1. Welcome to Meet the Teacher!
Buglawton Primary
School
Welcome to Meet the Teacher!

2. Meet The Teachers
Class Teacher
Mrs Worrall
Teaching Assistant
Miss Weatherby

3. Our aims for your child:
To be happy and feel safe and secure.
To feel respected and respect others.
To behave appropriately in different situations.
To be independent.
To become a fluent reader.
To write accurately and with confidence.
To have a broad and balanced knowledge of the whole curriculum through creative planning.
To ask questions and know how to find the
answers – be independent learners.

4. Daily Timetable 8:35 Children filter in to the classroom
8: Bell for registration, doors close
Big Maths
Mathematics
Assembly
10:15 – 10: Play time
10: SPaG / Literacy
11: Handwriting/Guided Reading
12: Lunch
1: All other subjects
3: School closes
Friday: swimming 10:15 – 10:45

5. Positive Discipline Lots of praise for good work and behaviour.
Team Points
Star of the week
Table of the week (linked to the topic)
Celebration Assembly Certificates
Sanctions displayed clearly for when necessary. Made and agreed by the class/school.

6. P.E Please put your child’s name in every item! P.E Kit Black shorts
Red or white T Shirt
Pumps
Dark Tracksuit (woolly hats are useful in the winter months!)
Trainers
Please put your child’s name in every item!
Swimming Kit – Swimming is on Fridays.
Black swimsuit / trunks & towel
Please remove all jewellery before coming to school on these days.

7. Homework Year 4 Sent home on a Friday Reading EVERY night – 10 minutes
Numeracy activity linked to the work done during the week.
Literacy linked to SPAG or themes being covered in class.
Please return on a Thursday for marking.
Reading EVERY night – 10 minutes

8. Ideas to help with Homework
A Dictionary
A Thesaurus
Useful Websites
BBC schools Age 4 – 11
Good for topic work and games linked to subjects – Spellings – Spell it. Good for revision of Science, Literacy and Maths- Bitesize KS2
– great for all curriculum areas
Coxhoe Durham – great for all curriculum areas
Please see leaflet of useful websites (to be put onto the website)

9. Our first school trip…we will be visiting the Grosvenor Museum in Chester. We will also be walking with real Roman Soldiers!
Pupils will develop their archaeological skills by exploring Roman remains , will find out all about the invasion of Britain and will train to be a Roman soldier.

10. Some dates for your diary.
P.T.A A.G.M – Tonight at 7pm!
Parent Forum – Tuesday 27th Sept – 4:30pm
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon – 30th Sept – 3pm
Chocolate Bingo - Friday 14th October 6-8pm
Open Afternoon - Thursday 20th October 1-4pm
Bonfire Disco – Thursday 3rd November 4- 5:15pm (KS1), 5:30 – 7pm (KS2)
Parents’ Evenings – Wed 23rd & Thurs 24th Nov
Christmas Fair – Friday 9th December 5-7pm
Christmas Play – TBC
Pantomime Trip – 21st December
Check red letter or website for other dates.

11. Our doors are always open.
Come and see us or use the planners to write and tell us about anything you are concerned about.
Tell us before it becomes a bigger issue.
Tell us the good things as well!
Together we can support your child on their exciting journey.
Thank you for coming – do you have any questions?