Your teachers are:
R1S Mrs Fallon / Mrs Coluccio
R1V Mrs Burns
R1P Miss Lawlor
Our Teaching Assistants are
Mrs Roylance
Mrs Thompson
Mrs Brook
Please make sure your child is aware of what they need to bring into school each day.
Monday
Reading book and record
School book bag
Water bottle
Tuesday
Reading book and record
Book bag
Water bottle
Wednesday
Reading book and record
School book bag
Water bottle
Thursday
Full PE Kit to be worn to school
Reading book and record
School book bag
Water bottle
Friday
Reading book and record
School book bag
Water bottle
Spelling Book Year1 October half term onwards.
Reminders
PE
Children come into school on their their PE day in their school PE kit (black or dark blue bottoms or shorts, a white plain t-shirt, a black or dark blue hoodie top and trainers.) Your child also needs to bring PE pumps into school in a PE drawstring bag and these will stay on your child’s peg throughout the year. No Rucksacks are allowed in school.Â
Outdoor Play
Your child will need a coat every day and we ask that you provide a pair of wellies to be left in school at all times. Please note, we use our outdoor area in all weathers.
Home reading books:
Your child will soon receive their reading book and reading record This is to be returned and changed on the day it says in the front of their reading record. Please sign the reading record when your child reads at home. It is expected that your child reads at least 3 times per week. Please see the Reading section below for further information
Water bottles
Children are actively encouraged to bring water bottles into school; they are frequently provided with times to access their water and it is indeed difficult for this to happen if they do not have a their own bottle. Please try to avoid the hard plastic (expensive) bottles, as these crack and break very easily – soft plastic bottles are much easier to fill and are safer. Plastic water bottles can be purchased from the school office.
The bottle must only contain plain water and no juice/squash.
Birthdays We understand that it will be exciting for your child to experience their sixth birthday, but please remember that it is school policy that we do not hand out invitations (unless there is one for each child in the class), Sweets, lollies, cake etc are also not allowed, due to St. Vincent’s being a ‘Healthy School’. Please be reassured that we will celebrate your child’s birthday, by singing to them etc.
Information For Parents – Reception Baseline Assessment
Year 1 Spellings to learn:
Year 1 Spellings After October Half Term
- A list of spellings for your child to learn will be stuck into their home spelling book each week.
- Please practise the spellings throughout the week on rough paper, chalkboards, whiteboards, in sand etc. Make it fun! (Not in this book)
- Return spelling books every Friday to enable the new list to be stuck in ready for the upcoming week.
- Spelling tests will be every Friday.
Year 1 Phonics Screen Check:
Monday 8th June to Friday 12th June. Please do not book any holidays during this time.
(Our Phonics Scheme)
The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
Book One
This is the same book that the children will have read three times in school – this is a ‘Big Cat Collins’ book. The rationale behind reading the book repeatedly is so that your child reads with confidence and their reading is fluent. This means that they should only be sounding out 1 word in every 10. The other 9 words should be read easily and with automaticity. This book is known as our Reading Practice Book.
If a child cannot decode the book then this will lead to frustration and could put a child off reading completely. Please use as much praise as is possible when your child is reading this book and not deem that it is too easy for them, rather it is that they have become skilled in reading this book over the course of the reading sessions in school.
Book two
This book is our Sharing Book and is a ‘Rising Stars’ book. This book is for you as parents/carers to share the reading with your child. Where your child can attempt familiar words that have been taught in phonics lessons and reading practice sessions, they should do so. You as parents/carers can read the other words your child is less familiar with. This will, in turn, aid your child’s fluency and through discussion about the text improve your child’s vocabulary.
There will be a difference in levels between the reading practice book and the sharing book. This is because the practice book is designed for fluency, speed and accuracy, while the sharing book is meant to stimulate conversation and through the practice of sharing with adults, it is hoped to foster a lifelong love of reading books for pleasure.
Alongside this to further develop reading for pleasure, your child will be issued with a library book. This will be changed weekly.
Your child will be allocated a day of the week in which these books will be changed. We ask that you bring your book bag into school every day.
Think Equal is a global initiative that seeks to end the discriminatory mind-set and the cycle of violence across our world and ensure positive life outcomes for our children. The first four weeks of every half we will read a story that focuses on equality, empathy, and peaceful conflict resolution. Click here to access the resources
The following links provide key information and useful tips for keeping your child safe online. Please familiarise yourself with the content.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
Please find below a useful link.
Tutor Bot contains completely free online maths games where children can practice their mathematics skills. They feature over 100 different customisable games which they hope kids will find to be a fun and new way to improve their mathematics fluency, accuracy and speed.
https://www.tutorhunt.com/tutor-bot/
(Note – school cannot be held responsible for the any content found on the site)
Useful links:
Please find below a link to a really useful website ‘Hungry Little Minds’ which provides simple fun ideas and activities to support children from birth to 5 years old. Here you will also find appropriate apps and websites for your child to use as well as a link to local activities/clubs for children to partake in.
https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/
https://www.ourrochdale.org.uk/kb5/rochdale/directory/family.page?newfamilychannel=5
Think Equal is a global initiative that seeks to end the discriminatory mind-set and the cycle of violence across our world and ensure positive life outcomes for our children. The first four weeks of every half we will read a story that focuses on equality, empathy, and peaceful conflict resolution.
To access the resources please click the links below
14. Home Kits Francisco S Family
15. Home Kits Zelda Goes On Holiday
16. Home Kit The Monster In The Smoke
17. Home Kit Nothando S Journey
18. Home Kit Reha To The Rescue
22. Home Kit My Dream In The Drawer
23. Home Kit Sydney The Seahorse
24. Home Kit Deji And Nnedi And The Very Large Cushion
