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Enabling all children to learn and grow

Dear all families,

I would like to extend a warm welcome to the families that have started The Vineyard this week. Reception and Gems children are settling in well to their new routines.

I strongly encourage all families to read the whole newsletter each week to read the whole newsletter including the latest news sections for: reading, your phase group, music, sport and the dates at the end. The newsletter is a really important part of our school's communication. Following parents' feedback, we have worked hard to streamline it as much as possible, and it is full of important information. I understand fully how busy life is - at one point I had three children in three different schools and the amount I had to read to keep on top of things was vast! If anyone has any feedback on our communication and or the newsletter, we are always happy to hear it. Please email me at the address below.

Today has been really fun, with children in pyjamas or the comfy clothing they like to wear when reading at home. As a school, we are focussing on reading but not just the mechanics of decoding, as we really want all children to develop a love of reading. Research shows that the more children read, the better their vocabulary. This then supports their learning across the curriculum.

Homework begins again on Monday. Please see our homework policy which will let you know what homework your child will be receiving.

Finally, thank you very much to all who have paid the £100 contribution for the year. If you prefer to pay in instalments, please ask the office to set this up. Exciting trips and workshops are being booked 

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Frances Bracegirdle

Headteacher - headteacher@vineyard.richmond.sch.uk

Safeguarding

Please see here for information around sexual abuse of young people. We would recommend all carers to read this information. 

The staff watched this video this morning on the grooming of young people. It is very eye-opening video, so please take 4 minutes to watch it. 

Miss McArdle, Assistant Headteacher

Gems - Our new specialist resource provision

We are delighted to announce that GEMS is now fully up and running. GEMS is our specialist resource provision and The Vineyard is very excited to welcome all the children and their families to our school community. 

A message from GEMS:

As newbies in town, we are delighted at how welcoming and supportive the Vineyard community has been. Parents have popped in to say hello and enquire about the journey we are on, and we are always happy to see new faces. There are some exciting years ahead and the Gems provision aims to grow substantially over the years, and we are here to ensure that it is a huge success.

If you are in GEMS class don't forget to click on your latest news below.

Mr Rigby, Gems Lead Teacher

Teaching and learning

This week, our maths subject leader, Joe Jackson, led a training session for teachers on how to effectively and purposefully use maths manipulatives in the classroom to support children’s understanding. This includes using concrete, pictorial and abstract (CPA approach) manipulatives to support a child in proving, disproving, embedding and confidently explaining their maths learning.

Below are some examples of the manipulatives we are using in the classroom with your children - please see our social media platforms (Instagram and Facebook?) for upcoming photos of children using these in action to support their learning!

1) the use of concrete materials such as, base ten, bead strings, 100 squares, numicon, ten frames, number lines and cubes.  

2) the pictorial representations children can read and use to show their understanding and explain what is happening conceptually

3) to represent the abstract (e.g. 2 + 1 = 3)

Ms Reilly & Mrs Dempster - AHT Teaching & Learning

tandl@vineyard.richmond.sch.uk

Autumn 1 learning bulletins

Following feedback from the parent survey last year, we are introducing a half termly learning bulletin for each year group. These will inform you of the knowledge and vocabulary that your child will be learning during the term. . They will be exposed to other vocabulary and knowledge in their lessons, but this is the key knowledge and vocabulary which has been carefully chosen to ensure the children can learn in carefully planned steps which build, so they are ready for the next step in their learning journey. 

Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

If you have any questions, please do ask your child's class teacher.

Attendance

Well done to reception, year 1, year 2, year 4 and year 5! Brilliant attendance! 

Amethyst, Sapphire, Starlite, Kyanite and Jet all got no lates and so got a slice of pizza added to their chart! Keep it up. I wonder who will have the first pizza party! 

Alice McArdle

Assistant Headteacher 

Lost Property

Lost property is kept in a box outside the Year 3 toilets on the playground. Please note that we will return any named items to the children. Any unnamed items will be disposed of at the end of every half-term.

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