Key Stage 1
Expectations Evening
September 2015
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Attendance Policy
Responsible Persons
• Headteacher
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Mrs Guest
• Company Secretary -
Mrs Sellers
• Attendance Governor & Safeguarding
Governor - Mr Taylor
Why attendance is
important
• This is a successful school, you and your child plays their part
in making it so.
• It is very important therefore that you make sure that your child
attends regularly and the Attendance Policy sets out how
together we will achieve this.
• Underpinning this commitment is the understanding that unless
children attend school regularly and punctually they will not be
able to take full advantage of the educational opportunities
available to them.
• The school has an obligation to return attendance figures to the
Department of Education three times a year via school census
and keep records for Ofsted inspections as well as reporting to
Full Governing Body each term.
School Targets, Projects
and Special Initiatives
• The school has a target of 95% attendance set by the Full
Governing Body at the start of each academic year and
all children, parents/carers have an important part to play
in achieving this target.
• The minimum level of attendance for this school is 95%
attendance and the school website will be updated
regularly about progress of the school’s attendance level
overall.
• Our aim is to consistently achieve this level because we
know that good attendance is the key to successful
schooling and we believe our pupils can be amongst the
best in the County.
Attendance Guidelines
If your child is absent you must
• Contact us as soon as possible on the first day of absence via;
• Leave message on the school’s answering machine, by email
or direct contact with school office.
If your child is absent we will
• Telephone on the first day of absence if we have not heard
from you;
• Invite you in to discuss the situation with our Headteacher and
a Governor if absences persist.
Lateness
• Poor punctuality is not acceptable. If your
child misses the start of the day they can
miss work and do not spend time with
their class teacher getting vital information
and news for the day. Late arriving pupils
also disrupt lessons, can be embarrassing
for the child and can also encourage
absence.
Holidays in Term Time
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Taking holidays in term time will affect your child’s schooling as much as any other
absence and we expect parents to help us by not to take children away in school time.
All parents will receive a copy of the Attendance Policy which they are required to sign
Remember that any savings you think you may make by taking a holiday in school time are
offset by the cost to your child’s education.
There is no automatic entitlement in law to time off in school time to go on holiday.
The 2006 Regulations (revised September 2013) also define the arrangements for
holiday leave: Head teachers should only authorise leave of absence in exceptional
circumstances. If a head teacher grants a leave request, it will be for the head
teacher to determine the length of time that the child can be away from school.
Leave is unlikely, however, to be granted for the purposes of a family holiday as a
norm.
All applications for leave must be made in advance and at the discretion of the school a
maximum of 10 days in any academic year may be authorised. In making a decision the
school will consider the circumstances of each application individually, including any
previous pattern of leave in term time.
It is important that you understand the circumstances when leave in term time will not be
agreed by us:
When a pupil is just starting the school. This is very important as your child needs to
settle into their new environment as quickly as possible.
Immediately before and during assessment periods (SATS),.
When a pupil’s attendance record already includes any level of unauthorised absence.
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Expectations Evening
September 2015
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School Website
http://www.churchdownvillageinf.co.u
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Blog
http://www.churchdownvillageinf.co.uk/blo
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Year One Page
http://www.churchdownvillageinf.co.uk/yearo
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Year Two Page
http://www.churchdownvillageinf.co.uk/yeartwo
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Twitter
https://twitter.com/CVISACADEMY
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Weekly Newsletter
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Daily Routines
Before 8.50am
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Children are still the responsibility of
parents/guardians.
• PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN
UNATTENDED
• Children may use the MUGA Pitch and
Playground
• NO use of Adventure Playground
• NO ball games
Daily Routines
These routines have been set up to increase
the children’s independence
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Whistle blown 8.50 am
Children to line up in classes
Walk independently into school
Member of staff available for quick
messages (if you need to speak to a member
of staff in more detail please arrange an after
school appointment with the office)
Daily Routines
Specific Pre-register Routines
• Hang up their own coats
• Put their book bags away (in the correct book box)
• Put lunch boxes on shelves
• Be responsible for handing in their own letters etc
• Taking out and changing their reading books on the
appropriate day
• Handing in homework on the required day
Daily Routines continued
• Practise their spellings using look,
cover, write, check method
(Copies of spellings are sent home and are
also available on the school website)
• Complete quick maths. This involves
up to ten questions related to the
objectives being covered during the
week.
Overview of the rest of the
day!
Register 9 am
• Assembly 9.10 – 9.30
• Literacy/Numeracy 9.30 – 10.30
• Break 10.30 – 10.45
• Literacy/Numeracy 11.00 – 12.00
• Lunch 12.00 – 1.15
• Reader’s workshop 1.15 – 1.45
• Foundation subjects1.45 – 3.10
• Prayer
• Home time 3.15
PE: Y1 Wednesday AM / Thursday PM
Y2 Mr Cutler – Monday
Y2 Miss Western - Friday
A Plea!
• Please ensure all uniform is named
including shoes and book bags
• PE Kit in school (please check regularly
that your child’s daps fit!)
• Toys should stay at home unless
otherwise agreed
• No book bag key rings!
Maths Homework
Homework will be set every week – Thursday or Friday
• Maths homework; reinforcing objectives for
the week. Children should attempt work on
their own although support may be given.
NB
Homework consolidates work we will already have
covered in class. Please use the example method (if
given) to assist your child with their maths homework
because it will be familiar to them. Also, please
annotate the sheet if support is given.
Y2 Spelling Homework
• New spellings are given out weekly.
• Children write these into a spelling book.
• Please practise these spellings at home in
complete sentences.
• PLEASE do not write in these books!
• Children need to keep these books in their
book bags ready to write their new spellings
in the following week.
Spellings
• Spelling and phonic work is taken from the
2014 National Curriculum
• Weekly spellings will be a combination of
high frequency words and words related to a
sound pattern
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Reading Homework
• Reading should be done daily to
encourage a love of books and develop
fluency.
• Please write the titles of books read
each week in their contact books along
with a simple comment on your child’s
progress at home (1 or 2 sentences)
Reading
• Wide and varied reading schemes support the
children’s reading. Reading helps to develop
comprehension and writing skills as well as
enjoyment. A variety of extended readers are
available for our more able readers.
• Children are encouraged to read two or more books a
week according to individual needs.
• Books are colour banded to monitor and ensure
progression .
• There are matching coloured book marks which
reflect the learning objectives for each band
• High Frequency word lists (see website)
Reading
• Your child will have access to the
school library in order to extend the
range of books they read.
• In Year Two, children will start bringing
home an assortment of library books
that they have chosen alongside their
weekly banded reading books.
Writing
• A variety of writing styles are covered
throughout the year; story, poetry,
instructions, explanations,
non- chronological reports and
information texts. This develops the
children’s ability to write for different
purposes.
• We encourage children to use and
check punctuation to ensure their
writing makes sense.
More information (Literacy)
Readers’ Workshop - Takes place every
afternoon. Activities include:
• Guided Reading (led by teacher)
• Comprehension
• Grammar
• Literacy Games
Phonics Screening Test
• At the end of Year One all children will
take part in the National Phonic
Screening test aimed to assess
children’s phonic knowledge.
• The test consists of 40 words, psuedo
and real.
• Examples of real – flute, cow, pin
• Examples of psuedo – chaw, greep
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Phonics Screening Test
• If your child does not achieve the pass
mark in Year One. They will retake the
test the following year.
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Computing in School
• Computing is taught throughout the
curriculum using a variety of software
packages
• For example children will learn to:
- Turn on/off
- Use appropriate vocabulary
- Print / save
- Create picture / word documents
- Access programmes
- Data Handling
- Search the internet
- E-safety
- Take pictures
- CODING
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Teaching Plans
• Mid-Term plans (6 terms) – A termly
overview specifying the weekly
coverage of the learning objectives for
Maths, Literacy, Topic. These can be
found on the school website, under
class pages.
• Weekly Plans – More detailed plans
with a daily breakdown of the weeks
objectives
Assessment
• Children are grouped at the Teacher’s discretion
based on personalities, independence and ability.
Types of assessment include;
• Daily Formative Assessment - assessing progress as
it happens!
• Termly assessments for Literacy and Maths (3 x yr)
focusing on the objectives taught. This will help
inform plans, set targets and indicate any intervention
needed.
Marking Policy
• Tickled Pink and Green for Growth.
Conferencing with individual pupils about
their successes (Tickled Pinks) and areas for
improvement (Green for Growth).
Enrichment/Extended
Schools
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Drama
Music
Art
French
Forest school
Spanish with
Senor Savage
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Multi skills
Football
Tennis
Athletics
Dancing
Singing
D&T
Computing
We believe in Life-Long Learning and strive
to promote an enriched curriculum to this end
Forest School
• Main Forest School sessions will take place
on a Friday Morning as part of the
enrichment programme.
• Additional Forest School sessions will take
place once a term during PE sessions.
• You will be informed about Forest School
sessions through the weekly class
newsletter.
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Forest School Clothing
Children will always need:
 Woolly hat or sun hat
 Jacket / waterproof coat
 Long sleeved top e.g. fleece or sweatshirt
 Long trousers
 Change of footwear, ideally wellies
 In winter they will need extra layers and gloves
 We go out in all weathers apart from thunder
and lightning so that children experience the
extremities of the great British weather.
Opportunities for All
• Throughout the year ALL pupils have
opportunities to take part in additional
activities;
• Cheltenham Festival, athletics, tennis,
multi-skills, assemblies, choir etc.
• Please be aware it is not possible for
every child to take part in every activity.
Parents
• Finally we see parents as important partners
in the process of developing children’s
language, reading, writing and numerical skills.
• We offer an open door policy to parents if there
are issues in school, although it is advisable to
make an appointment for after school or see
the school office
• We have high expectations of learning and
behaviour and would like you to support us in
these areas.
Interesting Facts
According to Sacker et al (2002)
Parents Intervention plays an essential role
in
children’s achievements. At age 7 parents
have the biggest impact on their children’s
achievement.
Achievement
parents/school effects
Age 7
29% / 5%
Age 11
27% / 21%
Age 16
14% / 51% Overall
GCSE points go up 26 points if parents engage with their
children daily, (in effect jumping up 2 grade boundaries)
KS1 Staff
Year 2
Mr Cutler
Mrs Delaney
Miss
Miss Parker
Miss Houston
Year 1
Miss
Mrs Carter Miss
Mrs
Mrs Miles Mrs Fleet
Miss
Mrs
Miss
Mrs Sullivan
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Thank you!!
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