2. Welcome to our Induction Evening!
Aims of the Evening:
Meet the staff team and other key people within school
Gain an understanding of the Transition arrangements in preparing for September
Familiarise yourself with the physical environment/classroom
Learn about the routines for your child
Network with other Parents and Carers
Discover what life is like at Grappenhall Heys Primary School and how you can be involved

3. Why is Grappenhall Heys Primary school special?
Leaders, Governors, Parents and staff expect the very best for every pupil. They promote a strong sense of team work where everyone is valued. Pupils are treated as individuals, everyone is treated equally and fully involved in the life of the school. (OFSTED 2015)

4. Meet the team … Leadership Team Early Years Team
Office/Administration team
Governing Body
Mr Lister
Kitchen staff and Midday Assistant team
Link Club
After School Providers
Friends of Grappenhall Heys

5. Our Governing body…
The Governing Body is highly effective in supporting and challenging leaders. Governors make an outstanding contribution to the work of the school. (OFSTED 2015)

6. Communication with Parents and Carers
Open door Policy
Open Assembly
Weekly Newsletter
ParentMail – and text messages
Social media
Learn with your child week
Theme days/weeks

7. Our website..

8. Date Activity Tuesday 20th June 2017
Transition open evening for parents
Tuesday 27th June 2017
Groups of children to attend for the afternoon with their parents.
Wednesday 28th June 2017
Thursday 29th June 2017
Wednesday 5th July 2017
All children invited for a morning session in school to meet their teacher and new classmates. Parents will be invited to stay in school during this session to have refreshments in the hall.

9. Themes, Principles and Practice
Unique child
Implementation of the 7 areas of
learning
Characteristics of effective
Progress and early intervention
Children with EAL
Child initiated learning
Learning and development
Enabling environments
Positive relationships
Enabling environments –
the old curriculum saw the outdoors as a mirror to what was happening inside.
NOW outdoors is a right in its own environment. What this means is what is suitable outside?
Opportunity for large scale activities. It should be accessed when children choose. We use a Key system
Learning and environment
indoors and outdoors
Balance between adult led and
child led activities
Key person
Role of the adult
Parental engagement

10. Areas of learning 3 Prime Areas: Personal, Social, Emotional:
Aspects include: Making relationships, self confidence and awareness and managing feelings and behaviour
Physical:
Aspects include: Moving and handling, health and self care
Communication and Language:
Aspects include: Listening and attention, understanding and speaking

11. Understanding The World:
4 Specific Areas:
Literacy:
Aspects include: Reading and writing
Mathematics:
Aspects include: Number/counting/Shape, Space & Measure
Understanding The World:
Aspects include: The World /Technology / People and Communities
Expressive Arts and Design:
Aspects include: Exploring and Using media and materials and being imaginative

12. Characteristics of Learning
These underpin the learning and development across all the areas.
Play and Exploring – their engagement in activities (finding out and exploring &
playing with what they know)
Active Learning – their motivation (do they keep trying, concentrating?)
Creating and Thinking Critically – having their own ideas, making links, and choosing the way to do things.

13. The Key Person Every child’s key person is the class teacher
Teaching assistants are the children’s associate key person
It is their job to support your child in transition
Meet the individual needs of the child
Support their independence
Be the link between home and school, building a relationship with their parents

14. A Typical Day in Nursery
8.45 – 8.55: Bring child into classroom, kiss and cuddle and help with cloakroom.
9.00: Register, timetable, sharing news
9.10 – 9.30: Phonics
9.30 – 11.00: (As a unit) Independent activities and Focused activity
: Carpet gathering
11.40: Get ready for going home.
11:45: Home time. Parents to wait on the playground and children to be called and sent out to person waiting. Please inform us each time your child is going home with someone else.

15. A typical day in Reception
8.45 – 8.55: Kiss and a cuddle goodbye on playground and come into school.
9.00: Register
9.10 – 9.30: Phonics
9.30 – 11.00: (As a unit) Independent activity, Focused activity.
: Carpet gathering
11.45: Mrs Green comes to class to take children to lunch.
11.45 – 12.45: Lunch time (Mrs Green and Play leaders)
12.45 – 1.15: Register, Carpet gathering
1.15 – 2.45: (As a unit) Independent activity, Focused activity, Guided reading etc.
: Tidy up time, story, singing, share time, get ready for going home.
3.15: Home time. Parents to wait on the playground and children to be called and sent out to person waiting. Please inform us each time your child is going home with someone else

16. Early Years Learning Journal
The profile is the assessment that is carried out at the end of the Reception class year
The profile consists 17 Early learning goals taken from the prime and specific areas of learning
The Reception teacher then makes a judgement against everyone of these goals
These judgements are classed as emerging, expected and exceeded
During the year your child will be tracked in their development against months and months age phases appropriate to where they are performing
Evidence will be collected in various ways. Recorded evidence will be kept on your child’s online
Learning Journal and written work in Maths, English and Topic books.

17. What will be happening this year?
Learning Experiences will include:
Learn with your child sessions
Nativity
Parent and child voice questionnaire
Walks in our community for a range of experiences
Topics that have come from the children’s interest
Class pet
Sports day
Parents evening for EYFS
School trips
Class visitors

18. How Can You Help…
Encourage your child to be independent (eating, dressing, activities, coming into school)
Parents evening
Drop in or make an appointment
Read each day (when your child gets a reading book)
Practise letter sounds, names
Practise key words
Share books
Practise Maths booklets
Have share time (what have you both done today?)
Use wow tickets to share fantastic home learning experiences, this will help inform end of year judgements.

19. Handy Tips… Put Names on EVERYTHING including PE Kits and shoes.
Snack money due at the beginning of each half term
Water bottles (labelled) are encouraged and should only contain water.
ALWAYS have a coat whatever the weather and a sunhat when sunny!
It would be handy if you could provide some wellies that could be kept in school so whatever the weather we can access outdoor learning opportunities.
It is a good idea to put a small key-ring/coloured ribbon on your child’s school coat, bag, P.E. bag. This helps the child to easily recognise their own items quickly as they can all look the same hanging up!!
Please keep reading books, key word booklet and maths booklet in their folder in their book bag everyday.

20. Now….. Opportunity to browse the stands
Look at the learning environment
Ask Questions
Eat and Drink!