WELCOME TO YEAR ONE

New Parents’ Meeting 2015

Thank you for coming.

The class pages on the school website will be regularly updated with

information and photos!

WHO’S WHO?Orange Class: Miss Angus, TA’s- Mrs Hodson in the morning and Mrs Woods in the afternoon.

Yellow Class: Miss Blay TA: Mrs Holdstock

A VERY BIG THANK YOU!!

LUNCH TIME.......

LUNCH TIME.......

AGENDA Transition into Year 1 The Morning Routine Home Reader and Library Books Curriculum 2014 Phonic Screening Test Topics P.E/ Physical activity Home Learning Targets WOW DaysThis PowerPoint will be on the school website: under class pages.

Much of this information is on your topic letter which was sent out via email last week.

TRANSITION TO YEAR ONEAt the end of last term the children had the opportunity to meet us and have a look around the classroom.Organisation of the classroom environment

At the moment we are (along with the children) transforming the classroom to reflect our topic ‘ The Land of Make Believe.’ The classrooms have:

-Role play areas are very important to promote speaking and listening as they feed imagination and develop social skills. We have transformed our areas into an Enchanted Forest and a building site.

-Writing tables/boxes--Book corner/ fairy tale boxes/ puppets etc--Task boards: to promote independence (similar to Reception)--Tables/chairs (everyone sits at a table to complete English and Maths tasks). Time table/ notice board-- Nature table/ reflective area/ Home learning box/ calendar/ weather chartWorkload

Will increase, we want the children to try their best- we will not set any work that we feel children can not achieve.

Golden Rules/Golden TimeThe Golden rules are the same throughout the school- so the

children should be familiar with them.

These rules link to Golden time. In Year 1 we have Golden time on a Friday afternoon rewarding them for their hard work. The children can choose from a range of activities. Each child has agreed to the Golden Rules- these are displayed in the classroom. Each child has their own peg- which is on the sunshine and hopefully will stay on the sunshine. If they break a Golden Rule they will go onto the grey cloud, the sad cloud means they will miss 5 minutes Golden Time (similar to reception).

We believe that good behaviour should be recognised through incentives, privileges and rewards. Such incentives, privileges and rewards may include: praise, praise, praise, verbal and non-verbal, smiley faces, stickers and certificates, special responsibilities.

In both classes, children are grouped into fairy tale settings. If children demonstrate positive behaviour, or a hardworking attitude, the will receive a bead for their team’s pot. At the end of the week, the team with the most beads in their pot receives a prize to take home.

BEHAVIOUR CHARTSGOLDEN TIME SUNSHINE AND GOING FOR GOLD

GOLDEN TIME.....

GOLDEN TIME…

MORNING ROUTINE Children must line up in the playground at

8.50am and will be taken in by their teacher. Please encourage your child to come into school on their own.

Your child does not need a huge school bag- PE kit stays on their peg, home-reader bags/ library bags go home.

The children are encouraged to bring water bottles (clear, containing no more than 500ml and with a sports cap)

TA’s will be by the door to greet the children, help them with their belongings. If you have a note - please make sure your child knows it is in their bag or put it in their hand or pass it on to a TA.

HOME READERS/ LIBRARY BOOKS

The children can change their home readers (see-through bag) as often as they wish- they will be on a coloured book band. Please encourage them to check it is the correct coloured book.

Initially they will have help with this The home readers will be checked weekly by

the teacher (please bring them in on Thursday) – Bookmarks - collect stickers.

Please use the home reader comment book. Library books are usually changed once a

week on a Wednesday (burgundy coloured bag). Children’s own choice.

NEW CURRICULUM The children follow the National Curriculum 2014 In the morning they do Phonics, English and Mathematics Phonics: revise all sounds from reception, then move on to the

next phase....1st session 9.10 am English: focus on fairy tales, story making project- The

Enormous Turnip. Grouped according to ability (writing). TA supports a different group each session.

Mathematics: after break - set into 2 groups- so we can focus our teaching. TA works with different groups.

In the afternoon they follow all the other subjects: topic based, Science, Computing, Geography, Music, History RE, PE, PSHCE.

Guided reading: after lunch- grouped according to their reading ability. TA and T take sessions.

Groups change – you might find your child changes maths groups/literacy groups- don’t worry this is often the case at the beginning of the term!

YEAR 1 PHONICS SCREENING TEST

What is the Year 1 phonics screening check?

The Year 1 phonics screening check is a short assessment to confirm whether individual pupils have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard. It will identify the children who need extra help so they are given support by their school to improve their reading skills. Children who do not reach the required standard (32/40 correct), will then be able to retake the check in Year 2.

It is for all Year 1 pupils. It is a statutory requirement for all schools to carry out the screening check. It takes place in June. (This will be the 5th year of carrying out this check)

It comprises a list of 40 words and non-words, which each child will read one-to-one with a teacher. Half the words cover phonics skills which have been covered in Reception, and half the words are based on Year 1 phonics skills.

You might hear you child say “we have been learning alien words/ nonsense words!!”

TOPICS

Term 1: The Land of Make Believe (Fairy Tales/traditional tales)

Term 2: Lets Go Wild In Africa! Term 3: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

P.E.

P.E - Two sessions a week (Dance, Gymnastics, Hockey, Tennis, Multi-Skills and Athletics)- School Sports Network (SSN) coaches will teach once a week alongside class teacher. They will also run a lunch time club for 1 class every term.

P.E. Kit- remember to label everything!! Please encourage children to dress themselves at home! It is important that they become more independent.

HOME LEARNING Reading home reading stories located in each

classroom – Please hear your child read regularly Word Rockets - sight vocabulary (6 to 8 words

per rocket) – There are 15 rockets altogether and a new rocket is issued when the child confidently reads their previous rockets.

Some may have sound stars to begin with. Later on in the year we will send home spellings Maths home learning task – weekly- to hand in to

the correct Maths teacher From time to time we may ask the children to

research other subjects Home learning box- children can bring in work

from home, rewards etc (BUT NOT TOYS)

TARGETS Each child will have a reading, writing and maths

targets which they will be working towards in school and supported at home - these targets are to the end of term, December.

You will have a copy of these targets to look over at home. These will be sent out next week.

We will be working on the small ‘steps’ towards these targets in school which will be recorded in there Maths/ English books. On the class pages, you will be able to see the small ‘steps’ sheet.

You will have the opportunity to look at where your child is when you look at their books before Parents’ Evening.

You will have the opportunity throughout the year to come and see the progress they have made regarding their targets.

WOW DAYSAUTUMN TERM

Visitor straight out of the 3 Little Pigs!! Fairytale Ball ......and lots more to come throughout the

year!

Certificate, sticker, star for chair, star bear given to someone who we can commend for- politeness , good

behaviour, good attitude, kindness. That we can point out to the other children as a good example.

There is also good work/good deed.