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KS1 Curriculum Evening

Tuesday 26th September 2017

Be Your Best Expect the BestSucceed Together

Curriculum Coverage

At Ormiston Meadows Academy we follow the National Curriculum to teach the following lessons:

• English (Speaking & Listening, Reading and Writing)

• Mathematics

• Science (Love to Investigate)

• Cornerstones (History, Geography, Art & DT)

• RE (Through allocated themed days and assemblies)

• Music

• French (taught during PPA time)

• PSHE (Votes for school)

• PE (taught by a sports coach from Key Sports)

• ICT (taught during PPA time by Enriched IT)


Timetables M 8.45am –

9.00am

9.00am –

9.15am

9.30 – 10.00 10.00-

10.30

10.30 –

10.45

10.45-11.05am 11.05 – 12.00 12.00-1.00 1.00-3.15

Reg Assembly

English

B Maths meeting

Maths

L

Cornerstones

T 8.45am –

9.00am

9.00am – 10.30am 10.30 –

10.45

10.45 – 11.05 11.05am – 12.00 12.00-

1.00

1.00pm-3.00pm

Reg

English

R

Maths Meeting

Maths

U

Cornerstones

W 8.45am –

9.00am

9.00am –

9.15am

9.30 –

10.00

10.00-

10.30

10.30 –

10.45

10.45 – 12.00 12.00-

1.00

1.00-3.15

Reg Assembly

English

E Maths Meeting

Maths

N

PPA

Th 8.45am –

9.00am

9.00am – 10.30am 10.30 –

10.45

10.45 – 11.05 11.05 – 12.00 12.00-

1.00

1.00-3.10

Reg

English

A Maths Meeting Maths C

Cornerstones

8.45am –

9.00am

9.00am –

9.15am

9.30 – 10.00 10.30 –

10.45

10.45 – 11.05 11.05 – 12.00 12.00-

1.00

1.00-3.10

F Reg Assembly

English

K Maths meeting Maths H

Cornerstones


Clubs – Lunchtime Clubs


After School Clubs Club Terms:

• In order to ensure all of our clubs are well attended, and to allow your child to get the most they can out of the club, we ask that you agree

to the following terms when you sign your child up to a club:

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• Your child will be committed to attending the club every week. Unless they are absent from school, your child will be expected to

attend every session organised. If your child misses more than two sessions without advanced notification in writing, they will lose their

place in the club.

• You will collect your child promptly at the required time. If a you or the adult responsible for collection are more than 10 minutes late

collecting your child, they will be taken to after school club and you will be billed for this time.

• You will ensure any required kit or equipment is in school for your child to use in the club session. Very few of our clubs require

any special resources to be provided by you. Some clubs may require PE kit or other clothing to be worn. You will be notified of any kit or

equipment your child will need in the sign up letter and we will expect this to be made available to your child for every club session.

• You will provide up to date contact details to the office for all adults responsible collecting your child to ensure the club leader

can contact you when needed. If a new adult will be collecting your child, you will need to provide their details to the school office.

• Your child will not be released to any adult unless we have received advance permission from you.

• Your child will not be allowed to travel home alone unless advanced permission has been given.

• We will avoid cancelling club sessions unless absolutely necessary, however sometimes this may be unavoidable due to staff absence etc.

If the member of staff is absent and unable to run their club, we will aim for another member of staff to cover . Where this is not possible,

you will be informed of the cancellation as soon as possible. If a session has to be cancelled for any other reason, you will be informed via

text and Facebook and we will endeavour to give as much notice as possible.


Attendance There is an expectation that over the

course of a year (190 days) a child’s

attendance will be at least 97%.

Absence which falls below 90% is

categorised by the government as

persistent absence. For a child to fall

below the 97% target this autumn

term they would have missed 4 days

of lessons.


• At Ormiston Meadows children have the opportunity to take part in guided reading

sessions. A rotation of activities will be completed over the course of the week so

children become confident in a range of reading skills.

Reading


Reading Records

Every child in school has

access to a reading record. In

this record you can make notes

about your child's reading, this

is part of homework every

week.

Adults in school will also make

a note of your child’s reading

when they have read in school.


Speed Reading

We are working on improving children’s speed of

reading this year.

Children should be able to correctly read at least 90

words per minute.

This is a skill that can be easily practised at home by

timing and trying to beat their times.


Handwriting

• In school we are asking all children in from Year 2 to

use cursive looped handwriting.

• This starts with letter formation and then moves on

to joining all of their words.

• Year 1 children will not be required to use cursive

handwriting.


Writing

In KS1 we use ‘Power of Reading’ and Cornerstones to teach skills of

reading, speaking and listening, grammar, spelling and punctuation,

planning, drafting and editing.

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

1 Bright lights, big city

Geography

Memory box

History

Paws, claws and

whiskers

Art & Design

The enchanted

woodland

Science

Rio De Vida

Music

Superheroes

PE

POR Claude in the City

Dick Whittington, Great

Fire of London, The

Royal family

On Sudden Hill

Victorian toys and

games (non-fiction),

One Day on our Blue

Planet

Zeraffa Giraffa

Fox Off By Heart – Poetry

Jabuti the Tortoise

Traction Man

Traction Man and

Turbo Dog

2 Muck, mess and

pictures

Art & Design

Beach band boogie

Music

Wriggle and crawl

Science

Land Ahoy

Geography

Bounce

PE

Beachcombers

Science

POR The Magic Porridge

Pot

Revolting Recipes – R.

Dahl

Room on the Broom

Poetry to Perform

The Adventures of the

Dish and the Spoon.

Spinderella

Yukky Worms

Treasure Island

The Green Ship

Necklace of

Raindrops

The Frog Prince

Mousehole Cat

The Snail and the

Whale


Maths

• We are following a mastery maths curriculum linked

to Abacus.

• The National Curriculum objectives have been

grouped in blocks e.g. place value, addition and

subtraction etc.

• Giving children more time to embed the learning in

each area will mean more pupil working at a

mastery level.


Calculation Policy

• The new policy works through 3 stages –

Concrete – pupils using physical resources to explore number.

Pictorial – Drawing pictures to explain reasoning.

Abstract – Written calculation methods.

This method will help embed pupils understanding of number.


Abacus Active Learn

• Pupils will be set homework activities on the Active learn website www.activelearn.co.uk

http://www.activelearn.co.uk/


Maths information evening

There will be a Maths information evening on Thursday 19th October . This will be an opportunity for you to find out further how maths is taught and look further at calculation strategies we use.


Cornerstones Curriculum The Cornerstones Curriculum is a creative and thematic approach to learning that is mapped to the new 2014 Primary National Curriculum to ensure comprehensive coverage of national expectations.

Our new curriculum will be delivered through Imaginative Learning Projects (ILPs) which will provide a rich menu of exciting and motivating learning activities that make creative links between all aspects of our children’s learning.


The Four Corners

Engage Taking an active part in memorable first-hand

experiences

Beginning to read and research their new topic.

Asking their own enquiry questions

Developing spoken language skills.

Develop Developing more deeply into a topic

Developing new concepts and skills

Acquiring new knowledge

Practising and mastering new skills

Using transferable skills in different in different contexts and subjects

Reading and writing for different purposes and audiences

Finding answers to their own and others questions

Following pathways of enquiry.

Innovate Apply skills, knowledge and understanding to real-life

and imaginary contexts

Using thinking skills to explore possibilities

Building self-esteem and confidence

Working in pairs, groups, whole class or independently

Taking on different roles and responsibilities.

Express Performing, presenting and becoming the experts

Evaluating finished products, processes and

progress

Reflecting on their own learning

Sharing and celebrating achievements.


Topics in Year 1

Out of school visit

Hamerton Zoo – Monday 8th

January 2018

Parents Lunch

Mr Fox afternoon tea Friday 23rd

March 2018


Topics in Year 2

Out of school visit

Hunstanton beach – Tuesday 5th

June 2018

Parents Lunch

Sports challenge – Friday 25th

May 2018


Homework

• In KS1 children will be given homework every Friday. The homework is due in

every Wednesday. If your child needs support with homework please speak to

their class teacher.


Year 2 SAT’s - May 2018

• SAT’s (Standard Assessment Tests) are tests that children sit in Year 2 to show where children are working at in Reading, SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and Maths

• In recent years, ‘old’ national curriculum levels (e.g. Levels 1, 2, 3) have been abolished as set out in the government guidelines. Children are now described as working towards, working at and working at greater depth according to the Year 2 expectations of the new curriculum.

• The new curriculum is more rigorous and sets high expectations, which all schools have had to work hard to meet in the last two years.

• As of 2016, test scores are now reported as ‘scaled scores’.


Year 2 SAT’s - May 2018 What is meant by ‘scaled scores’?

• It is planned that 100 will always represent the ‘national standard’.

• Each pupil’s raw test score will therefore be converted into a score on the scale, either at, above

or below 100.

• The scale will have a lower end point somewhere below 100 and an upper end point above 100.

• A child who achieves the ‘national standard’ (a score of 100) will be judged to have

demonstrated sufficient knowledge in the areas assessed by the tests.


Year 1 Phonics Screening

• Week Commencing Monday 11th June

• National Statutory Assessment that all children will complete.

• It is a quick way of assessing your child's ability to use their phonic

knowledge to read words which could be unfamiliar to them.

• It is a list of 40 words some of which are real and some are nonsense.

• They will be asked to sound out and blend each word, like they would

do in their everyday phonics learning.

• The results of the screening will be given to you in time for end of year

report.

• If a child doesn’t meet the pass mark then extra support will be provided

in Year 2 and they will retake at the end of Year 2.


Home/School Agreement

• Please sign a copy of the home school agreement

before you leave and complete the evaluation form.

• There are Year 1 and Year 2 information sheets to

take home for further reading if you would like.

• Thank you on behalf of the KS1 team.

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