Parents Meeting Intro Y4

Mission Statement

“I have the freedom and choice to be ambitious for my future”

Vision

To inspire all, through learning experiences which enrich, excite and engage.
To be happy confident, caring and resilient learners, ready to embrace challenge.
To make consistently strong progress across the curriculum and achieve our very best.

OUR SCHOOL PRAYER

Dear Lord,

This is our prayer to you.
Help us to enjoy our school while we learn.
Teach us to respect ourselves and each other.
Show everyone how to care for each other as you care for us.
Give us the skills to use our talents wisely for the good of ourselves and others.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen

Agenda:

• Year 4 Staff & DSL’s
• Curriculum Overview
• Home Learning
• Parent partnership
• Home/School Support
• Additional Information
• Online safety
• Contacts
• Questions

Year 4 Staff:

Teachers:

Chestnut House – 4VF : Mrs Vipond (History Co-ordinator) &
Mrs Fletcher (PSHE Co-ordinator),

Sycamore House – 4CC : Miss Cartmel (Maths Co-ordinator)
Oak House – 4SS : Mrs Stevens (Music Co-ordinator)

Learning Support Assistants:

4VF: Mrs King, Mrs Henry, Miss Vowels
4CC: Mrs Edwards, Mr Clarke
4SS: Mrs Palmer

Year 4 Curriculum:

Home learning:

As children get older, they will increasingly take responsibility for their own
work and homework tasks. That’s not to say that parents can’t help though.
Encourage your child to work independently on their homework, but also take
the opportunity to discuss it with them and to have them explain their
understanding to you. Home work will be set on Friday to be completed by
next Friday.

Weekly
• Maths – Mathletics online
• Grammar (10 mins) – CGP book

Home learning:

Reading regularly to an adult across a wide range of genres. We expect
children should read for a minimum of 30 minutes every evening at home.

Spellings – there will be no spellings sent home – children will learn their
spellings at school, but the Spelling Shed app is available to use at home so
children can practise.

Mathletics homework is set weekly in line with topics covered during
lessons.

Additional work to support the learning will be set on Google Classroom

Remote Learning will be provided through Google Classroom.

Parent Partnership:

Monitor your child completing their Home learning to ensure they are
completing their work to the best of their ability and are handing in on time.
We will go through the homework in the CPG books in school each Friday
morning.

Ensure your child reads regularly and reads a good variety of genres.

Ensure your child knows their times tables – practise, practise, practise.

Discuss school with your child. What was the most interesting thing you
learned today? What did you enjoy today?

Practise real life maths, mental skills - addition and subtraction, telling the
time, money and word problems.

Watch the news and discuss topical issues.

End of the day: It is helpful if children have a regular meeting point with
whoever is picking them up further away from the main gates to ensure the
driveway is clear so children can leave safely and securely.

Home/School Support : I am Mrs Hodgson -  the
Home/School Support Worker
at Bilton C of E Junior School.

At BJS we are very aware that in order to support children in achieving the
best possible outcomes, we must look at the ‘whole child.'  
We now live in a time where pressures on children and their families are
mounting and sometimes that can impact on the way children behave, learn and
feel.  We also know that at times parents need support to.
We are invested in your child’s learning and pay particular attention to their
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) in-put.  My role supports this
through me working with children and families to identify any barriers to
wellbeing and learning. We then work together to look at the best ways to
tackle concerns. Positive changes can be achieved through support delivered
directly in school, for example through 1:1 with the child (this might include
work with RISE resources or Draw & Talk Therapy), delivering parenting
support or holding  Early Help support meetings. This is not an exhaustive list! 
There may also be times where we need to look at services delivered by
external services but I can work with you to access those.
If there is an issue that may, in some way, impact on your child’s wellbeing or
ability to either attend school or settle and concentrate once they are with us,
please let me know.  

Additional Information:

Accelerated Reading: Children will be able to take a quiz after reading a
text at home or at school. The children will be given passwords and shown how
to access the platform. However, when accessing the site at home (as it is a
subscription site) you have to have the correct url.:
https://ukhosted43.renlearn.co.uk/2249404/
Curriculum Trips – allowed to restart again and parents will be informed of
these in due course. Your first trip is Cadbury’s.
Music Lesson – Those children who currently have music lessons with Alixe,
Hannah and Fiona will continue to do so unless you have told them otherwise.
Those that wish to have lessons contact the office and a letter will be sent
home.
DfE MTC: Multiplication Times Table Assessment 2022

Additional Information:

DfE MTC: Multiplication Times Table Assessment 2022
After School Clubs – The Haven and lots of other clubs available.
Parents Evenings: 4th and 6th October - save the date.

Online safety:

Our Online Safety policy reflects the importance of using information
systems and electronic communication safely.
We aim to keep our children safe online in school and promote their safety at
home when using mobile phones, games consoles and wireless technology. We
feel it is important to educate our children on the benefits, risks and
responsibilities of using information technology.

Online Safety is taught to all pupils explaining how to stay safe and behave
smartly online (SMART rules) throughout the year.

We also celebrate Safer Internet Day in February to help children become
more aware of the internet.

Online safety:

We are all able to recognise that the internet is an
essential element in modern day life.

Here are a few tips for safe internet use:

• Set time limits for internet use. Balance time on the
computer with time outside or other activities.

• Ensure your child understands why it is important not
to publish private information.

• Placing systems with internet access in communal
rooms is a wise decision and installing safety software.

• Tell your child to talk to a trusted adult if anything
inappropriate happens online.

For further information please see the school website under, school info, online
safety

Contacts:

[email protected]

Please contact the school office, in the first
instance if you wish to speak to a class teacher.

Q&A session

If you have any questions please direct them to us via
[email protected] email address and they

will be answered.

Thank you!