Welcome to Year 1 at Newburgh

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Year 1 at Newburgh‘

How we support children during the transition from Reception to Year 1

Topics

Daily routine Homework

Reading Any questions

Spellings

Phonics

Transition

Topics in Year 1‘

Autumn 1 –Under the Sea

Autumn 2 – Monsters and Fairies

Spring 1- The Circus

Spring 2- Superheroes

Summer 1- Time Travellers

Summer 2- Mad Hatters Tea Party

Daily Routine

Registration 8:55-9:05

Guided Reading 9:05-9:30

Session 1 (literacy or numeracy) 9:30-10:20

Assembly (not Tuesdays) 10:20-10:40

Break time 10:40-11:00

Session 2 (literacy or numeracy) 11:00-12:00

Lunch 12:00-1:00

Phonics 1:00-1:25

Topic/ P.E/ Geography/ Science/ History/ Art/D.T

1:25-3.00

Assembly on Tuesdays only 2:50-3:10

Home time 3:15

Reading‘

• Each child will read in a group with an adult twice a week.

Children will have 3 books to take home.

• 1) Library book

• 2) Scheme book

• 3) Guided reading book

Spellings‘

Spellings will start after the first half term.

5 spellings per week

Note: Same spellings may be sent home again if children are not applying to their writing.

Phonics‘

Phonics is the teaching of letters and the sounds they make.

Stream for phonics across lower school (Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3).

Children are put into groups and taught at their own level.

Homework

Home work will be given out 2 weeks before the end of a half term.

Questions

Do both classes learn the same thing?

My child has a friend in the other class. Will they get to work together?

How can we help at home?