Autumn Parents’ Evening St Mary’s Catholic Primary School ...€¦ · ‘Through God’s Love We Will Achieve’ St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School St. Mary’s is a warm, loving,

‘Meet the Teacher’ Evening 2019

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Year R

‘Through God’s Love We Will Achieve’

Welcome

Welcome to

Reception Class 2019



St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

St. Mary’s is a warm, loving, Christ-centred community,

founded on our motto,

‘Through God’s Love we will Achieve’.

As a Catholic school we offer our children the opportunity

to grow as young people and encourage them to develop a

closer relationship with God, in an atmosphere of mutual

love and respect.

Ours is a positive learning environment, where all children

are valued and encouraged to achieve their potential.

General Information• Staff in Reception Class:-

• Mrs Clark (Class Teacher)

• Mrs Fitzgerald (Teaching Assistant)

• Mrs Dobrowolska (Teacher designated planning, preparation and assessment time cover)

• Please ensure you keep to the school uniform code – our policy is on the website. Skirts to be

appropriate in length and hair tied back. (No makeup or nail varnish!)

• Newsletter/Website, an important way of finding out what’s happening in the school.

http://http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/reception-class-galleries-3/

• Please telephone the school the first morning of your child’s illness. Do not use Class Dojo to

communicate with the school office. When your child returns to school a note is required from you to

explain the absence.

• If your child arrives after the second bell at 8.55am please take them to the school office to be

registered as teaching and learning will have already started.

• Water bottles to be sent home every day. They should be in a named clear container – school water

bottles are ideal and available from the school office.


http://http/www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/reception-class-galleries-3/

Curriculum

• The teaching of Religious Education is central to all that we do at St. Mary’s. We pray,

reflect and learn together during Collective Worship and in our RE lessons.

• Topic overview on website –

http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/children/reception/reception-class-information/

• Autumn Term Topics – Autumn, Ourselves and Celebrations

• Spring – People who help us and New Beginnings

• Summer – Growing and Travel (including transition to Year 1), The Olympics

• Topics will evolve from the interests of the children leading to ELGs

• Christmas Play – Thursday, 5th December, an afternoon and an evening performance

• Class Collective Worship Assembly – Friday, February 14th

2020 at 9am

• Trips

• Autumn Term locally in Evesham

• Spring Term Oversley Hill Farm

• Summer Term – St Lawrence's Church, Evesham



The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)Curriculum

How your child will be learning

Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding

through 7 areas of learning and development.

Children should mostly develop the 3 prime areas first. These are:

• Communication and language

• Physical development

• Personal, social and emotional development.

These prime areas are those most essential for your child’s healthy development and future learning.

As children grow, the prime areas will help them to develop skills in 4 specific areas.

These are:

• Literacy

• Mathematics

• Understanding the world

• Expressive arts and design

At the end of the reception year children are expected to achieve expected levels called the “Early

Learning Goals (ELGs)

More information can be found on our class information page


Phonics


• Letters and Sounds is a phonics resource published by the Department for Education and Skills

• It aims to build children's speaking and listening skills in their own right as well as to prepare

children for learning to read by developing their phonic knowledge and skills.

• It’s a detailed and systematic programme for teaching phonic skills for children starting by the

age of five, with the aim of them becoming fluent readers by age seven

• There are six overlapping phases. A summary of how Letters and Sounds are taught can be

found on our website www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/children/reception/reception-class-

information/

• Children will cover Phase 2 to Phase 4 in Reception Class. In Phase 2 a letter sound is

introduced each day. It is important that children have good attendance at school to make

sure they do not miss out on learning these important skills.


Reading


• Your child will read with an adult in class at least once a week and a comment will be made in their

home-school reading diary.

• Children will be read aloud to every day. We also share stories in small groups.

• We expect children to read at home every day. At this early stage you play a very important role and

reading a story to your child every day really helps the children have a good foundation for

developing their own reading skills.

• We expect their home-school reading diaries to be signed when you have heard your child read.

• Book bags, reading records and home-school reading diaries must be brought to school everyday.

• Please do not put your child’s water bottle in their book bag as they make leak and cause damage to

their books.

• There will be a “Reading with your child” information meeting. Please complete the parent/carer slip

so I can arrange the most suitable time for this meeting.

ReadingBut most importantly, read to your child and encourage them to read with

you.

Read anything and everything, not just reading scheme books!

Real books with pictures, rhyme and enjoyable stories are crucial here.

Try to encourage your child to talk about the pictures, predict what will

happen next.

It is most important to make reading enjoyable for your child, so try to

relax and stop if either your child or yourself begins to gets anxious.

Maths


How can you support your child in their maths learning? Take advantage of numbers

wherever and whenever and count at every opportunity!


Writing

• Talk for writing – children need ideas and purpose for writing

• Segmenting and blending for writing – hearing each sound in a word.

• Fine motor skills and pencil grip.

• Letter formation – correct letter formation taught as sounds are introduced. Essential for

legible and quick writing as your child progresses through school.

• Emergent writing:

• Drawing and mark making

• Use different media and resources: crayons, paint, felt tips, sand, fingers, twigs…

• Moveable letters

• Writing for a purpose in role play

• Modelled writing – dictation and scribing

Homework


Homework:

http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/Homework-Policy1.pdf

• Approximately 10 minutes every day to include:-

• Reading with your child, sharing books, talking about what they see

• Counting, looking for shapes and numbers in their environment.

• Phonics – Letters and Sounds; sound books – correct letter formation, Espresso Phonic activities

• Spellings – Tricky and high frequency words

• Talk homework related to class topics.

• Friday Book / Reading book – Reading log to be signed every week by parent/carer with comment on

achievement.

• Maths Learn-its

• Correct number formation – number rhymes.

We expect homework to be completed on time, at home. If your child does not complete their homework, it will

not be completed at school – it will be sent home again. Sanctions will be given in class for non-completion of

homework.

Expectations and Target

Setting

• We have high expectations for every pupil.

• All children are set individual, challenging targets which are closely

monitored.

• We strive to ensure that all children reach their potential. Some

children may receive small group intervention to consolidate or to

extend their learning.

• Parents’ evenings – these are opportunities to discuss progress and

attainment.

• Your child’s Year group expectations can be found on our website

at: http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/Year-4-

Guide.pdf


http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/Year-4-Guide.pdf

Rewards and Sanctions• A positive atmosphere is created through the use of rewards.

• Use of ‘Zone Board’.

• Class ‘Rights and Responsibilities’ are written by the class at the start of the school year.

• Special Awards – each Friday for significant effort, achievement, behaviour and interactions with others. These children then

attend ‘Afternoon Tea’ with Miss Smith.

• Postcards may be sent home.

• Children may receive stickers.

• Children may be awarded house points.

• Good attendance is also rewarded.

• We employ a number of sanctions to enforce positive and appropriate school behaviour and to ensure a safe and positive

learning environment. These are available to view in the Behaviour Policy on our website.

http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/parents-families/policies-2/behaviour-policy/


http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/parents-families/policies-2/behaviour-policy/


Gold Zone

Child has excelled themselves today. This could be shared through Class Dojo, if child has achieved

Gold on several occasions.

Silver Zone

Child has shown extra effort today.

Green/Neutral Zone

All children start the day afresh here.

Yellow Zone

Teacher has given a warning already and child continues to demonstrate inappropriate

behaviour/lack of effort etc.

Red Zone

Child needs to think about their behaviour/effort and make efforts to improve. Teacher should

monitor frequency of children ending the day in the Red Zone – it could also be mentioned to

parents through Class Dojo.

Zone Boards at St. Mary’s.

Some classes may have additional zones.

School Uniform• We take great pride in our uniform and appearance. Please support us by ensuring your child is

dressed correctly for school each day. http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/uniform-policy/

• Please ensure all items are labelled.

• Winter shirts must have plain, not rounded or frilly collars. They may be long or short sleeved.

• Skirts, pinafores and summer dresses should be of a reasonable length. Trousers should be made of

an appropriate material.

• Children may wear simple stud earrings, maximum of one per ear as long as they can remove the

earrings themselves for PE lessons. The wearing of other jewellery is not permitted, including wearing

Charity or Friendship Bands. No watches in Reception Class please!

• Children are expected to have smart sensible haircuts.

• Dyed hair, shaved, or partly shaved heads or inappropriate haircuts are not permitted.

• Children should not use hair gels/waxes or other similar styling products.

• Long hair should be tied back with small hair accessories or plain hair bands in the school colours –

blue, white or yellow.


http://www.stmarysrc.worcs.sch.uk/uniform-policy/


Winter Uniform

Start of October to Easter holidays

• Dark grey trousers. skirt

or pinafore

• Plain white shirt

• School tie

• Black shoes

• School jumper

• Black or grey socks for

boys and grey tights/

grey or white knee-

length socks for girls

Summer Uniform

Start of summer term to

end of September

• Dark grey shorts or

summer dress

• School polo shirt

• Black shoes (not

sandals)

• School jumper

• White ankle/knee

length socks for girls


• Our PE day for this term are on Wednesday.

• No earrings/hairbands are allowed during PE lessons, so please consider this if you

are thinking of having your child’s ears pierced.

PE Kit

• Blue shorts

• White school t-shirt

• Pumps/trainers

• Navy or school blue

joggers and

sweatshirt (no

hood) for winter.

P.E. Kit

Medication/Allergies

• Children are allowed to take medication if it has been prescribed by a local NHS doctor.

Certain other medications are also permitted. This must be clearly labelled and handed into the

school office, together with a medication form (available on the website or at the school office)

for a member of staff to administer.

• If your child has any medical needs or allergies it is very important that you let us know so that

a specific ‘Care Plan’ can be written for your child.

• If your child has been sick they are not allowed to return to school for 24 hours after the last

bout of sickness. If your child has diarrhoea they must not return to school within 48 hours.

• We will require children to be collected from school if they are unwell. Please ensure

all contact details are kept fully up-to-date.


Communication with Teacher

• Teachers are generally available after school for brief

discussions.

• Longer appointments can be booked upon request.

• School email: [email protected] – however

teachers will not necessarily respond to emails on a daily

basis.

• You can write a letter or note and send it in with your child.


mailto:[email protected]

Class Dojo


Thank you to everyone who has connected already.

If you are having problems signing up let me know.

www.classdojo.com

http://www.classdojo.com/

We are arranging two whole school workshops for parents, where you can

come along to find out more about how your children learn:

• English Skills: Reading

• Maths Skills: Multiplication

These Workshops will be led by our Maths and English Subject Leaders, Mrs

Bayliss and Mrs Middleditch.

Dates will be confirmed shortly and all are welcome to attend.

I would also like to hold Maths, Phonics and Reading “Stay and Play”

sessions for Reception class parents and carers, dates which will be confirmed

following consultation regarding best times for yourselves.


…and finally

Thank you for coming tonight!

Our next Parents’ Consultation event (individual meetings) will be on

Thursday 24th

October (10 minute appointments).

Letters will be sent out shortly.


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