Welcome to Year 4!

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Welcome to Year 4!
Exciting History!
Year 4 Production!
Trips!
Experiments!
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Main areas of the curriculum

• Literacy Narrative, Non-Fiction and Poetry.
• Numeracy Place value, 4 rules, data handling,
  shape space and measure.
• Science Moving and Growing and Electricity.
• ICT Text and graphics, databases and control.
• Humanities RE, PSHCE, History, Geography, Music,
  French, PE.

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Swimming

• It is a legal requirement that every child can
  swim 25 metres when they leave Primary School.
• Year 4 is the optimum age to learn to swim.
• Each class will attend lessons for half a year.
• Class JB will start in September and swim until
  February, when Class KL will
• start.

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Swimming Kit.

• The children will need to bring their kit
  in a
• clearly labelled bag.
• Girls should wear a one piece swimming costume.
• Boys need to wear closely fitting swimming trunks
  (Bermuda type shorts are not allowed for swimming
  lessons).
• Long hair and fringes should be tied back or a
  swimming cap worn.
• Earrings should not be worn on Mondays or taken
  out at school before leaving for the pool.
• Goggles are allowed but need to be named.
• There is a cover charge of 1 a week for
• transport which we try to collect before the
• lessons commence, but you can pay as you go.

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Homework Routines

• Homework will be set on a Friday and is due in
  each Wednesday but children can hand it in
  earlier.
• Whilst it is not compulsory, we do encourage all
  children to do homework because it enhances their
  learning.
• Usually they will get two pieces of homework each
  week.
• It is expected that each piece will take
  approximately 20 minutes.
• You can help by reading through and helping your
  child complete it if necessary. You could also
  encourage them to do their best and complete it
  to a high standard.

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Reading and Spellings

• Encourage your child to read each night even if
  it is only a few pages.
• Record when your child has read in their homework
  diaries.
• If they read three times in a week and bring
  their signed homework diary every Friday, they
  will win extra Team Points!

• Spellings will be given out on a Friday and
  tested the following Friday.
• Please help your child to practise their
  spellings at home and if they are unsure of the
  meanings, they should look them up in a
  dictionary.
• They will also be given the chance to put them
  into sentences.

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Homework Diaries

• Homework diaries are provided so that the
  children can jot down homework tasks and
  important messages.
• Because we recognise most parents are busy,
  please feel free to use the diaries to jot down
  any concerns or issues you wish to bring to our
  attention.
• We will check the homework diaries every Friday
  but children can hand them to us any morning if
  they have a message for us.

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Parent Help!

• If you would like to come and help on a regular
  slot or as a one-off, we would be very happy to
  have you!
• Regular Help
• Listening to readers, group and individual.
• Group tasks and activities.
• One-off Help
• Help on trips.
• Classroom help for practical activities and
  projects. E.g. DT sewing and practical.
• Enrichment and Enjoyment Afternoon
• Anybody who has a skill or talent that they would
  like to
• provide for a term would be gratefully accepted!

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