Welcome to Year 1 (2020-21)

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 Peck

Head of Pre-Preparatory School

Who you will meet

Miss Patel

Miss Stables

Mrs Barber

Mrs Pieri

Mrs Pritchard

Mr Barnett

Year 1 Class Teacher

Classroom Assistant

Music and T&P Teacher

Year 1 Class Teacher

Classroom Assistant

Head of PE

Your Class 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), Mr Barnett and Mr Williams will take PE and Ms Peck will take ICT.

First Day 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 be shown around the school, so you can meet the other teachers and know where the hall, toilets and reception are. 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 2.30pm, 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.

Homework You will not be given homework for the first couple of weeks as you may feel quite tired as there will be lots of information to take in. When the teachers feel you are ready, you will be given homework on Mondays (due back Wednesday) and weekend homework (return on Monday). Homework should take around 20 minutes. There will also be reading set three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and weekend) and spellings to learn.

The School Day You arrive should arrive at School no earlier than 8.30am. You will have 20 minutes to play in the playground before you go up to class to register. We have whole School assemblies on Mondays and Fridays.

08:30 – 08:50 Playground Supervision 08:50 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 10:15 Lesson Time 10:15 – 10:30 Break 10:30 – 12:00 Lesson Time 12:00 – 13:15 Lunch 13:15 – 15:15 Lesson Time 15:15

School Ends

16:30

School Closes

After School Care If you attend After School Care, you will take the shuttle bus from the Pre-Prep School to the Prep School, with some of the other Pre-Pre boys.

Uniform

School uniform

We know that it will be really exciting wearing a new uniform. But what do the different uniforms look like?

Uniform

Games kit

PE kit

Uniform

House t-shirt

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)

Lunch The Pre-Prep School pupils have lunch in the 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.

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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Bake-off Chess Craft & Construction STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

Houses All boys are placed into four Houses before they start school.

The four 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 and/or effort in the academic and creative subjects as well as rugby, football and cricket, and creative activities such as an art, drama or writing competitions. 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 the values and all of the things we expect from the boys at The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

JS - June 2020