Welcome to Meet the Teacher..... Key Stage One

Welcome to our department..... Our department now consists of three classes: Year 1–Mrs Best KS1 leader Year 1/2–Mrs Bell Year 2–Mon-Wed Mrs Lyons; Thu and Fri-Mrs Afaq Teaching Assistants: Miss O’Rourke and Mrs Flaherty This allows us to plan across the classes more easily to ensure continuity and progression. The teaching assistants will be working alongside the children in all three classes. They will also be delivering letters and sounds in small groups and intervention groups where appropriate. Edmodo

KS1 Curriculum An overview of our two year cycle is on the website. All classes will be working on the same topic but with slight differences appropriate to their age. A two year cycle will ensure all the children will cover everything regardless of which class they are in. Each class develops the overview into their own topic web – again these are on the website and a paper copy will be sent home. Sharing topics allows us to plan more exciting days such as our recent Down Our Street launch day. We follow the new curriculum, introduced in 2014. The main changes were in maths and English where the expectations have been raised considerably. Details for each year group expectations are on the school website. http://worthington-primary.trafford.sch.uk/

Intervention In KS1 over the last few years we have been using our teaching assistants to work in the classroom as well as to deliver booster groups. These sessions are planned together as a department. They have been very successful and have helped the children receive the necessary support they may need to reach their full potential. The specific focus of the groups changes over the year depending on the needs of both year 1 and year 2 children. Intervention/booster groups –you may receive a note home to inform you that your child is receiving some extra group work in an afternoon. This is nothing to worry about but you may come in and see us about it. Please make an appointment. The children will not see these groups as anything different to what normally happens in class. The sessions are planned on a two week cycle so the children don’t miss the same lesson each week. The timings will also change so that the children do not miss the same parts of the lesson (e.g. introduction).

We Only Reach for The Highest Worthington Way We are gentle–we don’t hurt others We are kind and helpful-we don’t hurt anybody's feelings We listen-we don’t interrupt We are honest–we don’t cover up the truth We work hard–we don’t waste our time or others’ We look after property–we don’t waste or damage things Behaviour ladder/marbles in the jar

Welcome to Meet the Teacher..... Year 1

Maths In maths we develop the children’s fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills in the age appropriate learning objectives. Objectives are available on the school website and on our half termly topic webs. We make maths fun, practical and meaningful. Year 1 will receive maths targets each term linked to the curriculum to develop the fluency of the basic skills e.g. recall of number bonds up to 10. At the end of each term these will be assessed and reviewed and new targets sent home the following term. Alongside these targets we will send you ideas and suggestions on how you can support your child to meet these targets. Calculation Policy – we have been working on the school calculation policy which can be found on the school website under policies. Maths library

I can recall my number bonds of 10

English Speaking and Listening Reading –letters and sounds –fluency-comprehension Writing –SPaG-spelling, punctuation and grammar, handwriting The children will receive both reading and writing (spelling) targets which, like the maths, are linked to the curriculum objectives and will be assessed termly.

Phonics -letters and sounds Government’s phonics programme 5 phases Reception children are expected to cover phases 2-4 Year 1 children are expected to cover phases 4-5 Year 2 children are expected to complete phase 5 Children progress at different rates and work at a level appropriate to their learning. We use our highly trained TA’s to help us deliver the programme. Letters and Sounds is a systematic, high-quality programme. It has pace – it takes place 4 times a week for half an hour; it follows a similar pattern every day to ensure it is systematic and it is multi-sensory – so we play games; sing songs; use whiteboards. Even though these are the expectations all children develop at different rates so we do move the children into different groups for letters and sounds – sometimes these groups are quite small which suits some of the children – however these groups are always reviewed every half term/ term and staff meet regularly to discuss where the children are up to. We use our KS1 TA’s to help teach letters and sounds – they are all highly trained in the teaching of letters and sounds ~ Recetion having Emma to start with Ofsted. We also have some extra TA time in pm which help work with some of the children to give them some extra actiivites to help boost their understanding – this has been really beneficial last year. Show progression leaflet Show some word banks Ways to help at home Letters and Sounds is continually reinforced in the classroom – guided reading; in writing tasks – word banks; encouraging children to sound out words etc.

Reading Guided reading is teacher-led reading at a level beyond your childs independent reading level to challenge and develop their fluency and understanding of a variety of texts. The children will bring home an individual home reader – please read with your child every night. Examples of the types of questions you could ask are in the parent pack. The children will bring home up to 2 home readers a week – if you want your child to read more than this please get them to read their own books/ go to the library – it’s so important that children read real books as well as reading scheme books; it broadens their reading skills and understanding of books tremendously. Please comment in the reading record books. Guided reading is a time when a group of children of similar reading ability will read the same book – all have a copy – its an ideal opportunity to ensure all the reading techniques are emphasised and the comprehension of the story/ non-fiction / poetry is really understood by the children. Reading happens all the time in a classroom – we ask the children to do shared reading of the big books at the beginning of the lesson; read labels around the classroom; use reading worksheets or word banks which help when the children are doing their work. The children will have the opportunity to change their reading books every week.

Writing Year 1 writing- this is a big step in year 1 for some children to begin writing independently. We encourage the children to have a go at writing by themselves. They will sound out words and use word banks and sound mats to help them. In year 1 we also look at sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary choices. We look at different genres of text in both reading and writing – looking at their purposes and format. We will continue to focus on the children’s handwriting. Please practise the spellings and handwriting –pack sent home in the first week.

http://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/

Assessment The children are continually assessed in a variety of ways throughout the school year to inform our planning and teaching. We do begin to develop a more structured approach in year 1 to assessment in the form of tasks or activities which are all completed in a very reassuring way. Assessment of targets End of term checks Spelling tests Phonics screening

PE-Please label all your child's clothes. Please practice with your child getting changed for PE –placing all clothes in a neat pile of back in their PE bag. On PE days wear ‘easier’ clothes! No earrings or jewelry.

KS1 project In addition to the children’s targets we like to give a termly project. We vary the focus to support all types of learning and interests.

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