Transcript Welcome to Hedgehogs - Horsell Village School

Welcome to Badgers !
Parent Induction Meeting
Tuesday 13th September 2011
What does your child need at
school?
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Communication book
A coat and jumper
A waterproof jacket
A named cup for water
Named fruit (small pots where possible
please!)
• Named PE kit – indoor and outside
What is a typical day in Year One
like?
• Children are encouraged to enter school
independently
• They register themselves & change their reading
book
• Do their morning jobs
• Start their integrated day
• Attend reflections
• Lunchtime
• Continue with integrated day
Numeracy
Creativity
Reading
Enquiry and
investigation
Literacy
Integrated
day
Outside
Classroom
PE
Problem
solving
Technology
A range of
teacher focus
and
child
initiated
learning
• Each day children
have the
opportunity to
support their
learning in different
ways through –
adult focus learning
adult directed
learning
child initiated
learning
Adult and child initiated activities
The learning activities are chosen to provide
children with the opportunity to –
Learn something new
Practise skills they have learnt
Confidently apply skills and understanding
Topics
• Autumn – Our class animal and Space
• Spring – Dinosaurs
• Summer – The Olympics
The outside classroom
• We are lucky at Horsell Village School to have
excellent outside facilities
• Children have the opportunity to use these
facilities on a daily basis, as part of their outside
classroom, to enhance their learning
• Activities are planned using the Year One
curriculum and are linked to the objectives
inside.
• Please help us to look after our facilities and
encourage children not to play in vulnerable
areas such as the Sensory Garden and Pond
Area before or after school.
Reading
Reading at school
• Guided reading takes place weekly. This is
a group activity which discreetly teaches
objectives from the Literacy strategy.
• Individual reading is also weekly. It is an
opportunity for children to practice skills
acquired during guided reading. Reading
comments will be recorded on alternate
weeks with Numeracy comments.
• Reading skills are taught daily.
Reading
Reading at home
• Try to read with your child as often as you can.
• Please sign their communication book when you
have read with your child.
• They can read the same book more than once.
• Please support us in encouraging your child to
change their books daily.
• Books from home or the library can be read
alongside school books.
Phonics and Word work
• Phonic and word work have started in
school already and are practised daily.
• There is a key word list on the website of
all the key words we will be covering in
Year One. These can be used for word
finding when reading and for spelling
practise at home. Weekly phonics and key
words will be shared via the website.
Split class
• In the event that the teacher is absent
from the classroom the children will be
split between the other classes in the
school.
PPA
• Tuesday afternoon is the Year 1 teachers
PPA time (Planning, Preparation &
Assessment).
• This time is planned and delivered by our
team of excellent TA’s, who will also
dismiss the class at the end of the day.
• The children enjoy a wide range of
activities linked to the current topic.
Open classroom
• Is on Thursday.
• You are welcome to come into the classroom to
look at what your child has been learning.
• Please respect the privacy of others and only
look at your child’s work.
• Younger siblings are more than welcome in the
classrooms, but please ensure the children are
not touching any of the classroom resources.
Marking Symbols
• We use a range of symbols when marking.
Target Met
Hard work
www.ebi
Improvement
Good Presentation
Parent Helpers
• We love to have help!
• CRB checks are required before parents
can work in school. Forms can be
obtained from the office.
• We particularly need help with the library
on a regular basis – could be a job share!!
• Help is sometimes shared between other
classes.
Library
• Please encourage children to treat Library
books responsibly and try and keep them
separate from other books at home so
they can be identified quickly and easily!
• Children will only be allowed to take a new
book once the old one has been returned.
• There will be a charge for lost books.
Drawing and Talking
• What is Drawing and Talking?
• Drawing and talking is a safe and effective method of
working with children to help them to overcome any
emotional barriers that may be affecting their learning
and behaviour. The core of the method is encouraging
the children to draw with a person they feel comfortable
with regularly at the same time each week, and this
person asking some non-intrusive questions about the
child’s drawings.
• If you feel that your child may benefit in any way, please
let us know. We will be starting the first round shortly.
Reminders
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Please encourage children to come in independently.
Always have a waterproof coat in school.
Please write messages on class white board.
Please ask your child to hand their communication book
to their teacher if there is an urgent message or one that
requires a response.
• Website will be up dated weekly. You can e-mail the
class. [email protected]
Please let us know if you do not wish to have your child's
photo appear in any publications.