Welcome to Glen Park Primary Welcome to Glen Park Primary SchoolSchool

Foundation Stage IntakeFoundation Stage Intake

September 2006September 2006

PartnershipPartnership

You are your child’s You are your child’s foremost educator; Your foremost educator; Your influence carries on for a influence carries on for a lifetimelifetime

Your child’s education is a Your child’s education is a joint responsibilityjoint responsibility

By the time a child starts By the time a child starts school, she has already school, she has already got 85% of her language got 85% of her language skillsskills

Your child, between the Your child, between the ages of 0 and 16, will ages of 0 and 16, will spend just 15% of his spend just 15% of his waking hours at schoolwaking hours at school

The Induction ProcessThe Induction Process

Parent:teacher Parent:teacher appointmentsappointments

Home School AgreementHome School Agreement Staggered entryStaggered entry

– Importance of establishing a Importance of establishing a secure startsecure start

– Allows children the chance Allows children the chance to find their way around their to find their way around their new environmentnew environment

– Opportunity for teachers to Opportunity for teachers to get to know each child get to know each child closely from the beginningclosely from the beginning

– Allows teachers to carry out Allows teachers to carry out ‘baseline assessment’ of ‘baseline assessment’ of each childeach child

Structure of the dayStructure of the day

Children arrive between 8.45 and 8.55, to be Children arrive between 8.45 and 8.55, to be inside the classroom by 8.55 ready for the inside the classroom by 8.55 ready for the RegisterRegister

Morning break for fruit, drink and play is at Morning break for fruit, drink and play is at 10.30 until 11.0010.30 until 11.00

Lunchtime is from 12.00 until 1.00Lunchtime is from 12.00 until 1.00 Afternoon break for play and fresh air is Afternoon break for play and fresh air is

from 2.00 until 2.10from 2.00 until 2.10 Home time is 3.15Home time is 3.15

LunchtimeLunchtime

Healthy lunch = healthy Healthy lunch = healthy mind and body!mind and body!– A good balanced meal - a A good balanced meal - a

sandwich, a salad, some sandwich, a salad, some fruit or yogurt and a drink of fruit or yogurt and a drink of juice or milkjuice or milk

– A school dinnerA school dinner

Playtime is social time; Playtime is social time; The MTAs will supervise The MTAs will supervise play and encourage play and encourage children to play games children to play games with each otherwith each other

People Who Work With Your People Who Work With Your ChildChild

Meal TimeAssistants

AdministrativeStaff

EducationalPsychologist

SchoolDentist

SchoolNurse

EducationWelfareOfficer

TeachersAnd

Teaching AssistantsYour child

Speech Therapists

What Will the Children Be Doing?What Will the Children Be Doing?

Choosing a bookChoosing a book Playing with the toysPlaying with the toys Painting and drawingPainting and drawing Using the ‘home corner’Using the ‘home corner’ Playing with the sand and Playing with the sand and

waterwater Using the bikes and trikesUsing the bikes and trikes Singing, dancing and role-Singing, dancing and role-

playingplaying

What will they need?What will they need?

Wellies Wellies

Tracksuit bottomsTracksuit bottoms School uniform, including PE KitSchool uniform, including PE Kit Water to drink throughout the dayWater to drink throughout the day

The Early Learning GoalsThe Early Learning Goals

Personal, Social and Emotional

Physical Development

Creative Development

Knowledge and understanding

of the world

Mathematical Development

Communications, Language and Literacy

Early Learning Goals

How Teaching and Learning How Teaching and Learning Progress:Progress:

Foundation stage: pre school Foundation stage: pre school and the first year of schooland the first year of school– Children follow the early Children follow the early

learning goals for the learning goals for the foundation stagefoundation stage

Key Stage 1 – Years 1 and Key Stage 1 – Years 1 and 2 2 – Children follow the National Children follow the National

Curriculum (10 subjects), Curriculum (10 subjects), and sit their SATs in the and sit their SATs in the summer term of Year 2summer term of Year 2

Key Stage 2 – Years 3, 4, Key Stage 2 – Years 3, 4, 5 and 65 and 6– Children follow the National Children follow the National

Curriculum still, and sit their Curriculum still, and sit their SATs in the summer term of SATs in the summer term of Year 6Year 6

AssessmentAssessment

Baseline Assessment – within first half-termBaseline Assessment – within first half-term Foundation Stage ProfileFoundation Stage Profile Teacher Assessment - continuousTeacher Assessment - continuous PIPs – Foundation, Year 1 and Year 4PIPs – Foundation, Year 1 and Year 4 Year 2: Standard Assessment Tests/TasksYear 2: Standard Assessment Tests/Tasks Year 6: Standard Assessment TestsYear 6: Standard Assessment Tests

How Parents Can Help UsHow Parents Can Help Us

Talk to your child about their dayTalk to your child about their day Read to or with your child every dayRead to or with your child every day Check the book bag for messagesCheck the book bag for messages Use the reading record to communicate with Use the reading record to communicate with

teachers teachers (or a quick word in the morning/afternoon)(or a quick word in the morning/afternoon)

Encourage your child to be independentEncourage your child to be independent– Come into school by himself (after the first few days)Come into school by himself (after the first few days)– Have the right things on the right daysHave the right things on the right days

Developing Learning Outside SchoolDeveloping Learning Outside School

Getting the balance right: Getting the balance right: children need to play and children need to play and they need to rest. they need to rest. However, you can use all However, you can use all sorts of activities as sorts of activities as learning opportunities:learning opportunities:– ShoppingShopping– CookingCooking– CleaningCleaning– Laundry Laundry – GardeningGardening– Washing the carWashing the car– TidyingTidying

How We Can Help YouHow We Can Help You

If you have any questions at all, ask one of the staff.If you have any questions at all, ask one of the staff. We will issue a termly ‘topic web’ which details the work to We will issue a termly ‘topic web’ which details the work to

be covered that term.be covered that term. If you want more ideas of how to help at home, ask the If you want more ideas of how to help at home, ask the

teachers.teachers. We will send home a weekly newsletter so that you know We will send home a weekly newsletter so that you know

what is going on in school.what is going on in school. You will be invited to regular meetings to discuss your You will be invited to regular meetings to discuss your

child.child. We will make ourselves available to talk to you – We will make ourselves available to talk to you –

immediately if possible, but if not, then as soon as we can.immediately if possible, but if not, then as soon as we can.