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Early Years Children: Information for parents (continued) – page 5<br />
Keeping In Touch<br />
We appreciate that sending your child to school is a big step and that it is understandable that some<br />
parents may worry or feel anxious about their child’s well-being and happiness. That is why we invite<br />
your child to spend an hour with their new teacher the day before term starts, meet their new classmates<br />
and see their new classroom. During this time you will be invited to have a cup <strong>of</strong> tea with the Head and<br />
the other new parents, receive any further information and check your child’s special arrival time for the<br />
first and second mornings. We are also happy for you or your child’s carer to accompany your child<br />
into their classrooms on arrival, during the Michaelmas (autumn) term. By Christmas, all children<br />
should be happy to come into the classroom independently.<br />
Your child’s Form Teacher is responsible for your child’s pastoral care and, with our small classes,<br />
quickly gets to know every individual child extremely well. You will see your Form Teacher twice a<br />
day when you drop <strong>of</strong>f and collect your child, and many worries can be speedily resolved by an informal<br />
chat. Otherwise, you are welcome to make an appointment for a longer (or more private) conversation<br />
with him/her, or with the relevant Head. Notes <strong>of</strong> the meeting will be taken and a letter or postcard<br />
will be sent to follow up on agreed points. Any concerns will always be treated in complete confidence.<br />
All children have a home-school diary called their ‘prep diary’. This is checked daily by the class teacher<br />
and is a reliable form <strong>of</strong> communication about pastoral care, reminders, housekeeping issues, feedback<br />
on reading and homework and requests for meetings. Parents are asked to read and sign their child’s<br />
prep diary every day.<br />
We have a weekly <strong>Broomwood</strong> <strong>Hall</strong> newsletter, which is sent home in the childrens’ school bags each<br />
Friday and is full news about activities and outings. We also encourage children to take home their art<br />
work for you to admire and display at home! All Lower School children participate in a weekly church<br />
service and parents are warmly invited to join us at these services. We send invitations to parents to a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> events during the year including the Prep Class Play, the Carol Service (which involves the<br />
whole Lower School), Pancake Day Races, Concerts and Competitions.<br />
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />
At the end <strong>of</strong> your child’s “early years” education, we complete a detailed “EYFS Pr<strong>of</strong>ile” which<br />
summarises his or her learning and development against the assessment scales and learning goals, which<br />
have been determined by the Government. You will <strong>of</strong> course, receive your own copy, which we are<br />
happy to discuss with you. We are required to send your child’s EYFS to our Local Education<br />
Authority.<br />
Parents’ Evenings<br />
We start each academic year with a curriculum meeting to which all parents in the year group are<br />
invited, at which we outline the Prep class plans for the year. We hold parent/teacher interviews midway<br />
through the Michaelmas (autumn) and Hilary (spring) term at which parents have the opportunity<br />
to talk to their child’s teacher about their progress and to raise any worries which they may have.<br />
Reports<br />
Children are assessed through observations, questioning and guiding. Narrative reports, which<br />
supplement the comments in the prep diary, are prepared on each child and sent to parents at the end <strong>of</strong><br />
the Michaelmas (autumn) and Hilary (spring) terms. Report slips are sent home at the end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Trinity (summer) term.