Magenta Class

Magenta Class Information for parents

Welcome to Magenta Class. Here is some important information about our class.

• Miss Platts and Mrs Steel are the teachers in Magenta Class. Miss Platts teaches on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Mrs Steel teaches on Thursdays and Fridays.
• Miss Birch is our teaching assistant.
• Every Monday afternoon, Miss Platts has time for PPA (planning, preparation and assessment). During this session, the children will have a specialist PE lesson with ‘Total Sports’ and a French lesson with Miss Ford.

Outdoor clothing
The children will need to bring a coat or jacket to school every day, which will withstand light rain. We also recommend bringing jumpers/cardigans as extra layers as we will be having the windows open as much as possible to allow ventilation in the classroom. 

Alternative pick up arrangements
If you have made arrangements for your child to go home with someone different, it is essential you let us know. Please Bloomz as soon as possible, preferably the day before, to allow us to receive the message in good time. For urgent changes on the day, please ring the office.

Year 5 and 6 walking home
Children in Year 5 and 6 are able to walk home by themselves, provided that we have parental permission. A permission form has already been emailed home with the Year 5 and 6 children. If you have not received this, please get in touch with the office as we may need to update your email details. This will need to be completed and returned before your child can walk home alone.

Drinks in the classroom
The children are allowed to drink water freely during the day especially when it is warm. They should bring a water bottle to school that can be kept in a specific area of the classroom and that has their name on it. Please encourage your child to take their water bottle home daily for cleaning and refilling. 

P.E.
We will be doing P.E. on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Please ensure your child dresses in appropriate clothing on these days.

If your child wears stud earrings, it is school policy that these are either removed or covered for P.E. lessons. Please either teach them to do this themselves or remove them before they come to school that day, as we are not allowed to do it for them. Just a reminder that jewellery (apart from watches or stud earrings) should not be worn at school. Please also make sure that your child brings a bobble on P.E. days if they have long hair.

Reading books
We will hear children read regularly in class, including within groups and individually. Your child will bring home a library book that they have chosen and some children will bring home banded reading books. If possible, please hear your child read for ten minutes each day as this makes a big difference to the progress they make. 

Homework
We do not ask for parents to do specific homework tasks. Activities are available on Mathletics for maths; Spelling Shed for practising spellings and Reading Eggspress and Reading Plus for reading. The topic information leaflet is sent home termly with suggestions of things you can do at home which are linked to our topics. 

Dinner Money / Lunch
We would appreciate payment via ‘ParentPay’ for school dinners (£2.55 per day). However if you prefer to pay by cash or cheque please send dinner money for the week on a Monday morning in an envelope with your child’s name on and which days they would like school dinners. If you wish, you are welcome to pay for several weeks at a time.

A reminder that we implement a no nut policy at school (this includes spreads such as Nutella). 

Medicines
If your child needs to take medicine during the school day, please take this to reception. You will need to fill in a consent form for us to administer this. For children with inhalers or epipens, please also do this and we will discuss specific arrangements for your child. 

Toys
We ask that the children do not bring toys or footballs into school (with the exception of poppets). We have footballs and playground equipment in school for the children to use.

Lost property
We would like to reduce the amount of lost property we accumulate in school. To help us reunite children with lost clothes it is essential they have names on all items of clothing. Please help us by labelling all your child’s property, including water bottles and pack up boxes.

Best wishes, 

Miss Platts and Mrs Steel,

c.platts@ebor.academy   /   h.steel1@ebor.academy