London Fields Woodberry Down Mandeville Whitmore

The best start for every child

Welcome

Welcome to the website for the Best Start Federation.
The aim of the site is to provide information to all relevant parties about the work of the federation.

We look forward to many years of successful partnership working and fulfilling our core aim: the best possible start for every child.

Work for us!

UPDATES

16 January 2012
Current adverts: [1] class teachers for September 2012; [2] teaching assistants;
[3] school counsellor (Woodberry Down)

16 September 2011
Mr Wallace and Christine Blower on BBC Breakfast - talking about the new phonic reading check

September 2011
Documents from INSET day on 5 September 2011
1. Priorities for 2011/2012
2. Calculation policy
3. Teaching RE
4. Behaviour support
5. ICT
6. Group reading and science
7. Foundation Stage

August 2011
Best Start Federation featured in new National College of School Leadership report - 'Prepared to Lead'

August 2011
Documents/updates for academic year 2011/2012 - in no particular order. If a document needs a password it is the same password as used for the online forms.
1. New science planning for Years 3-5 is now on the VLE
2. KS2 science curriculum map 2011/2012
3. Teach First programme (Autumn Term 1st half)
4.
5. Progression in handwriting
6. Curriculum map
7. NQT mentors 2011/2012
8. Subject leaders 2011/2012

July 2011
Documents from teacher induction 2011

July 2011
Teacher Induction 2011

July 2011
Click here to download the application pack for current support staff vacancies
(Teaching Assistants and Resource Room Operator)
NB Closing date is Sunday 17 July 2011

May 2011
Click here to download the application pack for admin staff: receptionist (Mandeville); finance assistant (federation)

May 2011
All teaching staff - please complete the class preference form for 2011/2012

May 2011
Work for us! Teachers and subject leaders required for September 2011

April 2011
London Fields is an outstanding school!

February 2011
Consultation re: expanding the federation to include Whitmore Primary School

November 2010
Woodberry Down is one of 12 schools featured in new Ofsted report - 'Reading by six: how the best schools do it.'

October 2010
Why teach vocabulary?

Teaching handwriting - videos

August 2010
Documents for academic year 2010/2011 - in no particular order
(1) Career structure for teachers
(2) Literacy curriculum map Autumn 2010
We are planning the black history unit - ie the first unit - for teachers in Y3-5. Please check back soon for further details.
(3) Maths planning for Autumn 2010 is on the VLE.
(4) Leadership and management development scheme
Requires password - this is the same password as the one used for online forms
(5) 2010 Literacy planning - example 1 - Wilma Rudolph
2010 Literacy planning - example 2 - A Bus of Our Own
(6) Literacy planning and resources for first books of year on VLE for Y3 and Y4 [The Bus Ride, A Bus of Our Own, Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph]
(7) Revised literacy planning guidance for post RWI
literacy groups Requires password - this is the same
password as the one used for online forms
(8) Template for AR science vocabulary quizzes
(9) Teaching handwriting