1. Welcome to Saplings

2. The Children 24 children - 9 girls and 15 boys Born in Autumn Term - 9
Born in Spring Term - 6
Born in Summer Term – 9
17 children live in Little or Great Waldingfield
8 children from Long Melford, Lavenham, or Sudbury and Great Cornard.
Most children have attended First Friends others have also been to Yorley Barn or Lavenham.

3. Your Unique Child

4. Seven Areas of Learning
PERSONAL
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT
UNDERSTANDING
THE WORLD
LITERACY
CREATIVE
MATHEMATICS

5. We are flexible and explore ‘as they happen’ events too.
Learning Themes
Autumn: Journeys
Local journeys
Around the world
Trip to Sudbury on the bus.
Spring: Hop, Skip, Jump
Knights and Princesses
Trip to a local castle.
Summer: Creepy crawlies
Summer
Trip to the seaside
We are flexible and explore ‘as they happen’ events too.

6. Our Day Investigate today’s activities Morning Register Phonics
Introduce today’s learning
Free flow learning activities that will be observed and assessed.
Playtime/snack
Milk
Class discussion on the learning so far and achievements.
Continued free flow activities.
Focus literacy/maths activity as a class.
Prayer/lunch
Afternoon Register
Whole class learning activity
Playtime
Choice of child selected play
Daily Worship either whole school or class
Home

7. Other things we do… We learn outdoors in our new learning area
(all change for September 2015!)
We take turns to have a special day
We take walks outside of the school.
We go on the public bus to Sudbury and take a
trip to a castle and to the seaside.
We will be doing paired reading/ sharing of books with older children
We have a buddy system for first couple of weeks for playtimes with year 6 children

8. Your child will need… A book bag Full school uniform
To be prepared for all weathers!
PE Kit: Tribal coloured T-shirt, Navy shorts, Socks, Plimsoles, navy jogging bottoms, jumper and hairband
Wellington boots
An Inhaler if asthmatic
Praise for all their achievements.

9. Foundation Stage Profile
Continuation of nursery learning - visits
Parent and teacher informed “Come and Learn”
‘Home school books’
80% evidence collected through observed independent learning – this will be available for you so you are kept up to date with your child’s progress.
September Baseline assessment

10. Each day…
Spend 5 minutes talking / reading / playing a game relating to school
Write in the home / school log
Keep the topic webs handy
Praise every little step

11. It will help your child if you…
Say quick good-byes in mornings please
Name everything and teach them to recognise their name and write it 
Let them be independent in the loo dressing and undress
opening food containers
using a knife and fork
Help us keep a no toys & teddies policy

12. copy of your child’s birth certificate to the office. Thank you.
Please bring a
copy of your child’s birth
certificate to the office.
Thank you.

13. In your packs…