Welcome to Year 1 2024-25

WELCOME TO YEAR 1 (2024 –25) THE TEAM Teachers: 1B Mrs Toni Burton 1M Miss Stephanie Moore & Mrs Averyl van der Molen Teaching Assistants: Mrs Fleur Odell Miss Faye Waterman

THE SCHOOL DAY Start of School – 8.25am The children line up on the Lower School playground (Early Care children are brought outside to line up).

End of School – 3.30pm Collection from the Lower School playground.

WRAPAROUND CARE Breakfast Club (bookable and chargeable) – 7.30– 8.00am Located in the dining hall (code needed to access site will be provided upon booking).

Early Care (free) – 8.00– 8.25am Drop at Lower School hall (Breakfast Club children are walked over to Early Care at 8.00am).

Sibling Care (free) – 3.30– 4.00pm (for children with an older sibling in Upper School).

Lower School Aftercare (bookable and chargeable) – 3.30– 6.00pm* Classroom rota for Sibling Care and Lower School Aftercare can be found on the Lower School foyer wall and on the doors of the Lower School hall.

7.30–8.00 am

Breakfast club (charge)

8.00–8.25am

Morning care – supervision in designated classroom

8.25am

Bell is rung to line up outside for registration

3.30pm

End of school

3.30–6.00 pm*

Co-curricular clubs (charges may be applicable) and Lower School aftercare (charge)

* Aftercare ends at 5.00pm on a Friday

UNIFORM, BELONGINGS & SNACKS UNIFORM CHANGES There are changes to the uniform in Year 1. Boys now wear a grey jumper with green trim, a grey shirt and tie (instead of the sweatshirt). Girls wear a grey cardigan with green trim (instead of the sweatshirt).

STATIONERY

Please remember to name everything!

All stationery is provided by school. No pencil cases needed.

BELONGINGS The children need a pair of indoor trainers and a pair of football boots or Astro trainers (Velcro fastening). These should be kept at school in two separate bags on your child’s peg.

SNACKS The children have a mid-morning and afternoon break and should bring a snack to have at each of fresh vegetables or dried/fresh fruit. If they are staying after school for extended day or a club, they may benefit from an additional snack.

A named water bottle should be brought to school each day.

WHAT TO WEAR On the days children have games or PE, they should come to school in their sports kit.

When they have swimming they should come in school uniform (see below).

1B

1M

Monday

Games kit

Games kit

Tuesday

Uniform

Uniform

Wednesday

PE kit

PE kit

Thursday

Uniform

Uniform

Friday

Swimming

Swimming

HOMEWORK & REPORTING SEESAW Homework is set on Seesaw. To communicate with us about a specific piece of homework, there is an option on Seesaw to comment directly on each individual activity. We check Seesaw regularly for feedback.

The following homework is set each week: • Reading aloud (15 minutes) daily – please add feedback to the Lower School Diary • Spelling /Handwriting (5 minutes) daily – results sent home on a Friday • Weekend maths activity (10 minutes) – set on a Friday due back in on a Wednesday

REPORTING There are Parents’ Evenings and formal written feedback in the autumn and spring terms. A full report is prepared at the end of the summer term.

HOME /SCHOOL COMMUNICATION IN PERSON / BY EMAIL Please do email us if you have any concerns about your child.

We are very happy to have a brief chat at drop off, but if you would like to talk for longer, we are happy to arrange a time to meet with you. Our email addresses are: aburton@chinthurstschool.co.uk smoore@chinthurstschool.co.uk avandermolen@chinthurstschool.co.uk office@chinthurstschool.co.uk

YEAR 1 TOPICS We have different cross-curricular topics each half term:

AUTUMN TERM – Superheroes and Our Local Area SPRING TERM – Weather and Once Upon a Time SUMMER TERM – The Seaside and How Does Your Garden Grow

WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION PARENT HANDBOOK – Contains detailed information on all aspects of school life.

SPORTS HANDBOOK – Further information about PE, games and swimming at Chinthurst.

WEEK AHEAD – Contains information about the children’s learning for the following week. These are issued by class teachers via Seesaw on a Friday.

THE CHRONICLE – Includes a message from

the Head, a round-up of school news from the previous week and school notices. This is issued each week during term time.

SOCIAL MEDIA – Follow the school’s Instagram

and Facebook accounts to see lots of the fun activities that take place on a day-to-day basis.

PRINTED CALENDAR – Issued at the start

of each term.

CLASSLIST – We encourage parents to register with www.classlist.com to connect with other parents in their own class, year group or the whole school.

SCHOOLSBUDDY APP

Has details and takes bookings for: • Wraparound care • Co-curricular clubs • Trips New parents receive a log-in before the beginning of term.

EVENTS We hope to see you at our family events throughout the year.

These include: • • • • •

Christmas Show Grandparents’ Morning Sports Day Swimming Gala Church Assemblies

Year 1 also take part in Harvest, Easter and Christmas Services.

Please keep an eye on the Chronicle and Classlist for more information about CPA events.