Dear Families,

This week’s newsletter is focused on your child’s Autumn Term Learning Pack.  The pack was sent home in your child’s home-school communication book on Wednesday, 18th September 2024. 
This pack contains your child’s:

  • Class Timetable
  • Class Information Sheet showing your child’s teaching team, classmates, and NHS therapists
  • Curriculum Map listing the Curriculum Pathway and Autumn Term overview for each subject
  • Autumn Term targets on the Personal Learning Intention Map

‘Meet the Teacher’ Coffee Mornings: This is an opportunity to meet the class teacher and parents/carers from your child’s class. There will also be Evidence for Learning training and technical support at this session. This is the schedule:  

 

 

Mon 23rd Sep

Wed 25th Sep

Thur 26th Sep

Wed 2nd Oct

Thur 3rd Oct

10:00 -  10:45

Sunflower

Tulip

Dandelion

Elton John

Maya Angelou

Montell Douglas

Lotus

Benjamin Zephaniah

Marcus Rashford

Katherine Grainger

Michael Rosen

Chris Packham

Bluebell

Elderflower

Marigold

10:50 -11:35

Lilac

Iris

Poppy

Clover

Dahlia

Jill Scott

Nelson Mandela

Martin Luther King

Rosa Parks

Mercury

Malala Yousafzai

Michelle Obama

Neptune

Saturn

Jupiter

 

Date

Focus of Parent/Carer Coffee Morning

1st October

10:00-11:30am

Communication at Home:

Presentation & discussion with NHS Speech and Language therapists on communication in the home.

Evidence for Learning Support

Tech support and training is also available for the Evidence for Learning system and app.

8th October

10:00-11:30am

Planning Family Workshops: Planning the workshops and themes you would like throughout the year.

15th October

10:00-11:30am

Makaton Basics: NHS Speech and Language therapist will teach basic Makaton signs to use in the home.

 

Family Learning Week: Tuesday 22nd October – Thursday, 24th October 2024. The date/time for your child’s class will be in their home-school communication book. 

Term Dates: The school term dates are located on the school website: https://swisscottage.camden.sch.uk/parents/termdates
21st October 2024: Training day for staff – no school for pupils
25th October 2024: Last day of the half term
28th October – 1st November 2024: Half term break – no school for pupils 
4th November 2024: Pupils return to school
20th December 2024: Last day of Autumn Term 

School Contact Information: 
Home-School Communication Book: daily 
Phone: 02076818080 Voicemail available

Email:  admin@swisscottage.camden.sch.uk 
            FIT@swisscottage.camden.sch.uk for the Family Inclusion Team
 

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