1. Starting out in Reception

2. The school day The school day – gate drop off
School attendance target – 96%
Role of the EWO
Rewards for good attendance
Coming into school / leaving school

3. Daily Routines Access to the Outdoors (whatever the weather) – wellies
Coats are needed whatever the weather
Drinking water / water bottles
Milk and snack daily
Show and Tell (something that is meaningful or special to the child – no valuables please) different groups on certain days:
Butterflies - Monday
Ladybirds – Tuesday
Bees – Wednesday
Caterpillars – Thursday
Snails - Friday

4. Uniform Appropriate uniform – daily and for PE
Labels – Everything including shoes
Footwear
Jewellery
Hair

5. Behaviour Behaviour policy
Whole school systems – class points, smilies
Class systems – positive praise, stickers
Concerns & communication

6. Fostering a love of learning & linking to the child’s interests
EYFS Profile
Based on ongoing assessment
Observations
Three prime areas
Four specific areas
Fostering a love of learning & linking to the child’s interests

7. Prime Areas Communication and Language (CL) Physical Development (PD)
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)

8. The Specific Areas Literacy Mathematics Understanding the World
Expressive Arts and Design

9. Characteristics of Effective Learning
Playing and Exploring
Active Learning
Creating and thinking critically

10. Phonics Reading Letters and Sounds Jolly Phonics
Read, Write, Inc. actions for letters
Homework – letters and sounds, reading
Bug club books
Action words
Phonics play
Letters and sounds website – games
Ipads – free apps
Website

11. E-Safety A major part of the computing curriculum
Taught on a regular basis
Website
What to do if there is a concern

12. What can you do to help? Support school systems by:
Read together every day and ask questions about the story
Encouraging children to learn appropriate times tables
Practicing key words
Use number problems in every day life, at the shops, on the bus, telling the time etc.
Try to get children to school on time every day
Encourage children to follow the handwriting scheme whenever they are at home.

13. Point of Contact Member of staff at the gate / after school
Appointments with class teacher via office staff where possible
Senior leadership team
Mrs McCormack / Mrs Rowntree (Assistant Head teachers)
Mrs Hindmarsh
Mr Jones
Deputy Head teacher – Mrs Legge
Head teacher – Mrs O’Rourke