Hazel

Welcome to Hazel Class. We are a Year 4 class and we have 17 pupils. Our teacher is Miss Swain and our teaching assistants are Mrs Sirett and Mrs Anderson.

In history, we will be investigating how the achievements of the ancient Maya impacted their society and beyond. We will explore the challenges faced by the ancient Maya when settling in the rainforest and evaluate historians' claims on the decline of the ancient Maya cities.
In geography, we will be learning all about rivers and how they are used. We will learn how rivers are formed; where we find rivers; the features of our local rivers; how people use rivers and how the 'Water Cycle' works.

Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday. We work with Commando Joe on a Thursday. Children should wear their PE kit on these days.

In Hazel Class we are particularly focusing on:

All marking is responded to
Sensible faces (as part of pupil self-assessment)
Lay out each page correctly
Perfecting your punctuation
Correct letter formation and joined handwriting
Spellings copied correctly
Having a can-do attitude
No doodling or scribbling
No rubbing out

DUM TUMS (Date, underline, miss a line, title, underline, miss a line, success criteria)

We all have been involved in a dialogue about the high expectations we have of all pupils. Effective feedback involves a dialogue to identify what has been done well and the next steps to learning. Pupils are regularly given verbal feedback about their work and areas to work on. Where appropriate, we use pink highlighting to identify where we are 'Tickled Pink' that the Success Criteria (expectations set out at the start of the lesson) have been achieved. Green highlighting identifies a next step (Green for Growth). Children are also encouraged to self-edit and correct or improve something using their purple polish pen. For more information, please do ask your child, read our policy on the school website or speak to us.

What do you need for school?
Your PE Kit (team coloured T-shirt, shorts and trainers, plus track suit type trousers and top during the winter months).This term children will wear their PE kits to school on PE days on every Tuesday and Thursday.

Your book bag, with reading book and reading record.
Bottle of fresh WATER.
KS2 need to bring a fresh fruit snack for break time (infants receive a piece of fruit from school).
Outdoor shoes and a change of clothes for the school field in winter and a coat, warm hat and gloves during the winter.
To know if you are a school dinner or a packed lunch.
Sun hat and sun cream during the summer.

Pencil cases are not required, all stationery will be provided.