Ightham Primary School OAK Class Mrs Dix, Mrs Brown & Mrs Gray. Ightham Primary School

HOME-SCHOOL CONTACT BOOK Important link between home and school Homework and letters Signed daily by staff

MEDICINES All prescribed medicines need to be taken to the school office by an adult – we cannot give the children medicines which have not been prescribed, e.g. cough sweets, calpol. Medication form to be completed 2x Inhalers / Epi-pens (one in office & one in class) to be in school at all times. Please send them into school in clear plastic boxes and ensure the box is clearly labelled. Allergies

TIMETABLE The weekly timetable will be displayed in the classroom and available on the class page of the website. Forest School – Monday afternoon this term. Need long sleeves to cover arms, long trousers to cover legs and wellies. We will go out in any weather. Swimming – Thursday afternoon this term. 5 x 1 hour sessions.

UNIFORMS AND P.E. KIT Please label EVERYTHING! Smart uniform is required everyday Wellingtons Long hair must be tied up During term time, P.E. kit should be in school everyday No nail polish If applicable – earrings, one set of plain studs (children must be able to remove their own earrings for PE lessons otherwise they cannot be PE)

SNACKS AND PACKED LUNCH Fruit / vegetables snacks for break times – labelled bags/boxes Milk http://www.coolmilk.com Due to an increasing number of children suffering from nut allergies the school is now nut free. Please ensure that all snacks and packed lunches do not contain any nuts.

THE SCHOOL DAY Staff are on duty from 8:35am – please no children on the playground earlier than this. -Bell rings at 8:50am -Children line up sensibly School day begins at 8:50am Play time at 10.45am Lunch at 12.20pm School day ends at 3.20pm

STATIONERY All stationery is provided by the school Y5 /6 may bring in fountain pens If children bring in their own pencil cases, please encourage them to think about their size as they need to fit into their trays and their contents – it should be stationery that may actually be needed in class.

MARKING Work will be marked against the specific Learning Objective (WALT) Pink for positive comments Green for next steps Spelling VF – verbal feedback

BELOW AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS ASSESSMENT Throughout the year, formative assessments are carried out and each child’s progress is assessed against age-related expectations. Your child will therefore be in one of four broad bands for Reading, Writing and Maths: Below Age-Related Expectations Emerging Expected Exceeding BELOW AGE-RELATED EXPECTATIONS EMERGING EXPECTED EXCEEDING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The expectation is that your child would be in the “Emerging” band at the start of the school year. This is because the curriculum for that year would not yet have been taught to your child. By the end of the school year, the expectation would be that your child would be in the “Expected” band. “Expected” means that your child is working at the expected level for a child of that age. Parent Consultations will take place in Terms 1 and 4. End of Year Reports are sent home in July

BEHAVIOUR Class Rules (decided by the children and based on the code of conduct and School/Woodland rules) Individual rewards: Verbal praise; house points, particularly if on “very good” smiley face at the end of the day. Class rewards: Class earn points towards a reward at the end of each week – will usually be time to play with indoor equipment or games outside etc. Ted is awarded to the table with most points at the end of the day. Consequences: verbal warning; last out to play to allow for a conversation between adult and child; then on to break time lost. Parents informed if a serious offence or repeated action.

READING Reading books Your child is responsible for changing his / her book when needed. Please use the reading section in the Home-School Contact Book to note down which page your child has read to and any difficulties. Weekly Library visits.

15 minutes daily reading independently HOMEWORK Reading 15 minutes daily reading independently Every day n/a Spellings 5 minutes per day Monday English and Maths 30 minutes each Friday Wednesday X Tables 5 minutes daily Tested every week Spellings will come home in the new spelling books – children to complete look, read, cover and write exercises across the week and any of the activities of their choice from the front page. Activities will also be set on Purple Mash when there are games/quizzes related to that week’s spelling patterns, e.g. this week is homophones. Purple Mash log-ins in the front of contact books. Maths/English Homework will be clipped into Home-School Contact books. Times tables can also be practised on the website ttrockstars.com. Log-ins can be found in the front of contact books.

ABSENCE Please notify the school by telephone before 8.50am If your child has been sick or had diarrhoea, they must be kept home for a minimum of 48 hours after the last occurrence If your child arrives after the register has been taken, please ensure you sign them in at the school office

A chance for your child to share his / her work with you. DROP IN Wednesday 3.25pm – 3.40pm A chance for your child to share his / her work with you.

MOBILE PHONES Mobile phone is taken to the office at the beginning of the day where it is signed in. Only collected at the end of the school day (3.20pm) and signed out. We have discussed with the children about not using it on school grounds.

WALKING HOME ALONE Permission is needed in writing – on a separate piece of paper rather than in contact books please. Please state if this applies to particular days and whether you are happy for them to walk down from clubs at 4.15pm or whether you will collect them from school at this time.

EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES Do you have any job skills or hobbies that you could bring into school and share with the Year 6 children this year? Parent/ grandparent volunteer meeting on Monday 17th September at 9am in the library.

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