The Rissington School Spitfire Class
Spring Spitfire
Spring Spitfire
Nativity 2025
Useful Information
PE is on Tuesday. Please come in PE clothes.
Forest School is on Wednesday. Please come in wearing Forest School clothing.
Maths homework is usually set on Friday and due in on Monday.
Please make sure reading records and books are brought to school every day.
Homework:
Expectations are:
READ EVERYDAY: We expect that a supporting adult spends time reading and listening to your child for at least half an hour each day and make a record of any reading in their reading journal. The reading journal will be monitored by an adult (teacher, reading volunteer, teaching assistant) during guided and individual reading sessions each week.
The children’s books will be closely monitored and re-reading a book will form a key part of reading for fluency and understanding as well as de-coding the words on the page. As a guide, phonically decodable or banded reading books are likely to be changed each week and the children will also be asked to choose their own sharing book to take home.
Colour-banded reading books will be changed on Mondays with Mrs Nixon.
FFT shared readers will be changed on Fridays with Mrs Porter.
Maths: This will be set on Mathletics each Friday to be completed over the weekend. Please let your class teacher know if you do not have access to the internet/computer.
CLASSROOM ORGANISATION: Bags, lunch boxes and pencil cases and all personal property must be clearly named. We do provide individual frequent use stationary and ideally pencil cases should be kept for use at home.
Further classroom information regarding all trips, events and visits will be sent separately. Make sure you continue to check your email, text or the school website for more important school dates for your diary.
Additional Information
Coughs and colds are always frequent during the winter months. The children will be expected to maintain good hygiene and to hand sanitise throughout the day, should your child be sensitive to the school soap and hand sanitiser you may want to provide their own. This must be for your child’s use only and should be clearly named.
Children are always able to access and drink water throughout the day, as such children should bring a named, and refillable water bottle each day. Water bottles must be taken home and cleaned thoroughly each evening.
If your child has an inhaler, please could you make sure that it is clearly named and in date. Their inhaler should be in school to be accessed at all times. If your child requires any other medication please could you make us AND the office staff aware.
Formal parent evenings will be held in February to discuss your child’s progress this year. However, if you would like to discuss any aspect of your child’s education or have any concerns at any time throughout the term, please do not hesitate to make an appointment with your class teacher.
Phonics Screening Check
In June of Year 1, we will complete the statutory Phonics Screening Check. For further information on this, please see the Department for Education leaflet below.
phonics screening check information for parents.pdf