Maadi British International School

Welcome to Year 4 !

The Class Teaching Team

 Class Teacher –Miss Wright  Teaching Assistant – Ms Maysa

4ST

  Class Teacher – Ms Timperley Teaching Assistant – Ms Nardine

A little about me…

 From Brighton, United Kingdom  Graduated from Brighton University. BA (Hons) Primary Education  10 years experience working with children  6 years teaching experience plus management

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Year 4 Subjects

Mathematics Science ICT (Ms Brand) History/ Geography Art/ Design and Technology Religious Education/ Personal, Social and Health Education Second languages (Ms Sabrina. Ms Marwah) Physical Education (Ms Beckley) Drama (Ms Sophie)

English – main areas of learning

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11 Strands

Speaking Listening and responding Group discussions and interaction Drama Word structure and spelling Understanding and interpreting texts Engaging with and responding to texts Creating and shaping texts Text structure and organisation Sentence structure and punctuation Presentation

Mathematics – main areas of learning

        7 Strands Using and applying mathematics Counting and understanding number Knowing and using number facts Calculating Understanding shape Measuring Handling Data

Science Topics

     Habitats Separating Materials Electricity Moving and Growing Forces

ICT

    Specialist Lessons Additional ICT ICT in Mathematics (Abacus) Laptops/Apple Macs/Ipads

Foundation Subjects

History    Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Geography    Maps Weather Contrasting Locality

Foundation Subjects

DT    Bread Light it up Pop up books Art   Journeys Take a Seat

Foundation Subjects PHSE/RE

   Relationships Celebrations Hinduism    Lifestyle Citizenship Ramadan and Eid

Our timetable…

 In the homework diaries  Timetables are flexible to meet the needs of the children

Routines

   Reading – – – Once a week Group Guided reading Individual reading Weekly spellings – Set on a Thursday (test the following week). Spelling activity set Thursday.

Weekly mental maths – Set on Wednesday (test on following Wednesday).

Home Learning…

    Subjects – Literacy, Mathematics, Abacus Time – 30-40 minutes.

Diaries Reading – Daily is beneficial

How to help your child with home learning

   Establish a routine with your child: a set time and place for home learning to be done Check what tasks have been set and that your child understands what needs to be done Encourage independence: facilitate not dominate!

Expectations

In Year 4, the children will be encouraged to:  Further develop their ability to work independently as well as part of a group  Access exploratory schemes of learning  Build up on existing knowledge and explore new methods

Reward systems

 Class rewards – – House points Golden Book Award  House system – contributing to team success

Looking ahead…

     Theme days Events – Book week. International week Class assembly Phase musical production Well Springs Trip  Volunteer system – [email protected]

The Home School Partnership

 Open Door Policy  Home School Book  Email ( [email protected]

)  Appointment  Parent Consultations in October, February and June.

 Mid year report – February  End of year report - June

FOMBIS

  Class Volunteer System (trips, activities and coffee mornings) Halloween Party – Thursday 30 th October Jacqui Garib ( [email protected]

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Any Questions...?