WELCOME TO WILLOW BASE

PUPIL PREMIUM Do you qualify?

Income support (IS)orChild tax credit, provided you are entitled to

Working Tax Credit and have an annual taxable income that does not exceed £16,190

Income based job seekers allowance orEmployment Support Allowance orGuaranteed element of State Pension CreditSupport under Part IV of the Immigration

and Asylum Act 1999

PUPIL PREMIUM £1,300 spent on your pupil!Eg

individual 1:1 sessionsSmall group sessionsTrip cost reductionSupport with uniform costs

HOT SCHOOL MEALS Well publicised problems and poor

service We would hope that in a few weeks we

will see a strong service New ordering on line managed by

Chartwells Universal Infant Free School Meal Offer

(UIFSM). Hot meal free to all Oak, Sycamore and Beech base children!

For further information BPDAdmin@compass-group.co.uk

PARENTAL COMMUNICATION We continue to try to improve this:

Whole year calendar by mid September on website

Verwood pupil journalBase Governor coffee mornings

Please speak to other parents and come up with top three improvements you would like to see for communication

WHO’S WHO

Mrs Clark Miss Tizzard Ms Kemish Mrs Taylor Mrs Puddle Mrs Cantell Babs White- Base Governor

WILLOW BASE TIMETABLE  8.

35-8.55

 9-00- 10.35

    

10-50-12 12-12.55

 1.05

-1.30

 1-30-1-50

 1-50-2.50

Monday

 

Morning challengeHandwriting  

Guided Reading

   

 Literacy

 

Playtime (10.35-10-50)

  Numeracy

 

Lunchtime

Worship

Handwriting

 

 

ICT 

RE

TuesdayCT

NQT (am)

 

Morning

challenge

Handwritin

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Guided Reading

 

 Literacy

 

 Numeracy

  

Worship

X tables

 PE

Wednesday AC

leadership/PPA

Wake and

Shale

Guided Reading

 

 Literacy

 

 Numeracy

 

BaseWorship

Home learning

French

  Music

Thursda

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Morning challengeHandwriting 

Guided Reading    

 PE

 

 

 Science

  

Worship 

Spelling

test

 

ICT RE

FridayCT (PPA

pm)

Morning challenge  

Guided Reading 

  

 Numeracy

 

 

 Literacy/New

Spellings 

Worship    

SEAL 

  

 Choosing

  

TOPICS Aut 1- The Natural World Aut 2- Creativity and Performance

Spr 1- Significant Individuals Spr 2- Communities – Romans

Sum 1- Healthy lifestyles Sum 2- Human Achievement

SCHOOL TRIPS & ASSEMBLIES Class assembliesMrs Clark’s class- 4th DecemberMiss Tizzard’s class- 5th December

School trip to Dorset County Museum – 23rd March

LEARNING VALUES FOR LIFE The 4 learning Rs: Reciprocal,

resourceful, resilient, reflective The 2 behaviour Rs: Respectful and

responsible

Important to develop learners – those who want to learn and know how to learn successfully. Developing life long learners

THE 6 RS Last year your children had a focus on: - being resilient (perseverance, noticing, managing distractions and absorption)

This year we will continue to promote these, in addition to introducing new areas of the 6Rs.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? This is important so that we equip our

children with the dispositions needed to cope with whatever the future looks like.

National Curriculum changes in 2014 New curriculum focuses on acquisition

of knowledge – sets out WHAT children should know.

Doesn’t specify HOW this should be taught – we can still ensure we promote what we believe underpins good learning – AfL and 6Rs, teaching of skills.

HOME LEARNINGEXPECTATIONS KS2 Weekly journal Spellings Mental maths Regular reading

WEEKLY JOURNAL Our philosophy is that home learning is

something that should be enjoyed by both children and parents.

We ask that the learning completed at home is something that the child wants to do, this may change each week and we feel that a balance of activities and styles works well.

We encourage creativity, so there may not be anything recorded in their journal, it might be a video or PowerPoint. We would, however, ask that the children put some real effort into their activities.

Each half term the teachers will send out a list of ideas to help, should you get stuck and occasionally there may be something more directed for the week.

We really value the learning that happens at home, especially family learning.

Your child will have the opportunity to share their home learning each week with the teacher and their peers in their colour group. (Please see the timetable for details of this)

We will award a sticker or a stamp in your child’s planner each time home learning is completed.

When your child has collected 15 stickers or stamps, they will receive an award.

We do encourage your child to complete home learning each week, however we also acknowledge that sometimes life does get very busy and that it is not always possible.

MENTAL MATHS Developing children’s mental maths skills is

so important in helping them become fluent and confident mathematicians. Mental maths home learning plays an extremely important part in helping them develop this confidence and make links within maths.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! It is part of our home-school home agreement that mental maths home learning is completed weekly alongsidespellings and regular reading.

MATHLETICS In Years 3 and 4 we set maths home

learning on www.mathletics.com . Every child has a user name and password to log on and access the activities set. Every Friday their maths teacher will set them tasks based on their maths learning through the week.

These set tasks must be completed before they can then access the games, challenges and ‘live mathletics’

It is our expectation that their maths home learning is completed every week.

We reward consistent completion of home learning – if children earn 1000 points a week they gain a certificate. These are given out in base worships and celebrated. When children achieve a gold certificate they can choose a prize and it is celebrated in praise worship

If your child does not have access to a computer then we will be starting a mathletics club. Further information to follow

There are also related maths sheets that can be given out to your child so they don’t miss out!

ON OUR WEBSITE… There are letters about mental maths

home learning expectations and ideas/websites to help your child learn their times tables

Please take a sheet which also has ideas and websites to help you support your child with their times tables and mental maths home learning

INCLUSIONIt is vitally important to us that we are an inclusive school and all children feel welcomed, valued are able to reach their full potential with us. Everybody is different and learns at different rates. We all have areas of strength and areas we find challenging. We run many different interventions at school. Some in the base and some in other learning areas. If your child is placed in an intervention group this does not necessarily mean they are struggling, but may be because they need an extra boost of even opportunity to enrich their learning.

SEN SUPPORTSome children have a block to learning which hinders their ability to progress as they should and need specific and additional intervention in order to succeed.We refer to this as requiring Special Educational Needs Support (SEN).If we feel your child may have a block to learning Ann Clark (Inclusion Leader) or one of the Base teachers will arrange to meet you and discuss the support we are able to offer.