Willow Class

Meet the Teacher

Ms BamfordMrs Day

Welcome to Willow Class

• Team workIt is important that your child sees themselves as part of a

team and that we are all working together to help them reach their potential.

• New challengesThis year there will be new end of year SATs (Standard

Assessment Tasks) and we will let you know later in the year how you can support your child.

• Interesting topicsWe try to make the curriculum fun and this year we will be

looking at Space, Time Travelling, Books by Julia Donaldson, Nocturnal animals, The Seaside and the Amazon Jungle.

Communication• Face to face; on the playground• Appointments• Parents evenings – 19th and 21st

October • Reading diaries• Letters will be sent home in book bags• School website

http://www.johncliffordschool.com/

During the day• Fruit and milk (Please order milk online

or look for the leaflets in the entrance hall)

• Water bottles (named)• PE is Monday and Wednesday (remove

earrings if possible)• Parents’ Reading Morning is on Tuesday

8.50-9.10am• Attendance and punctuality

PE KIT• Please ensure your child has a PE kit

in school at all times• Plain white T-shirt • Black shorts• Black jogging/tracksuit bottoms• Socks• TrainersPlease put your child’s name in all kit

including trainers

Hot lunches!• Free school meals are available to all

children in KS1.• Please encourage your child to try

the hot lunches as they are well balanced and nutritious (and free!)

• If you decide to send your child with a packed lunch please choose healthy

options.

Good to be Green• On Friday all children who have been green all

week will receive a ‘Good to be Green’ sticker in their reading diary.

• Yellow cards are given to children who continue to make the wrong behaviour choices after receiving a verbal warning.

• Red cards are awarded for serious incidents or for continuous wrong choices after receiving a yellow card. Parents will be informed if their child receives a red card.

At the end of the school day

• School finishes at 3.25pm.• Children must wait until their teacher

has seen the adult they are going home with. Please do not take your child before this has happened.

• If there are changes to the pick up arrangements at home time, please inform the school office by phone, so we know who is collecting them.

HomeworkReading•You will need to send your child’s reading book and diary everyday. (We keep track and record every time your child has read at home)•Books will be changed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Research says that it benefits children to re-read and discuss books on more than one occasion)•Talk about the books, retell the story in order, ask questions about the characters and what motivated them, visit the library, model reading.Spelling•Every half term you will receive a spelling booklet that links directly to the phonics they are being taught. There is one page for each week.

These words will be checked every Friday

Maths

We do not set maths homework BUT we do provide you with a booklet of practical ways you can support your child through games and activities.

On the JC website there is a weekly update of the objectives and websites we use in class so you can see what the children are learning and practise these skills with your child.

Show and Tell

Each child will be given a date for their presentation. They will be allocated a 2 minute slot in the Autumn Term to talk about anything they are interested in.

This will increase to 3 minutes in the Spring Term and 5 minutes in the Summer Term. As the year goes on we will develop the children’s speaking and listening skills.

Please help your child to think about and prepare for this.

Useful Websites

• www.topmarks.co.uk • www.bbc.co.uk• www.google.com/moon/• http://www.johncliffordschool.com/• www.literacyshed.com• www.mathematicshed.com• www.starfall.com

Calendar

15th September-PRM begin 8.50-9.10am

30th September- Harvest Festival

W/C 19th October- Poetry Week

19th & 21st October- Parents’ Evenings

21st October-Individual photographs

23rd October INSET day

Finally..........• We are here for you and your child, so please

ask us if you don’t understand something, if you are worried about anything or you just want to celebrate your child with us.

• If you can’t get into school, please phone the office and leave a message and I will try and get back to you as quickly as I can.

• If you are available to help out please let us know and look out for trip letters as we value your support.