Welcome

This morning • Children spending time in class

• Briefing and overview

• Completion of paperwork prior to departure

• Peruse uniform

Class TeacherRed Mrs Williams

Blue Mrs Nowell/Mrs Garton

Green Miss Jones

Staff

Class Teaching AssistantRed Miss Quickenden

Blue Mrs Saunders

Green Miss Loble

Staff

PPA Teachers

Mrs MacDonaldMrs InnesMrs West

Staff

The first week of school• Children start Monday 8th September 2014 at 9am

• 8th September to 12th September : 8:40am – 8:50am (soft start) until 12pm (no lunch)

The second week of school• 15th to 19th September 2014 : half day plus lunch at

school• Drop off 8:40-8:50am for soft start• Lunch may be packed lunch or school meal• Collect 1:30pm

• The lunch experience : Monday 15th September 2014• Free school meals for all (more later)

From the third week of school• September 22nd onwards : attend for full days• Drop off for soft start : 8:40-8:50am• Lunch at school• School day ends 3:05pm – 3:10pm

• In certain cases alternative arrangements may be made upon agreement between school and parent/carer

Soft Start and Soft Finish• Parents drop children to their classroom via rear

playground• Children arrive between 8:40am and 8:50am

Registration 8:50am prompt• Teacher/TA available in the classroom for quick

message i.e. collection arrangements etc. Longer discussions with teacher should happen at the end of the day. Teachers can make calls home if requested• Children collected from same door between

3:05pm and 3:10pm

Routines• Arrive 8:40-8:50. Registration 8:50am prompt• Mid-morning snack (fruit or vegetables provided

by school) during break at 10:20-10:40• Lunch 11:50am – 1:10pm• Children may bring named plastic water bottles to

school with non-spill top

Routines

• Teacher must know who is picking the children up

• Any change in person collecting should be notified to class teacher or to the school office

• Late pick-up from school office from 3:20pm

Routines• Voluntary one-way system• Drop off zone : Key Stage 2 ONLY

Reception Curriculum• Curriculum Statements on school website• Teach Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

(2012)• There are 7 areas of learning. Personal, Social and

Emotional Development, Communication and Language, Physical Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.

Reception Curriculum• As well as engaging in adult led focussed teaching

tasks (carpet and small group sessions) children will spend time in free ‘play’. This play is nearly always planned for and follows on from an identified teaching point or specific area of learning. So when they come home and say ‘I just played today’ they will actually have been practising new skills and consolidating learning already introduced to them by teaching staff.• Curriculum Evening : tba

Free School Meals for KS1• Free school meals for all KS1 children

• Must still apply if you are eligible for FSM status Pupil Premium funding for the school is awarded according to this status

• lunch menu available on school website

• children supervised

Pupil Premium• Funding for schools following FSM status awarded

• Benefits individuals and the school as a whole - funding for trips for cases of hardship - purchase of resources e.g. tablets, ipads, - appointment of TA to support individual/class

Packed Lunches • Packed lunches must be healthy

• Please do NOT include : sticky cake, chocolate bars,

sweets, fizzy drinks

• Lunches should be in a named, sealed container

Medical Treatment• Must know about any medical conditions

• Medical room will hold any required medication : must be prescribed medication, clearly labelled, complete a consent form

• Medical checks at age five : hearing, sight, height and weight.

First Aid• First aid administered in classroom and/or medical

room

• Medical notes to be signed by parent/carer at end of school day

Absence• Call the school office on the first day of absence

• Attendance target of 95%

• Attendance thresholds at 95%, 90% and 85%

• Education Welfare Officer Referral

• Exceptional Leave

• Punctuality

Uniform• White polo shirt• Grey trousers or skirt• Green Logo cardigan/jumper and fleece• Black shoes (not trainers or boots)• No jewellery• Waterproof coat as children use outdoor area daily

• Please clearly label all items

• Order online via ParentPay

PE Kit• White shirt• Black shorts• Plain Black jogging bottoms• Black plimsolls

• Please clearly label all items• Sent home in holidays • No jewellery : earrings will be taped

Trips• 1 local walk : free of charge

• 1 visit to RAF : free of charge

• 1 paid trip per year : maximum cost of £20 per child

• Parent helpers

Meetings with Teachers• During first couple of weeks in the afternoon

• Sign up sheets available today – pls note the date/time

• Other opportunities : Drop in sessions : once a month Parents Evening October and February

Behaviour Policy• Warnings and Discipline Cards• Behaviour breaches : language, physicality,

defiance, bullying, conduct etc. • Referred to senior leadership team• Sanctions : time out, missed play, lunchtime

exclusion• 7 stage discipline procedure :

exclusions at stage 3 and 5

Tools available to you• School website : www.ruislipgardensschool.co.uk

• ParentPay : www.parentpay.co.uk

• Parents Evening System : https://ruislipgardens.parentseveningsystem.co.uk/default

School Website

Your involvement• Daily reading

• Parent Forum

• FROGS

• Volunteering

Summer Holidays• Home/School agreement• Reading daily• The importance of talk• Supporting development of increased independence

when dressing, going to the toilet and eating a meal, basic skills & fine and gross motor skills