Welcome Evening

Information for parents

Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?• Understanding the emotions of transition

Are You Ready?• Understanding the emotions of transition• Preparing your child and what to expect

Are You Ready?• Understanding the emotions of transition• Preparing your child and what to expect• What should we be doing at home

Are You Ready?• Understanding the emotions of transition• Preparing your child and what to expect• What should we be doing at home?• What should we be doing in school?

Daily Routines• School starts 8.45am. • Your child to put named snack in the boxes

on the trolley• Line up outside the classroom• Put reading folder in box• Hang coat up• Hang PE bag on peg• Write name using laminated name card• Sign in on the interactive who’s in school

board

Transition• All children visited in their pre-school

settings• Home visit requests• Children to visit school for 2 hourly

sessions• Staggered intake in September

Class SplitsClass 1 Mrs Jennings 11 girls, 19 boys Class 2 Mrs Robinson 11 girls, 19 boys

A Older Children

C Older Children

Oliver O’BrienLibby TillMia HallamMason BlayJasmine BrunsdonHeidi BostockParneet ChohanLana WallReegan TrelfaPhoebe ClareLeyton TaylorZhirr AminEthan CameronLiam Buckley-MellorNathan Mills-McGowan

Oliver SmithCallum Ansell-WillingtonCalvin WilliamsLogan Priebe-MannJasminne MohammadLouie BirdWilliam ErlamKaydi Goldsmith-BarnesTobiasz le GallMia HaslamLacey YatesThomas PerryRiley McGonigleHolly NormanHarvey Lane

Class SplitsClass 1 Mrs Jennings 11 girls, 19 boys Class 2 Mrs Robinson 11 girls, 19 boys

B Younger Children

D Younger Children

Billy MackieAmeena MahmoudAlfie KeddieAlexander JonesOliver ToyntonAlexander GartsideBilal BihiAlfie BlizzardKorben InceCaleb MurrayLacey HowardLilly-May LindleyDeclan DemetGrace Humphreys-Walker Benjamin Hood

Niamh WilsonFranklin QuinnLeon De-La-WarrThomas WebsterPaige MoorcroftAaron LevayGabriella ChristianCaleb FletcherJonah FieldsAbbiegael HunterNicolas RaulEvelyn BaldwinJoseph BurnsGrace PeckJames Jones

Starting SchoolYounger childrenTues 2nd , Wed 3rd Sept a.m. onlyThurs 4th & Fri 5th Sept a.m. + lunchMon 9th Sept onwards Full time

Older childrenTues 2nd – Fri 5th Sept p.m. onlyMon 8th – Wed 10th Sept Lunch + pmThurs 11th Sept Full time

Daily Routines• School starts 8.45am. • Your child to put named snack in the boxes

on the trolley• Line up outside the classroom• Put reading folder in box• Hang coat up• Hang PE bag on peg• Write name using laminated name card• Sign in on the interactive who’s in school

board

Daily Routines• Choose a “busy job”• Register, calendar, circle time/ teaching input• Focused activities, “busy jobs”• Snack time• Focused activities, “busy jobs”• Lunch time• Register, teaching input• Focused activities, “busy jobs”• Playtime• Story• Home time

Lunchtimes• Staggered start – easier to settle• Staff stay with children• Free school meal for Reception & KS1• Choose from school dinner or packed

lunch straight away• Lunch box named on outside with

healthy options inside• Lunchtime playtime

What do we learn?• Early Years Foundation Stage

Curriculum• Learning is split into 7 areas

• 3 Prime Areas• Personal, Social and Emotional Development• Communication and Language• Physical Development

• 4 Specific Areas• Literacy• Mathematics• Understanding of the World• Expressive Arts and Design

EYFS Profile• 17 Early Learning Goals• 3 Characteristics of Learning • Assessment • Observations• Shared with parents• Basis of reports• Used for transition to Yr1

How can parents help?• Share information from home• Bring examples of child’s learning from

home• Come to the Reading meeting – Autumn

term• Come to the Maths Workshop –Autumn

term• Come to Parents’ Evenings – end of first

half term• Communicate – record book, before/ after

school• Help in school• Join the PTA

Uniform• Samples in school• Logo on sweatshirt and cardigan• Easy to pull on clothes• Black shoes• PE• Wellingtons and coats• Name in/ on EVERYTHING

Lynx Club

Lunchtimes

• From September 2014 the Government has announced Free school meals for all children in Reception and KS1

The Benefits are…• Improved concentration, attainment, behaviour• Increased awareness of food groups, • Savings to family budget• Children who eat well as children eat well as adults. If you are eligible for free school meals in any

case, PLEASE fill out the required form. This will give school more money to support your child (PUPIL PREMIUM).

Thank you, any

questions?