Reception Welcome Evening September 2014

Hedgehog Class so far…

Ladybird Class so far…

Ethos  “Our children and adults are nourished as brave, curious, boundless, unique and playful; prepared to be leaders in their communities.”  HFS we value and nurture the uniqueness of each child.  We seek to understand and embrace each child’s special talents, interests and learning styles.  Extended work cycles which link closely with the EYFS  Child led learning / intrinsic motivation  Outdoor learning / forest school  Community links  Small group,adult lead activities

Timetable Monday - Whole school assembly - Forest school Autumn 2, Spring 2, Summer 2 - Art afternoon Tuesday - Music with Dawn - PPA afternoon / PE - Show and tell Wednesday - Class assembly - Science afternoon Thursday - Buddy reading - RE /PSE afternoon Friday - Sharing mornings - Singing afternoon -Birthday Circles - Early finish Every morning RWI / outdoor learning free-flow Learning in afternoon linked to topic

Curriculum Autumn 1) All About Me 2) Family, Friends and Food Spring 1) Animals 2) Treasure Summer 1) Houses, homes and Shopping 2) Up, up and away

School Day Info  Drop off and pick up – there will be a password if teachers do not recognise the person or they do not usually pick up. Forms to go out this week  Please take care of our resources by keeping children and siblings off the equipment in the outdoor area some of it belongs to the Nursery we share with and away from staff cars at drop off and pick up.  Car park is not to be used between 8.15 – 9am and 2.45 – 3.30pm for health and safety reasons and on Fridays.  Assemblies – Marissa’s whole school Monday after lunch. Parents will be welcome to all community assemblies from Autumn 2 onwards. Hedgehogs’ sharing morning 24 th October 9-10am. Hedgehogs’ class assembly 6 th March 9am.  Lunchtime takes place in the dinner hall at St Luke’s and outside in the adventure playground. Please stay behind at end if you have not let school know about hot meal / pack lunch to let us know.  Uniform – please adhere to the HFS uniform list. If inappropriate uniform is worn, we will give one verbal reminder and if not corrected letters will be sent home. No jewellery except a small religious symbol may be worn, this is for health and safety reasons as the children are very active and outdoors a lot of the time.  Attendance – this is important for the class as a whole to bond and also for your children socially and academically, and also for Ofsted judgments.  After school clubs – all booked through Kathryn and information on website. Pick up will be outside the office and club leaders will bring children to you and ask you to sign them out

Home is Part of the Child  Parent communication –the purpose of the communication book is to share short messages or to request a meeting to discuss a matter in more detail. The rationale being that we want to encourage more face to face discussions as our primary means of communication rather than long notes and conversations. All correspondence to the office and it will be forwarded.  Home is part of the Child - home school agreement will be shared in the next few weeks.  Volunteering – we welcome parent volunteers, regular (for reading etc.) and ad hoc for topic related sessions. Please contact Kate to get involved as she coordinates and supports volunteers with induction training and a handbook (please note volunteer reading will be in a different class to the one your child is in).  Book bags – please check book bags daily to check for messages in communication book and also in case there is a ‘bumped head’ note.

Behaviour  Our Golden Rule is to “Take Care”. We refer to this in all discussions with children on behaviour.  Our ultimate goal with behaviour management is to focus on positive behaviour and encourage children to be intrinsically motived to learn and behave well (you can see HFS Positive Behaviour Policy online).  Behaviour systems in class (these in accordance with HFS Behaviour Policy and Always and Never guidelines). In Reception this usually involves discussions about the behaviour and “thinking time” if the child needs time calm down.

Learning Success / Pastoral Care Learning success Emma Louise leading Learning Success (SEN and More able, gifted and talented). The is that support is being given in classroom by teacher, assistant teachers and SEN team. This means that children do not miss out on what goes on in the classroom. There will be exceptions to this if children need to have a quiet 1:1 situation. Pastoral care The well being of children and staff is at the heart of HFS. Our buddy system is being developed into family groups from half term (containing children across the school) with weekly family circle time on Fridays where children reflect and contribute to whole school decision making in mixed aged groups.