Welcome to Year 1

Parents Curriculum Meeting

26th September 2013

Home time – please wave at us when your child is at the front of the line – we want to make sure they

go home with you!

A quick word…

Thank you for your patience over last few weeks especially at the start of the day and home time.

The children have settled in brilliantly.

Parents board – space for messages at beginning of day.

During this evening we will cover

•Expectations in school

•Themes of work over the year

•Homework

•Learning in Literacy & Numeracy

By the end of this evening we hope you will have ideas of how you can support your child’s learning at home.

Expectations

We expect children to

•Take responsibility and make their own decisions

• Make sensible decisions for where to sit

• Come into school independently and take responsibility for putting away belongings such as book bag, water bottle, …

• Look after their own clothes and PE kit

PLEASE make sure everything is labelled

with your child’s name!

Every day please check your child’s book bag for letters and homework.

Themes

Where possible we link the children’s learning in school through themes rather

than through separate academic subjects.

This helps the children give more meaning to their learning and also the opportunity to take

control of their own learning.

Autumn 1

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

Autumn 2

A Dark, Dark Tale

Spring 1

Message in a Bottle

Spring 2

Down at the bottom of the garden

Summer 1

She sells sea shells on the seashore

Summer 2

Mad Hatters Tea Party

For example…• Healthy food during healthy schools week

linked with harvest festival• Floating/sinking and scientific boat

investigations• Sarah Houten• Different types of boats• History of boats• Designing and making boats• Testing boats• Lifeboats• Grace Darling• Visits from sailing clubs• Rhyming and creating new poems• Sea related nursery rhymes• Materials and their properties (boat related) • Reading and writing non fiction texts about

boats

Autumn 1

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

Groupings

Children are often grouped according to ability so that work can be tailored to their learning needs. The groups are given names and each group works to the best of their ability on every learning task.

Some groups of children will also receive additional support from teaching assistants in Focus groups during the week.

Homework

Spellings

Spellings will be given out to children from next week. To begin with, children will receive six tricky words to learn to

read and spell in order to boost their confidence in reading and writing. They will then move onto receive words relating

to the letter sounds learnt in class that week. The children will need to practise these words ready for a test the following

Friday.

Numeracy

Children will also receive Numeracy homework on a weekly basis some of which will be practical and some will be recorded. Please sign the page to let us know

your child has completed the homework with you.

The homework given is intended to support previous learning.

Reading

Please take time to hear your child read and share books together.

We would appreciate it if you would sign their reading diary, and comment if you wish, whenever you listen to

your child read.

Some of the books children choose themselves so while some may seem easier than others, they are all

related to your child’s reading level.

At this age, spending 5-10 mins per evening on homework and reading is more likely to

promote positive attitudes to learning.

PhonicsThe way children learn to read and write is called phonics. It is

the learning of sounds (phonemes) and letters

(graphemes).

You will receive a sheet via your child with the phonics actions the

children will learn over Year 1.

Learning Expectations

Each child is encouraged to work towards the appropriate learning expectations for the level at which they are working. The

following slides contain standard expectations for Year 1. However, we do have children working towards higher and lower

expectations than these within school.

Learning Expectations

• I can write phrases and statements/sentences. • I use full stops in my writing but not necessarily correctly

/when I read it out loud I pause for full stops.• I use a capital letter at the start of my writing.• I can use a simple structure in my writing.• I can write clearly so that people can read my writing.• I can write a story with a beginning and at least one event.• I try and use some simple descriptive words.• I can spell CVC words.• Letters are usually clearly shaped and correctly orientated.• I write my whole name with correct letter formation.

Learning Expectations

Read and write numbers to 100 independently Order numbers 10 to 100 – non consecutive – ie; 17, 98, 45;

26; 2; 71 Counting forward / backward beyond 100 from any starting

point (emphasise crossing the 10s eg 29 30 31 …..) Difference – single digit difference using cubes Recording addition/subtraction within 50. 2 digit number +/-

a single digit Record single set addition/ subtraction word problems Place value of numbers to 50 – be able to show with T & U

and arrow cards Counting back in 2’s from 20; 10’s from 100; 5’s from 50

Doubling numbers to 10 Halving number from 20 Adding/subtracting 10 from any number between 10 and

100 – oral or with equipment Tell the time using o’ clock and ½ past analogue and digital Sharing between 2 practically (no signs) Halving/quartering Number bonds of 20 Counting in 2’s; 5’s 10’s using money Combine coinage (1p;2p;5p;10p) in any way to make values

up to 20p Understand names of ordinal numbers to 20

AssessmentWe assess children’s learning continuously to aid with our planning and periodically to check that they are making the

appropriate progress.

We share this information with you in reports and parents evenings.

We also encourage the children to assess their own progress after a lesson, referring to whether they feel they have

achieved the learning objective, think they have achieved the learning objective or need a bit more help.

Ways you can helpHelp your child learn at home

by reading together, helping them with their maths

and spellings homework.

Take your child on visits and

talk to them about your experiences.

Use the computer to further

their learning using

websites such as

ictgames.co.uk and

topmarks.co.uk

Come into school and help out with readers, baking,

gardening or whatever you can

offer!Whenever your child is writing,

encourage them to use the

correct letter formation and to

check the size of their letters.

Bring in any clean packaging we can use for

junk modelling.

Working together

Your child is important to us.

We want them to be happy in school and make the best

possible progress they can.

Please come and talk to us if your child has an issue about

anything in school.

Thank you for coming.Any questions?

Please explore the resources out in the classroom and find ideas to help your

child learn at home.