Information and FAQs Parents & Carers read more Admission Appeals against a refusal to admit a child should be made to the Local Education Authority: School Admissions Team Manchester City Council PO Box 532 Town Hall Extension Manchester M60 2LA The school has adopted the Local Education Authorities Admission Policy. Places in our school are allocated on the following basis: Severe social or medical needs. Siblings already in the school. Straight line distance from home to school. Please note: The fact that your child may have been offered a place in the Nursery does not automatically guarantee a place in the school – This is subject to availability. For further guidance, click below to download the admissions policy and appeals timetable. Admissions Policy 2019/20 Most Recent Letters Here you will find the most recent letters that have been sent home. For letters concerning COVID-19, please see our Covid Updates page. Photo Consent Facebook Letter Potato Competition Flyer Welcome Back Letter One Way System Map Welcome Back Letter from Manchester City Council Nurture Award Jobs Event 2nd /3rd July Taylor Shaw School Meals Flyer Early Years Summer Camp Supporting Learning From Home This page is designed to give parents and carers a range of resources and support in order to help you support your children with their learning at home. Parent Workshops Find below presentations and resources from our latest parent workshops. Reading and Phonics Workshops We held a parents and carers’ reading workshop where we shared a range of resources accessible from home. We were joined by Alison from the Neighbourhoods Service at Manchester City Council, who shared how to join the library and what else is on offer around Manchester. Our Assistant Principals for EYFS and KS1 also held a phonics workshop, taking our parents and carers through how phonics is taught in school and how they can support at home. Find out more by clicking the links below! Supporting Your Child with Reading From Home Workshop Children’s Offer from Manchester Libraries Phonics Workshop Websites and Apps Below are recommended websites and apps which will help your child with their learning at home. Some of these are free to use, others you will need your child’s log in details to access which you can get from your child’s class teacher if they do not know them. Coming soon… Online Safety at Home Find below links to documents and websites which are full of information on how to help keep your children safe online. Think U Know Newsletter Support for SEND Pupils Find below support on offer for pupils with special needs and/or disabilities. RNIB Bookshare If your child is on our SEND register, we will have registered them with the RNIB Bookshare. This free resource allows your child access to a whole host of books online and, paired with the Dolphin Easyreader app, you are able to change text sizes and background colours making books more accessible to pupils with visual difficulties and/or dyslexia. Find out how to log into your account below! RNIB Bookshare Letter RNIB Bookshare and Dolphin Easyreader App User Guide SEND Online Safety Hub Net Aware has partnered with Ambitious about Autism to bring online safety tips, advice and activities specifically for parents and carers of children with SEND. We spoke to parents of children with a range of special educational needs such as dyslexia, autism and speech and language difficulties. Find out more by clicking here: SEND Online Safety Hub Speech, Language and Communication Resources Find below resources to support children with speech, language and communication difficulties from home. Zip file of Speech, Language and Communication Resources Communication Cookbook ASC Links and Resources from One Education Click Here! Local Offer from Manchester City Council Click Here for the SEND local offer- 5th July 2021 Click Here for the SEND summer holidays offer- 21st July 2021 Holiday Dates Please click the links to view our holiday dates: 2021 - 2022 Uniform All pupils are given a school jumper and school bag at the beginning of each academic year. The school uniform consists of a royal blue sweatshirt, jumper or cardigan, grey trousers or skirt and a white shirt or polo shirt. Please click the link below to visit our supplier Behaviour At Briscoe Lane Academy we: Understand that the quality of relationships and school climate area absolutely critical to successful student learning Seek to establish strong meaning and connection for students, families and staff in social and academic contexts Implement principles of mutual respect and encouragement Focus on long term solutions at individual, class and school wide level View mistakes as opportunities to learn and misbehaviour as opportunities to practice critical life skills At Briscoe Lane Academy, children become part of a friendly cooperative environment where there is an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust. Every child is made to feel they have a vitally important role to play in the life of the school where their achievements are recognised and acknowledged. Please see our school’s behaviour policy document for further details which can be found in the 'policies' section of our website. Curriculum Learning at Wise Owl Trust Click the links below to find out more about how we approach learning to ensure that our children are provided with the skills that they need to be successful both in school and beyond. Click to read on The Wise Owl Trust website Click to download the Curriculum booklet Click an icon below to view / download an overview document. Year Group Curriculum Overviews Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Subject Overviews General Overview English Numeracy History & Geography Science Computing Art & D&T Music RE PE MFL Holistic Child RESPECT For more information about our curriculum please contact: admin@briscoe.manchester.sch.uk Phonics at Briscoe Lane Academy At Briscoe Lane we believe that early reading is fundamental for building bright futures. We aspire for all of our pupils to become fluent, confident and passionate readers through systematic approaches to the teaching of reading and the belief in building a reading culture school wide. We can achieve this together through: · The Read Write Inc. program. A systematic and robust approach to the teaching of Early Reading. · Developing a reading culture where all pupils love to read and share books for pleasure both at school and at home. · Giving children access to a wide range of books within classrooms, the school library, online libraries and Read, Write, Inc. Read Write Inc. Phonics teaches children to read accurately and fluently with good comprehension using engaging phonics games and stimulating Storybooks. They learn to form each letter, spell correctly, and compose their ideas step-by-step. Children learn the English alphabetic code: first they learn one way to read the 40+ sounds and blend these sounds into words, then learn to read the same sounds with alternative graphemes. They experience success from the very beginning. Lively phonic books are closely matched to their increasing knowledge of phonics and ‘tricky’ words and, as children re-read the stories, their fluency increases. Along with a thought-provoking introduction, prompts for thinking out loud and discussion, children are helped to read with a storyteller’s voice. The children write every day, rehearsing out loud what they want to say, before spelling the words using the graphemes and ‘tricky’ words they know. They practise handwriting every day: they learn correct letter formation and how to join letters speedily and legibly. Children’s composition (ideas, vocabulary and grammar) is developed by drawing on their own experiences and talking about the stories they read. How is RWI taught at Old Hall Drive?When your child is ready, they may begin to learn some sounds in Nursery in short, fun sessions. As they move into Reception, they will begin to learn how to segment and blend words (we call this Fred Talk, see below for more on Fred Talk) and learn how these words are written down. This is called the Speed Sounds section of the RWI lesson. Your child will begin learning Set 1 Sounds, then, when they are confident and secure with Set 1 will move onto Set 2 and then Set 3 (usually in Year 1). Your child will be assessed regularly to ensure that they are in the right group for them to make maximum progress. You can view examples of Speed Sound Lessons here: <br/> <br/> <br/> Your child will then apply their learning of the new sound and practise older sounds through the reading of closely matched ditty books and Storybooks. As your child moves through the program they will learn challenging vocabulary and build their comprehension skills whilst being fully emerged in exciting texts. Finally, they apply the new sound that they have learnt and consolidate older sounds during Get Writing! Writing activities. Closely linked to the ditty and story books, these activities teach children the basic writing skills whilst incorporating grammar and handwriting. What is Fred Talk? Fred Talk is the segmenting and blending of sounds to read and write words. You may have heard it being called `Sounding Out` before. When we `Fred Talk`, we say the different sounds out load then blend them together to say the whole word. When we do Fred in your Head, the children segment the sound in their heads before saying the whole word. Here is a video showing Fred talk and some ideas for games you can play at home to practise. <br/> Fred Games For more information and for resources to support your child at home, please visit: https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/ Homework Plans Autumn Term Year 6 Year 5 Year 4 Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Reception Nursery Spring Term Year 6 Year 5 Year 4 Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Reception Nursery Fabulous Optional Homework! Each of our homework plans includes exciting ‘optional homework’ which the children can complete at home and bring into school! These include a range of activities such as getting crafty to create something, doing research, writing poetry and lots more! Check out the gallery above for the latest homework that has been brought into school! Policies Click an icon below to view / download an overview document. Acceptable Use of ICT Accident & First Aid Admissions Anti-Bullying Asthma Policy Attendance Policy Behaviour Charging & Remissions CCTV Policy Community Cohesion Computing Curriculum Policy Drugs Education Policy EAL ECT Policy Educational Visits Emotional Wellbeing Equality & Accessibility EYFS Fire Safety GDPR Policy Health and Safety Healthy Food and Drink Homework Intimate Care Marking & Feedback Medical Conditions More and Most Able Policy Online Safety & Social Media Parental Complaints Parents Code of Conduct Policy Positive Handling of Pupils Preventing Extremism and Radicalisation Policy PSHE Pupil Premium Policy Pupil Premium 2019-20 Records Management RSE Policy Safeguarding Policy Safer Recruitment SEND Information Report SEND Policy Supporting Children Unable to Attend School Policy Teaching and Learning Part 1 Teaching and Learning Part 2 Visitors and Volunteers Whistleblowing Writing Please contact the School Office if you require any of these policies in an alternative format. Safeguarding The Education Act 2002 places a duty on schools to have arrangements in place to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of children; and follow statutory guidance. Governing Bodies must have someone who understands the requirements of the safeguarding guidance and legislation. At Briscoe Lane we are committed to ensuring the safety of all of our children with rigorous policies and procedures in place. Click here to watch a video A voice for your students Tootoot gives students a safe voice to be able to report incidents of bullying, cyber bullying, racism, extremism, radicalisation, sexism, mental health and self harm directly to their place of learning. Tootoot gives students an alternative way to disclose their concerns when they are unable to do so face-to-face. Visit website Every Childhood is Worth Fighting For NSPCC is the leading children's charity fighting to end child abuse in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. We help children who have been abused to rebuild their lives, protect those at risk, and find the best ways of preventing abuse from ever happening. Visit website New NSPCC Helpline Child Exploitation and Online Protection CEOP helps keep children and young people safe from sexual abuse and grooming online. They help thousands of children and young people every year, as well as their parents and carers. Visit website The Department for Education has commissioned the NSPCC to launch a new helpline called Report Abuse in Education. The helpline comes after numerous anonymised testimonials of sexual harassment and abuse in schools and colleges were shared to the Everyone’s Invited website this week. The newly launched helpline will provide support to: children and young people who want to share current and non-recent experiences of sexual abuse and harassment children and young people who want to talk about being involved in or witnessing any incidents anyone who works or volunteers in a school setting and needs support and guidance adults who have experienced non-recent abuse parents and carers who are concerned about their own child or other children. Young people and adults can contact Report Abuse in Education on 0800 136 663 or email help@nspcc.org.uk Please see our school’s Safeguarding policy document provides further details which can be found in the 'policies' section of the website. NSPCC Home Alone Guide Child Friendly Safeguarding Policy NSPCC Positive Parenting KCSIE Parent Leaflet The Safeguarding Team C. Hall Principal/Designated Safeguarding Lead P. Mike Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead / Family Worker J. Lloyd Designated Safeguarding Team Member/Family Worker C. Ross Designated Safeguarding Team Member/ Trust Inclusion Lead N. Burke Attendance Lead Z. Hart SENDCO D. Preece Designated Safeguarding Team Member L. Buckley Designated Safeguarding Team Member C. Wilkinson Designated Safeguarding Team Member S. Bramble Designated Safeguarding Team Member School Day We recommend that children are in line for 8.50am. Children will be collected from the playground by their teachers. School officially starts at 8.55am and after this time, children will be recorded as late and given a code L. School finishes at 3.15pm. School lunches are staggered between the times 11.30am and 1.30pm. We have a free breakfast club each morning from 8.15am. This is a good time to ensure that our children have a warm breakfast to prepare them for the day, socialise with other children from different year groups, take part in team games and finish their homework with the support of staff! Across the academy we also have a wide range of after school clubs that take place, make sure you keep up to date with our newsletters and calendar! Clubs Across the academy we are currently running ‘catch-up clubs’ in English and Maths which are on offer to all children. These clubs take place before and after school and are run by our teachers and teaching assistants. These clubs intend to accelerate progress, making up for missed lesson time as a result of the government’s decision to close schools to the majority of pupils during the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. Attendance It is important that our children are in school so that we can teach them! The education of our children is paramount. We have some children with 100% attendance and this is celebrated within school. If your child is absent please contact the school office on the first day of absence. It is important that holidays and appointments are made outside of school hours. Attendance from beginning of Academic Year 2018 (4th September 2018) until end of Half Term 4 (5th April 2019) was 96.4%. Winning class with highest attendance for the Spring Term (3rd January – 5th April 2019) was 3KN with 98.1% attendance. Please see the 'policies' section of the website for our attendance policy. Attendance Newsletter Autumn 2020 Attendance Newsletter Summer 2021 Parent Pay ParentPay is an online payment system for schools. It allows parents to pay quickly and securely for school meals. It is simple, safe and convenient to use. You simply top-up your ParentPay account online by debit or credit card, or in cash through PayPoint in over 30,000 stores across the UK. Just ask your school for more information. Your ParentPay balance can be used immediately to pay for your children’s meals at any school. To start using ParentPay, please come into the school office to receive your activation code. Login to your Parent Pay account by clicking the icon below: School Dinners Our school lunches are provided by Manchester Fayre and prepared and cooked from fresh produce on the premises everyday. We are committed to encouraging healthy eating. At Briscoe Lane Academy, the cost of school lunches is £11.25 per week. Universal Free School Meals were introduced in September 2014. Pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes are now entitled to a free school lunch. Anyone who is entitled to free school meals MUST still apply for them as the Government is only paying for meals where there isn’t an entitlement to free school meals. We are currently providing ‘grab bag’ lunches with a selection of sandwiches, pasta choices, fruit and/or vegetables, savory bakery goods, like samosas and cheese whirls, and bottled water. Packed Lunches We ask that packed lunches are balanced and healthy. See the leaflet below for some great lunchbox ideas! Packed Lunch Leaflet Academy Improvement Plan Academy Improvement Plan 2021/22 Our Child Friendly Academy Improvement Plan details the measures we are taking to ensure that or school provides the best possible learning environment for our pupils. Please click the icon below to download a copy. Child Friendly Academy Improvement Plan SEND Briscoe Lane Academy caters for children from 3 – 11 years old. We are inclusive and aim to meet all children’s needs and support their development in the most appropriate way to ensure they reach their full potential. We provide additional support for children with a range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND): Social, Emotional and Mental Health Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Sensory, Medical and Physical Hearing impairment, visual impairment, epilepsy, Tourettes syndrome Cognition and Learning Moderate learning difficulties; specific learning difficulties, eg. dyslexia /dyspraxia Communication and Interaction Autistic spectrum condition, Asperger’s syndrome and speech and language difficulties Our school’s SEND policy document and information report provide further details. You can find these documents in the 'policies' section of our website. The Local Authority are having a visit from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to look at how Manchester has supported children and young people with Special Educational Needs and their families during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ofsted and CQC would really like to hear your views. Please click on the links below to give your feedback. Survey for Parents and Carers - please click here Survey for Young People with SEND - please click here Meet Our Speech Therapist Click Here Pupil Voice School Council Our School Councillors meet regularly to represent and discuss the views of the pupils. They recently met with the Governors and worked alongside staff to make changes to the playground- including getting a multi use games area built which everyone is really enjoying! Junior Joes Introducing our Junior Joes! These children set up and run playground activities at lunch times and help set up missions! Urban Crew Meet our Urban Crew! These children from Year 5 work hard to keep our school safe and eco-conscious! They are working towards their first qualification! Parent Voice At Briscoe Lane Academy, we aim to build strong links with our parents and the wider community. We value all feedback from parents as it helps us to develop and continually improve the outcomes for our children. Please click the icon below for feedback on our recent events: Parent Voice Parental Feedback At Briscoe Lane Academy, we value all of your comments and queries. Please click the icon below to give feedback: Parental Feedback COVID UPDATES (COPY) Briscoe Lane Academy Briscoe Lane Newton Heath Manchester M40 2TB Tel: 0161 681 1783 Email: admin@briscoe.manchester.sch.uk Parent and public enquires Miss C Beresford Principal Mrs C Hall Chair of the Governing Body Sheila Sturgeon c/o Briscoe Lane Academy Newton Heath, Manchester M40 2TB Special Educational Needs (SEN) Co-ordinator (SENCO) J. 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