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ARP

Welcome to the ARP

Welcome to the ARP.  You will find important information specific to the ARP here. Anything linked to your child's year group will be on those pages.  Mrs Trott, Miss Calver or Miss Ellis will send you a weekly email detailing our learning for the week to aid conversation at home.  

Quick links:

Whole school news School Calendar School Policies
Term Dates School Meals MCAS

What we learn and how we learn it

English & book lists

 Mathematics
Residential trips Safeguarding Values Baccalaureate 
Music lesson timetables Attendance Uniform
Online safety Worrybox Assessment

Dates for your diary:

Please check the main school calendar for whole school events.

Please also check your child's Year group noticeboard for any mainstream activities your child can access, such as workshops and trips.  Not all trips will be accessible and suitable, but for those which are relevant for your pupil to attend, you will receive information about it.   

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Cooking & Gardening

We are proud to offer all pupils the opportunity to take part in cooking sessions during the school day. These sessions take place in the School House kitchen and are led by their mainstream class teacher – please check their year group page for specific dates.  We also offer ARP cooking sessions on a 3-week rotation.  In Week 1 the children take part in mindful tasting of different ingredients. Week 2 they follow a recipe using the ingredients from the week before and in week 3 we evaluate their cooking.  

Fresh ingredients from our school garden are used wherever possible, helping children learn about food, nutrition, and sustainability.

To support this programme, we ask for a voluntary annual contribution of £13.00, which covers the cost of additional ingredients for the full school year (September 2025 – July 2026).

  • To contribute, please log into your MCAS account
  • The fee can be found in the Clubs section and added to your basket

Your support helps us continue offering this valuable hands-on learning experience. Thank you!
Healthy Snacks

To help keep energy levels up and minds focused, we encourage pupils to bring a healthy snack for break time.

Great options include:

  • Fresh fruit or vegetables
  • Plain rice cakes or crackers
  • A small pot of dried fruit
  • Cheese cubes or yoghurt (in a cool pack)

Please do not send sweets, chocolate, crisps, or fizzy drinks. Let’s work together to support healthy habits and happy learning!

Children should bring a plastic bottle of water.

Children are welcome to bring in a packed lunch and this will be saved until they are in the lunch hall and replaces the school lunch option. 
Therapies

We have Noa Joubert our Speech and Language Therapist for 1.5 days a week (Mondays and Fridays) working with children in small groups and for 1:1 sessions with children.  

Nichola Quarmby is our OT and she is in every Wednesday delivering 1:1 sessions and supporting in class.  
Behaviour

A reminder to Parents and Carers to check MCAS for any behaviour incidents every day.  You will receive a phone call from your child's teacher if a serious incident occurs. For all other incidents where a sanction is applied, a report will be added to MCAS.  As per the Home School Agreement it is important you check this daily as you will be able to see whether your child has struggled at any point during the day. Thank you for your support.  
Capturing 'Wow moments' at home

We value contributions from parents/carers of moments of achievement that have happened outside of school.   If you observe your child achieving something new or wonderful then let one of the ARP team know by sending in a photo with a note or just singing their praises.  The wow moments are stuck in your child’s learning journey and support assessments throughout the year.  Feel free to send in as many as you would like, parents/carers usually complete a page of wow moments each half term. 
Reading Books, Key Words, Home Learning and Book Bags

At Fielding we follow the Read Write Inc programme.  Reading and/or talking about their reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes, 5 times a week. Complete your child’s reading record each time they read. Remember it doesn’t always have to be their school book. Reading records and reading books should be sent into school daily.

The type of ‘book’ your child receives will depend on their phonic knowledge.

  • Some children will focus on learning the sounds of the alphabet.
  • Some children will receive a sound blending book to help develop their blending skills.
  • Some children will receive a book called ‘My Phonics Book’. A letter will be sent home with information of how this works.
  • Some children will receive a reading book.

In addition to this, your child will choose their own picture book.

Your child is not expected to read this book, this book is to be shared with an adult for enjoyment and to help develop a child's comprehension skills.

All books will be changed once a week.

Please make sure your child brings their book bag to school every day.

Help your child to get into this routine.

Inside their book bag please make sure that you always have:

  • picture book
  • reading book
  • reading record

Please look through the reading record, there is lots of useful information inside.

Please sign the reading record every week and write a comment about how your child is progressing with their reading.

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