Primary school organisation

Foundation Stage

Our Nursery & Reception classes make up our Foundation stage. Ours is an

educational nursery and children enter nursery in the year in which they are 4 (between 1st

September and 31st August).  Children in Reception enter in the year in which they are 5

(also between 1st September and 31st August).  Foundation stage is managed by Anna Burgess

and she is supported by a team of Teaching Assistants who are all highly experienced in

working with this age range.  Our Nursery Supervisor is Rawan Qumsieh, who joins us this

year from Hill House.

Reception children work on the Early Learning Goals. These goals are made up of 6 learning

areas: Physical development, problem solving, reasoning & Numeracy, creative development,

personal, social and emotional development, communication, language and literacy and

finally knowledge and understanding of the world.  In Nursery our children are prepared for

Reception by following the ‘stepping stones’ to the Early learning Goals. Foundation Stage

have their own outside play area which is especially designed to provide structured play

activities targeting the children’s physical development.

Each week you will receive a newsletter telling you what your child has been learning

about; please check the Home School Communication book.  For more information please

arrange to speak to Anna Burgess or log onto www.under5’s.co.uk

managed by Brenda Bedigan Booth.  In Year 1, children begin to work on the British National

Curriculum. At the beginning of each term you will receive information about the curriculum

your child is studying, please look out for letters in the Home School Communication book.

Towards the end of Key Stage 1, Year 2 children take the KS1 SATs. (Statutory Assessment

Tests). The children are assessed between the beginning of January and 4 weeks before the

end of the summer term. Tasks and Tests may be administered any time during the assessment

period.  The SAT’s assess the children in reading, writing and mathematics. This year SATs

will still be taken by the pupils, but reported results will be informed by teacher

assessment, which will reflect children’s everyday achievement and not just results

obtained in a ‘one-off’ test.

For further information please arrange to speak to your child’s class teacher.

the beginning of Key Stage 2.  The curriculum builds on work done in Unit 1. All of the

teachers work closely together to ensure continuity and consistency for all of your

children. The children in Unit 2 are organised into ability groups or ‘sets’ for English

and Mathematics. This means that sometimes they will be taught by different teachers. You

will have already received information about which ‘set’ your child is in this term. At the

beginning of each term you will receive information about the curriculum your child is

studying, please look out for letters in the Home School Communication book.

For further information please arrange to speak to your child’s class teacher.

builds on work done in Unit 2. Teachers in the unit work closely together to ensure

continuity and consistency for your children.

The children in Unit 3 are organised into ability groups or ‘sets’ for English and

Mathematics. This means that sometimes they will be taught by different teachers. You will

have already received information about which ‘set’ your child is in this term. At the

beginning of each term you will receive information about the curriculum your child is

studying, please look out for letters in the Home School Communication book.

Towards the end of Key Stage 2, Year 6 children take the KS2 SATs. (Statutory Assessment

Tests).This year the year 6’s will be assessed in Reading, writing and mathematics. The

children are assessed during the summer term. Unlike Key Stage 1 tests which do not have

strict time limits, they Key Stage 2 tests are strictly timed. Year 6 will send out a

timetable of the SAT’s nearer the time.

For further information please arrange to speak to your child’s class teacher.