1. How does your child learn in Reception? 11th September 2018
Newport Community School Primary Academy
How does your child learn in Reception? 11th September 2018

2. Programme for this evening
The ‘Reception Team’
Inclusion
Safeguarding
Introduction to phonics
Reading
Early maths learning
How to find out how your child is doing
How you can support your child at home?
Reminders and attendance and punctuality

3. Whole school organisation for 2018-2019
September 2018
Acting Head Teacher, Mrs Gillian Courtenay
Acting Deputy Head Teacher, Mrs Sue Gibson (Y1-Y6)
Assistant Head Teacher, Mrs Georgie Gratton (Early Years)
January 2019 onwards
Head Teacher, Mrs Annette Yates, currently Head Teacher at Beaford Primary School, an outstanding school
Deputy Head Teacher, Mrs Gillian Courtenay
Assistant Head Teachers, Mrs Sue Gibson and Mrs Georgie Gratton

4. Safeguarding…
Providing a safe and supportive environment at home and school with best outcomes for children

5. Attendance and Punctuality
Policy for Attendance and Punctuality
National guidance- only permit absence in exceptional circumstances.
Contextual information regarding Newport and national statistics
Ofsted Inspection handbook
Staff observations of the impact of absence
Analysis of the impact of absence on attainment and progress of children at Newport

6. Attendance and Punctuality
Policy for Attendance and Punctuality
Absence only authorised in exceptional circumstances
Work with parents in partnership to support attendance and punctuality
Parents and teacher meet- Deputy Head, Head Teacher
Referral to Educational Welfare Officer if concerns arise and attendance is not improving

7. Attendance and Punctuality
All children must attend school regularly and punctually.
Any absence needs to be communicated to the school office.
Persistent absence- school age children are persistent absentees if they miss 10% of school time- attendance of 90% or less
The children’s life chances and welfare remain central to our work.

8. E-safety Position Length of time Security settings
Monitoring your child’s use of the computer or laptop...or other device.
Think about
Position
Length of time
Security settings
Social Networking Sites
CEOP website- report problems
School website/handouts
* PANTS campaign
*A-Z poster, E-safety
*How safe are you online?

9. Inclusion
Georgie Gratton Assistant Head Teacher, SENDco Gillian Courtenay Acting Head Teacher Annette Yates Head Teacher (Jan 2019)
Pastoral support,
Learning Mentor, Ms Vipond

10. Inclusion… Full participation and challenge for all
Positive action to include all children, equal opportunities for all
Learning Mentor, Ms Vipond
Groups of children that may receive additional action:
Very able/talented
Special educational needs
English as an additional language
Health needs or medical conditions
Pastoral needs
National funding for service families
Pupil premium national funding (Children in Care, previously in care or economic circumstances of families)

11. Inclusion in the Early Years…
Pastoral support,
Learning Mentor, Ms Vipond

12. Contacting Mrs Gratton…..
Office- drop in, telephone
, FAO Mrs Gratton
Class teachers
Playground
Mrs Buttel- for medical issues

13. Assistant Head Teacher
The Reception Team
Mrs Willson
Miss Partridge
Mrs Sanders
Mrs Chopra
Mrs Thomas
Mrs Powell
Mr Brewer
Mrs Gratton
Assistant Head Teacher

14. An Introduction to phonics
Phonics are the sounds made by letters
Phonics is one of a range of strategies we are teaching children to use when reading and writing.
We teach children the letter sounds which are easiest to say and hear first.
We teach the children how to write the letters using the Nelson Handwriting scheme

15. Phase 2
Phase 3`

16. Tricky words Words that are tricky to sound out
(that don’t follow phonetic rules)
Children need to learn what these words look like rather than ‘sounding them out’

17. Reading Introduction of banded books and books which can be decoded.
Reading books will be kept and changed on a Monday and Thursday, ready for the next day.
Please write a comment in the reading record, each time you read with your
child.
Reading.....whole class, guided,
phonics, reading to the class.

18. Reading at home Daily reading Find a time that works for you
Make use of our library on Tuesday and Thursday after school until 4 o’clock
Talk about the book
Enjoy sharing books together

19. Maths – key objectives Achievement by the end of the year......
Recognise and order numbers to 20
Find one more and one less than a given number
Add and subtract two single-digit numbers
They solve problems, including
doubling, halving and sharing.
Shape, space and measure.

20. Maths at home Counting Counting in 2’s, 5’s
Noticing different shapes and colours when you are out and about
Hands on experience of money
Weighing and measuring
Talking about time

21. Assessment
Assessment of the whole child through home and school contributions:
Online learning journey (EExAT), learning stories, continual assessment in school
Observations (EExAT), photographs, work samples
Home contributions; ‘wow’ comments, reading record comments,
Early Excellence Assessment Tracker (EExAT) updated frequently and information shared on parents’ evenings
Final assessments are made in June and reported to the local authority

22. How do I know how my child is doing?
Parents meeting (November, March, July)
Reports in July
Talking to the teacher
Workshops
EExAT learning journeys

23. How can I support at school?
DBS check
Reading in school
Trips