Otters Class Page

2020-2021

Dear Parents/Carers

I hope you had a great summer holiday and are now ready for the new term! This year I’m excited to work alongside Mrs Williamson and  Miss Bowden. We are looking forward to working with your children this year and have included some information within this page to help them (and you) feel up to speed with things at school. 

Your child will receive a Reading Journal on their first few days back at school. This book should be used to keep a record of any reading both at home and at school. We wish develop a greater understanding of children’s reading habits/ interests and so we ask that these journals come to school on a daily basis.

This year we will continue to use Class Dojo as a tool for communicating with parents, updating you about events and for sharing important information.

Kind regards,

Mrs Powell

General Details:

Timings:

Key Stage Two Bubble (i) Robins and Otters Classes: 8:40am to 3:15pm using the side field gate (enter and exit via the vehicle gate)

Parents may come in to drop off their children at the drop off point but must keep the flow moving and not stop to talk. If you have children in more than one bubble, you may bring them all at the same time (the latest time).

Uniform:  We expect all children to wear full school uniform in September. Please ensure that the children wear freshly laundered uniform each day.  You may need to purchase extra items to ensure they have enough to wear a clean set each day.  If anyone is struggling to provide their child with extra items of uniform, please contact the school.

PE Kit:  Children will be doing PE on Wednesday and Friday.  On these days they should wear their PE kit to school, not their school uniform.  It is important that all the children have the correct PE kit, including outdoor kit which should consist of black jogging bottoms and sweatshirt/hoodie (does not have to have the school logo on). They should also have trainers in order to be able to take part in PE properly.  PE will take place outside as much as possible. 

Lunchboxes: Children may bring their usual lunchboxes but they should be cleaned each day before they are brought to school. Please ensure water bottles are cleaned each day. 

Hot Meals/Lunchtimes:  There will be two distinct areas in the hall, keeping the children separate. We will be staggering the times of lunch as follows:

Early Years:  11:45am- 12:15pm (then tables sanitised in preparation for KS2 Bubble (i)

Key Stage One 12pm- 12:20pm (then tables sanitised in preparation for KS2 Bubble (ii)

Key Stage Two Bubble (i) 12:20pm

Key Stage Two Bubble (ii): 12:40pm.  This group will go outside at 12:15pm for 15 minutes play before washing hands and coming in for their lunch. 

Book Bags/rucksacks:  All children should have a book bag in school to enable the teaching assistants to keep a track of reading books.  

Pencil Cases:  Children in Key Stage Two are permitted to bring in pencil cases. They should only contain: pencils, rubbers, pencil sharpeners and colouring pencils.  All other items will be provided for the children in individual pots. 

Assemblies:  We will not be holding whole school assemblies but these will be delivered by Mrs Penny using Zoom from her office on  Monday and Friday mornings.