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Information for parents

• Understanding the emotions of transition

• • Understanding the emotions of transition Preparing your child and what to expect

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

• • • • 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?

• • • • • • • • 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

• • • • All children visited in their pre-school settings Home visit requests Children to visit school for 2 hourly sessions Staggered intake in September

Class 1 Mrs Jennings 11 girls, 19 boys Class 2 Mrs Robinson 11 girls, 19 boys A Older Children

Oliver O’Brien Libby Till Mia Hallam Mason Blay Jasmine Brunsdon Heidi Bostock Parneet Chohan Lana Wall Reegan Trelfa Phoebe Clare Leyton Taylor Zhirr Amin Ethan Cameron Liam Buckley-Mellor Nathan Mills-McGowan

C Older Children

Oliver Smith Callum Ansell-Willington Calvin Williams Logan Priebe-Mann Jasminne Mohammad Louie Bird William Erlam Kaydi Goldsmith-Barnes Tobiasz le Gall Mia Haslam Lacey Yates Thomas Perry Riley McGonigle Holly Norman Harvey Lane

Class 1 Mrs Jennings 11 girls, 19 boys Class 2 Mrs Robinson 11 girls, 19 boys B Younger Children

Billy Mackie Ameena Mahmoud Alfie Keddie Alexander Jones Oliver Toynton Alexander Gartside Bilal Bihi Alfie Blizzard Korben Ince Caleb Murray Lacey Howard Lilly-May Lindley Declan Demet Grace Humphreys-Walker Benjamin Hood

Younger Children

Niamh Wilson Franklin Quinn Leon De-La-Warr Thomas Webster Paige Moorcroft Aaron Levay Gabriella Christian Caleb Fletcher Jonah Fields Abbiegael Hunter Nicolas Raul Evelyn Baldwin Joseph Burns Grace Peck James Jones

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Younger children

Tues 2 nd , Wed 3 rd Sept Thurs 4 th & Fri 5 th Sept Mon 9 th Sept onwards

Older children

Tues 2 nd – Fri 5 Thurs 11 th Sept th Sept Mon 8 th – Wed 10 th Sept a.m. only a.m. + lunch Full time p.m. only Lunch + pm Full time

• • • • • • • • 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

• • • • • • • • • • • 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

• • • • • • 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

• • • • • • • • • • • 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

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

• • • • • • • • 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

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

• 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).