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FOULDS SCHOOL

All about Key Stage One (KS1)

Everything you need to know about
your child’s time in the Infants (Years 1 and 2)

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

THE KEY STAGe ONE CLASSES
Classes are determined by age.
There are occasions when the school will override age to prioritise eg SEND need.
Rowan Class
30 youngest Year One children.
Birch Class
15 oldest Year One children and the
15 youngest Year Two children.
Maple Class
30 oldest Year Two children.
Transition from Reception to Year One
The partnership between home and school is vital in ensuring transition is a smooth process for each and every child. We encourage parents to reassure their child and help alleviate any worries they may have. This is important throughout the holidays as this will help them to become excited about joining Year One in September!
Key Stage One Curriculum
There is a gentle introduction to the Key Stage 1 curriculum in the Autumn term. We consider that play, investigation and active learning are as important as in the Early Years setting.
Your child will learn all the relevant objectives from the National Curriculum. KS1 teachers plan lessons together, all lessons and tasks are effectively differentiated and scaffolded to cater for the age and ability range.
In the Autumn term, Year One children will experience:
A gradual increase in the amount of time they sit and listen on the carpet.
Guided group work, led and supported by the teacher.
Focus activities that are not always supported by an adult. This helps to build children’s independence.
A build up to whole class teaching.
Engaging in self initiated activities.
School Day
Children will come into school between 9:00—9:15am. Once they have had hand sanitizer, they will find their class teacher who will be out in the playground. You will drop your child off at the bottom of the slope as you have been doing since June. Please talk to your child about this and remind them of how much fun they found it.
It is important for your child to be in school on time due to our staggered start times. If you do need to talk to the class teacher, we ask that you make a phone appointment. If the class teacher needs to speak to you - you will be contacted.
Lunch break begins at 11.45am. The children are gradually shown how to go to the dining room with the guidance of mealtime supervisors. They will eat in their KS1 bubble and will have 30 minutes in the canteen (11:45—12:15). After this, they will have 30 minutes in the KS1 playground.
School ends at 3.25pm. The teachers will bring the children out and we will release the children at the slope as we have been doing since June.
It is really important that you are on time to pick up your children due to the staggered nature of our home times. If you are going to be delayed, please inform the school as soon as possible. Children who are not picked up at their home time will wait in the classroom. After 15min the child will be taken into After School Club and you will be charged for an hour at the Club, regardless of how long they stay.
You must tell a member of staff when you do arrive to take your child. It is also important to be on time to collect your child from after school activities. Please check ending times as they vary from club to club.
If you are unable to collect your child from school, you must inform the teacher with the arrangements you have made (who is picking up your child) by emailing or phoning the office. If a parent tells us they are taking another child home and the office is not aware of this, we won’t be able to let them take them.
Reading
Home readers are changed once a week by either the teacher or teaching assistant. Reading record books are used to record the books given and for parents to make comments on their child’s reading if they wish. These are the same books that they used in EYFS.
Teachers keep separate records on children’s reading as part of an ongoing Guided Reading assessment - please don’t worry if there are no teacher comments in their reading record. Please make daily reading time short and fun with lots of praise. The children need to have their books in every day so we can hear them read and swap their books.
Unfortunately we will not be able to have parent helpers on the school premises this year.
Phonics and Spelling
Children in Year 1 and 2 will have regular sessions where they will learn phonics and high frequency words. They will then move onto spelling rules and further word lists including the common exception words set out by the National Curriculum. These are all viewable on our website in the Parents’ Area in the ‘How to support your child at home’ section. Ensuring that your child is learning spellings each week is key to their progress, please do practise with them at home each week.
Handwriting
Children will be taught a cursive style of writing in line with our handwriting guidelines. In Year 1 they will focus on forming pre cursive letters ready for joining. In Year 2 the vast majority of children will learn to join using cursive script. Some children may need additional work on letter formation before they are ready to join, this will encouraged in class and at home.
Homework
English: The children are given an activity that will help them with their current learning in class or will be a help with learning the following week. We strongly encourage these to be completed.
Maths: Children are set one piece of maths homework per week to consolidate and extend learning. We strongly encourage these to be completed.
Yr 2 also have access to Times Table Rockstars which they are recommended to play for 15min a week to develop their multiplication and division facts recall.
Rewards and Sanctions
STAY On green, aim for gold
From Year 1 to 6 we use a behaviour system called Stay on Green, Aim for Gold. The children start each day on a green card. Green is the expectation of where every child should end the day and should be celebrated. The children can move up to bronze, silver and gold for exceptional work.
Children can also move down a colour to blue, yellow and red. If a child moves to yellow or red, they fill out a rights and responsibilities reflection sheet and may have other consequences. Please see the flow chart at the end of this document for further details.
Golden Time
Golden Time is awarded to every child at the end of the week. During Golden Time children are able to participate in an activity of their choice. If during the week a child repeatedly misbehaves, minutes may be taken off their Golden Time.
Marbles
Marbles in a jar is a whole class reward where the class is able to earn marbles for doing something well altogether, e.g. lining up silently, working well. The children also earn marbles by ending the day on green or above on the behaviour system. When the jar contains a certain number of marbles the class may choose a whole class activity for an afternoon as a treat, for example watching a DVD or having a party.
Stickers
Staff may give stickers to reward good work and behaviour.
Water Bottle
Children are encouraged to bring in a named water bottle, which they use in class. These must be taken home daily to be cleaned. Please do not fill these with juice /squash. School water bottles can be bought from the school uniform supplier. Water fountains will be out of action for the foreseeable future.
INTERVENTIONS
We run quite a few intervention groups during which your child may be given additional support e.g. for phonics, reading or social skills to ensure that your child is making the best progress possible. The majority of our children have intervention at some point or another during their time with us so please don’t be alarmed if we tell you we plan to do this with them! They are routine events within the school day as so many interventions happen across the school - it is nothing to worry about. Your class teacher or phase leader (Mr Morley) will be able to provide further information at the time.
School dinners and Packed lunches
Children will only be allowed to change from school dinners to packed lunches, or back, at the beginning of each half term.
Packed lunches
Must be in a named lunchbox and not in a carrier bag. Infants put their lunch boxes in the big black box outside their classroom.
Sweets and chocolate bars are not allowed in packed lunches. We have a number of children who are allergic to nuts; you must not give your child any product with nuts in. Nuts include all types of seeds, nuts and coconuts.
Snack Time
Fresh fruit is still provided for the children at break time in the morning but there will be no milk as they had in Reception. Children may bring in their own fruit. No other snacks please.
Uniform and Jewellery
The school believes it is important for children to take care of their appearance which means that any variation from the stated uniform will be followed up. Stud earrings can be worn but in order to ensure safety during PE there must be no other jewellery worn to school. Children are not allowed to wear nail varnish. Children with shoulder length hair or longer, must wear their hair tied back. Shirt and ties are only allowed to be worn by Yr 6.
Book bag
This is essential for carrying their homework folder and reading books. Book bags can be purchased through our school uniform supplier. Please no toys and/or key rings.
P.E. Kit
P.E. kit consists of:
White t-shirt
Green shorts
Plimsolls
Black tracksuit bottoms and bottle green top/hoody for winter P.E.
P.E. kits are to be kept in a drawstring bag and hung on your child’s peg in the cloakroom. Please remember that each part of the kit should be named and checked regularly. Also, we encourage them to be cleaned over the holidays.
SCHOOL COUNCIL
There is a School Council for Years 1 to 6. Two representatives from each class are elected each year to attend meetings across the term. We are currently unsure how this will run but the children will not cross bubbles to attend this.
Coats
Please make sure that your child always has a waterproof coat in school whatever the weather (except in a heatwave!)
Children are expected to be responsible for their own belongings therefore it is essential that all clothing is clearly named.
Protection from the sun
Children must bring a sun hat or cap during sunny weather. If you are concerned about sunburn you can apply sunscreen before school that will last all day. Staff are not able to apply or reapply sun cream for your children.
Toys
Toys are not to be brought to school.
Attendance
If your child is unable to attend school for any reason, you must contact us quickly as this ensures that children are always accounted for and safe.
Please update your contact numbers when they change as it can be very distressing for children if we cannot contact you easily.
With sickness or diarrhoea your child must have a 48 hour period in which they have not been ill before returning to school. If your child has both sickness and diarrhoea they must have a 48 hour period in which they are not unwell before returning to school.
If your child has a high temperature, a persistent cough or loss of taste or smell, you must keep them off school and take them for a Coronavirus test. The child cannot come back to school until they receive a negative result. If they receive a positive result you must follow government guidelines. If your child is off due to potential Coronavirus symptoms please inform the school immediately.
Absences that are neither for illness, medical appointments or religious observances are considered unauthorised and will be checked by the LA’s Educational Welfare Officers. If you need to keep your child away from school for any reason other than sickness or religious observances it must be authorised at least two weeks in advance by the Headteacher.
The form for requesting authorised leave can be found on the school website or please email the office for the form until parents are allowed back onto site.
If you need to collect your child during the day or bring your child in later in the day, please report to the school office first so that you can sign them in or out.
If your child is off on the last day of term before a school holiday, or the first day of term, school will request proof (e.g. a doctor’s appointment card) that you have not been on holiday on this day.
School holidays during term time are never authorised and you may incur a fine from the borough.
When you book a holiday, please be aware of potential quarantine expectations and take this into consideration when choosing holiday dates.
Medicine
The only medication (other than inhalers and epipens) that we are allowed to administer is prescription medication which has to be taken four or more times a day. The medicine must have your child’s name on it and be handed in to Mrs Shepherd. You will also have to complete a medical form. The staff will make sure it is correctly administered. This includes inhalers and epipens, which they will keep safe.
Trips and Workshops
The school will ask for voluntary contributions for school trips and workshops (payable on ParentPay). We will ask you to complete signed permission slips if your child is out of school over lunchtime.
The consent form which you sign when your child starts at Foulds covers walks around the local area which do not go over lunchtime.
Meet the Teacher
These will be recorded and sent to you.
NEWSLETTERS
Are published weekly on the website. Please contact the office if you would like them emailed to you.

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

ALL ABOUT KEY STAGE ONE

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FOULDS SCHOOL
Byng Road, Barnet, Herts EN5 4NR
Telephone: 020 8449 2714
www.fouldsp.com
email: office@fouldsp.org