CYPRESS PRIMARY Welcome Ms Sampson Mr Roberts Executive - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CYPRESS PRIMARY

Welcome

Miss George Head of Lower School Miss Chapman Deputy Head of Lower School

Inclusion Team I Speech Therapy/School I Nurse/EWO - External Agencies I Breakfast Club and After School Club Team I Admin Team I PTFA

Ms Sampson Mr Roberts Executive Headteachers The Pegasus Academy Trust

Miss Chapman – Nursery Gold and Silver Class Teacher/Deputy Head of Lower School Ms Jerman – Job-share Nursery Teacher

EYFS Learning Assistants across Little Cypress: Mrs Lee, Mrs Mussard, Mrs Nawol, Mrs Bajaj, Ms Short, Ms Johnson

Rainbow Class (2YO +) – overseen by Miss Chapman Manager – Ms Shadbolt

Little Cypress Team

Gold and Silver/Rainbow Classes

Rainbow Class (Morning and afternoon)

Two nursery classes:

Gold Class (Morning) Silver Class (Afternoon) Some stay all day

Session Times

Morning 9.00am – 12.00pm Full-time 9.00am – 3.15pm Afternoon 12.15pm to 3.15pm

How do we look after you and settle you in?

Admission Arrangements

Visits for new children Consultations in September Staggered Entry - a few children starting at a time (Summer born, Spring born, Autumn born)

Lunchtime Arrangements

Lunch available for children who stay with us full-time:

• School dinner (Harrison’s are our new caterers - @£2.30

per lunch – payable via Parentpay) – this will be free when the children are in reception, year 1 and year 2

• Or bring a packed lunch

Eat lunch in the infant hall – own table and Little Cypress TAs supervise

Key Worker

• Continual care from home in routines – talk

to the staff about toilet training

• This will start from next week for nursery –

books going home and please comment in the Reading Diary

Wrap Around Care

• Child care from 7.30am until 6pm
• Managed by school leadership and staffed

by our own directly employed workers

• Continuity of care

This is for Gold/Silver/Rainbow Children as well as reception, Year 1 and Year 2 at Lower and years 3 to 6 at Upper

Being Dressed and Ready for Learning

• grey tracksuit bottoms
• school polo shirt
• sweatshirt
• sturdy, non flashing black shoes

“There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing”

What will we be learning?

The Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum is an experiential curriculum that will get our children “school ready” Personal, Social and Emotional Development

PSED

Physical Development

PD

Communication and Language

CL

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read quickly and skilfully. They are taught how to:

• Recognise the sounds that each individual

letter makes

• Identify the sounds that different

combinations of letters make

• Blend (putting sounds together to read a

word)

• Segment (to aid the spelling of words)

Jolly Phonics

• a -wiggle fingers above the elbow as if ants are crawling on you

a, a, a short sound;

• b -hit a ball with a bat

b, b, b short sound;

• c -raise hands and snap fingers as if playing the castanets

c, c, c short sound;

• d -beat hands up and down as if playing a drum

d, d, d short sound;

• e -crack an egg against a pan with one hand then use both hands

to open the shell e, e, e short sound;

• f -hands come together as if something is deflating

fffffffff continual sound;

• m -rub tummy

mmmmm continual sound;

• n -put arms out like wings of a plane

nnnnnnnn continual sound;

• o -move finger as if switching a light switch on and off
• , o, o short sound;
• p -hold finger as if it is a candle and pretend to puff it out

p, p, p short sound;

• qu -make a duck’s beak with hands

qu, qu, qu short sound;

• r -pretend to be a puppy, shaking head from side to side as if with a rag in your

mouth rrrrrrrrr continual sound;

• s -weave hand in an ‘s’ shape

ssssssss continual sound ;

Jolly Phonics

• t -turn head from side to side as if watching tennis

t, t, t short sound;

• u -keep one hand still and raise the other as if putting an umbrella up

u, u, u short sound;

• v -driving

vvvvvvvv continual sound;

• w -blow onto an open hand as if the wind

wh, wh, wh short sound;

• x -pretend to take a picture (x-ray)

ks, ks, ks short sound;

• y -pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon

y, y, y short sound;

• z -put arms out to your sides and flap like a bee

zzzzzzzz continual sound;

Jolly Phonics

Digraphs:

• ai -cup hand over ear as if hard of hearing

ai, ai, ai ;

• a -put hand over mouth as if something has gone wrong
• h, oh, oh;
• ie -stand to attention and salute

ie, ie;

• ee or (together) -put hands on head and flap them up and down like

donkey ears eeyore, eeyore;

• u -prick thumb with your finger as if it is a needle
• u, ou, ou;

Jolly Phonics

Long Sounds:

• i -cup hands around mouth
• i, ship ahoy;
• ue -point to other people

you, you, you;

• er -roll hands over each other like a mixer

er, er, er;

• ar -open mouth wide

ah,ah, ah.

Good books to read with your child:

• Look for books that are predictable

with a repetitive pattern

• Stick to what they know
• Pick books with a good balance of

pictures and text

• Look for books with rhyme and rhythm
• Choose stories with familiar sequences
• Seek out non fiction information books

What you can do to help

• Introduce lower case letters first, only using

capital letters where appropriate e.g. names

• Be aware of your own pronunciation of the

sounds

• Try not to teach the letters in alphabetical
• rder
• Help your child to be confident with the vowel
• sounds. These sounds are often the most

difficult to hear

• Use the letter families (see hand out)

We work with you so that we can teach good behaviour and reward it

How is the learning organised?

Child-initiated and adult-led activities Local trips Adventure Playground Special Events – Christmas Singing etc Liaison with Parent/Carer – Wow moments

How will we know what

• ur children do at

school?

• Website
• Newsletters
• Talk to staff and your child
• Parent/teacher meetings
• Reading diary
• Look around Little Cypress
• Sharing work

Please be punctual when bringing and collecting your child