Transcript Welcome to Glen Park Primary School

Welcome to Glen Park Primary
School
Foundation Stage Intake
September 2006
Partnership
 You are your child’s
foremost educator; Your
influence carries on for a
lifetime
 Your child’s education is a
joint responsibility
 By the time a child starts
school, she has already
got 85% of her language
skills
 Your child, between the
ages of 0 and 16, will
spend just 15% of his
waking hours at school
The Induction Process
 Parent:teacher
appointments
 Home School Agreement
 Staggered entry
– Importance of establishing a
secure start
– Allows children the chance
to find their way around their
new environment
– Opportunity for teachers to
get to know each child
closely from the beginning
– Allows teachers to carry out
‘baseline assessment’ of
each child
Structure of the day
 Children arrive between 8.45 and 8.55, to be
inside the classroom by 8.55 ready for the
Register
 Morning break for fruit, drink and play is at
10.30 until 11.00
 Lunchtime is from 12.00 until 1.00
 Afternoon break for play and fresh air is
from 2.00 until 2.10
 Home time is 3.15
Lunchtime
 Healthy lunch = healthy
mind and body!
– A good balanced meal - a
sandwich, a salad, some
fruit or yogurt and a drink of
juice or milk
– A school dinner
 Playtime is social time;
The MTAs will supervise
play and encourage
children to play games
with each other
People Who Work With Your
Child
Meal Time
Assistants
Speech
Therapists
Administrative
Staff
Your child
Education
Welfare
Officer
Educational
Psychologist
School
Dentist
Teachers
And
Teaching
Assistants
School
Nurse
What Will the Children Be Doing?
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Choosing a book
Playing with the toys
Painting and drawing
Using the ‘home corner’
Playing with the sand and
water
 Using the bikes and trikes
 Singing, dancing and roleplaying
What will they need?
 Wellies
 Tracksuit bottoms
 School uniform, including PE Kit
 Water to drink throughout the day
The Early Learning Goals
Communications, Language
and Literacy
Personal, Social
and Emotional
Mathematical
Development
Early Learning
Goals
Knowledge and
understanding
of the world
Physical
Development
Creative
Development
How Teaching and Learning
Progress:
 Foundation stage: pre
school and the first year of
school
– Children follow the early
learning goals for the
foundation stage
 Key Stage 2 – Years 3, 4,
5 and 6
– Children follow the National
Curriculum still, and sit their
SATs in the summer term of
Year 6
 Key Stage 1 – Years 1 and
2
– Children follow the National
Curriculum (10 subjects),
and sit their SATs in the
summer term of Year 2
Assessment
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Baseline Assessment – within first half-term
Foundation Stage Profile
Teacher Assessment - continuous
PIPs – Foundation, Year 1 and Year 4
Year 2: Standard Assessment Tests/Tasks
Year 6: Standard Assessment Tests
How Parents Can Help Us
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Talk to your child about their day
Read to or with your child every day
Check the book bag for messages
Use the reading record to communicate with
teachers (or a quick word in the morning/afternoon)
 Encourage your child to be independent
– Come into school by himself (after the first few days)
– Have the right things on the right days
Developing Learning Outside School
 Getting the balance right:
children need to play and
they need to rest.
However, you can use all
sorts of activities as
learning opportunities:
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Shopping
Cooking
Cleaning
Laundry
Gardening
Washing the car
Tidying
How We Can Help You
 If you have any questions at all, ask one of the staff.
 We will issue a termly ‘topic web’ which details the work to
be covered that term.
 If you want more ideas of how to help at home, ask the
teachers.
 We will send home a weekly newsletter so that you know
what is going on in school.
 You will be invited to regular meetings to discuss your
child.
 We will make ourselves available to talk to you –
immediately if possible, but if not, then as soon as we can.