1. Meet the Teacher – Autumn 2015
Together Everyone Achieves More

2. RE-DEFINING LEARNING AT HEMINGFORD GREY 21ST CENTURY LEARNING SPACES
EXCEEDING POTENTIAL
CHILD AS LEARNER
21ST CENTURY TOOLS
RE-DEFINING LEARNING AT HEMINGFORD GREY
ADULT AS ENABLER
21ST CENTURY LEARNING SPACES
LEARNING FRAMEWORK
Kate – Going forward. Refer to the building blocks, biggest being the fundamental getting the learning right for all children. This means working in a climate of openness, a willingness to learn, to accept that your practice will be reflected upon by others and celebrated as well as being given pointers to improve and develop. For us, we want professionals who embrace this approach rather than seeing it as a slight on their abilities. WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER.
Curriculum – reminder of the ENGAGING, so how wow is your wow, how motivated and excited are you and how do you relay that to your pupils. Mrs Grumpy results in Grumpy children.
Environment – mention resource box photos here to put in boxes.
SFL – USE IT – it is a really good reference doc.
So exciting – Learning zones. Hope everyone has read, watched and enjoyed the homework clips and is developing an understanding of the principles of the zones. For me, it opens all sorts of doors for developing professional practice, not least much stronger team work and team commitment to developing all the children collectively in the phase.
ALWAYS – we must monitor and review as we go along to ensure that standards are high and expectations for EVERY child are maximised.
Jonathan = Paraguay
Kate = poem to close
Learning framework = 6Rs plus all of the consistent approaches we have
Great teaching including drive, imagination, going beyond
Poem – read to finish
SHARED VISION
ZONES OF LEARNING
GREAT TEACHING
OUTSTANDING LEARNING
ENGAGING CURRICULUM
ENVIRONMENT

3. GROWTH MINDSET POCKET BOOK
BARRY HYMER
GROWTH MINDSET POCKET BOOK

4. Who’s Who… Teachers

5. Who’s Who… Teachers
Mr Mepham- KS1 Teacher

6. Teaching assistants

7. Who’s Who … additional teachers

8. Key successes for last year…
Extremely impressive Ofsted report
Results all above national
Developing school house system:
- Inter-house competitions
- Developing cross phase positive peer
relationships
Pupils behaviour
Continuing to be a research school for
new teachers, Cambridge University
Jim Alexander

9. Theme and learning experiences
Year 1/2 Theme has been launched “Which is the oldest house in the village?”
Flow charts have been sent out via parent mail.
Continuing with the LZ.
Small teaching groups in core subjects.
All other year groups insert flow chart on an additional slide

10. Children’s School Improvement Plan
Discuss this with parents and say that we gather a range of information from children, governors, parents and staff to prioritise developments.

11. ICT opportunities
Discuss opportunities for ICT – Edmodo, ipads, film festival,
Importance of staying safe online – support on the website

12. Spelling Spelling will continue to be a focus.
Children will be developing their phonics and spelling knowledge daily in spelling groups.
This will be followed up at home through homework and we ask for your support in this.

13. Tricky words the to said he I of Hemingford Grey Tricky word list 1to
said he I of
Can you read them quickly?
Can you write them quickly?

14. Cursive writing The Rockin’ Round Letters
a – lead up, rock back, lead on
c – lead up, rock back
d – lead up, rock back, three quarter up/ three quarter down, lead on
o – lead up, rock back, loop round, lead on
g – lead up, rock back, drop down, loop round

15. Homework Mathletics – 20 minutes per week
Reading – 20 minutes 5x a week
Spelling – every 2 weeks
Children need to bring their reading books and records daily.

16. Attendance and Punctuality
Doors open at 8.50am.
School starts at 9.00am and the registers close at this time.
Children arriving in the classroom after 9.00am will be marked as late.
School attendance : 96.9%
National ( ): 96.1%
Attendance dropping below 90% results in school contacting parents with improvements expected.
Teachers to talk about ensuring that children who have been given independence to come in on their own come straight into class and do not waste time in the cloakroom.

17. Website www.hemingfordgrey.cambs.sch.uk/site
Please visit the site for all school information including bulletins about our latest successes and achievements as well as information about our curriculum.

18. Uniform
Please ensure that children are following the school uniform code as set out in the letter sent out before the summer holidays, which can also be viewed on the website.

19. Trips and Visits Village trip next Tuesday.
Manor House trip 7th-9th October.
Other trips and visitors will be confirmed later.
Any parents with DBS checks are always welcome to support trips

20. Looking forward to a fantastic year ahead…!
Working in an inspiring learning environment.
Continuing to develop our pupils and teachers as outstanding learners
More opportunities for ICT
Continuing to develop house teams and events across the school
Continuing with our high level of commitment to sport and the arts

21. Any questions?