Author: Lottie Flynn

Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA)

Over the next six weeks, your child will be taking part in the Reception Baseline Assessment (sometimes called the RBA). It’s a short task-based assessment of your child’s early literacy, communication and maths skills. Your child will use an iPad to complete the questions. (It’s worth noting it’s not an assessment on how well your child can use an iPad.)
The data is collected by the Department for Education and used when your child is in Year 6, to measure the progress of the year group – not individual children. There’s no pass mark or score.
In school, we don’t use this assessment or even have access to the data. Instead, we do our own teacher assessments as we get to know where your child is at in their learning. Our focus this half term is to make sure your child settles into school life well – it’s likely your child won’t even realise they’re doing an assessment.

Celebrating your child’s reading: eBooks

We hope that you’re enjoying listening to your child read their eBook at home and that your child is enjoying celebrating their super reading skills!

At school, your child reads a physical book four times a week – with a focus on teaching phonics skills. This is then sent home as an eBook. The purpose of the eBook at home is to celebrate your child’s success (in phonics skills). Your child should be able to read most of this book confidently and really feel like a reader.

We’ve chosen to use eBooks at home for many benefits. Allocating eBooks frees up about two hours of teacher or TA time changing books – now spent teaching reading!

Here’s some information on how to access eBooks but if you’re having any problems please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Happy reading!

Reminder: Reception parent/carer survey

If you haven’t already and you’re a parent of a child in Reception, please complete this short survey. Thank you to those of you who have already completed the survey.

At Moortown Primary, we’re always trying to keep getting better and better. Your views help us to do that. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and you’ve got until Wednesday 18 March to complete. (If you’d like us to follow-up any of your responses with you, we can only do this if you leave your name.)

We can’t guarantee to meet the needs and wants of every parent / carer, but we do assure you that we consider all the points raised and aim to act on specific points that are raised by many, or a useful idea raised by just a few.

Previously, based on your feedback, for example, we alternated the days Stay and Learns were held – to give all parents an opportunity to attend.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. We’re looking forward to reading your views.

Reception parent/carer survey

If you’re a parent of a child in Reception, please complete this short survey.

At Moortown Primary, we’re always trying to keep getting better and better. Your views help us to do that. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and you’ve got until Wednesday 18 March to complete. (If you’d like us to follow-up any of your responses with you, we can only do this if you leave your name.)

We can’t guarantee to meet the needs and wants of every parent / carer, but we do assure you that we consider all the points raised and aim to act on specific points that are raised by many, or a useful idea raised by just a few.

Previously, based on your feedback, for example, we alternated the days Stay and Learns were held – to give all parents an opportunity to attend.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. We’re looking forward to reading your views.

Packed lunches

Does your child have a packed lunch at school? If so, please download our Guide to Healthy Packed Lunches.

Did you know that popcorn and whole grapes are a choking hazard for children under 5? Lot’s of people don’t! The Food Standards Agency. has published the following advice on how to prepare food safely for your young child.