Invicta Primary School 

& Children's Centre 
Invicta Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7HE  
Telephone - SE3: 020 8858 3831  
Email address: ​admin@invictaprimary.co.uk  
Benbow Street, Deptford, London SE8 3HD  
Telephone - SE8: 020 8692 9157  
Email address: admin@invictaprimary.co.uk  
www.invictaprimaryschool.org.uk  
 
Twitter​ - I​ nvicta_primary
Executive Head: Ms Vicki Cufft  
Head of School: Mrs Jodie Cawte  
Business Manager: Mrs. Kate Fry 

 
Dear Parents and Carers, 
 
WELCOME TO INVICTA DEPTFORD 
 
We have had a lovely start to the new term in Reception The children are settling really well. They 
have been making lots of new friends and having lots of exciting new experiences.  
 
See below for staff list.  
 
Reception staff 
 
Galleon  
Miss I. Green –​ Class Teacher (Mon-Wed). 
Miss J.Tremayne- C ​ lass Teacher 
Miss Daisy Williams- ​Learning Support Assistant 
Ms F. Bello- L​ earning Support Assistant 
 
O’Malley 
Miss S.Cousins- ​Class Teacher 
Ms A. Stanley​– Learning Support Assistant 
Mrs S. Jayapal ​-Learning Support Assistant 
 
We are very lucky to have such a big team and are very excited to work together as one class 
during child initiated activities.  
 
 
Timetable 
Session starts at 8:55 am and finishes at 3:15 pm.   
The  reception  gates  will  be  opened  for  the  children  at  8.55  am,  and  will  be  locked  at 9:05 am, if you 
arrive after this time please go to the office.  
For  safety  reasons  please  do  not  allow children to play reception gardens before or after the school 
day. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Name of Timetable: Reception Timetable - Autumn 1 
Academic year: 2018-19 
  Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 
8.55-9.10  Welcome  Welcome  Welcome  Welcome  Welcome 
  children-  children-  children-  children-  children- 
self-registration  self-registration  self-registration  self-registration  self-registration 
9.10-9.20  Group time  Group time  Group time  Group time  Group time 
  Sensory Circuit  Sensory Circuit  Sensory Circuit  Sensory Circuit  Sensory Circuit 
9.20-10.50  Focus children,  Focus children,  Focus children,  Focus children,  O’Malley music 
  observations,  observations,  observations,  observations,  (9-9:30) 
child-led,  child-led,  child-led,  child-led,  Galleon music 
adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated  (9:30-10)  
activities  activities  activities  activities   
Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor  Focus children, 
O’Malley  observations, 
Mandarin  child-led, 
(10:30-11)  adult-facilitated 
Galleon Mandarin  activities 
(11-11:30)  Indoor/outdoor 

10.50-11.10  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor 
  and outdoor  and outdoor  and outdoor  and outdoor  and outdoor 
11.10-11.30  Group time  Group time  Group time  Group time  Group time 

11.30-12.00  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch  Lunch 

12.00-12.40  Play in garden  Play in garden  Play in garden  Play in garden  Play in garden 
  area outside  area outside  area outside lunch  area outside  area outside 
lunch hall  lunch hall  hall  lunch hall  lunch hall 
12.45-1.10  Meditation-Grou Meditation-Group  Meditation-Group  Meditation-Grou Meditation-Grou
p time  time  time  p time  p time 
 
 
 
 
 
1.20-2.35  Focus children,  Focus children,  Focus children,  Focus children,  Focus children, 
  observations,  observations,  observations,  observations,  observations, 
child-led,  child-led,  child-led,  child-led,  child-led, 
adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated  adult-facilitated 
activities  activities  activities  activities  activities 
Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor  Indoor/outdoor 
2.35-2.55  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor  Tidy up indoor 
  and outdoor  and outdoor  and outdoor  and outdoor  and outdoor 
  Group time  Group time  Group time  Group time  Group time 
2.55-3.15 
3.15  Home time   Home time   Home time   Home time   Home time  
 
 
Reception Fund 
To maximise children’s learning is very important that we make things real. We aim to provide the 
opportunity to cook, make play dough and experiment with a wide range of materials. We kindly ask 
that you make a voluntary contribution of 50 pence a week to buy ingredients. Look out for the 
class collection jar or alternatively speak to any of the staff members. 
 
Please ensure that you ​bring your child’s bag everyday a ​ nd that the uniform is clearly labelled. 
It  is  very  important  that  your  child  has  a  ​spare  change  of  clothes  ​(not  necessarily  uniform)  in 
his/her  book  bag  incase  of  accidents  or  as  a  change  after  water  play.  Donations  of  old  clothes 
including pants, socks and trousers are needed and very welcome.  

Children  have  access  to  ​junk  modelling  ​everyday  so  we  constantly  need  supplies  of  lids,  egg 
cartons  (great  for  exploring  mathematical  concepts),  small  clean  boxes  ,  bottles,  corks,  containers, 
plastic  milk  bottles,  old  flour  to  make  playdough  etc  and  any  other  creative  resources.  We  would 
also welcome any possible donations of old furniture, pots, pans or other items such as toys etc.  

Please talk to a member of staff to arrange. 

 
Children’s diary 
Each  child  in  Reception  will  have  a  diary  in  which  they  choose  a  piece  of  work  each  week  that they 
are  proud  of  to  stick  in  and  share  with  you.  They  will  bring  the  diary  home  with  them  each  Friday. 
They  may  also  add a drawing/photo/account of something they did during the weekend that will be 
shared  with  the  class  over  the  course  of  the  week.  You  can expect diaries to start going home in the 
next few weeks. 
 
Parent/carer-volunteers 
If  you  would  like  to  help  out  in  reception,  we  will  gladly  welcome  volunteers  once  the  children  have 
settled. If you are interested please come and talk to the class teacher. 
 
Health & Hygiene Issues 
If  your  child  suffers  from  allergies  or  other  health  issues,  could  you  please  let  the  staff  know  and 
provide medication/epipen or asthma pumps. A medical form must also be completed. 
 
Information Meeting 
Reception  will  be  having  an  information  meeting  for  parents  on  Thursday  13th  September  2018  at 
1:15pm  in  the  classroom.  This  will  be  an  opportunity  for  you  to  meet  us  and  find  out  a  little  more 
about Reception and the exciting plans for our curriculum and parents’ involvement.   
We hope that you will be able to attend. 
 
 
As always, If you have anything you would like to discuss at other times of the term please make an 
appointment. Alternatively, you can email us at the addresses below. 
 
We look forward to an exciting term. 
 
Miss Green, Miss Cousins and Mrs Tremayne 
 
i.green@invictaprimary.co.uk 
s.cousins@invictaprimary.co.uk 
j.tremayne@invictaprimary.co.uk