Welcome

Parents of

Foundation Stage children

Introductions

Head Teacher: Miss Sally King

Deputy Head Teacher: Mr Andy Green

Chair of Governors: Mrs Cait Clucas

Chair of The Friends of The John Moore

Primary School: Mrs Kate Carter

Classes for September 2014

September 2014 – Two Foundation Stage Classes

Why and how?!

Building Project

Foxes Playgroup / Before / After School Club

How have the classes been allocated?

Staff

Mrs Warren - Class Teacher

Mrs Alderman Class Teacher

Teaching Assistant – Mrs Church

Teaching Assistant – To be appointed

Current Structure of the

School

September 2014: 8 classes

7 Full-time class teachers

2 Job Share teachers

2 Part-time PPA teacher

8 Teaching Assistants

Pre-school visits

Two visits in groups of fifteen

One story session (whole class)

Teddy Bears Picnic (organised by the

Friends)

Dates

How the intake is organised

Home visits during the first week of term. This can take

place in school if preferred.

Each class divided into two group of fifteen

Why staggered?

Morning or afternoon

Morning + lunch / Lunch + afternoon

Morning + lunch + afternoon

First day routines

Arrive at 9am or

1.15pm (first day

only)

Find their peg

Bring snacks into the

classroom (morning

only)

Parents can stay for a

little while

Distressed children

Story sacks

What are they?

Terms & conditions!

When can they be borrowed / exchanged?

Activities to do at home

Put coat on & do it up

Turn clothes the right

way round

Recognise name on

clothing

Dress without help

Manage in the toilet

Wash hands

Make his/her needs

known

Tidy toys away

NOT necessary to

write name

Toilets

Foundation Stage toilets

Make sure that the children can use the toilet

without help

Spare pants & socks in PE bag

Encourage children to tell us if they have a

problem

Ask to go…….they will be allowed to go at any

time

Uniform

Place orders asap – By Friday 20th June

Mrs Graffin/Mrs Offord (School Office)

NAME ALL ITEMS

Black shoes

Low heels

No open toe sandals

WELLIES!

Shoes with Velcro or easy buckles

Elasticated trousers

Skirts without complex fastenings

No jewellery, only stud earrings

Coats need a large loop

PE kit

Jade tee-shirt with school logo + blue shorts

In a PE bag

All kit named

Stays in school all week

PE kit goes home half termly

Earrings:

1. Studs only

2. On PE days leave out

3. Or cover with micropore tape

Lunch times in hot weather

Hat e.g. baseball cap

Sun cream:

- If possible please apply long-lasting sun

cream before school & sign letter agreeing

to do this.

Or

- Send in sun cream named, to be kept in school

and applied by your child.

Drinks !

Water bottle: A gift! - please return to school in September

Milk

Lunches

• Sandwiches

• Hot dinners

Universal Free School Meals From September 2014, Gloucestershire schools will be

offering all Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils a free

school meal. This will be in addition to the free school

meals service currently offered to pupils whose parents are

in receipt of qualifying benefits.

Even if you don’t want your child to receive a meal, you

should still register, so that the school receives as much

funding as possible from the Government. By registering

you could raise an extra £1300 to help fund valuable

support like extra tuition, teaching assistants, after school

clubs, music lessons and sports activities.

To do this, please complete the form and hand it back to

the school office with your other forms.

Medical issues

Inhalers: one to be kept in school

Medicines policy

Money in school

Lunch payments – we encourage parents to pay

using our ParentPay system with secure logins &

passwords OR send a cheque into school in an

envelope – with name/class of your child.

Payment of trips etc.. ParentPay or cheque only.

We no longer accept cash in school, except for

water bottles or school uniform

So children shouldn’t have money with them in

school…..except…!

Non-Uniform days

Early Years Foundation Stage

Curriculum

Early Years

Foundation Stage

Policy

6 areas

Topics cover all

Practical activities

Play based

Communication, language

and literacy

Mathematical development

Knowledge and

Understanding of the World

Knowledge and

Understanding of the World

Knowledge and understanding

of the world

Physical development

Physical development

Personal, Social & Emotional

Development (PSED)

We need our

wellies on

Fridays!

Creative development

Creative development

Assessment

Reception Year is a continuation of The Early

Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) from

birth to five: the final year

Foundation Stage Profile…….during first few

days in school and is on-going throughout the year

End of Reception i.e. end of The Foundation

Stage: FS Profile: statutory

How we teach reading

Jolly Phonics/ Letters and Sounds

Guided reading

Big Books

Non-fiction and fiction available in the classroom

Range of reading schemes in school

Don’t expect your child to have a reading book during the first term in school

Book Bags - A gift from The Friends of The John Moore Primary School - please take one home tonight

Reading evening – September

Security / Health & Safety

Pedestrian gate

Turning circle

Bicycles and scooters

More Information

Parents evening

Friends Association

(Gift of bookbag /

water bottle)

After School Club

Governors

Brief chats before or

after school; make an

appointment with the

class teacher

Absences: telephone

The home visit during the first week of term.

Information Pack

Please return the Admission form to the school office

By Friday June 20th

with your UNIFORM ORDER PLEASE.

Questions………

Thank you for coming.

We hope that you and your children will

enjoy being a part of The John Moore

Primary School family over the coming

years.