welcome to hendre infants school
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Welcome to Hendre Infants School
Nurture Believe Achieve New Reception Parents Evening 2020
In this Meeting
Nurture Believe Achieve
• Staff Introductions
• The School Day
• Attendance
• School Uniform
• Uniform Grant
• Snack and Lunch
• Curriculum
• Helping at home
• Communication
• Forms
Reception Staff
Miss Stow Miss Pugh
Dosbarth Rabbits
Miss Pole Mrs Kelly Miss Jenkins
Dosbarth Hedgehogs
Miss Thomas
The School Day
Children will start on Thursday 3rd
September
For the first 2 days children will finish at
1.30pm
Full time from 7th September
Attendance
Punctuality Matters Being frequently late for school adds up to lost learning
,
Arriving 5 minutes late every day adds up to over 3 days lost each year
Arriving 15 minutes late every day adds up to 2 weeks absence a year
Arriving 30 minutes late every adds up to 19 days absence a year
Attendance of 95% for the year equals 10 days that your child has been absent, that is 2 full school weeks of your child’s learning missed for that year.
Attendance of 90% for the year equals 19 days that your child has been absent, that is almost 4 school weeks missed. Attendance of 85% for the year
equals 29 days that your child has been absent per, that is almost 6 school weeks missed. Attendance of 80% for the year equals 38 days absent per year
that is over 7 school weeks missed.
100% Above 95% Between 87% and 95% Below 87%
School Uniform Our school colours are navy blue and yellow. We believe our uniform provides
the children with a sense of identity, and a feeling of pride and belonging.
Winter Uniform
Yellow polo shirt
Navy blue jumper or
cardigan
Grey trousers
Grey skirt or pinafore
Grey or navy tights
Black sensible shoes
Summer Uniform
Yellow polo shirt,
Grey shorts
Grey skirt
Yellow and white or
blue and white gingham
dress.
School Uniform PE Kit
White polo shirt,
Black shorts or leggings
Trainers for outdoors
Sweatshirt jumpers, cardigans and polo shirts and book bags are available to order from • Total Solutions at the top of town. • Allwear solutions in Bedwas, by Peters Pies
Forest Schools Kit
Wellies
Suitable waterproof wear
If possible these kits should be
left in school and we will
send them home every half
term.
Uniform Grant Get £125 to buy school uniform, equipment, sports kit and kit for activities outside of school for your child. Learners eligible for free school meals and LAC can apply for this grant for the 2020 to 2021 academic year if they are: • entering reception class or year 3 in primary school • entering year 7 or year 10 in secondary school • aged 4, 7, 11 or 14 in special schools, special needs resource bases or pupil referral
units
Due to the current circumstances a new on-line application process has been developed for 2020. It is anticipated that the on-line application will be available for families to access from Monday 27th July 2020.
Please note: If you have already purchased the items you can still apply and receive the funds retrospectively.
https://gov.wales/pupil-development-grant-access
Snack and Lunch We are a Healthy School.
The children will need a healthy snack everyday. This must be fruit or vegetables please.
Children will be given clear water bottles in September. These are for water only.
In September your child will need a packed lunch
As a healthy school we encourage healthy lunch boxes. This
must be balanced.
This may include
• A sandwich or a wrap with a healthy filling
• Fruits or vegetables
• Squash, water, milk, or diluted juice
• A dairy snack like cheese or yogurt
• One treat – crisps or a chocolate bar
The New Curriculum
Areas of Learning and Experience
Children leaving Hendre Infants will be…….
How can you help at home? Phonics
Numbers Tricky words
Writing Mark Making
Reading
Please Send In
Steffan Davies Tricky words
Tricky word Tub
Family Picture
Communication
www.hendreinfantschool.co.uk
@hendreinfants
“Parents of Hendre”
Request to join
Text 2 Parents
Parents Team
• We have emailed or sent a dojo message to tell you which class your child will be in, in September.
• Over the next couple of days we will send you consent forms that will need to be completed please.
These will include:
• Image consent
• Hwb
• Personal Detail and emergency contact
• Home School Agreement
• Nurture Dog
Consent Forms
Thank you for listening…