Laurance Haines School

1. Laurance Haines School Enjoy, Care, Aim High and Succeed Together

2. Welcome to Year 5 Miss Macqueen Miss Edwards Miss Oliver Mrs Shehzad Mrs Pandit Mr Seal PPA cover – Cedar: Mr Seal, Birch: Mrs Ciucan, Beech: Ms Cheung

3. School Office • School office is cashless. All payments must be made online. • We use SchoolComms to text and email parents. If you have a smartphone, you can download the School Gateway app from your app store (Android and iPhone) • All you need are your email address and mobile number that school holds on record for you. Once these details are registered you’ll be given a PIN number to complete your registration. If you have trouble logging in please contact the school office for help.

4. Lunchtime • School meals for all Reception and KS1 children are free! KS2 meals are £2.10. Your child simply needs to request a meal at the morning register. • Your child can have a school meal every day or on specific days of their choice. • Packed lunches must be healthy and follow the school guidelines

5. Parentview • Parent View gives you the chance to register what you think about the school. This information is used by the LHS leadership team to inform strategic decisions as well as by Ofsted when they inspect the school. • There’s a link on our website. Search ‘Parentview’ in Google or go to https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk • Follow the on-screen instructions to enter your email address and password . • You’ll be sent an email with a link to activate your login. • Log-in and answer 12 simple questions.

6. Pupil Premium • The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. This year, the school will receive £1320 per eligible pupil. • Eligible families will be able to receive additional support of up to £100 per year with some school costs (e.g. School Uniform, Educational Visits, Stationery, Music Tuition) • Please see Ben McDonald if you receive benefits and think you may be eligible.

7. Curriculum • The different National Curriculum subjects are taught through a chosen theme • Children are set learning challenges in the form of open, exciting, questions – What makes the Earth angry? • We are aware of the danger of 'tenuous' links and ensure that English and maths - whilst sometimes present in themed work - are also taught daily as separate subjects • Similarly, other subjects such as P.E. and computing are taught separately as well as within themes

8. Year overview

9. ½ Termly topic overview

10. Core learning Please see your copy of non-negotiables for Reading, Writing and Maths.

11. Timetable

12. Preview home learning • Learning in any subject can be significantly enhanced by pupils undertaking work out of lesson time. • Pre teaching home learning - Research into pre teaching shows that previewing work can double the rate of pupil progress. The idea behind the weekly pre teaching homework is that through familiarisation, talking about and practicing things at home, will enable a child to have a far higher rate of success when they come to visit a subject or task in class. • Preview home learning tasks are things that you can do together with your child to give them a higher chance of succeeding in the week ahead.

13. Behaviour for learning • The more we know about your children, the more we can use that information to motivate and better engage them in class • We are trying to instil self-motivation to want to learn in all our children • We can do this best with your help. If your child has any success to celebrate outside school, let us know so we can celebrate them in school • Balloons and postcards

14. Reward & sanctions Rewards • House Points • Excellence board • Showing teachers work • Certificates • Balloons and praise postcards Sanctions • Missing break time • Behaviour ladder • Sent to another teacher • Reflection • Parents informed

15. School hours It is very important that your child arrives and is collected on time. 8.50am - 3.20pm If your child is late for any reason and arrives after 8.50, the classroom door will be closed and you must take them to the school office to be registered. They will receive a late sticker which will be stuck in their link book

16. Attendance and holidays • As parents, please help us by: • Ensuring your child arrives on time • Ensuring your child is properly dressed in the correct uniform • Encouraging good behaviour • Notifying us if your child is ill • Avoiding appointments in school time • Not taking holidays in term-time

17. Uniform • Our school uniform provider is Mapac. See school website for details or call 01923 255 525. • Children must have PE kits in school at all times. They should have a PE T shirt in house colours with black shorts. • Plain black joggers or plain black sweat shirts may also be worn. • Earrings should be removed for all P.E lessons.

18. House system COLNE EBURY GADE CHESS

19. Link books • The link book is designed to improve communication between home and school. • It is used to record the class timetable and your child’s daily reading. • It should also include useful reminders, such as PE kit prompts or late arrival notices. • Parents are encouraged to use this book to comment upon their child’s homework, reading or anything else you would like the class teacher to know. • A member of the class team will check this book weekly, so will be aware of any comments made, how frequently your child is reading and if reading books need changing. • We can also be contacted via email me on victoriaedwards@lhaines.herts.sch.uk, juliemacqueen@lhaines.herts.sch.ukclaireoliver@lhaines.herts.sch.uk

20. Access to class • Enter the classroom at classroom door where possible. • Only Nursery children can enter the Nursery garden. • Your children are very welcome to use the school grounds after school to play but please ensure that you supervise them. • Unfortunately our car park does not accommodate parental parking or dropping off. If you have a medical condition or disability, please contact the office who will provide you with a permit • You are responsible for your children until 8:50am

21. Educational visits • Parental consent form • Cuffley assembly – 6th October at 6pm • Pupil Premium • Fantastic opportunity for children to learn outside the classroom and develop new skills

22. Breakfast and a drink starts the day off right! • Improves focus and attention. • Improves mental performance in tasks • Improves memory. • Improves the ability to think critically and solve challenges. • Improves relationships with others. Remember your child needs a water bottle in school everyday

23. Tired and Wired • Does your child have difficulty sleeping? • Does your child have difficulty getting up in the morning and organising themselves ready for school? • How is your child’s concentration and listening? • Is your child irritable and prone to meltdowns over technology at times? • By monitoring the amount of time spent on ipads, tablets and gaming, you may find improvements in sleeping, attention, focus and behaviour which impactson their learning in school.

24. Questions