Caerhays Class Parent Caerhays Class Parent Welcome MeetingWelcome Meeting

Caerhays Class Parent Caerhays Class Parent Welcome MeetingWelcome Meeting

Miss Emeline GoodallMiss Emeline Goodall(Class teacher) (Class teacher) Mrs Knight (Teaching Assistant) Mrs Knight (Teaching Assistant)

Miss Skinner (Teaching assistant), Miss Skinner (Teaching assistant),   

Welcome

Thank you for making time to attend.

I hope you find it useful and informative.

Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions.

During this meeting items to be discussed include:

• Meet Mr Lees Executive Principal and Miss Cameron Head of School.

• How the school day is structured• How lessons are structured• Range of subjects/content• How we plan (short, medium, long term)• How we assess in the Early Years• How you can help with phonics, reading, writing, spellings,

number facts and times tables Our Partnership!

How the School Day is structured:• 8.30 am Gates open for parents and children. • 8.40 am Wake and Shake • 8.45 – 9.00 am Daily Maths task in classroom • Register/Dinner register 8.55 am• 9-10 am Numeracy • 10-10.15 am Break time (EYFS/KS1 provided with a healthy

snack) • 10.15-11 am RWI/spelling/guided reading• 11-12 Literacy • 12-1 pm lunch time• 1-2.50 pm Afternoon session • 2.55 pm Collective worship daily • Friday 2.15 Golden Time weekly

We are one of the 5 schools in this trust.

Are mission statement is:

Nurturing God’s gifts with compassion and drive so that all our children succeed, learn and thrive.

Our values are: Compassion, wisdom, forgiveness, perseverance, trust and respect

Grampound Road School Rules

• Show good manners at all times.• Follow instructions with thought and care.• Care for everyone and everything.Rewards include: stickers, team points,

certificates, pom poms in the jar, whole class rewards, Head of School sticker, Executive Principal special reward.

Expectations

There are clear expectations of pupils with lots of positive rewards.

We are learning some signals to help move

around the classroom and school.Stop! 1, 2, 3, magnet eyes.

Range of Subjects taught:

• Numeracy- N, SSM• Literacy-R Wr• PSED & Religious

Education-SC@SA, MFB,MR• CLL- LA, U, Sp• PD- HSC, MH• EAD- MM, BI• UTW-PC,TW,Tec

• Characteristics of Effective Learning.

• Engagement- Playing and exploring.

• Motivation- Active Learning

• Thinking- Creating and thinking critically

Topics this year:We are starting with

Cornwall as our whole school topic for the Autumn Term.

- Mini Topics, guided by

childrens interests.

- E.g Pirates, All about me, Farming and where our food comes from.

Physical Education:

We follow the Real PEprogramme which includes:

●Dance●Gym●Games

Numeracy Teaching

We will use baseline assessment activities to identify what your child already knows and what their next steps need to be. We engage children in whole class number games and rhymes as well as small group focus activities to move their learning forward. The teachers act as facilitators during the children's independently chosen activities, helping children to identifying where mathematical concepts can be applied and built upon.

Literacy Content:Sound and Word Level:Phonics and SpellingsWord RecognitionVocabulary extensionHandwriting

Sentence Level:Grammatical awareness. Capital letters, full stops and finger spaces!Sentence construction and Punctuation

Text Level:Fiction and PoetryNon-Fiction

Including reading comprehension and writing composition

Literacy Content:Our Literacy teaching is centred around the Pie Corbett story telling approach.The children will learn texts off by heart.Children will engage in talk for writing activities and will, innovate stories they learn by heart and invent their own stories.Non fiction writing is then linked to this- including, lists, posters, instructions, reports, recounts and journals.

Read, Write IncPhonics is a method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with symbols in an alphabetic writing system.

Read Write Inc. Phonics is a complete literacy programme, for 4 to 7 year-olds learning to read and write and for 7 and 8 year-olds needing to catch up quickly.

It is a fun, engaging and systematic way of teaching your child phonics and how to read. This session will be daily in groups appropriate to your child’s next step. This will include learning sounds, blending sounds to read words, reading a book with their partner and comprehension tasks.

How we plan:●Long term planning-this provides an overview of the year.●Medium term planning-provides us with a half term view.●Short term planning-is a weekly view of the lessons.

We follow the New National Curriculum when planning our teaching and learning.

Previous assessment and the children’s interests inform planning to ensure children are motivated as and moving forward in their learning.

Assessment:●Teacher assessments are gathered through out the academic year-based on professional judgment and using the appropriate criteria.

●All of this data is then logged onto our pupil tracking system which helps us to set targets and monitor each child’s progress accurately and effectively offering the correct support and guidance.

We will be using an electronic Learning Journey to track your child’s progress which allows us to efficiently collect evidence of your child’s learning and share it with you. This software is called Tapestry and will be ready to use once we have completed our baseline assessments.

How you can help!

The vital importance of parental support and help cannot be stressed enough.

Your children want to please you so help them in doing so!

Prompt start, early nights! This is important for both children and staff!

How to help with Maths:

●Number work-help children to practice reading and writing numbers to 100. Have a go at writing number 1-20.● Look at numbers on cars, houses and telephones. It all helps.● Spot shapes in the environment●Practical tasks such as counting out sweets and sharing

them out/ counting how many toys they can tidy up in a set amount of time.

● Look at money and talk about the names of the coins●Ask children to fetch things using positional language such

as – can you fetch the cushion from behind the chair?●1 more and 1 less

Sing songs and have fun!

How to help with reading and spellings:

●Read at home every day and write in the diary. They will be rewarded for this and the children will see the benefits. Share stories, newspapers, comics with your child. Practice on teach your monster to read: http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Focus on asking questions about what your child has read. Books will be changed on a regular basis with a teacher or teaching assistant. ● A little on directional confusion…

How to help with writing and phonics:

● Practice learning the sounds with your child http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/sound-pronunciation-guide/●Practice accurate formation of sounds/spelling of key words.● Finger Gym●Encourage them to write for different purposes e.g. Their name and other labels on pictures they create, shopping lists,

Homework:●Homework will be set on Monday and will be expected to be completed by the following Monday. This will be given to children in their homework books. All children are expected to complete this.

●Reading every day- a bedtime or morning story and/ or a school book.

●RWI daily sound learnt which you can practice with your child.

What to do with picture books!

Partnership-working together:

To do the very best for your children we must work together as a team.

Parent Helpers Needed for mornings8.45-9.00 am●To hear children read.●To help with spellings/key words

If you think you can help speak to me and I will provide more information.

Parents Evening and Open afternoons will be later this term. This will give you the opportunity to look at their work and to discuss your child’s progress.

Computing and ICTWithin school computing skills and technology

skills are important part of the curriculum and particularly to develop pupil’s learning

opportunities.

Have a look at our new school website to see what

your child has been learning- there will be photos

and work with children writing the blog for this.http://www.grampoundroadschool.co.uk/

ANY QUESTIONS?

Thank You

I would like to thank you again for attending this afternoon.

If you would like to meet with me individually regarding your child or any questions please do not hesitate to make an appointment with me.