Pre-Preparatory School
Welcome to Year 1
Welcome to the Pre-Prep School Dear Boys, We are looking forward to welcoming you to Year 1 at The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in September. It will be the beginning of an exciting new journey and you will make many new friends along the way. This booklet will help you to understand life at Habs Pre-Prep, outlining what to expect and what you will need in your first few days at school. Your new teacher and your teaching assistant will look after you with great care and will make sure that you are happy and settled as quickly as possible. You have all come from so many different schools and so for the first couple of weeks you will spend lots of time getting to know each other. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to play together, build construction, do jigsaw puzzles and lots of other fun activities, so that you can learn each other’s names and make new friends. If you have any questions, please ask your class teacher or any other member of staff, who will be delighted to help. You are going to have lots of fun learning at Habs and we are looking forward to meeting you again very soon! Warm wishes,
Ms V Huggett
Head of Pre-Preparatory School
Who you will meet
Ms Huggett
Head of Pre-Prep
Miss Patel
Miss Stables
Mrs Percival
Mrs Barber
Mrs Pieri
Mrs Grossman
Year 1 Form Teacher
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Pritchard
Music and T&P Teacher
Year 1 Form Teacher
Teaching Assistant
Mr Barnett Head of PE
Year 2 Form Teacher
Drama Teacher
Your Form Teacher will teach you most of the subjects in Year 1, but you will be taught some subjects by specialist teachers. Mrs Pritchard will teach you Music and T&P (Theology and Philosophy), Ms Huggett will take ICT, Mrs Grossman will teach you Drama, Mrs Percival will take you for ‘Leafy Learners’ and Mr Barnett and Mr Williams will take PE.
First Day - Thursday 9 September 2021 Your teacher is very much looking forward to meeting you in the playground at 10am. Remember to wear your big smile to school! You will then be taken into your new classroom. Your teacher will show you your peg and your tray and help you organise the things you have brought in. You will have a tour of the Pre-Prep School and meet the other teachers. Your teacher will play some games with the class so you can get to know your new friends. Please bring in a small healthy snack for break time. You will not need to bring your PE or games kit on the first day. The first day will finish at 2.45pm, and your parents will pick you up from outside the classroom.
Message Book On your first day you will be given a small blue book which you will need to keep in your book bag. This book is for writing in any messages that your teacher gives you, as well as homework tasks. Your parents can use the message book if they need to write a note to your teacher.
Homework You will not be given homework for the first couple of weeks as you may feel quite tired, there will be lots of information to take in! When the teachers feel you are ready, you will be given homework on Mondays (return on Wednesday) and weekend homework (return on Monday). Homework should take no longer than 20 minutes. There will also be reading set three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and weekend) and, after October half term, you will have spellings to learn.
The School Day You should arrive at School no earlier than 8.20am. You will have approximately 30 minutes to play in the playground before registration.
8.20am to 8.50am
Playground Supervision
8.50am to 9am
Registration
9am to 10.15am
Lesson Time
10.15am to 10.30am
Break
10.30am to 12pm
Lesson Time
12pm to 1pm
Lunch
1pm to 2pm
Lesson Time
2pm to 2.15pm
Break
2.15pm to 3.15pm
Lesson Time
3.15pm
School ends
3.15pm to 4pm
After School Care facility at Pre-Prep
Lunch You will eat your lunch in the Pre-Prep School hall. There is a selection of hot food, including vegetarian options. When you have finished you will be guided to empty your tray and will go out to the playground. The lunch menus are on the School website so that you can discuss your choices with your parents. It would be a good idea to practise using your knife and fork over the summer break.
After School Care After School Care takes place at the Pre-Prep School until 4pm. If you wish to stay later than 4pm, you will need to take the shuttle bus from the Pre-Prep School with some of the other Pre-Prep pupils. After School Care at the Prep School runs until 5.30pm.
Uniform
School uniform
We know that it will be really exciting wearing a new uniform. But what do the different uniforms look like?
Games kit
PE kit
Equipment List Please bring the following pieces of equipment on the first day. Most items can be kept in a pencil case - please label them. Apart from the plastic wallet, the equipment will be kept in your tray.
1. Buttoned plastic wallet to fit into book bag 2. Pair of trainers for outdoor play (any colour) 3. Navy apron 4. School sun hat 5. Small bottle of sun cream 6. Wellington boots for Leafy Learners (any colour) 7. Fleece for Leafy Learners (any colour) 8. Stationary (sharp HB pencils, rubber, ruler, sharpener, colouring pencils, glue stick and child safe scissors) 9. Water bottle (named) 10. Headphones for iPad (named) 11. PE/Games rucksack 12. Habs House Colour rucksack (no book bag)
Clubs In the spring term, you will be able to join lunchtime clubs. We will provide you with a list nearer the time and will let you know how to sign up for each club. Examples of clubs are:
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Chess Craft & Construction Photography STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) • Ukulele
Houses and Sections Boys are split into four Houses. The Pre-Preparatory and Preparatory School Houses are:
Andrews
Davids
Georges
Patricks
Each House has a member of staff as House Leader. Every year, on the important dates of the four Patron Saints (our Houses), special events are held. House points are awarded for very good work, good effort in the academic and creative subjects as well as rugby, football and cricket. House points are also awarded for good manners, for being kind and helpful and for good behaviour.
Our Values This is the Habs roundel that sets out our School values.