Broadoak Primary School Year One Parent Curriculum Meeting 2015 ‘ Working together to achieve our best’

Welcome to the Key Stage One Year One Curriculum Meeting Mr. Tinker (1T) Miss Alford (1A)

School Update A big thank you for your patience. New toilet blocks. Junior hall repairs. Year 3 and 5 temporary accommodation. Year One outside area.

Year One Staff Class teachers – MrTinker, Miss Alford and Mrs. Judge Teaching assistants – Mrs Ashton and Mrs. Edgerley Sports coaches – Coach Kim, Coach Matt and Coach... Lunchtime Supervisor – Mrs Cowap and Miss Kirton

Timetable

Autumn Term 6 English sessions Mon-Fri a.m. plus 1 Phonics and handwriting sessions 6 Mathematics sessions Mon-Fri a.m. plus 1 Science Music PSHE PE (Sports coaches) Learning Challenge (History / Geography and Art and Design / Design Technology) 4 Sessions in the areas

Class Routines Drop off On a wet day please drop off your child at the 1T door from 8.45am. At all other times children will line up on the Infant playground. The whistle will be blown at 8.55am and the children will be collected from the playground by their class teacher. If you arrive at school after 9am then please report to the school office.This is in line with the school safeguarding policy. Collection 1T collected from their classroom door 1A from hall door. Physical Education PE day is Wednesday(Sports Coaches) so children will need to have full kits. Assembly Monday (various) Wednesday (Music) Friday (Good work) Lunchtime Currently going in first then on rota Lunchtime readers Snack time and water bottles Outdoor Learning / Woodland Explorers

Class rules In Year One we try hard to follow our golden rules: Our Golden Rules Do be gentle, don’t hurt anyone. Do be kind and helpful, don’t hurt people’s feelings. Do look after property, don’t waste or damage things. Do listen to people, don’t interrupt. Do be honest, don’t cover up the truth. Do work hard, don’t waste time.

Class rules Rewards Star of the day Star of Phonics and Mathematics Cubes /marbles in the box Golden time Comments in books Certificates in assembly Stickers Sunshine, rainbow and pot of gold Sanctions Rain cloud – warning Storm cloud – consequence Lose some Play time Lose golden time Mrs Wild/Mrs Whittaker

School Uniform

Homework Reading for at least 10 minutes every night. Key words and Phonic word strips – Each child has will have individual words to practise for reading. Please do this as part of your reading session each night. Homework books – Given out on Wednesday, returned by Monday. This will be an activity to reinforce maths, literacy or topic work. Spellings – Weekly to support work in phonics sessions. – Termly key word spellings

Reading At home Please bring book bags daily. Please sign the reading diary and write pages read. Question your child about what they have read. Reading bands. At bedtime read favourite books from home or the library. In school Your child will be heard read once every week by the class teacher and once a week by a teaching assistant. (Individual up to Christmas then guided sessions begin) Reading big books as part of English sessions. Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) Reading is also a large component of our phonics sessions. Reading Book Lists Books suitable for each year group.

Recap on the story – expect recall of more detail. What can we remember about the book? Who are the characters? Talk about what happens at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the story. Sequence events together. Have they included each element in the sequence? Encourage your child to ask their own questions about the book. Give praise for your child’s efforts

Currently the Author we are looking at is… Jill Murphy

Changes to Assessment 2015 Assessment without levels. Meeting to discuss Tuesday 3 rd Novemeber 2015

Home – School Agreement At school we will... At home you will... ICT – Access to programs and social media forums

Open Door Policy If at any time you have any questions, worries or concerns please do not hesitate to speak to one of the adults.

First Aid Sickness – 48 hour rule Head injuries – note Minor injuries – plasters etc. Medicines Allergies Please ensure contact numbers in the office are kept up to date.

Dates for your Diary Thursday 24 th September – Phonics Workshop Tuesday 29 th September – School Photographs Thursday 1 st October – Mathematics Workshop Tuesday 13 th October – Harvest Celebration Friday 23 rd October – Magic show Thank you for coming please have a look around the areas.

Writing Targets for the end of Year One: To know a sentence. To hold a sentence in their head long enough to write it. (Think it, say it, write it, read it). Has to make sense. Needs a capital letter and full stop. Has finger spaces between each word. To include adjectives in their writing. To form letters correctly – sheet available. Cursive Handwriting