the y3/4 team
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The Y3/4 Team. Mr. Jaycock – Literacy, Science, Student and other placements co-ordination, Music support Mr. McCahon – Sustainability, Geography Mrs. Steer – Shadow Science Mr. Bogod – Shadow RE. Key areas for Y3/4. Organisers Reading / Numeracy / Science ICT / Fronter / Cyber Safety - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mr. Jaycock – Literacy, Science, Student and other placements co-ordination, Music support
Mr. McCahon – Sustainability, Geography
Mrs. Steer – Shadow ScienceMr. Bogod – Shadow RE
The Y3/4 Team
Organisers
Reading / Numeracy / Science
ICT / Fronter / Cyber Safety
Creative Curriculum
PE
Sustainability
Opportunities for wider learning
Key areas for Y3/4
Home School Agreement
Link between home and school
Target setting – personal and academic
Timetable alterations
Times tables check / helpful hints
Reading record – star readers
Organisers
We know that children who read with parents at home:
1. Show the strongest development at all levels of reading.
2. Always show more development than those that don’t. Children who only receive extra help at school make some improvement but nowhere near as much as those who also read with their parents.
3. Show a better attitude to learning and better behaviour at school.
4. Some children who read to their parents who cannot themselves read English, or cannot read at all, still show improvement in their reading.
Reading
In Key Stage 2 we continue to run the ‘Star Readers’ reading certificate awards your child participated in through Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
The main difference is that we give these awards termly rather than each half-term.
Star Readers
Our expectation is that all children should be Star readers each term.
To achieve this they must:
Read 4 times per week.
Have their organiser signed by you as verification, even if your child reads independently. (This year there is additional space in the organiser to record reading at the weekend.)
Star Readers
As juniors, children are expected to change their book independently after telling their teacher that they have finished the previous one.
From time to time teachers will ensure children are reading at the correct level but we also rely on the children themselves and parents informing us if they feel the books are too easy or too hard.
Teachers are happy for children to read their own books from home as long as they are appropriately challenging.
More about reading
As you know, exchange of books is monitored by the use of a computer running Micro-Librarian software.
Children are expected to use the computer, for the
most part independently, to return and take out books.
They use a barcode scanner to identify the book to
the machine, and then either their own thumbprint or their own barcode in their organiser to identify themselves.
Library
The use of the computer gives us good information about book use.
It is a tool for library administration and an opportunity for children to become competent and responsible managers of their own book habits.
The library provides reference and reading materials for children and teachers.
Volunteer library monitors from Year 6 work daily during break times, supervised by Mrs. Phillips. They are responsible for maintaining library organisation and tidiness of the books.
We encourage all children to join and use their local library.
Library
Key areas
Weekly times tables tests / Maths homeworkUnderstand number bonds to 20, 100....Partitioning numbers to support calculation strategies.The grid method for multiplication and chunking
methods for division. Refer to calculation policy – or come to see us
Numeracy
In 2009-10 our curriculum was reorganised into areas that allow us to focus on a particular theme but generally incorporate all of the foundation subjects within it. We continue to refine and develop our curriculum in an ongoing way. Some subjects are taught separately to varying degrees to ensure we are covering National Curriculum objectives.
Creative homework allows us to extend the children’s learning and involve parents / carers in that process.
Creative Curriculum and homework
MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIESGrouping and classifying materialsChanging materialsSeparating mixtures of materials
PHYSICAL PROCESSESElectricitySimple circuitsForces and motionTypes of forceLight and soundEveryday effects of lightSeeingVibration and soundThe Earth and beyondThe Sun, Earth and Moon
Communication
Health and Safety
ScienceSCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY
Ideas and evidence in scienceInvestigative skills
PlanningObtaining and presenting
evidenceConsidering evidence and
evaluating
LIFE PROCESSES & LIVING THINGSLife processesHumans and other animals
NutritionCirculationMovementGrowth and reproductionHealth
Green plantsReproductionVariation and classification
Living things in their environmentAdaptationFeeding relationshipsMicroorganisms
Current provision – laptops, class computers, desktops in some rooms and gadgets.
School Network and Fronter VLP (Virtual Learning Platform) – secure and safe access for pupils.
Internet safety – links to school website (parents page)
Interactive Communicative Technologies (ICT)
Fronter
Black shortsWhite T shirtsSuitable footwear / trainersColder weather gear – tracksuit bottoms and
sweatshirt
PE kit
Edwalton Primary is a sustainable school
Research shows:being a sustainable school raises standardsenvironmental quality and young people’s well-
being are inextricably linked
Children have lots of opportunities to get involved in the school
Sustainability at school
Animal Club – Monday after school but limited places this year due to new DEFRA guidelines
Woodland Club – Monday after school
Eco Club – Thursday lunchtime
Pupil and family gardens – Apply to Mr Owens
Enriched curriculum – use of woods, farm outdoors in lessons
Opportunities for pupils
The school’s “outstanding provision for both sustainability and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development has a marked impact on pupils’ attitudes to learning. This leads directly to pupils’ excellent behaviour ... and their deep understanding of the world in which they live.”
Ofsted Jan 2012
Ofsted agree!