Curriculum Meeting
RECEPTION
Staff
Acorn Class:
Rocket Class:
Mrs Cooper – Class teacher
Mrs O’Connor – Class teacher
Mrs Perera – Learning support assistant,
Mrs Sinclair-Day – Learning support assistant
HLTA cover: Miss Whitham
HLTA cover: Mrs Bonnick
Routines
Doors open at 8.40am
School starts (Doors close) at 8:50am
After 8:50am children must be brought in and registered through the school office.
Busy fingers – a chance to support your child’s learning!
One way system – choose a book with your child or browse the learning journals in the
library on your way out. Please ensure the door is fully shut behind you.
Lunchtime : 12 - 1pm Please remember that packed lunches should contain a balance of
healthy foods. No nuts or chocolate of any sort allowed.
Home time – 3.15pm Please tell us if someone else is collecting them or if they’re going
to After School Club.. If your arrangements change during the day it is important that you
phone the school office rather than email the class teacher.
PE
Kit – Coloured t-shirt and black shorts
PE Kit should be in school everyday
Please name everything
Please allow your child to dress/undress themselves at home and practice doing up
buttons, zips etc
Earrings need to be taken out or tape provided if your child cannot do this
independently and long hair should always be tied up.
Please also make sure your child brings a named water bottle everyday filled with
plain water only
Outdoor Learning
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In Early Years the children learn
outdoors everyday.
Please make sure they always have
warm, waterproof clothing and a
pair of wellington boots in school.
Home Learning
Home learning policy – see website
Library books – Parents responsibility to change library books in the
mornings with your child. Please record it in the folder.
Reading books – These are changed on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday
providing you have signed the reading record to say they have been read.
Phonics – Phase 3: we will send home sound cards as we learn them.
Parent phonics will continue on Friday mornings – please come along if you
can.
See the Reception newsletter each week for tips on how you can support
your child with:
Literacy, Maths, Topic learning
Star Moments
We would love to hear from you about your child’s new
learning, things you have observed your child doing for the
first time at home.
You may want to share special events they have experienced
eg visiting a museum, attending a family wedding etc. and
tell us how they felt about this.
Please make sure you talk to your child about what you are
writing on the star so that they are able to share it with the
Reading Scrapbook
It’s been lovely to see all the creative entries in the Reading
Scrapbooks. The children have enjoyed sharing these with their peers.
Please ensure the scrapbooks are only used to record reading
experiences and it is important that adults model and set high
expectations.
Please make sure your child’s Reading Scrapbook is in their bookbag
everyday, especially on the days we change reading books (Mon,
Weds, Fri)
Restorative Practise
When you.....
I feel...........
I need you to......
Twitter
TLDP - Feedback
Drive; Research has shown that quality feedback is the single most powerful
influence on achievement (Hattie 2012)
Discover; Effective feedback enables children to know where they are, where
they need to be and how to get there
Through our reading we have discovered that in order for feedback to be
effective we need a classroom environment which supports effective feedback
Deepen; In order to achieve this we are developing their speaking and
listening skills, developing their play skills through modelling and scaffolding,
giving children hints and cues to refocus their play and explicitly talking about
their learning.
Alongside this we are developing the children’s self awareness and empathy
towards others through our class circle times.
School Trips in the Spring Term
We are planning a trip to Windsor
Castle to
‘Help Get The Castle Ready!’
on Thursday 23rd March.
More details to follow shortly.
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Important dates for the Spring Term
01.02.17 RE Day - Vasant
03.02.17 Friends Quiz Night
06.02.17 Maths Theme Week
08.02.17 Parent Consultations 5pm – 8pm
09.02.17 Parent Consultations 3pm – 6pm
10.02.17 Half Term Begins
20.02.17 Back to School
13.03.17 RE day - Holi
16.03.17 Whole School Photo
23.03.17 Trip to Windsor Castle
30.03.17 School Disco
31.03.17 Term Ends
Email contact addresses
School office: [email protected]
Mrs Cooper: [email protected]
Mrs O’Connor: [email protected]
Any questions