Parents Information Meeting Welcome to the Year 1 Parents Information Meeting

Meet the team! Y1G Mrs Gallagher Mrs Cole/Mrs Crosby/Miss Nocivelli Y1H Miss Hall Mrs Perryman Y1R Mrs Rees Mrs Riley/Miss Leena Class teacher Teaching Assistant

Moving on up Visited for the day in July Book in Reception about Year 1 Children painted pictures of themselves which are now on display Y1 classrooms have lots of creative areas.

Topic/PE/Handwriting A typical day Registration Focus time-Reading Literacy Assembly Playtime Fruit and drink Phonics Numeracy Lunch Topic/PE/Handwriting Story

All by myself! Independence Red bags-children to empty these each day. Looking after their own clothes-please name everything!!! Getting dressed quickly-very helpful for PE! Lunchtime-sandwich boxes-please teach how to open items. To remember to bring a named water bottle.

Behaviour Our school rules: Treat each other kindly Always be polite and truthful Do our best at all times Walk quietly around our school Look after our school and keep it tidy

Stickers in books and on tops Behaviour Rewards House points Stickers in books and on tops Cubes in the jar Certificates Honey bear

Behaviour Sanctions Sunshine and cloud charts All children begin a new day on the sunshine Warning - move to light grey cloud If behaviour continues move to dark grey cloud and time out (10 mins in another class with work to complete.)

Numeracy Using and applying Counting, reading writing, ordering numbers Calculation (addition and subtraction) Shape, space and measures Impact focusses on calculation methods used in year 1 Homework- October

Literacy Daily Literacy lesson (narrative, non-fiction, poetry ,instructions) Reading- twice each week Phonics – Daily phonics lesson learning to read and write using letter sounds – includes learning to read and spell “tricky” words Spellings – October

“Floppy’s Phonics” Simple texts containing words that children can decode using their phonics skills + tricky words that they also learn during phonics lessons.

We will use Floppy’s Phonics reading books to help children develop their decoding skills from pink to orange band. When we read Floppy’s phonics books our main focus will be practising decoding skills – supporting the children to use their phonics skills to work out what each word says and means.

When we read other books our main focus will be teaching comprehension skills – making sure the children can talk and answer questions about books they have read and notice similarities and differences. Each week the children will read twice in school and bring home two reading books – possibly three if they are in an intervention group.

Reading Homework Children will bring home both reading books at the beginning of the week. They will have already read one book in school and they will be reading the other book later in the week. The reading diary will tell you what to focus on when you read the books at home. You will be able to keep both books for a whole week but they MUST stay in your child’s reading bag and come back to school EVERY DAY so that we have them in school when we need to use them.

Reading Diaries Please make a comment about your child’s reading ONCE each week so that we know how they are progressing with their reading at home. This year we are making a change to the reading targets in your child’s reading diary. From October half term they will be replaced by parent information sheets to help you to support your child as he or she moves through the reading bands.

Well done! Your child is now reading Pink Band Reading Books! Books in pink reading band provide opportunities for your child to practise blending words with two or three sounds in simple sentences. The stories are generally based around familiar experiences such as cooking dinner, playing games, going to the shops, playing in the park and so on. Developing Decoding Skills Help your child to work out what the words say by: • Recognising each letter and blending the sounds together • Recognising tricky words “off by heart” Encourage your child to say words that they know straight away rather than sounding them out and remind them not to attempt to blend tricky words such as “the” or “he”. Encourage your child to re-read the sentence several times until they can say it one go. At first you might need to say the whole sentence so that he or she can copy you! Developing Comprehension Skills Help your child to understand what the words mean by: • Asking questions about the story as you read each page Where are the children playing? What is this little boy called? What did Mum buy from the stall? Why did Dad buy a mop? Why is Kipper sad? • Asking questions at the end of the book Can you tell me the whole story? What was your favourite part of the story? How is this story the same as the one we read last week? • Making sure your child understands (and can explain) the vocabulary What is a rag? What does pop mean?

Other Reading Homework Higher Frequency word envelope Letter Card envelope We will teach the children some new graphemes during the Autumn Term. As we teach them we will add them to your child’s letter card envelope to practise recognising at home. Higher Frequency word envelope We will also add new high frequency words as they are taught in school.

Parent Readers Needed for Reception and Year One! If you have an hour or so to spare each week and would like to become a parent reader please let me know! There will be a training session on Tuesday 24th September.

Help! Animal models ( junk model) Donations of toys and games suitable for wet play

If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to ask us. Thank you for coming! If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to ask us.