As half term is approaching, the staff, Governors and I wanted to share with you the exciting changes which will be happening in our school during next half term in readiness for September 2013.
Having listened to suggestions and concerns of parents during this year we have decided to move the classroom bases to group year groups together in the school. The greatest difference will be in the Foundation and Key Stage 1 areas. These will all now be on the bottom corridor. They will start with Nursery and end with Year 2 along one corridor. This will help the children with access, safety, security, confidence and independence as it will only occasionally be used by Key Stage 2 children.
We are looking forward to this corridor/area to develop its own identity within the school building.
Key Stage 2 classrooms will also move in order to create a better flow through the school. Their area will begin with the two classrooms opposite the staff room and end with the Year 6 classrooms on the top corridor but at the end of the building.
Clearly this is a huge undertaking for our school.
The main move is due to happen after the children have left for their Summer break however during the latter part of next half term staff will begin to move resources into their new areas.
In addition to this major change and following the suggestions of some parents we have decided to change the timing of the old ‘Meet the Teacher’ session. Traditionally, this has been in the Autumn Term after the children have been in school for two weeks. It was felt that it would be more valuable for you to meet your child’s/ren’s new teacher before the summer holiday and for the teacher to share with you the expectations of being in their class, which you could then reinforce during the Summer holiday to help ease your child’s transition. This meeting will now be called a ‘Transition meeting’ and they will take place in the week of the 8 July (a timetable by class will accompany your child’s/rens report).
The week following the parent ‘Transition meetings’ will be a week of transition for the children. Instead of one morning with their new teacher as has been the pattern in the past, they will have 3 sessions over 3-4 days.
We feel that these changes to our usual transition programme for our children can only benefit them. When September finally arrives we would like to invite you during the first week to view the changes to the classrooms.
We do hope that you can support us in these positive changes for our school as I know that if we work together we can continue to make improvements to our school, which will benefit all our children.
