Welcome to Year 1: Unicorns and Dinosaurs

Year 1 Team Miss Myers – Class Teacher - Unicorns Mr Clarke – Class Teacher – Dinosaurs Mrs Turner, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Hurdle – Learning Support Practioners Mrs Mitchell – Intervention support

Y EAR 1 E XPECTATIONS AS A L EARNER Self Managers Ask for help (if the time is appropriate). Choose and use equipment needed for a set task. Have a go even when something is difficult. Set a simple target or goal. Tell when someone is feeling sad. Stop and think before acting. Effective Participators Recognise when they need to talk to someone about a concern. Listen to the point of view of others in a dispute. Listen carefully to instructions and follow them. Resourceful Thinkers Think of own ideas once given a starting point. Play, observe and experiment to find things out. Have a go at something new. Suggest ways to solve problem Reflective Learners Know and understand what they do well. Tell others why they enjoy a task. Tell someone what they have learnt. Pick the best time to talk to someone. Try something different if previous action has not worked. Independent Enquirers Ask sensible questions about learning and tasks. Offer an opinion about an issue and explain thinking. Show curiosity about new things. Use ‘how’ and ‘why’ when trying to find things out. Give a simple opinion and explain why. Team Workers Work in a group and take turns. Engage in collaborative tasks. Prepared to listen to the ideas of others without interrupting them. Confident to share ideas with others.

L EARNING C HALLENGE C URRICULUM Topic based learning: Are computer games more fun than Grandma and Grandpa’s toys? Gymnastics —basic skills—rolls and jumps Dance—Streamers Pencil skills and drawing · Using different programs on the computer · Choosing different tools to create a picture. · Making comparisons between now and when parents and grandparents were young. · Putting events in chronological order. · Using words like ‘old’, ‘new’ and ‘a long time ago’.

E NGLISH IN Y EAR 1 This term we are exploring: Stories in familiar settings, Labels and Captions, Recounts and Dictionary Skills. Our spellings will be linked to our Phonics phase and will go home at the end of each week. We also encourage children to practise the Year 1 spellings. We have high standards of presentation; children should be writing on the line and forming their letters correctly. We will start handwriting this half term as a foundation for joining after Christmas. Our text for this half term will be ‘Lost in the Toy Museum’ and we try to link most of our writing to this theme to give children a purpose for writing. Guided reading sessions will take place daily for children to practise key reading skills. Every child will read once a week with an adult.

E ND OF Y EAR EXPECTATIONS Reading: Decoding/Phonics Read and spell phonically decidable two and three syllable words Read automatically all words in the 100 high frequency word list. Patterns and RhymesIdentify which words appear again and again. Comprehension and Understanding Relate reading to own experiences. Re-reads if reading does not make sense. Re-tell with considerable accuracy. Discuss significance of title & events. Prediction, inference and deduction Make predictions on basis of what has been read. Make inferences on basis of what is being said & done. Intonation and Expression Reads with pace & expression, i.e. pause at full stop; raise voice for question. ResearchKnows difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.

E ND OF Y EAR EXPECTATIONS Writing: Sentence & text structure Write clearly demarcated sentences. Use ‘and’ to join ideas. Use conjunctions to join sentences (e.g. so, but). Use standard forms of verbs, e.g. go/went. Punctuation Evidence of: Capital letters. Full stops. Question marks. Exclamation marks. Capital letters for names & personal pronoun ‘I’. Paragraphing Clearly sequenced sentences [as introduction to paragraphs]. Handwriting Correct formation of lower case – finishing in right place. Correct formation of capital letters. Correct formation of digits.

N UMERACY We have incorporated ‘Maths – No Problem!’ this half term which is a Singapore maths teaching approach. This half term we will be: Counting, reading and writing numbers to 10; Writing numbers as words; Finding 1 more and 1 less than a number; Addition and subtraction. As with every subject, we expect high standards of presentation.

E ND OF Y EAR EXPECTATIONS Numeracy: Counting & ordering Count to & across 100, forwards & backwards from any number. Numbers & more/less Read & write numbers to 20 in digits & words Read & write numbers to 100 in digits. Say 1 more/1 less to 100 Tables & multiplesCount in multiples of 1, 2, 5 & 10. Bonds & Facts Know bonds to 10 by heart. Use bonds & subtraction facts to 20. Calculations +/- Add & subtract: 1 digit & 2 digit numbers to 20, including zero. Add any three 1-digit numbers with a total up to 20. Calculations x/÷ Solve simple multiplication & division with apparatus & arrays. Fractions & percentages Recognise half and quarter of object, shape or quantity. Time Sequence events in order. Use language of day, week, month and year. Tell time to hour & half past.

H OMEWORK We set 2 books on Bug Club at an appropriate level for each child. These should be read throughout the week as new books will be set on a weekly basis. My Maths is set on a Thursday each week to be completed for the following Thursday. Learning Logs will be sent home with a new task fortnightly.

P HYSICAL E DUCATION Wednesday and Thursday – remember to wear your P.E. Kits on these days. Please make sure your child has trainers not plimsolls or astroturf shoes.

H EALTHY M INDS Children should bring a water bottle to school which they will have access to throughout the day. A morning snack of fruit is provided at play time. Packed lunches should be healthy.

Listen carefully. Put your hand up to ask a question. Use classroom voices. Use kind words, kind hands and kind feet. Smile everyday. O UR C LASS RULES

B EHAVIOUR AND D ISCIPLINE We primarily use positive reinforcement in Year 1. As a whole class, children can earn marbles in the jar to gain a class reward. Dojo points and stickers are awarded to individuals for positive behaviour. On a Monday we award a Star of the week and Work of the week which is recognised in assembly and with a certificate. Green card – 1 st warning; Yellow card – 2 nd warning and miss 5 minutes of play; Red card – miss play Phase leader – Miss Walters

T HANK Y OU We look forward to getting to know you all!