Useful Information for Parents

This is the place to find answers to questions you may have or some guidance and advice about things to do at home and other information which you may find relevant and useful throughout the year.  

PE

Explorer PE days are on Tuesday (outdoor) and Thursday (indoor). 

PE will be taught by Miss Saunders (indoor) and Mr. Mountford (outdoor).

 

Please make sure that indoor PE kit is in school for the duration of the term, whilst outdoor PE kit can be worn to school on a Tuesday. 

In the event that we cannot go outside on a Tuesday, outdoor sessions will be taught in the EYFS Hall. 

What are VIPERS?

What are Vipers?

VIPERS is an acronym to aid the recall of the 6 reading domains as part of the UK’s reading curriculum.  They are the key areas which we feel children need to know and understand in order to improve their comprehension of texts.

VIPERS stands for

Vocabulary

Inference

Prediction

Explanation

Retrieval

Sequence or Summarise

The 6 domains focus on the comprehension aspect of reading and not the mechanics: decoding, fluency, prosody etc.  As such, VIPERS is not a reading scheme but rather a method of ensuring that teachers ask, and students are familiar with, a range of questions.  They allow the teacher to track the type of questions asked and the children’s responses to these which allows for targeted questioning afterwards.

Reading