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Welcome – The Team • Miss. Parish • Miss. Green • Miss. Kerrigan (DHT & SENCo) Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Thrive Achieve Aspire Respect all Enjoy Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

Our ROOTS • Respect all people, animals and the environment. • Overcome challenges and never give up. • Open our minds to creativity and curiosity. • Take care of our bodies and our minds. • Speak kindly and listen to others. Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

Yellow and Red Leaves • Warning. • Not following our ROOTS. • 3 yellow leaves in 1 day = red leaf. • Still not making the right choices. • Consequence and reflection. • 3 red leaves in one week, or a more serious incident = lunchtime detention Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

Rewards • Aspire trophy • Gold ‘above and beyond’ stickers • Gold leaves • House points Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

House System • Every child is either yellow, blue or green house. • Houses should match their siblings houses. • The children who follow our roots will be awarded house points. These are then totalled at the end of each term with a prize for the winning house. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Communication • Parent Gateway– ensure you are registered. • Our website – www. greatlinfordprimaryschool. co. uk • Home reading journal – checked daily. • Call the office to make an appointment. • Please ensure your contact details are upto-date Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Our Protective Hands • Each child has a protective hand. It lists 5 people they can go to if they are feeling sad or worried. • Each class also has a worry box – this is checked daily. • Our designated safeguarding lead is our head teacher – Miss Lovelock. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

What to do if you think your child is being bullied: • Encourage them to speak to an adult in school through use of their protective hand, the worry box in their class or by speaking directly to their teacher. • Make an appointment through the office with your class teacher to voice your concerns. All worries will be taken seriously and investigated. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Our expectations • Good attendance – 97% • Correct uniform and PE kits. • Come to school prepared • Reading journals and spelling books in school every day • Read at home 5 times a week – journal signed by adults. • Practise spellings and KIRFs at home. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Uniform • Black/Grey trousers/skirt. • Smart black shoes (no trainers) • School tie • White or blue shirt/polo • Black cardigan/jumper • No bracelets/necklaces • Earrings must be studs, not hooped. Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

PE Uniform • Navy blue or black trousers/shorts • Blue or white t shirt • Trainers for outdoor PE PE takes place on Friday Children must be able to remove or cover earrings for Long hair must be tied up. Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

KIRF & Spellings • KIRFs – Key Instant Recall Facts • Half termly • Maths facts for your child to learn at home. • Weekly KIRF activities listed to help you practise. • Spellings – go home on a Monday. • Spelling tests are on a Monday. • Spelling activities listed to help you practise in spelling books. • Bring spelling books every day – house points will be awarded to those practising regularly. Respect all Overcome challenges Open our minds Take care

Home Learning Challenge – • Optional (but encouraged) • Handed in on the Monday of the last week of each half term. • Celebrated and shared in class on that day (time is set aside for this so please ensure your work is in on time) • All children awarded a certificate and house points for taking part. • One piece of home learning chosen to be shared in assembly on Friday (with parents invited). Chosen based on the level of effort, independence and creativity shown. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Expectations - Maths • Working with numbers that have up to 5 or 6 digits. • Developing fluency with our written methods. • All times tables and addition facts should be fairly fluent. • Using numbers with 3 decimal places. • Using fractions, decimals and percentages to solve problems. • Should be fluent in telling the time and using the time to solve problems e. g. Bus timetables Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Expectations - Writing • Use of cursive handwriting and accurate use of punctuation. • High frequency spellings including those with suffixes and prefixes should be mostly accurate. • Children should be familiar with the audience and purpose for most genres of writing. • Should be able to plan their writing and choose appropriate vocabulary, using a thesaurus when needed. • Should be able to write in Standard English and check their writing for grammatical errors. • Writing in clear organised paragraphs. • Use different sentence structures, including relative clauses, to add extra detail. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Expectations - Reading • Read for enjoyment a range of text types. • Read, understand explain the meaning of figurative language including metaphorical phrases (‘raining cats and dogs’) and similes. • Read several books by the same author and be able to make comparisons between them and with other texts. • Be able to summarise a paragraph or a chapter. • Discuss how authors use language, including figurative language, to affect the reader. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Autumn Term (first half term) Darwin and South America • The Fox and the Star (literacy text) • Study of the South American continent. • Study of evolution, adaptation and inheritance (science) Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Autumn Term (second half term) World War Two and the Commonwealth • Goodnight Mr Tom(literacy text) • Study of the war (before, during and aftermouth) • Trip - Duxford Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Spring Term The Elizabethans • Clockwork – Phillip Pullman • Princess Blankets • The Elizabethan age • War of the Roses. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Summer Term The Mayans • The Rain Player • South American art • Conquest of South America by Spanish • Kingswood Residential Trip Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Residential / Trips • Kingswood 2019 / Bushcraft • Duxford IWM – TBC • Christmas Cracked - TBC Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Bikeability Aims: • • • Keep children safe on bikes around local area. Teach children about highway code. Teach children about being safe in winter What to do in an emergency when out and about. You need own bike and helmet. Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Secondary School Applications • School can offer support but cannot complete applications. • Make sure you visit and look around. • All applications due in: 31 st October • Offer Day: 1 st March 2019 Thrive Enjoy Achieve Aspire

Your child’s progress • Autumn parents evening: • October 2018 • Spring term parents evening • Summer term end of year reports. This will include exam results.