Info evening reception

Welcome to Reception A Learning Journey We believe in Promoting a Positive Attitude •

If the children have a positive attitude then they can b e c o m e h i g h l y m o t i v a t e d a n d r e a d y f o r c h a l l e n g e.

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We are co n stantly l o oking at o f fering a creative c u rr ic u l um t h at m a ke s l e a r ni ng f u n !

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The best state for learning is ‘relaxed aler tness ’.

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Children who are stressed can’ t learn.

Yearly Overview Sept/ Oct

Nov/ Dec

Jan/ Feb

Super Me!

Healthy Living

(5 Weeks)

Reception Rhymes Growth – Non-fiction

Healthy eating / Un-healthy Food Groups Hygiene Exercise Sleep

(3 Weeks) Look in the enormous watermelon book for the rhymes we are going to do

Self portraits Body Parts Emotions Family and Friends

Topic

Traditional Tales

(2 Weeks) Behaviour Rules – BE SAFE BE RESPONSIBLE BE RESPECTFUL

Assessments

Thanksgiving 26/11/2015

Chanukah 6/12/15

Specia l Event s

Halloween/Bonfire 31/10/15 – Charity day for ponies – what does your money do for the ponies?

Trip to the Zoo

Christmas Show

March/April

Texts (5 Weeks) Plants Parts of a plant Lifecycle of a plant – Eric Carle A tiny Seed

(3 Weeks) The Princess and the Pea Beauty and the Beast The Enormous Turnip

(2 weeks) Own Growth

Assessments Chinese New Year 8/1/16 – compare and contrast to our new year celebrations Vasilopita cutting (Class reps organize) Pancake Day 9/2/16

Easter

Trip

May/June

Greece Greek Myths Landscapes

(I week before break) Easter

Sports Day

Assessments Greek Day Mother’s Day 8/5/16 Father’s Day 19/6/16 Summer Review

Adventure Park

OUR TIMETABLE Key:

Recep tion

Monday

Tuesday

9.20 9.40 10.10 10.30

11.00

PE , MUSIC

Wednesday

Playtime

RA Library (10.40-11.20)

RC Library (10.40-11.20) RA MM (10.30-11.15)

RC RB M.M

RB Library (10.40-11.20)

RA

11.45 -12.15

Playtime

12.15 13.15 13.55 14.15 14.35

Thursday

RB (9.00-9.40) RC MM (9.00-9.40)

8.40

10.40

Key: Red – PE Green - Music

RA

RB

RC

PE: RA/RB/RC

Friday

Important Things To Remember School starts at 8:30.

Lessons begin straight away. Children can arrive and are supervised in the Foundation Stage Area from 8:15 Any important information (i.e change of travel arrangements) needs to be recorded in the contact book or emailed to Marieni Remember to label all your child’s clothes!

What Your Child Needs 

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School uniform; Please check uniform list and make sure shoes etc are the correct colour. NO JEWELLERY FOR SAFETY REASONS. PLEASE ENSURE THAT GIRLS HAVE THEIR HAIR TIED BACK. A reading folder (in house team colour) A lunchbox (small) with packed lunch, drink and a cloth napkin.

Fruit for snack time; Washed and cut in a Tupperware (not glass).

P.E. Kit needs to be into school every day. (Please put a spare pair of underwear in P.E. kit)

5 Key Factors of Learning Share the learning objective Let children know what they need to do to succeed

Use effective questioning to move learning forward Effective feedback Self assessment

Assessment for Learning

• Establishing where the learners are in their learning • Establishing where they are going • Working out how to get there

At St Catherine’s British School In our school, we use different assessment strategies to inform us of where the children are in their learning and what they need to move forward.

We use continuous assessment to make a judgement about a child’s learning and what they need.

We also use summative assessment in conjunction with continuous assessment to help us make a judgement of the child’s level in reading and maths.

We track the children at 3 points in the year to check for progress.

We gather information in many ways to inform us about a child’s learning Observing pupils – this includes:  listening to how they describe their work and their reasoning;  questioning, using open questions, phrased to invite pupils to explore their ideas and reasoning;  setting tasks in a way which requires pupils to use certain skills or apply ideas;  asking pupils to communicate their thinking through drawings, artefacts, actions, role play, as well as writing;  discussing words and how they are being used

TALK PARTNERS

How were you assessed at school?

Use effective questioning to move learning forward We ask open questions to encourage thinking skills Questions are differentiated

Children need to be ready and alert. We use a range of strategies to encourage this:  Talk partners  We encourage children to ask questions  We give children time to answer

Mummies and Daddies are always welcome to come and help in class.

WHAT DOES A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE DO? • Liaise with the class teacher to organise a list of volunteers according to the class teachers’ needs (trips, activities etc.)

• Help get parents together and to create a positive, supportive spirit for all the class community • Support the PTSA for school events (social and fund-raising) • There can be more than 1 class representative per class

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE FILL IN THE ONLINE FORM (THIS WILL BE SENT SOON)

Phonics Fridays  Parents are very welcome to come in and get

involved. It’s a great way to meet your child’s classmates and see how we learn!  Class Representative.

Thank you for listening!

Have a great year