1. Welcome to Lower Key Stage 2 Information Afternoon
September 2017

2. Staff Year 4: Mr Jones Year 3/4: Mrs Croghan
Year 3: Miss Townes (key stage leader)
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Day, Mrs Furmston, Mrs Heywood, Mrs Haughton, Miss Holiday and Mr Neal

3. Information Evening – topics to be covered
Routines
Setting
Homework
Reading
Assessment
Behaviour policy
What to bring into school PE
Key dates/contact details

4. Beginning & End of the Day
What happens at the beginning & the end of the day?
Juniors left at the school gate at the start of the day
Collected at the school gate at the end of the day
If the person who is supposed to be picking your child up is not there, they MUST come back to the school office. (the same applies after Clubs)
What will I need to bring to school each day?
Reading book and reading record
P.E. kit (left in school for half term)
Maths homework on a Monday
English homework on a Wednesday
Spelling and times tables tests on a Friday
Water bottle

5. Morning & Lunch Breaks No free fruit in the juniors
Buy a snack: toast 10p, maximum 4 slices.
Spare trainers to wear on the field
Soft balls only at playtimes and no balls before school.

6. Setting arrangements English Set 3 (Year 4 objectives) Mrs Croghan
Set 2 (year 3 / 4 objectives): Miss Townes
Set 1(year 3 objectives): Mr Jones
Maths
Set 3 (year 4 objectives): Mr Jones
Set 2 (year 3/4 objectives): Mrs Croghan
Set 1 (year 3 objectives): Miss Townes
We will ensure that the work set meets your child’s learning needs.

7. Setting Arrangements When – 5 x a week. Every morning.
Why – Children taught at appropriate pace and level to enable all to achieve full potential.
How – Set according to teaching assessment levels.
Movement between sets – at least half-termly reviews. Parents notified by .

8. Spelling and handwriting
Spelling lessons 4x a week. 1st thing every morning.
4 ability based groups
Spelling words on a Monday. Test on a Friday. Spellings on the server and handed out to children.
Handwriting –Cursive script. Handwriting lessons will occur frequently

9. Is The Work Hard? Builds on key stage 1 skills & knowledge
English & Maths are hour long sessions, 5 times a week.
Spelling 4 times a week

10. Afternoons – a cross-curricula approach
National Curriculum strands covered include history, geography, science, design technology, art and music.
Stand alone subjects – computer programming, French, PE, RE
English texts will also be linked to our topic area
Values led curriculum – Fruit of the Spirit in all we do.

11. Assessment Your child’s achievement will be reported in terms of:
Towards
Expected
Greater Depth
This is based on their year group’s national expected achievement.
Children’s progress will continue to be closely monitored.

12. Split Classes – afternoon sessions
Equal opportunity: foundation subjects
Same curriculum: 2 year rolling programme
The children are all in mixed ability Kagan teams.

13. Homework Maths marked with the children on a Monday
English grammar, punctuation and spelling on a Wednesday
Times tables tested on a Friday – out of order
Spellings tested on a Friday
Certificates

14. Reading This must happen at least twice a week at home with an adult.
The reading diary must be signed
Reading record checks happen on a Wednesday
Certificates
Packs with questions and guides
Read to your child as often as possible

15. Behaviour policy review – key points:
Continued emphasis on our High 5 School Rules (see next slide). Every week will be a focus on one of the High 5 Rules
Golden time – all children to begin the week with full amount of golden time.
Yellow card = a warning. Children attend 15 minutes lunchtime class.
Red card = 5 minutes lost golden time.
Each week is a new start.
If they lose golden time they spend that time with their class teacher. You will be notified when your child loses golden time and why.
Greater emphasis on house point rewards – linked to golden time. If you don’t lose any golden time you are awarded 10 house points.
At the end of every half term the winning house will receive a prize.
House points will also be counted towards class rewards.

16. High 5 School Rules Do our best Be a good ambassador
Look after our belongings and the school environment
Care for others
Display good manners to all

17. PE PE curriculum Swimming –Spring and Summer Term
PE kit to be in school at all times

18. Music Can I learn to play a musical instrument?
Flute, brass, clarinet, violin, piano, guitar, drums, recorders
School orchestra (within the school day)
School choir (Monday after school)
Discuss at music evening

19. School Council Representatives from each class 1 boy and 1 girl
Support and drive issues e.g behaviour policy, recycling, school charity
Meet fortnightly
Report at Governors’ meetings

20. Links with the church
Weekly community worship on Wednesday, with Patrick
Special services – Commissioning service, harvest, Christmas, leavers
Celebration worship on Fridays
Year 3 and 4 children to lead the Easter Service

21. Lost Property Please label all items of clothing
Anything left at the end of term goes to charity.

22. Medicines
Lip salves, cough sweets, sore throat lozenges, kept in teacher’s desk
A form has to be completed if medicine is to be given to children
Inhalers – 2 to be kept in school. One in the class room and one in the staff room

23. Information to take home
Key dates for the Autumn Term
Homework procedures
Reading pack

24. Questions?