We have produced the following files for you to download. They are intended to help you support your child’s learning and to give you more information about our school.
Learning Resources for Parents
2Simple PurpleMash
2Simple Purple Mash access from home. (Note: login details are: Class Name, Password).
The Reading Continuum
A comprehensive document, giving teacher-level information about each reading ‘Book Band’.
Book Band Prompts
A simplified version of prompts when reading with children at each ‘Book Band’.
Developing Inference When Reading at Home
For more able readers, this resource helps illustrate the types of questions you might ask your child when reading – and the additional knowledge about ‘real life experiences’ that they’ll need – when developing inference and understanding beyond the literal.
Grammar Essentials
A useful over-view of many of the sentence-level components we teach children to incorporate into their writing.
Advancing Writing
A summary of progressively more complex sentence level components.
Year 2 SATs Information for Parents
A useful guide explaining more about the National Curriculum Assessments (formally known as ‘SATs’), which you’ll need to know about if your child is in Year 2.
Learning and Assessment within KS1 at TVI
Two very comprehensive reference-point booklets, answering some of the more complex questions that parents/carers have regarding their child’s learning, attainment and assessment within TVI. Free copies of this booklet are usually available for you in our School office.
Get Ready for Reception
This PowerPoint has lots of information for Parents about starting Reception.
School Admissions Form
All new families, as part of the admissions process, complete this form in full.
Home School Agreement
All new families complete this ‘Home-School Agreement’, which also contains e-Safety advice/guidance, Acceptable Use Policy for Families and Photography/Internet Consent Forms.
Parents and Carers may choose to supplement the school online offer with support from online companies and in some cases individual tutors. Should this be the case, we emphasise the importance of securing online support from a reputable organisation/individual who can provide evidence that they are safe and can be trusted to have access to children. Support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online includes:
Internet matters for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online