1. Together Everyone Achieves More

2. Welcome to Year 2 Miss Empsall Miss Morgan Mrs Collins Mrs Aslam
Damson Class
Miss Morgan
Olive Class
Mrs Collins TA
Mrs Aslam
HLTA
Mrs Pescaru
1:1 Support

3. School Office
School office is cashless. All payments must be made online.
We use SchoolComms to text and 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 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.

4. 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

5. Parentview
Parent View gives you the chance to register what you think about the school. This information is used by the 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
Follow the on-screen instructions to enter your address and password .
You’ll be sent an with a link to activate your login.
Log-in and answer 12 simple questions.

6. Curriculum
The different National Curriculum subjects are taught through a chosen theme
Children are set learning challenges in the form of open, exciting, questions – What number would Charlie the crocodile rather eat?
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

7. Enriching the curriculum
Our aim is that our children experience fun, interesting, exciting learning, focused around a variety of practical activities with tangible outcomes.
A broad and balanced curriculum
Creating a buzz and an excitement around learning

8. Willy Wonka needs a new chocolate bar
Imagineering
Willy Wonka
Willy Wonka needs a new chocolate bar
People
Place
Problem
‘Imagineering is letting your imagination soar and then engineering it down to earth.’
Chocolate Factory

9. Encouraging children to take risks
We do not shy away from risk and actively encourage our children to experience more dangerous activities, such as fire building and tree climbing, in an environment that can support them to do so as safely as possible.

10. Half termly topic web overview
Maths
Maths Fluency
Times Tables
Place Value
English + RWI
Recounts of events
Reports – fire safety
Instructions – how to build a fire
Music
London’s burning
Creating fire noises
Geography
Where in the world do people use fireworks to celebrate?
Looking at maps and different continents.
Science
What material would protect you best from burning?
How fast does a material burn?
Fire
Can fire ever be good?
History
What do you know about London?
How has London changed?
Who was Guy Fawkes?
PSHE
Fire Safety
How do you stay safe around fire?
Visit from Fire Brigade
Art/DT
Charcoal drawings
Building fires

11. See handouts for information on key learning and on the website
Core learning
See handouts for information on key learning and on the website

12. End of Key stage 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.

13. 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 you can find many of these sorts of tasks as well as numerous other enjoyable educational sites and games.

14. 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

15. School hours
It is very important that your child arrives and is collected on time.
8.45am pm
There is no outside supervision before 8.45
If your child is late for any reason and arrives after 8.55, the doors to the building 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

16. 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

17. Uniform
Children must have PE kits in school at all times. They should have a PE T shirt in house colours with black shorts. See school website for details.
Plain black joggers or plain black sweat shirts may also be worn.
Earrings should be removed for all P.E lessons.
Black school style shoes

18. HALLIWELL ELTON JOSHUA SMITH House system
All children and staff belong to a house
House points are collected and celebrated weekly in assembly

19. 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.
We can also be contacted via on or

20. Reward & sanctions Rewards Sanctions House Points
Showing teachers work
Certificates
Star of the week
Headteacher Award
Sanctions
Missing break time
Behaviour ladder
Sent to another teacher
Reflection
Parents informed

21. Questions ?