Reception Welcome Meeting 29th September 2016

Meet the Team Miss Hockley – class teacher . In everyday except Monday’s or Wednesdays for planning and assessment time. Mrs Bowler – classroom assistant. Mrs Dickson – class teacher cover on Mondays/Wednesdays

EYFS Curriculum Topic map will be provided each term with a summary of what we will be learning about. Current topic is ‘Ourselves’, next topic is ‘Celebrations’. Small inputs (around 15/20 minutes) and then ‘choosing’. Adult led activities will happen at the same time as choosing. Children will get free flow between inside and outside when there is adult supervision in place.

EYFS Curriculum In EYFS we follow ‘Development Matters’ curriculum. 7 areas of learning, 3 prime and 4 specific. 17 early learning goals. Each surround the ‘Unique Child’ and integrate with each other. Each week children will have set phonics, literacy, maths, RE, PE and computing times. All will be based around the current topic. Children are observed playing and this is recorded and put in their learning journals.

Reading Children will be provided with a reading folder, reading record and phonics cards. Each week they will take home a new library book (on Fridays) and a new reading book (any day of the week). Your child will be heard read at school at least once a week. Please ensure that reading folders come to school everyday, and are placed in the green box which will be on the table near the pegs. Please bring back library books on a Friday.

Growth Mindset St Peters is a ‘Growth Mindset School’. Focusses on ‘I can overcome’, ‘I learn from my mistakes’ ‘I can do better than my best’. In Reception we use ‘Learning Superheroes’. Children will receive stickers for being like one of the superheroes. These will be recorded in their ‘Learning Journals’.

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Reminders Gate is unlocked at 8:30, children should not be unsupervised. Doors open at 8:40 and close at 8:50. Children are considered late from 9. E-Safety – meetings coming soon. Any medication should be up to date (eg. Inhalers). Cannot be administered by teaching staff, parents must come into school for this. Please bring money in an envelope. A reminder to ensure all school uniform is neat and tidy. Long hair should be tied back. Annual consent forms/home school agreements/photo forms – please! PE kits

Snack/lunch times Snacks should be ‘snacks’ and should be fruit or vegetables. Please ensure you are ordering hot dinners – please let me know if you are having any problems with this. Healthy lunches – no nuts/seeds.

Behaviour Reception behaviour policy: Children will receive three warnings after bad behaviour/breaking class rules. After this they will be on the sad cloud. After this they will have 5 minutes time out. School behaviour policy: 4 school rules If any are broken, children will receive a behaviour mark. If children receive a behaviour mark they will be in ‘Reflection’. A record of behaviour marks is kept in the reading records. Positive behaviour: Children will be put on the ‘super rainbow’. They will receive a ‘Miss Hockley’ sticker. Please ask the children why they received this. Pip the Polite Parrot and Kindness Tree. Star of the Week Please let us know if there is anything going on at home that may affect your child in school.

Donations Tissues Old toys/cards/junk modelling Outgrown uniform

Any questions?