Broad Town C of E Primary School Welcome

Broad Town C of E Primary School Welcome to Class 2 Teachers: Mrs Le Cappelain and Mrs Lawrence

The start and end of the day Morning Routine l. Children must be in class and ready for registration at 9 am. If not present when the register is started then the pupil will be marked either absent or late. l. Children may enter the class from 8. 50 am when they may start one of their morning jobs. l. Reading books should be changed in class between 8. 50 am and 9 am independently by the children. l. No playing on the play structures before or after school please. l. Children are expected to put away their own book bags, lunch boxes, water bottles, coats etc. Everything has a place in the classroom. Home time 3. 15 pm l. Please be in the playground ready to collect your child(ren) at 3. 15 pm l. Children will come out to you once they have been dismissed. If no one is there to collect them, children will wait on the benches under the sheltered area. l. Children are expected to take home everything they need, including letters, and sort themselves out independently; please encourage them to do this.

A typical day in Class 2 l. Morning Task and Reading book changing opportunity l. Maths l. Assembly l. Playtime l. English l. Lunch l. Guided Reading l. Other subjects (e. g Science, RE, l. Body Blast l. Story History, P. E, Art etc)

Groupings l. Children will be taught as a whole class with the appropriate learning objectives. The children will be given the appropriate differentiated learning to complete. This may be completed individually , with a partner or in a small group. l. Children will be set for Phonics / Spelling and reading across the Whole School.

Rewards and Sanctions l. Traffic Lights - children start each day on the green - if they do not follow the agreed school rules they are moved to the black as a warning. - if they still don’t make the right choice they are moved to the orange and will miss some playtime. - if they have to move to the red they miss more playtime. Miss Long will be informed and a behaviour record kept of this. l. Rewards - praise and positive comments. - stickers and certificates. - Class 2 House Point system with a prize for the winning house at the end of each ‘long term’.

Golden Time Reward l Children will earn 5 minutes a day of Golden Time for good behaviour, a positive attitude , hard work and effort. l If the children have not achieved this then they will be informed at the end of the day. l They will gain an additional 5 minutes of Golden Time on a Friday if they have achieved the 5 minutes each day of that week.

Teachers • On Monday and Tuesday class 2 will be taught by Mrs Lawrence and by Mrs Le Cappelain on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday • Mrs Clark and Mrs Whetham will be working with children from class 2 throughout the week. • If you have any free time and are able to help out in class either on a regular basis or on an ad-hoc basis please let either of us know.

Homework All homework is given out fortnightly on a Friday and is expected to be returned the following Friday. A hand in date will always be clearly marked on the homework set. Homework comprises of: l 4 Reading Record entries- signed by an adult. l Spellings from the children’s Phonics/ Spelling groups which will be set and tested on a Friday. l All children in Class 2 will also be working on Common Exception Words appropriate for their spelling age / level. These will be tested throughout the year. l Learning of Multiplication Tables Facts (these will also be tested in school – dates will be given out in homework for this). l Practice of 99 or Rainbow Club Maths Tests. l An optional learning task which may support topic work in class or an area of English/ Maths that the children are working on. l

Reading l l l Children will have two whole class reading session per week with the class teacher when a range of reading skills will be taught. Some children will have additional 1: 1 reading sessions with the teachers during the week. Children will be expected to practise these skills independently in follow up sessions. Children may have further opportunities to read with a parent or TA when they are available. It would be helpful to your child if you could find the opportunity to talk to them and question them about what they have read and what reading skills they have been practising when they read at home. We would always welcome additional adult support to hear our children in Class 2 read. It makes such a difference! Please do speak to either of us if you think you may be able to help.

Reading continued l Children will be expected to read at home at least four times a week as part of homework. l This must be recorded in their Reading Record and signed by an adult which will be checked on a weekly basis. l Children are responsible for making sure they hand in their record on a Friday morning.

Hot and Cold Writes We will be continuing to use Hot and Cold Writing sessions to help develop pupils’ writing skills. At the beginning of a new unit of work the children will be given 45 minutes to write a piece of writing in a particular genre (Cold Write). This may be a letter , a descriptive story , an explanation text or some instructions for example. Following this session , the children will have personalised targets set for them to improve their writing on their next Hot write. Sentences will be unpicked , similar text types studied , good examples of writing modelled etc. . . At the end of the unit of work , children will be given the same amount of time for their Hot Write , this time considering their targets and all of their new learning.

Targets l Targets allow us to focus on an area that we feel needs improvement. l All children will have reading, maths and writing targets in the front of the relevant book. The children will be told which targets they will be working on and these will be highlighted on their sheets. Once a target has been achieved it will be dated on their sheets.

General Reminders l l l l l Please check that all uniform is named. PE-all children must have a fully named PE kit in school everyday. There must be no jewellery worn during PE. If you wish your child to continue to wear studs during these sessions, written permission must be given accepting responsibility if an accident occurs. Information comes home with your eldest child in the form of a letter. Book bags, Spelling Books and Reading Records should come to school everyday. Water helps children to stay hydrated during the day, please make sure children have named water bottles and they are washed regularly. Please encourage children to bring a healthy variety of foods for break and lunch! In Class 2 we love to celebrate successes out of school as well as in school. Please do encourage children to bring in any recent certificates of achievement / badges/ awards / reasons to celebrate they have achieved out of school so that we can congratulate them too ! Successes are posted on the board outside the classroom. Photocopies are made of any certificates etc… If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to speak to either of us.