottoms
and Bile.
!Gods and
Mortals
Spring
Term

!Potion
s
!1066
Summer
Term

!Playlists
!Road Trip
USA
OUR NEW CURRICULUM

ENGAGE
Children engage in purposeful and contextualised learning experiences;
in and outside the classroom.
DEVELOP
Children develop knowledge, understanding and subject skills required to
progress their learning through quality differentiation and focused learning
tasks and experiences.
INNOVATE
Children are given the opportunity to innovate by applying their knowledge,
skills and understanding through a challenging provocation, using their own
and negotiated ideas.
EXPRESS
Children express and evaluate their knowledge, understanding and skills,
as outcomes of the learning in different memorable forms including using a
variety of media and technology.
Burps, Bottoms and Bile

ENGAGE
Visit from Mad Science
Investigate how they brush their own teeth
Adapt popular recipes to make their own healthier snack options
Make a fact le/leaet about healthy teeth and gums to be displayed at the dental
surgery
DEVELOP
Investigate how saliva starts the process of digestion.
Use dental mirrors to check their own teeth
Create a diagram to show the process of digestion
Compare the digestive system of a human with that of a lion or horse etc
INNOVATE
Use skills learnt during develop week and plan, design and make their model of the
digestive system
EXPRESS
Make a video to present their working digestive system model. Write a class song
about digestion

Topic Explanation
texts
Fantasy Narrative Character
Profiles/Descriptions

Myths and Legends
Resources A range of
explanation
texts e.g. how
things work
Watch clips to see
how the digestive
system works
Historical sources to
find out about Zeus
and the stories
surrounding the other
gods and goddesses
A range of Greek quest
myths and discuss
features of them.
Key Skills Children to
write an
explanation
about tooth
decay using
language
features
Children to write a
fantasy story
imagining they are a
piece of food
travelling through
the digestive system
Children write a short
description of their
chosen god/goddess.
Children to create their
own god/goddess.
Use evidence to draw
conclusions, use
descriptive language.
Create interactive
maps of their quest
and then build up to
writing their own myth.
Vocabulary Present tense
Causal
connectives
Technical
vocabulary
Time connectives,
Sentence openers,
description
Adjectives, evidence,
powerful, mighty,
alliteration and
metaphors
Hero, heroine, myth,
quest, mythical
creatures, characters,
compare and contrast
Topic Number Measurement
(Measure)
Geometry (Shape
and Space)
Statistics
(Handling Data)
Key Skills Place value of 4 and
5 digit numbers,
counting on in 10s
and 100s,
multiplication and
division for all times
tables, fractions of
amounts, written
methods for
addition, decimal
number lines,
Converting units,
confident with using
cm, km, g, kg, 12/24
hour clocks and
digital times,
perimeter and area,
volume and capacity
Coordinates,
translating patterns,
angles, regular and
irregular shapes,
classifying triangles,
position and
direction
Tally charts, tables,
bar charts, line
graphs, interpreting
and understanding
the data, finding the
mode
Vocabulary /
Key Questions
Thousands,
hundreds, tens and
ones. Partition,
place, more, less,
between, round.

Kilograms, grams,
metres, centimetres,
litres, digital
Polygon, sides,
vertices, edges,
names of 2D and 3D
shapes, scalene,
equilateral, acute,
obtuse
...
Frequency, tally,
least popular, how
many more.
Events/Dates

Clubs
Dates will also be issued regarding the start up of new clubs. For
example: art club, netball club, computer club, cooking club which all
ran successfully last year.

17.9.14- 19.9.14 Condover Residential
21.10.14 Parents Evening 4-6pm
23.10.14 Parents Evening 5-7pm

27.10.14 31.10.14 HALF TERM

14.11.14 4D Class Assembly
18.11.14 Individual class photographs
21.11.14 4B Class Assembly
28.11.14 4E Class Assembly
18.12.14 Christmas service am and Christmas parties pm.
19.12.14 Break up for Christmas

Dates and information about the Autumn 2 trip will be sent out as
soon as possible.

Any questions?

There is a brief time now for general questions.
For more personal questions please make an
appointment to see the class teacher, if necessary,
prior to parents evening.
Thank you for coming to
support your child and our
school.