Welcome to Campsbourne Reception

Outline• Welcome • Reception Staff• EYFS• Adult interaction• A Day in Reception• Home (School visits) visits• Staggered starts• Settling in - cohorts • Lunch time -School Menu• Clothes • Forest School -What does my child need for forest school?• How do I know how well my child is doing ?• Reading books and Phonics• Partnership with Parents – communication• Attendance and Punctuality• Illness and Accidents• Safeguarding and Special Educational Needs and Disability• Parents and carers workshop• Campsbourne HSA• Questions

Reception Staff

Natasha Crabbe Lauren Hartley

EYFS Lead and Gwen John Teacher Gainsborough Teacher

Aisha Hammadi Debbie Lamizdin Marta Adamson

Nursery Nurse Nursery Nurse Gainsborough Nursery NurseGwen John (Tues to Fri) (Mon)

Early Years Foundation Stage

Areas of Learning

Prime Areas of Learning:• Communication and Language• Physical Development• Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Specific Areas of Learning:• Literacy• Mathematics• Understanding the World• Expressive Arts and Design

Adult Interaction Model

A Day in Reception

8.50 - 9.00 Registration

9.00 – 9.15 Phonics

9.15 – 11.40 Independent Free Play

11.40 – 12.00 Maths Session

12.00 – 1.00 Lunch Time

1.00 – 1.20 Talk for Writing

1.20 – 3.20 Independent Free Play

and story time

3.25 Home Time

Home (School) Visits• Home (School) visits are offered to new children joining our school.

• Due to social distancing rules, and to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus; we will be organising visits to the school instead of in your home.

• Children already in Campsbourne Nursery will get the opportunity to meet their reception teacher. Their current nursery teacher (Fiona) will also have a handover meeting with your reception teacher.

• Our plan is for school home visits to take place during the week beginning

7th September.

• During this time your child will be able to explore their new classroom and play with some of the toys available whilst you meet with the class teacher to discuss your child's interests and needs.

• This will be for 30-45 minutes.

What is a Staggered Start?

• Reception classes will open from Thursday 10th September.

• Your child’s first week will start as three morning

sessions, gradually leading to a full day by the 5th day.

• Staggered entry - please check your welcome

letter for your start date.

• On the first day please arrive at school at 9am.

Settling in cohorts – Group 1, 2 and 3

Day of the week Group 1 (10 children)

Starting - 10th September 2020

Group 2 (10 children)

Starting- 17th September 2020

Group 3 (10 children)

Starting - 24th September 2020

Thursday 9am-12noon 9am- 12noon (5 children)

1pm-3.25pm (5 children)

9am- 12noon (5 children)

1pm-3.25pm (5 children)

Friday 9am-12noon 9am-12noon 9am-12noon

Monday 8.50am-12noon 8.50am-12noon 8.50am-12noon

Tuesday 8.50am-1.30pm (first lunch) 8.50am-1.30pm (first lunch) 8.50am-1.30pm (first lunch)

Wednesday 8.50am – 3.25pm (first full day) 8.50am – 3.25pm (first full day) 8.50am – 3.25pm (first full day)

Settling In

• On their first day your child will be shown where to hang their belongings on their named coat peg and will then have an opportunity to explore the indoor and outdoor areas and enjoy playing.

• Ideally you are more than welcome to come into the classroom to help them settle but due to Covid 19, we will review this closer to the time.

If you are concerned about how your child is settling in please speak to a member of staff straight away so we can discuss how to adapt the process to support your child.

Lunch Time

• Healthy and nutritious school meals are cooked on site and are free for children in Reception to Year 2.

• A weeks’ notice must be given at the office if a child is changing to/from school dinners to packed lunch.

• If your child is to have a packed lunch, please take their lunchbox to the designated area in the dinner hut before school starts.

PLEASE NOTE: The following items are NOT allowed in packedlunches :NUTS, CHOCOLATE, SWEETS and FIZZY DRINKS.

School Menu

Clothes

• Reception children do need to wear school uniform.

• Shoes should fit properly and be suitable for running and climbing. Strappy sandals and flip flops are dangerous and must not be worn.

• No jewellery is allowed in school this includes play or dressing up jewellery. Earrings must be studs not hoops. PLEASE put your child’s name in their clothes especially coats.

Forest School

• Forest School is an inspirational process, that offers ALL learners regular opportunities

to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences

in a woodland or natural environment with trees. Forest School is a specialised learning

approach that sits within and compliments the wider context of outdoor and woodland

education.

• Our reception teachers are Forest School practitioners.

• Children enjoy Forest School sessions every fortnight. Sessions last approximately 1 hour.

They start in the autumn term.

What does my child need for Forest School?

•Wellingtons and waterproof trousers and jacket for Forest School.

How do I know how well my child is doing?• Every child has a focus week once a term.

• During this week or soon after, parent consultations take place.

• The class teacher will speak to you when it is your child’s focus week and arrange a time for you to meet.

• You will also receive a written report outlining your child’s strengths and developments at the end of the academic year.

Reading Books and Phonics

• Your child will be learning the letter sounds in Reception.

• During the autumn half term a book is sent home each week to read with your child.

• Please remember to bring your child’s book bag every day so that they can choose a book to share with you at home.

• As soon as children begin blending sounds confidently we also send home a first reading book each week for them to practise. A reading record is provided to enable feedback between parent and teacher.

Books are changed once a week. Spending time reading with your child every night makes a huge

difference and we strongly encourage you to do this even if it’s only for 5

minutes. Book bags cost £6.50.

Partnership with Parents

• It is very important that home and school communicate well and keep each other informed about situations that may affect your child. If something has happened at home it would be helpful to know so that we can understand any changes in your child’s behaviour. Equally, if something occurs at Reception, we will let you know.

• We welcome parents and carers help in Reception at any time as this is a great way for parents to share experiences from different home cultures. Please let a member of staff know if you would like to come in.

CommunicationPlease make sure that we have your correct email address and mobile phone number.

Search for: groupcall Xpressions app online

Attendance and Punctuality

• If your child cannot attend school because of illness,

please phone the school office.

• If your child has been vomiting or has diarrhoea allow

48 hours recovery before bringing them back to school.

This helps prevent such viruses spreading to other

children.

• If your child is showing symptoms of coronavirus, seek medical advice and inform the school immediately.

• Attendance at school is vital to your child’s education and development. At this early age it is also about creating good habits. Children who get use to not coming to school every day often struggle later on when the expectation is that they are in school every day.

• Children are expected to arrive at school on time. School starts at 8.50am and finishes at 3.25. Please be prompt to avoid any anxiety for your child and if you are running late, please call the school office.

• Should you wish your child to be collected by a relative or friend, you must notify the teacher in the morning and provide a special password for the relative or friend to use.

Illnesses and Accidents

• All nursery nurses have first aid training and the.

• If your child is taken ill, you will be notified by phone. It is essential that the office always has an up to date mobile phone number so you can be contacted in the event of an emergency.

• These are recorded online with text messages sent home to inform parents.

• If your child has a pre-existing medical condition, you will need to fill in a care plan; providing details about the ailment, the medication and dosage. This needs to be updated each year. All medication MUST be prescribed by a doctor. Asthma pumps must be prescribed and supplied in a labelled box.

Safeguarding and Special Educational Needs and Disability

We follow the guidance set out by Haringey Local Safeguarding Children’s Boardand take account of the guidance issued by the Department for Education(DfE).More information about our safeguarding and child protection policy can befound on our school website.

Nominated safeguarding governor James Langley

Designated safeguarding lead Jonathan Smith (Head Teacher)

Deputy designated safeguarding lead Wendy Fitt (Pastoral Manager)

If you have any concerns about your child’s development or special educational needs or disability our school coordinator is Magda Gabruk (SENDCo)

Parents and Carers workshopsEducation in the Early Years: Autumn Term

This will include:

• The opportunity to find out more about teaching and learning in Reception.

• Information about our phonics scheme and early maths.

• The opportunity to ask more questions about the Early Years.

We have two workshops each term. We also cover topics such aspersonal social and emotional development, literacy, forest schooland other aspects of the curriculum.

Campsbourne Home School Association

• As a parent of a child at Campsbourne, you are now a member of our fantastic

HSA. The HSA is a group of parents who organise amazing fund raising events to

raise money for facilities for their children whilst at our school.

• Our school really values the huge effort the HSA does in helping our children get

the best from school and hope you will get involved.

• Please pick up a HSA magazine when your child starts, as it gives information on

the kinds of activities they do as well as being full of really helpful information for

parents of children new to our School.

• ALL parents (both parents) need to register on Classlist in September in their

first week.

Campsbourne Home School Association

• To find out how you could help our HSA there will be a series of small group meetings for

parents and careers to join in during the autumn term. Join the HSA for tea and a chat on the

following days;

Friday 11th September 2020 at 9.30 am

Friday 18th September 2020 at 9.30 am

Friday 25th September 2020 at 9.30 am

Sadly, due to current circumstances we can only have 10 to 12 people per meeting. There will

be arrangements for further opportunities to meet.

• You can also contact the HSA via hsacampsbourne@gmail.com

Questions