Parents’ MeetingMrs Dempsey & Mrs Alcorn

Year 4

Omagh County P.S

Year Four Daily Routine

Break time & Lunch time

•Healthy Snacks– No kiwi fruit– No nuts– Healthy Lunch Box Challenge– Bottle of water (no juice)

•School Dinners- £2.50/day

Absence Notes

Please send in on the first day of school or a proforma will be sent home.

Areas of Learning

AREAS OF LEARNING

• Language and Literacy

• Maths and Numeracy

• The World Around Us

• The Arts• Personal

Development and Mutual Understanding

• Physical Education• Religious Education

CROSS CURRICULAR SKILLS

• Communication

• Using Maths• Using ICT

TS & PC• Thinking,

Problem-Solving and Decision Making

• Self Management

• Working With Others

• Managing Information

• Being Creative

Literacy• Talking and Listening• Reading

– Guided and Independent Reading– Library Books– Paired Reading (October)– Silent Reading

• Writing– Writing Units– Handwriting

• Phonics

Numeracy• Number• Measures• Data Handling• Shape and Space.• Processes

Encourage Mental Maths – 10/15mins dailyHome support with Mathematical facts eg. helping your child to learn their tables, time and money.

PATHS® CurriculumKey Stage 1

Barnardo’s NI

Barnardo’s NI aims to provide children and young people with a brighter future through the social and emotional learning curriculum (PATHS).

What is PATHS®?• Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies

A highly recognised Social and Emotional learning programme which covers the PDMU curriculum. (With the exception of the health and safety aspect, as this is not fully explicit.)

• Whole school Curriculum with 5 Key Concepts:

―Self-Esteem ―Emotional Understanding―Self-Control―Social Problem-Solving―Peer Relationships

Find Out More

• You can also find out more via the PATHS® Website, Facebook and Twitter pages.

www.pathseducation.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/pathseducationuk

@PATHSEdUK

Homework

•Reading (Mon to Thurs evening)

•Spellings and tables

•Written Homework

•Parental Check & Sign

It is important that you spend time with your child to support them completing their homework- don’t be tempted to do it for them!

Please let us know if they experience any difficulty.

Limit screen time.

Assessment & Reporting

• Teacher Observation• Effective Questioning• Self Assessment – Traffic Lights• End of Key Stage Assessment• Standardised Tests (April/May)• Parent Interviews – Term 1 & 2• Annual Report - Term 3

WHY ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOLIS SO IMPORTANT –

Excellent attendance at school is important to allow a child or young

person to fulfil their potential.Every single day a child is absent from school

equates to aday of lost learning.

Attendance percentages can be misleading.

100% Attendance 0 Days Missed Excellent

95% Attendance 9 Days of Absence1 Week and 4 Days of Learning Missed

Satisfactory

90% Attendance 19 Days of Absence3 Weeks and 4 Daysof Learning Missed

Poor

85% Attendance 28 Days of Absence5 Weeks and 3 Days of Learning Missed

Very Poor

80% Attendance 38 Days of Absence7 Weeks and 3 Days ofLearning Missed

Unacceptable

75% Attendance 46 Days of Absence9 Weeks and 1 Day ofLearning Missed

Unacceptable

For some parents, 90% may seem like an acceptable level of attendance,

but the reality is that 90% attendance means that your child will miss half aschool day each week or 19 days of

school during the school year – that’snearly 4 school weeks.

• DENI are monitoring attendance much more closely than ever before.

Each month the EA Western Area EWO (Educational Welfare Officer) visits the school to monitor attendance.

Therefore during the year if you child hits any of the above attendance levels you will be informed so you too are aware of how much learning time this equates to.

Other things worth a mention!

• Citizen of the Week – Award and Certificate • Golden Time – Friday afternoon• Inhalers • Parent Volunteers• Homework Club• Please check school bag for forms etc• School Website – up-to- date news and photos!

(www.omaghcounty.com)

Questions ????