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Parents’ InductionMeeting
2020Tuesday 16th June
St. Mary Magdalene’s is a Roman Catholic School.
Within our community, we seek to live within the Catholic faith as a family. Each child is a gift valued as a unique individual made in the
image of God the father, Son and Holy Spirit. We seek to share our ethos through
prayer, forgiveness, loving, sharing and caring. In all aspects of life, we follow the teachings of Jesus and, through prayer, we are guided by asking ourselves ‘What Would
Jesus Do?’
We encourage a partnership among the parish, the school/religious education program
and the family that will nourish a strong faith. In school we use a Catholic Primary Religious
Education programme for Foundation and Key Stages 1 and 2.
Come and See is a structured programme following the pattern of Explore, Reveal and
Respond.
The purpose of the 5Ws framework is to reflect the new Section 48 RE Framework from the Diocese of Salford, which focuses on the 5Ws, rooted in the roots of the early church. They are as follows:
Welcome, Word, Witness, Welfare, Worship. In child speak, these translate as come, talk, work, walk, pray. Welcome [come] – come together in welcome.
Word [talk] – talk together as a word of God’s community.
Witness [work] – We look at our School mission statement and work together as a witness community.
Welfare [walk] – Walk together as a welfare community.
Worship [pray] – We pray together as a worship community.
SEEDS AND GARDNERSThe Year 6 undertake the 'Seeds and Gardeners' programme,
where each pupil is paired up with a new child from reception
class. The aim is to give the new children a point of contact
and make them feel safe by seeing a friendly face on the
playground and around school. During the year, Seeds and
Gardeners undertake a variety of activities together and will
be in regular contact throughout the school year.
What is the Early Years Foundation Stage?
The Early Years Foundation Stage (E.Y.F.S.) is the stage of education for children from
birth to the end of the Reception year.
It is based on the recognition that children learn best through play and active learning.
This is a very important stage as it helps your child get
ready for school as well as preparing them for their future
learning and successes. From when your child is born up
until the age of 5, their early years experience should be
happy, active, exciting, fun and secure; and support their
development, care and learning needs.
Characteristic of Effective Learning
3 prime areas• Communication and language• Physical development• Personal, social and emotional
development
Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through 7 areas of learning and development
4 specific areas. • Literacy; • Mathematics; • Understanding the world; and• Expressive arts and design.
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
• become self-confident;
• have awareness of their own feelings and feelings of others;
• take an interest in things;
• become independent;
• tell the difference between right and wrong.
The children will be learning to:
Communication and Language
• talk confidently and clearly;
• show awareness of listener
• enjoy listening to stories, songs and poems, showing good attention;
• follow instructions;
• answer questions about stories
The children will be learning to:
Physical Development
• move confidently;
• control their body;
• handle equipment.
• manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs including dressing and undressing independently
The children will be learning to:
Literacy
• hear and say sounds, and link them to the alphabet
• read and write familiar words and sentences
• learn to use a pencil effectively
Mathematics
The children will be learning to:
• develop an understanding of maths through stories, songs, games and imaginative play;
• become comfortable with numbers and with ideas such as 'heavier than' or 'bigger’;
• be aware of shapes and space.
Understanding the World
• explore and find out about the world around them, asking questions about it;
• build with different materials, know about everyday technology and learn what it is used for;
• find out about past events in their lives and their families' lives;
• find out about different cultures and beliefs.
The children will:
Expressive arts and design
• colours and shapes;
• making things;
• role play;
• making music and singing songs
The children will explore:
It is important that parents and the staff caring for your child work together. We want you to feel comfortable about exchanging information and discussing things that will benefit your child.
All the adults in the EYFS classroom as well as other adults in school will help your child to become settled,
happy and safeWe jointly feel responsible for your child’s care,
development and learningThe EYFS team will take a careful note of your child’s progress, sharing this with you and giving you ideas as
to how to help your child at home
How you can find out how your child is getting on?
Uniform• Please ensure that your child’s name is in
all items of clothing, including shoes!
• P.E kit must be kept in school, so that it is available every day. It can be taken home half termly to be washed.
• Coats with a hood – please send it in everyday regardless of weather as we will be using the outdoor areas.
• Your child will be taking part in lots of interesting and sometimes messy experiences, so may come home dirty! It is all part of the fun!
Girls Uniform• White shirt• Tie• Cardigan• Skirt• Socks /tights• Black shoesSummer Option • Purple Gingham
dress• White socks
Boys Uniform• White shirt• Tie• Jumper• Back Shorts /
trousers• Black Socks• Black shoes
PE Uniform• White t-shirt
• Black shorts
• Black pumps
Uniform
Uniform can be
purchased at
Ribble Valley
Supplies
Wellgate
Clitheroe
All children in EYFS and Key Stage 1 are entitled to a free school meal.
• Menus are sent home at the beginning of each term.
• The menus work on a 3 week cycle.• Your child will have the chose of a meat option, vegetarian option, sandwich or jacket potato.
• There are also themed lunches put on for special occasions (ie) World Cup, Royal Wedding etc.
• Meet other parents
• Film Nights
• Being involved in your child's school
• Fundraising
• Raffles
• Discos
• Cake sale
• Have fun
• Make a difference
Reading Books• Children will start off with a sharing book which will
have no words in. This is an opportunity to talk about the characters and what they think is happening in the story. Once they are able to recognise sounds and blend and segment sounds, they will be given a reading book with words in.
• Please do not put water bottles in with your child’s sharing/reading book.
• You will be given a diary to record comments in, when
you share/read a book with your child.
Home Visits• This year home visits will still take
place but be slightly different due to the current situation.
• We will hopefully be starting door step home visits from next week.
• We believe home visits are a crucial part of building that bond between home and school.
Starting in September