Laurance Haines School Enjoy, Care, Aim High and Succeed Together

Welcome to Year 6 Teaching Staff Mr Johnson – 6 Willow Mr Stephenson – 6 Wisteria Mr Litchfield – 6 Walnut Mrs Hall Mrs Ball Support Staff Mrs Simmons Ms Cheung Mrs Ciucan Willow Class – Mrs Ciucan (Thursday PM PPA) Wisteria Class - Ms Cheung (Thursday PM) Walnut Class – Mrs Hall (Thursday PM)

School Office School office is cashless. All payments must be made online. We use SchoolComms to text and email parents. If you have a smartphone, you can download the School Gateway app from your app store (Android and iPhone) All you need are your email address and mobile number that school holds on record for you. Once these details are registered you’ll be given a PIN number to complete your registration. If you have trouble logging in please contact the school office for help.

Lunchtime School meals for all Reception and KS1 children are free! KS2 meals are £2.10. Your child simply needs to request a meal at the morning register. Your child can have a school meal every day or on specific days of their choice. Packed lunches must be healthy and follow the school guidelines

Parentview Parent View gives you the chance to register what you think about the school. This information is used by the LHS leadership team to inform strategic decisions as well as by Ofsted when they inspect the school. There’s a link on our website. Search ‘Parentview’ in Google or go to https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk Follow the on-screen instructions to enter your email address and password . You’ll be sent an email with a link to activate your login. Log-in and answer 12 simple questions.

Pupil Premium The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. This year, the school will receive £1320 per eligible pupil. Eligible families will be able to receive additional support of up to £100 per year with some school costs (e.g. School Uniform, Educational Visits, Stationery, Music Tuition) Please see Ben McDonald if you receive benefits and think you may be eligible.

Curriculum The different National Curriculum subjects are taught through a chosen theme Children are set learning challenges in the form of open, exciting, questions – Who else built the pyramids? We are aware of the danger of 'tenuous' links and ensure that English and maths - whilst sometimes present in themed work - are also taught daily as separate subjects Similarly, other subjects such as P.E. and computing are taught separately as well as within themes

Year overview

½ Termly topic overview

Core learning Please refer to the non-negotiables leaflet given out at the beginning of the session.

End of Keystage Assessment Assessments will take place in the month of May. It is critical that all children are in school for the assessment week and the weeks leading up to it. No holidays should be planned for this period. There will be a reading, maths and spelling and grammar assessments for all children. More details will follow at a later date.

Timetable Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Reading Maths SPaG Topic (ML)   08:50 09:00 09:30 10:30 10:45 11:00 12:10 13:10 13:00 14:10 14:20 15:20 Mon Registration Guided Reading Reading Assembly BREAK Maths LUNCH BREAK SPaG Topic (ML) PE out (CS) PE indoor (GJ) Home Time Tue English Science Wed PE out (GJ) Topic (CS) Computing (ML) PE out (ML) Topic (GJ) Computing (CS) Thur PE indoor (CS) Arithmetic (ML) Computing (GJ) PE indoor (ML) Arithmetic (CS +GJ) Fri Celebration Assembly SPAG Spanish/P4C/ Library

Preview home learning Learning in any subject can be significantly enhanced by pupils undertaking work out of lesson time. Pre teaching home learning - Research into pre teaching shows that previewing work can double the rate of pupil progress. The idea behind the weekly pre teaching homework is that through familiarisation, talking about and practicing things at home, will enable a child to have a far higher rate of success when they come to visit a subject or task in class. Preview home learning tasks are things that you can do together with your child to give them a higher chance of succeeding in the week ahead. Homework can be a difficult and controversial issue at school and at home. It can become unhelpful to the learning process, particularly, where it is viewed by pupils as a chore or even a form of punishment. Some parents prefer homework to consist of formal pages of maths and English. By visiting the ‘Learning Zone’ section of the school website www.lhaines.herts.sch.uk, you can find many of these sorts of tasks as well as numerous other enjoyable educational sites and games.

Behaviour for learning The more we know about your children, the more we can use that information to motivate and better engage them in class We are trying to instil self-motivation to want to learn in all our children We can do this best with your help. If your child has any success to celebrate outside school, let us know so we can celebrate them in school Balloons and postcards

School hours It is very important that your child arrives and is collected on time. 8.50am - 3.20pm If your child is late for any reason and arrives after 8.50, the classroom door will be closed and you must take them to the school office to be registered. They will receive a late sticker which will be stuck in their link book

Attendance and holidays As parents, please help us by: Ensuring your child arrives on time Ensuring your child is properly dressed in the correct uniform Encouraging good behaviour Notifying us if your child is ill Avoiding appointments in school time Not taking holidays in term-time

Uniform Our school uniform provider is Mapac. See school website for details or call 01923 255 525. Children must have PE kits in school at all times. They should have a PE T shirt in house colours with black shorts. Plain black joggers or plain black sweat shirts may also be worn. Earrings should be removed for all P.E lessons.

House system EBURY COLNE GADE CHESS

Link books The link book is designed to improve communication between home and school. It is used to record the class timetable and your child’s daily reading. It should also include useful reminders, such as PE kit prompts or late arrival notices. Parents are encouraged to use this book to comment upon their child’s homework, reading or anything else you would like the class teacher to know. A member of the class team will check this book weekly, so will be aware of any comments made, how frequently your child is reading and if reading books need changing. I can also be contacted via email me on XXXXX@lhaines.herts.sch.uk

Access to class Enter the classroom at classroom door Only Nursery children can enter the Nursery garden. Your children are very welcome to use the school grounds after school to play but please ensure that you supervise them. Unfortunately our car park does not accommodate parental parking or dropping off. If you have a medical condition or disability, please contact the office who will provide you with a permit You are responsible for your children until 8:50am

Reward & sanctions Rewards Sanctions House Points Excellence board Showing teachers work Certificates Balloons and praise postcards Sanctions Missing break time Behaviour ladder Sent to another teacher Reflection Parents informed

Breakfast and a drink starts the day off right! Improves focus and attention. Improves mental performance in tasks Improves memory. Improves the ability to think critically and solve challenges. Improves relationships with others. http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/content/dam/newton_en_gb/media/benefits%20of%20breakfast.pdf http://frac.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/breakfastforlearning.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/370686/HT_briefing_layoutvFINALvii.pdf Remember your child needs a water bottle in school everyday

Tired and Wired Does your child have difficulty sleeping? Does your child have difficulty getting up in the morning and organising themselves ready for school? How is your child’s concentration and listening? Is your child irritable and prone to meltdowns over technology at times? By monitoring the amount of time spent on ipads, tablets and gaming, you may find improvements in sleeping, attention, focus and behaviour which impacts on their learning in school. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201508/screentime-is-making-kids-moody-crazy-and-lazy https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-wealth/201402/gray-matters-too-much-screen-time-damages-the-brain https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sedentary-lifestyles-and-too-much-screen-time-affect-childrens-wellbeing

Residential trip

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