Meet the Teacher September 2017 Welcome to Hazel Class! Meet the Teacher September 2017

The most important thing … INDEPENDENCE! Time Space Patience Problem Solving Positive Relationships Expectation The most important thing … INDEPENDENCE! Useful to remember that this is a curriculum built on children’s ability to make choices and take initiative.

Our Typical Weekly Activities Flexible timetable Play: cycle of planning, observation and assessment. Collective Worship (daily) and RE Circle Time: teaching togetherness, imagination, listening skills; kindness and behaviour all through games and singing! Adult led phonics, literacy, mathematics, topic. Funky Fingers: getting the body ready for writing and developing motor skills. BIG writing: cursive letter formation. Flexible timetable so that we can respond to what the children show us they need. Play: Levels of child initiated “play” will change throughout the year.; especially as we near the end of Reception.

How Families can help at Home … Reading 5 times per week Self care/independence: dressing, gathering belongings ready for the day, using the loo, using cutlery. Passport Maths packs (January) Star Slips

Bits & Bobs Newsletters Parents’ Evening Meetings: successes and challenges, settling/social wellbeing, curriculum areas, next steps, concerns Reports: Summer terms Cursive Handwriting: it is a journey; BIG Writing. Reading: Reading Records and Phonics Mats, Guided Reading, Reading Passports Medicines / Nits , etc. Accidents at school: injury bands, head injury forms Letters: please give notes and reply slips to Mrs Stagg in the office. PPA/Specialist Teaching on a Wednesday: Mr Turner (Music) & Mrs Robbins (PE). PE Kit: Shorts, t-shirt, jumper, trousers, socks; Outdoor shoes; Wellies; Waterproof; Warm coat; Spare clothes