Meet the Teachers Information

Routines Start of the Day - doors will open each day from 8:50am.

End of the day - doors will open from 3:25pm, so that if you need to you can come in and chat to us. Please collect Duckling children first if you have other children in school.

If you would like to chat to us in detail about anything in particular, it might be best to wait until we have seen all of the other children safely to their parents and then speak to you at the end.

Thank you for your help with this.

P.E P.E will take place every Wednesday morning. Children will need to have a fully named P.E kit in school, which is to stay in school for the half term. We do a lot of our PE outside so a pair of jogging trousers will be ideal when the weather gets cooler.

On this day please can you make sure hair is tied back and earrings are removed. It is also easier for the girls to wear skirts rather than pinafores on this day.

Thank you.

Reading Books Later this term, children will be given Reading Records and reading books. These will need to be in school each day.

There will not be set days for changing them as they will be changed when your child has had enough time to read and understand them.

These records also serve as a useful way of communicating between home and school. Please read and sign the Home-School Agreement inside.

Homework Homework will be practical, talk based activities.

You will be able to find details of these on our newsletters.

The children will also be given phonics based activities to learn or practise and homework related to our topics as and when we cover them.

Later on in the year, they will have developed their writing skills and will bring home news books.

Star of the Week Assembly Star of the Week Assembly will be held on a Friday from 3pm in the school hall. You will receive a text in advance to attend the assembly if your child has been chosen.

In the short term the Ducklings will have their assembly in the classroom, until we are ready to join the rest of the school in the hall. This will start at 3.10pm and again we will text you.

Snack Time Please note we are a healthy school and need to promote a healthy diet and lifestyle. Therefore we do ask for snacks to be suitable, for example, fruit, vegetables, crackers, rice cakes and breadsticks.

We also ask that any drinks brought into school are purely water.

Due to serious allergies of certain children in school, we do ask that nuts are not brought into school for snacks or in packed lunches.

Milk - children are entitled to free school milk until the term AFTER they turn five. You still need to register for this and details can be found at www.coolmilk.co.uk. You still need to register for this even if your child is entitled to free milk because they are still 4 years old.

School Bags We ask that each child has a school blue book bag.

These bags are easy as names are clearly identifiable and are a suitable size.

If your child needs spare uniform or enjoys learning outside spare uniform can be brought in their blue book bags.

Pencil cases are not needed.

Medicines If your child is on a medicine which needs to be administered in school, please complete the appropriate form from the school office, in order for us to be able to administer it.

Inhalers- if your child needs an inhaler, you will need to fill out an updated form from the school office and will need to have appropriate spacers and inhalers in school at all times.

Outdoor Learning Please provide your child with appropriate outdoor wear for the weather.

Outdoor learning is all year round so please send what the weather requires, for example, wellies, puddle suits, hats and gloves or sun hats and sun cream.

Trips and visits We plan to do a number of educational visits over the coming year and will be letting you know very soon of the approximated costs and further details.

We ask that trips are paid for using the school’s Parent Pay system. Please see the office staff if you need any assistance with this.

Educational visits may have to be cancelled if we do not receive sufficient funds to cover their cost at the time of organisation.

Many thanks in advance of your support with this.