1. New to Nursery & Reception Sept 2016
'Excellence Together, Learning through Faith'
New to Nursery & Reception Sept 2016
St Mary’s C of E VA Primary School
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2. The Team Mrs Bottali – Nursery Teacher (FS leader)
Mrs Bates – Reception Teacher (Mon to Thurs)
Mrs Hawkes – Reception Teacher (Fri)
Mrs Terry – TA (Nursery – Weds & Thu)
Mrs Williamson – TA (Reception – Tues to Fri)
Mrs Milton – TA (Nursery – Mon to Thu & Reception – Thurs pm)
Mrs Miles – TA (Nursery – Mon & Fri)
Mrs Sales – TA (Reception Mon am & Nursery – Tues & Fri)

3. The Foundation Stage at St Mary’s
A sense of identity and belonging is important
The Routine (Visual Timetable)
Calm purposeful learning environment
Smooth transition into, through and out of foundation stage
CHIL

4. Learning and teaching 7 areas of learning 3 prime areas:
Personal, Social, Emotional Development
Communication and Language
Physical Development
4 specific areas:
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Art and design

5. Important things to remember…
Uniform (no plimsols)
PE kit for Reception (trainers)
Name all clothes & book bags clearly (Key rings etc)
Keep a pair of named wellies at school.
Spare change of clothes.
Water bottles (taken home daily)

6. Lost Property Every year we have huge amounts of lost property
Child’s responsibility to look after clothes (coat pegs)
Staff DO NOT have time to source lost items. Will teach and remind. Part of learning responsibility
If all items are well labelled they will be found in lost property box … eventually!!!

7. Uniform

8. Communication
Link Book (Reception, Nursery + Pre-school) for collection arrangements not detailed information
and/or phone
Can arrange appointment
Absence
Parents learning journal contributions
Wow sheet/parent’s voice
Reading record book (Rec)

9. Experiment

10. Have fun

11. Be happy

12. Homework Weekly consolidation of class learning
Time to discuss and explore subjects with family
Not a chore……fun!!!
Handed out on a Friday to be returned in blue box marked homework on front gate, by Thursday.
Will be marked if in the box. We will not have time to go through book bags.

13. Church
Keep an eye on the school calendar
If there is a service for the school held in the morning, nursery will be attending

14. Other options…. Breakfast club – 7.45 to 8.45 (Contact school office)
Lunch club – to 12.30
Pre-school – to 3.30
(Contact Lisa Burkett )

15. Parent Helpers St Mary’s values any help you can offer
It is school policy that parents do not help in the class their child is in
DBS check
Parent reps
School trip
Jobs and cultural knowledge

16. September….
We are looking forward to welcoming your children into the Foundation stage at St Mary’s
Any questions, please ask!
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