Welcome to Reception Class at Highfield Community School

Welcome to Reception Class at Highfield Community School

Doesn’t time fly? • Thank you for choosing Highfield School. • Education is a partnership. • Meet the Senior Leadership Team: Ms Dowling (Head), Mrs Mc. Sween (Deputy Head), Miss Chard (Assistant Head), Mrs Edwards (Chair of Governors. )

Meet the Early Years Team…. Miss Vaughan Reception Class Teacher Mrs Williams EYFS Teaching Assistant Mrs Bristow EYFS Teaching Assistant Mrs Wall EYFS Lead/ SENCO

Outline for the meeting: • Introduce staff and share our “Starting School” booklet with you. • Starting arrangements for your child. • Talk about how we organise learning opportunities in Reception and how you can be involved. • Hints and Tips. • No question is a silly question, so please just ring or email school.

September 2020 • School starts on Wednesday 2 nd September 2020 • 2 nd / 3 rd / 4 th/ 7 th/ 8 th/ 9 th / 10 th are half days • 11 th is a full day and then full time from Monday 14 th September • Morning Session: 8: 45 am – 11: 45 am (times could possibly change) • Afternoon Session: 12: 20 pm – 3: 20 pm (times, could possibly change)

Being ready each day… • Book Bag, Coat and Water Bottle, PE Kit (Mon-Fri) • Check book bag each evening for letters, invitations and reminders. • Parent Online Payments (School Comms) • School website www. highfield-blacon. cheshire. sch. uk • Awareness Friday – non uniform 30 p • Absence telephone line – 01244 259650

3 Strikes for a Bike • Share a book 5 times a week. • PE kit in school. • Homework completed and returned on Friday.

Behaviour for Learning • Same system throughout the school. • Encourage children to ‘Go for Gold!’ • Links to school rules – positive reinforcement.

Learning in Reception • Thorough transition for progress in learning • Shared learning spaces • Consistent approaches- ‘Story Box’ (Narrative Emersion) • Focused teaching time- whole class/ groups (Phonics and Maths) • ‘Choosing Time’- applying their learning in their play • Rolling Snack- skill based learning experience • Lunch Time • Inspire days/ Trips

Early Reading • Teaching of Phonics begins straight away. • All children will be involved in a daily phonic session that will focus on reading/ writing. • Follow ‘Letters and Sounds’ • Phonics workshop for parents • Reading books (Collins Big Cat) matched to child’s phonic ability and sent home weekly.

Early Maths • Focused Maths sessions 3 x week. • Maths activities/ problems/ provocations are planned through ‘Story Box’ approach. • Maths is everywhere in the environment- indoors and out. • Purposeful activities are planned for in the continuous provision.

Tapestry Assessment • Tapestry as an assessment and tracking tool • Tapestry as a link with parents • Baseline- New Baseline assessment has been postponed to 2021. Our own baseline assessments will be carried out, in the first couple of weeks, in order to get to know your child.

Hints and Tips… • Label everything your child will wear and own. • Get in to good learning habits at home – find quiet times, make home learning fun when your child isn’t too tired. • Encourage your child to be more independent over the summer – practise getting dressed for school and PE; pouring drinks; zipping and unzipping items; putting on shoes; numbers; names and letters; tidying up toys and equipment.

Thank you for listening. We look forward to seeing you in September.