Reception Welcome Letter September 2014

17^th September 2014

Reception Welcome / Future Events

Dear Parent/ Guardian,

 

Settling in

Welcome to Reception.  The children have settled so well into their new classes and the new routines of the day.  Lunchtime has been very smooth and apart from a few tears, the children have managed very well.  Thank you for all your support with this.  Please remember to pack a  healthy lunch for your child.  No chocolate, sweets or fizzy drinks.

Family Pictures

Our new topic is Friends and Families.  Please send in a couple of photos of your child with family members.  Please list on the reverse of the photo who the family members are.  We will be using these over the coming weeks and they will form part of a display.  Please send in wherever possible by Monday. 

Reading books

Your child will bring home a reading book on Friday.  Please ensure that you write inside the home school log to show that you have heard your child read.  The more times your child reads the more awards they get in school.  Please aim to hear your child read every night for at least ten minutes.  You should spend half the time reading the book and half the time talking about the pictures.  This will be explained in greater detail during the Walkabout – see below.

Reception child and parent walkabout

Please note that we will be holding a welcome morning for all Reception pupils and their parents on Monday 6^th October from 9 - 10.30am.  Please stay with your child in the playground on that day.  It will be a fun morning when you will see what the Reception children are learning and find out how you can help your child.

Wellgate Farm

We have the farm visiting us on Wednesday 1^st October as we will be thinking about animal families during that week.  We are asking for a £3 donation from every child towards the cost of this.  The children will have access all day to ponies / goats, sheep, chickens, small animals etc.  This is always a very successful day and a very memorable experience for the children.  Please complete the slip below and place with your donation in a named, sealed envelope.

Wheelathon

We will be holding a ‘wheelathon’ on Tuesday 21^st October.  Parents will be welcome that day to join us so please keep that date in your diary.  More information will follow shortly.

Please do not hesitate to see me if you require any further information regarding any of the items above.

Yours sincerely

Mrs. K. Deville

Deputy Head Teacher

 

Meeting your child's new teacher

16^th September 2014

Dear Parents                                                                                                               

 

We have arranged an opportunity for you to visit your child’s class and have a look at some of the work they are doing

so far this year. This will be on Friday 26^th September from 3.25 till 4pm.  

 

Classes RW, Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 please enter through the office, with your child and he or she will take you to meet

their teacher and visit their classroom. For RB and RM please wait in the reception garden and then enter through those doors.

 

The class teacher will not be able to discuss your child’s progress individually with you during this time but we do hold a formal parents evening next half term for this purpose.

 

As part of this we will be sending out a year group booklet with specific information that you will need over the coming year.

Thank you once again for your co-operation

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Lipski

Head Teacher

 

 

WElcome Back

8^th September 2014

Dear parents,

I hope you all had a good holiday; it was lovely to see so many of you last week and thank you very much for adhering the our school policy on uniform; in particular the change that governors  made to shoe colour; which is all shoes/trainers are to be plain black with no coloured motifs or laces.

 

            KEY INFORMATION:

1.                  Children from reception to year 4 only will come in Infant and Junior doors ( by Shortcrofts Road)

2.                  Children can use either of these entrance doors, it would be sensible for them to use the entrance door nearest their classroom.

3.                  Children in Years 5 & 6 only enter and exit through the new building entrance.

4.                  All these doors will be open from 8.45 to 9.00 each morning.

5.                  The school gates are opened at 8.35.

6.                  From 8.35 there will be staff on duty in the playground.

7.                  Year 1 pupils will be collected from the infant playground ( by the sail)

8.                  Year 2 pupils will be collected by the fence at the other end of the infant playground

9.                  Year 3 pupils will be collected from the football area in the Junior playground

10.              Year 4 pupils will be collected from the playground in front of the new building ( new this year)

11.              Year 5 & 6 pupils will be collected from the playground in front of the new building.

 

REMINDERS:

COLLECTING AT THE END OF THE DAY:

Please STAND BACK OPPOSITE where your child’s class comes out and do not stand in front of any of the exit doors. This is really important as my teachers need to get all the children out and handed over to you safely.

Also the outdoor space is used for PE lessons and therefore you will not be able to access either playgrounds before 3pm.

DINNER MONEY YEARS 3 to 6 only

Please remember to put money on your child’s parentpay account, school dinners are still £2.00. If you have any questions please see Mrs. Parkin.

We will be sending out timetables and information for each year group by the end of this week.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to myself or a member of staff.

Yours sincerely

Mrs. A. Lipski,

Head Teacher

 

CLASSES SEPTEMBER 2014.

Year Group	Class Names	Class Teacher	Support Staff
Nursery	Nursery am Nursery pm	Mrs. Van Der Meer	Miss Connolly Mrs. Barker
Reception	RM	Miss Martinez	Mrs. Pitt
	RW	Mrs. Whellams	Miss Paule
	RB	Miss Baker	Mrs. Hodges Mr. Crawley
One	1C	Mr. Cheung	Mrs. Evers
	1A	Miss Avery	Mrs. Green
	1MR	Miss Morris & Mrs. Riordan	Mrs. Ali Mrs Rusz
Two	2H	Miss Hennessey	Mrs. Wiltshire
	2W	Miss Walshe	Miss Bramley
	2O	Miss O’Leary	Mrs. Crane
Three	3C	Mrs. Cole	Mrs. Cottage Mrs. Savill
	3S	Miss Sterling
	3O	Miss Davison
Four	4H	Miss Huntley	Mrs. Noyce
	4J	Mr. Johnson
Five	5MR	Miss Richards	Mrs. Morrissey
	5LR	Mr. Rusirevi
Six	6C	Mr. Choudhury	Mrs. Baluch
	6L	Miss Lipman
	6G	Miss Gordon

Start of new term 2014

Just a quick reminder school re-opens for pupils in Years 1 to 6 only on THURSDAY 4th September at normal times. All pupils should enter through their normal doors and they will be shown to the halls where they will be put into their new classes.

Reception pupils start on MONDAY 8th September.

Look forward to seeing you all then

Regards

Mrs. Lipski
Head Teacher