1. Meeting for new parents
Welcome to Thameside Primary School
Please collect your child’s pack.
Introduce self and team
Mrs Thomas – can you let everyone know what’s inside the packs
(Birth Certificate please)
This presentation will be on the website if you want to refer to it

2. New for this year – feedback wanted

3. Ofsted March 16
“The early years is led and managed well. The early years leaders have a good understanding of how
children learn and develop. The staff know the individual children well through thoroughly observing their activities.”
“The children have a good balance between activities led by the teacher and those they choose themselves.”

4. Meet the staff Miss Roseaman Mrs Vugler Mrs Lamb
Mrs Thomas /FS leader Miss Stokes
Mrs Cooney /Class teachers
Miss Roseaman
Mrs Vugler Mrs Lamb

5. Plan of the meeting . . . Brief nformation about our school
Transition: helping children settle
The FS curriculum
The school day
Preparing for school
Any questions
Visit to Foundation stage
Complete forms and book home visits

6. Thameside Primary School
Partnership
- between you, your child and your school
Information about progress
parent meetings, reports, learning journey
Key Skills
- teaching children to manage themselves and be independent

7. Transition: helping children to settle
Please refer to the Parent Handbook (page 4 onwards) to find details about our carefully planned transition programme
Close links with nursery staff
All new children have already been visited
Visits to school
Home visits
Children will have staggered starts to school – good practice but parent choice.

8. Starting School – September 2017
See page 8 in Parent Handbook
Does need your permission to do this – please see either Mrs Thomas or myself
Age fairest way of splitting into three
groups

9. The Foundation Stage . . . Hands-on experiences
Opportunities to decide own activities
Opportunities to learn through structured activities

10. The Foundation Stage Curriculum
Three prime areas:
Personal, social and emotional development
Physical development
Communication and language
Four specific areas:
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design
For more information see page 17 onwards in the Parent Handbook
Mention reading, phonics etc from Handbook p

11. The school day Decision making in challenge time
Focussed adult -led task
Intervention
Reading
Outdoor learning
Assembly
Library PE

12. Children’s belongings…
Please make sure all of your child’s belongings are named, including:
Book bag – free for FS
PE bag and all items of PE kit
All items of school uniform
Coats, scarves, gloves etc.
Water bottles
Lunch boxes
It is very difficult to return misplaced items if they are not clearly named.

13. Preparing for school . . . Please help your children learn to:
Fasten and unfasten their coats
Get dressed and undressed on their own (especially PE kit).
Hold a pencil correctly
Write their name
Use a knife, fork and spoon
Personal hygiene

14. Important information . . .
Contact numbers
It is important that we have several up-to date contact numbers for you.
Illness
Please call the school before 9.30am on
Texting service
service

15. Purchasing Uniform can be bought at the school office
PE bags and caps can all be bought from our school office – see Mrs Harrop
Water bottles – 30p

16. TSA – Thameside School Association
If you would like to get involved in the school community, you can contact the TSA for further details

17. Classroom visits next Chance to see the learning areas Talk to staff
Leave the hall – go through the corridor – door is open and turn right past the office area