1. Welcome to the Reception classes!!
Becky

2. Who is Who? Purple Class
Becky Suffield – EY Phase Leader & Class Teacher (Autumn Term)
Cassey Kiely - EY Phase Leader & Class Teacher (Spring & Summer Term)
Ali Hey – Nursery Nurse (3 days a week)
Liz Rigney – Nursey Nurse (3 days a week)
Ruth Tarrant – Nursery Nurse (3 days a week)

3. Who is Who? Blue Class Ayse Barut – Class Teacher
Tracy Luderman – Nursery Nurse (Full Time)
Learning Support Assistant - TBC

4. Who is Who? Green Class
Peri Chatzikyriakidis – Class Teacher & Science Lead
Karen Brayne – Teaching Assistant (Full Time)

5. Settling In
Home Visit – You will be given a time – we may arrive 5 minutes before or after this.
Small groups start each day
Stay for lunch from the first week.
Week 1 home time 1:30
Week 2 and beyond 3:15
Full time from Monday 18th
September
Becky
Home visit - info in pack, get to know chn, what they like, interests etc.
Settling children very important part of the work we do – happy children are better learners.
Small groups start from Monday 11th – starting dates also in your pack.

6. Routine of the Day Bring children into the classroom
Guided activities and free flow play
Group times
Finish and collect from the classroom doors.
Peri - Initially bring your child straight into the classroom; please settle the children at an activity. When the children have settled in we will let you know and an adult will meet you at the door and bring chn in. Expect your child to settle, Most chn absolutely fine, if any problems/concerns we will discuss on an individual basis. Once settled chn will go straight to the carpet for register and a group time – Lit/num/phonics.
When full time, finish at 3.15 – pick at your child’s classroom door. Please let us know if someone different is picking up.

7. Help your child to be ready for school
Help them to manage coats, shoes, toilet – please don’t send your child to school in shoelaces – Velcro straps will help your child feel more independent and stay safe.
Talking about school in a positive way
Reading and talking with your child
Peri
Parents and carers are the primary educators of children – your positive attitude to your child’s learning is invaluable.
Being independent will help your child get off to a flying start – managing their own coats and going to the toilet.

8. Clothing All weathers changeable Safe Old Uniform Labels – PLEASE!
Lost property
Forest School
Peri
We want to go out in all weathers and children need to be warm and dry –
Going to lunch – Across the road (coats)
No long trailing clothes, jewellery, open toed shoes. Sensible shoes are vital for climbing
Children will get dirty

9. Lunch Time
Main school for lunchtime, in their first week early years staff will stay and then gradually phase out.
Everyone can have a free school dinner
Packed lunch
Water
Healthy
We are a nut free school due to severe allergies.
Sharon Clark – Midday Meals Supervisor
Designated midday meals staff for each class
Ayse
To begin with the midday meals staff have agreed to let you change your mind between school dinner /packed lunch weekly – after half term they do need notice at the beginning of a week. There needs to be a regular choice and we encourage all children to atleast try the school dinners.
Promote healthy eating we are a water only school. Please do not put anything containing nuts in your child’s packed lunch – we have children with severe allergies
Your child’s class will have a designated midday meals carer who is part of the team run by our midday meals supervisor Sharon – they always pass on important information about your child, if they haven’t eaten if they fallen over or if they’ve been in trouble!

10. Parental Help Sharing experiences Trips/Forest School – volunteering
We need a very high ratio of adults to children for safeguarding purposes.
Bank of regular volunteers
Ayse
We love parents to come in and share experiences and talk to the children. Diwali, new babies , pets, jobs etc
Children very young so need high adult child ration on trips – laws concerning safeguarding children means that for regular volunteers we need a Lewisham CRB check and we would like to build up a bank of parents who are willing to help out. CRB forms from office

11. Supporting your child at home
Reading with your child
Using reading writing and counting in real life
Play with sounds
Play with them and talk about absolutely anything!
Wows!
Ayse
Read every day – story book that chn change daily and once they have settled, they will bring home a reading scheme book to read to you. Comments in PACT book.
I Spy, magnetic letters, chalk, bath crayons etc.
Talk very important – talk about anything.

12. Communication Person to person Greet you and your child each morning
After school better for discussion
Informal learning evening in the first term
Parent teacher interview after Christmas
Electronic
PACT Folders
Some Early Years letters will go home in that PACT folders but most communication is digital.
Classroom windows
Website
J.Buzz
Becky
All letters are digital.

13. Please return all forms back to the office by the 7th July
Admission packs forms need to be returned by this date
Emphasize allergy and medical information
Children MUST have medication on the first day
Children must have medication on the first day. We have to have 2 of every medication in school.

14. Thank you Becky Which will tell you:
Your child’s class, start date, information about times to pick your child up in the first couple of weeks, home visit.