Welcome to Class 1/2 Mrs Inman Mrs Beedham September 7 th 2016

Welcome to KS1 Class 1 Miss Taylor/Mrs Swallow Class 1/2 Mrs Inman/Mrs Beedham Class 2 Miss Beavis/Mrs Croughan/Mrs Mayo Phase Leader Miss Beavis

About Your Teacher Experienced teacher Married with two grown up children Grandparent this June Love animals My passion is reading

Curriculum 2016 The Magic of Britain. In English we will be looking at recounts, stories, poetry and reports linked to British authors. In maths we will be learning the four number operations, reasoning and problem solving.

Curriculum 2016 In science we will be discovering different light sources and the shadows they create. In history we will be learning about the Great Fire of London. In geography we will be discovering the human and physical features of different locations. In art we will be using tones and tints and creating a colour wheel. In design and technology we will be weighing, measuring and cooking Fairy cakes.

P.E. Outdoor P.E. is on a Wednesday. Indoor P.E. is on a Thursday. Children must have an indoor PE kit of a white t- shirt, black shorts, sandshoes and socks if girls normally wear tights for school, as well as an outdoor PE kit of trainers, dark jogging bottoms and sweatshirt. Putting your child’s name in his or her PE kit and school uniform greatly helps with the finding of lost items. We go out in all weathers.

Reading Book Changing days are Tuesday and Thursday. Ideally the children should be reading at home as often as possible but they need to read twice a week to get their books changed. How you can help! Phonics (if they have learnt a new sound), please ask the children what sound they have learnt and practice reading or writing the sound. Reading- please try and read with your child daily or as much as possible. While reading you could say ‘Can you find the sound you learnt today?’

Homework/Spellings Homework is given out on a Thursday and expected back by Tuesday morning. Home work in Class 1/2 consists of reading and spellings, maths and/or SPaG. Please help your child with any homework tasks, but remember we want to see the children applying their learning at home as independently as possible. Spellings are tested on a Tuesday.

Transition from Foundation to Year 1 First ½ term. To prepare children for the learning style of KS1. Mainly focussed practical activities, with an emphasis on developing mathematical, writing, reading and social skills. Encouraging independent working and more sustained periods of concentration.

Year 1 Encouraging independence and formal working. Sitting at a desk. Working more independently. Following a set of instructions. Moving to End of Year Expectations. Homework- Reading, phonics and other tasks.

Maths in Year 1 To be able to read, write, order and count the numbers up to and across 100. To be able to identify ‘one more’ and ‘one less’. To use +, - and = symbols. Developing mathematical language for comparison, e.g. heavier, taller, full, longest, quicker. Read o’clock and half past on an analogue clock.

Year 1 phonic test. Children will also take their Y1 Phonics test in the Summer Term. The children will read 40 words. These words are real words and also nonsense words which can be decoded using their phonics. This is a national requirement. Children who do not meet the requirement will have to re-take the test in Year 2.

How you can help. Encourage your children to discuss their learning. Read a variety of texts to and with your children – not just school books. Ensure homework is completed but encourage independence. Continue to practise areas of difficulty that your child may be experiencing. Make each learning experience as enjoyable as possible. If you have a question please talk to me and I will work in partnership with you to support your child’s learning.

Curriculum expectations A SATs information evening will take place later on in the academic year. Year 2 English (Writing) demarcating most sentences with capital letters and full stops and with some use of question marks and exclamation marks using sentences with different forms in their writing (statements, questions, exclamations and commands) using some expanded noun phrases to describe and specify using present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently using co- ordination (or / and / but) and some subordination (when / if / that / because) segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly spelling many common exception words* spelling some words with contracted forms* adding suffixes to spell some words correctly in their writing e.g. –ment, – ness, –ful, –less, –ly*

Curriculum expectations Year 2 English (Writing) using the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters in some of their writing writing capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters using spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters.

Curriculum expectations Year 2 English (Reading) read accurately most words of two or more syllables read most words containing common suffixes* read most common exception words*. In age-appropriate books, the pupil can: read words accurately and fluently without overt sounding and blending, e.g. at over 90 words per minute sound out most unfamiliar words accurately, without undue hesitation. In a familiar book that they can already read accurately and fluently, the pupil can: check it makes sense to them answer questions and make some inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.

Curriculum expectations Year 2 Maths The pupil can partition two-digit numbers into different combinations of tens and ones. This may include using apparatus (e.g. 23 is the same as 2 tens and 3 ones which is the same as 1 ten and 13 ones). The pupil can add 2 two-digit numbers within 100 (e.g ) and can demonstrate their method using concrete apparatus or pictorial representations. The pupil can use estimation to check that their answers to a calculation are reasonable (e.g. knowing that will be less than 100). The pupil can subtract mentally a two-digit number from another two-digit number when there is no regrouping required (e.g. 74 − 33). The pupil can recognise the inverse relationships between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and work out missing number problems (e.g. ∆ − 14 = 28). The pupil can recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables to solve simple problems, demonstrating an understanding of commutativity as necessary (e.g. knowing they can make 7 groups of 5 from 35 blocks and writing 35 ÷ 5 = 7; sharing 40 cherries between 10 people and writing 40 ÷ 10 = 4; stating the total value of six 5p coins).

Curriculum expectations Year 2 Maths The pupil can identify 1/ 3, 1/ 4, 1 /2, 2 /4, 3 /4 and knows that all parts must be equal parts of the whole. The pupil can use different coins to make the same amount (e.g. pupil uses coins to make 50p in different ways; pupil can work out how many £2 coins are needed to exchange for a £20 note). The pupil can read scales in divisions of ones, twos, fives and tens in a practical situation where all numbers on the scale are given (e.g. pupil reads the temperature on a thermometer or measures capacities using a measuring jug). The pupil can read the time on the clock to the nearest 15 minutes. The pupil can describe properties of 2-D and 3-D shapes (e.g. the pupil describes a triangle: it has 3 sides, 3 vertices and 1 line of symmetry; the pupil describes a pyramid: it has 8 edges, 5 faces, 4 of which are triangles and one is a square). Working at greater depth with

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We are going to have a wonderful year of learning!