Class Teacher
Full time
Teaching Assistant
Monday - Thursday
Teaching Assistant
Monday - Thursday - Mornings.
Friday - All day.
Tapestry
Please check your e-mails for your Tapestry login details so you will be able to see all the exciting learning and adventures your child has been up to! It’s also a great chance for you to share anything fun you’ve been up to! Thank you to all the parents who have already activated their accounts. Information and messages will often be sent out via Tapestry, so please log in regularly. Please contact the school office if you are having issues logging on.
Spare Clothes
We love to embrace any creative opportunities that may spontaneously appear to us; therefore, we would like all children to always have the following items in school:
· A pair of wellies
· A coat
· A spare set of clothes, underwear and socks/tights (this can be kept in a bag on their peg).
Please ensure all items of clothing are clearly named.
Water bottles
Please could all children bring into school a named water bottle, as it’s important that they can access water throughout the day. Their water bottles should contain only water.
Nut Free School
We are a nut free school so please do not include any food (in your child’s lunch box or snack) that contains nuts for example peanut butter, Nutella or cereal bars containing nuts. If food containing nuts is consumed before school, please ensure hands and faces are washed and teeth brushed. This is due to a severe air borne nut allergy within school.
Snack
The children are entitled to one piece of free fruit everyday as well as a free milk (until the age of 5). We will offer this snack in the morning. However, your Robin is welcome to bring in their own healthy, low sugar snack instead. This could include: a piece of fruit/vegetable or crackers. In the afternoon we give Robins a carb snack such as a rice cake / crackers / breadstick. If you would like to donate a carb snack for the whole class that would be very much welcomed! Please remember to check they are nut free.
Long hair
Please could long hair be worn up at school to ensure the children are safe.
Reading packs
The children will be sent home with a reading pack containing a reading book at their correct level, a reading record diary and any other key information. Please ensure this reading pack is in your child’s book-bag every day.
Initially, the children will be given books which do not have words in them. These books are key to helping the children understand how to use the images to develop their understanding of the story, their story-telling skills and use of vocabulary. Please read with your Robin as often as you can. It is good practise to read the same book a few times as this supports your child’s literacy skills.
Reading books will be collected every Friday morning and then changed and handed out on Friday afternoon. Don’t forget to write a short comment in their Reading Record so we know how they got on.
Library books
In addition to borrowing a school reading book, the Robins will be able to choose their own school library book to share with you at home. This will help to develop the children’s love of reading. It is important that your child sees you reading, so please read as much as possible together. Library books will be collected on Wednesdays. Please note we cannot give a new library book out if the old one hasn't been returned.
PE
Robins will have PE on a Thursday morning. The first session with be on Thursday 17th September. Please bring your Robin to school in their P.E. kit and trainers.
P.E. kit should include a green t-shirt and white shorts. As the weather gets colder, the children will need to bring in long tracksuit bottoms / leggings (black or grey) and wear their school jumper/fleece, as we will continue to use our superb field for as many sessions as possible. All items of clothing must be clearly labelled.
Star Moments
In Robins we are full of superstars who have lots of fantastic moments both at school and at home. We would love to hear all about the magic moments and achievements they have at home, so we have included some star moments sheets for you to fill in and send back. We will then celebrate these moments and share them with the class. If you run out of star moments please mention this in your child’s reading record or ask us at the end of the day and we can provide you with more or pop over to our Robins Class page on the school website. Star moments can be used to celebrate any aspects of your child’s progress (e.g. independently dressing for school, helping with something at home, showing an eagerness to read, helping look after a sibling etc.)
Robin of the Week
Every Friday, one child from Robins is awarded the ‘Robin of the Week’. This is awarded for amazing effort, achievement, progress or development. The child receives a certificate which they keep and our class mascot, Rosie the Robin, which they are asked to look after until the following Thursday when they should return it to school.
Volunteers
Volunteers are hugely beneficial and much appreciated; if you have any time to help in class we would be most grateful. We are particularly looking for volunteers to help listen to children read. Let us know if you have any availability. If you feel you might be able to support us with our topic learning, please contact Miss Faull.
Many thanks for your continued support,
Miss Faull and the Robins Team