Meet The Teacher! 2019 Hamble Class

Meet Mrs Corbett! Open door policy. I am looking forward to working with you all this year to ensure the best education for your child. If you ever have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to get in touch. It can be busy in the morning so any general messages can be put into the Home Contact Books or Reading Diaries. These are checked every morning by Miss Salter. Thank you for helping to keep the door clear in the morning 

Meet the Team! Mrs Corbett Hamble Class Teacher Miss Salter Teaching Assistant Mrs Peto Teaching Assistant Mrs Ager Teaching Assistant

Topic/Dates Autumn Term Digging Deeper. Settling in and learning new routines Hamble Class -Caring, learning, achieving together Reception Baseline Assessments Our Local environment -walking around the village The Three Little Pigs – building/materials Dinosaurs and digging for fossils (after half term) Harvest Festival - 4th October Christmas Nativity Performance Phonics Screening for year 1 – June /NFER assessments

Phonics/spelling patterns are taught daily in year groups using: Song of Sounds for Year R and 1. Phase 1 activities – Reception Early work spelling of the common exception words Yr 1: Grammar is taught through high quality texts. The children are taught to recognise the technical terms e.g. noun, verb, adjective. There will also be SPAG sessions with Mrs Corbett every week.

Reading The children will be asked to change their books every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We are currently supporting them in this area. Please record the reading your child does at home in their purple reading records (Year 1) or Home contact books (Year R) Please bring the reading record/home contact book in every day Teachers will keep a separate reading record in the classroom

Reading Rockets Challenge Please try to listen to your child read 5 times a week and record this in their reading diary The children will move up the rockets each week if they read 5 times . At the end of each half term if they have reached the top rocket they will be given a small prize.

Homework Homework will be set on Friday to be handed in the following Thursday. Value homework at the beginning of each half term where the children will be given a task related to our Christian value Topic homework – termly (Not given to year R in Autumn Term) Weekly homework will focus on phonics, spelling and grammar.

Learning Journal Homework will be set on Friday to be handed in the following Thursday. Value homework at the beginning of each half term where the children will be given a task related to our Christian value Topic homework – termly (Not given to year R in Autumn Term) Weekly homework will focus on phonics, spelling and grammar.

Reception Online Journals Parent partnership This is used alongside their learning journals. 2-3 observations every week.

Awards Achievement Worship - every Friday Golden leaves – every half term Outstanding achievement cup – every term 100% attendance certificate

Day to day life in Hamble Class 8.30am Registration/Sharing books/Handwriting/ number work Focused Activities Worship Whole class learning time (year 1 separate / extended input.) Small adult led group activities and child initiated learning 10.15 -10.30 Playtime Whole class learning time (year 1 separate / extended input/ activity) 12-1 Lunch 1pm Registration Small adult led group activities & child initiated learning Story time 3.05pm Home time

Day to day life Lunchtime - The year Rs and year 1s go into lunch first. Water bottles – please can you make sure your child has a named one in school (with plain water in it) School fruit/fruit snack from home. Labelling clothes No rucksacks please!  Healthy schools – no cakes or sweets for birthdays.

Day to day life PE is on a Wednesday and Friday. PE kits can stay in school. We will send them home every half term. PE – outside providers Scooter Fridays! Please leave your scooters along the right hand side of Hamble Class. We will then put them in the Scooter Shed after the lesson. Scooter sessions will happen every other half term, starting next half term. A parent mail will be sent out as a reminder. Computing is on Tuesday (Yr R) and Thursday (Yr1) with Mrs Upstone. PPA -Miss Salter (HLTA) will be covering Mrs Corbett on Thursday mornings.

Slinfold Self-Control Promoting independence Having a good attitude towards their learning Hamble Promise Safe play Smart walking Golden Code – Ready, Respectful, Safe Caring , learning, achieving together

If you have any spare time and would like to volunteer please speak to the office to start the DBS procedure.