1. Welcome to F1

2. Our team! F1 staff Mrs Mason F1 Teacher Miss Heighton Play Worker Miss Hastings F1 Teaching Assistant Mrs Martin F1 Teaching Assistant

3. F1 sessions Morning session 8.45-11.45am Afternoon session 12.45-3.45pm If you child is ill or if you are running late, please call the office on 01623 459395

4. Our Daily Routine Register Phonics/Narrative Play Maths Snack time Play Story/UTW/PSED Hometime

5. How young children learn Being with other people Being active Explore new things & experiences Talking to themselves Represent ideas & experiences Communicating about what they are doing Meeting physical & mental challenges Being shown how to do things Having FUN! Practising, repeating & applying skills

6. 50p To cover the cost of buying ingredients and resources, we request a donation of 50p from each child per week. Each group has a money box for the donations. We thank you in advance for your donations.

7. Our Topics Autumn 1 – It’s Good to be Me Autumn 2 – Night and Day Spring 1 – Magical Mysteries Spring 2 – Giants of our World Summer 1 – The Great Outdoors Summer 2 – Around the World

8. Please encourage your child to hang their coat on their peg; put their reading bag in the box and put their star on the board.

9. Pip Phonics Pip phonics is a programme designed to help your children learn to read and write. It teaches them the sounds that letters make; through actions, songs and pictures. Children will work through phases during their time in Foundation Stage and Key Stage One.

10. Help your child at home Homework Your child will receive one piece of homework a week on a Friday. This is called ‘Chatterbox’. This will be related to what your child has been learning or will be learning the following week to help consolidate learning. We ask that you try and find the time to sit with your child and help them with their homework as it is an important part of their learning. Newsletter Your child will receive a unit newsletter each Friday in their homework book. Please spend some time looking at the pictures and discuss with your child what they have learnt that week in school. You will also have an insight into what your child will be learning the following week if you wish to spend time researching this with your child.

11. Physical Development Your child will have PE once a week throughout the school year. This on a Thursday or Friday every week. Thursday for afternoon children Friday for morning children. Your child will take part in games, dance and gymnastics in their P.E. lessons.

12. Good to be Green! We use the whole school traffic light system to promote and encourage positive behaviour. Green – good and kind behaviour Amber – acts as a warning to encourage listening and enforce the importance of good behaviour Red – used as a consequence for physical and verbal negative behaviour When a child has done something extra good, they move to the star and have a golden cheer!

13. Snuggle Bag Each week your child’s key worker will choose a child from their group to take the snuggle bag home, to celebrate their hard work during the week. Every Friday, we send home a snuggle bag with a child. In the snuggle bag is a panda, a blanket to snuggle up with, a story and a book to write in. You can write in this snuggle book about what you do together and add photos and pictures for your child to share with their friends at school. Please bring me and my snuggle bag back to school with everything in it on the following Monday.

14. Focus Weeks ‘Focus Weeks’ give parents the opportunity to see their child’s work and progress in school. Each child will have a ‘Focus Week’ once a term. Focus weeks are important as they allow you time with your child’s key worker, giving you the opportunity to ask any questions or raise concerns that you haven’t had the opportunity to before. You will be given a ‘next steps report’ on your child explaining their progress in the areas of learning and a brief description of the work they have been doing over the course of their ‘Focus Week’. Your child will also be given a target for them to work on. We will send you a letter to let you know when your child’s focus week is. At the end of the school year you will be given a print out of your child’s Learning Journey and the photos that have been collated over the year.

15. Speech and Language Listening and attention, understanding, speech sounds and talk, and social skills What we do Promote talk through play Talk time Speech and language groups and one to one sessions Singing Narrative therapy – who, what, where, when Makaton signs and symbols Referrals We assess children’s speech and language development and if they are ‘at risk of delay’ we refer them to a Speech and Language Therapist. – We require parental permission to do so. If you are concerned about your child’s speech and language, please speak to your child’s key worker.

16. Drop the dummy! To encourage your child to stop using their dummy, we will have a drop the dummy day where your child can bring their dummy in and get a certificate in return. We will let you know when this will be.

17. Food and drink at school We have snack time every day. Every child receives free fruit daily. If you would like your child to receive milk at school you are required to register with cool milk. Children under 5 receive free milk. You can send a drink bottle with your child to school - no fizzy drinks please Please let us know of any food allergies.

18. Library books Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

19. Uniform Boys plain grey trousers/shorts white or red shirt/polo shirt red jumper plain black shoes Girls plain grey trousers/skirt/pinafore/shorts/tights white or red polo shirt/blouse red jumper red and white summer dress plain black shoes If you wish to order uniform with the school logo, please complete an order form at the office. Please send your child with a coat, as we go outside everyday. Please write your child’s name in their uniform!

20. Extended Services Breakfast Club 8.00am – 9.00am 50p Out of School Club 3.30pm – 6.00pm £5 snack included If you would like your child to attend, please complete a registration form which are available at the school office.

21. Website homepage – children – class pages – foundation 1

22. We will put any important dates, events, homework, letters and newsletters on the notice board. Notices

23. At the end of each half term, we invite you to come and join us for a story telling workshop. It will be in the last week of each half term. We will let you know in advance when this will be. Storytelling workshop

24. We also have a themed dressing up day at the end of half term. Dressing up day It’s Good to be Me - Pink day Night and Day – Pyjama Party Magical Mysteries – Magical Party Giants of our World – The Oversized Adventure The Great Outdoors – Picnic Day Around the World – Dress as a country!

25. We will be going on a trip to Wheelgate Park in the Summer Term. Parents are invited to come along too. It will cost £8.50. We will let you know in advance when this will be. Wheelgate Park Trip

26. Will your child be 5 years old between 1 st September 2016 and 31 st August 2017? If so you need to apply for a school place between 2 nd November 2015 and 15 th January 2016. You can apply online at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/admissions F2 places

27. Calling all creative parents!

28. Thank you for coming! We hope you’ve found it useful. Please feel free to stay behind to ask any questions you may have.