Welcome to the Year 1 Information Meeting 2016/17

The Year 1 Team Y1WR Teachers Mrs Rand Miss Goodricke Mrs Willans Y1WR Support Staff Mrs Middleton Ms French Y1H Teachers Miss Harding Y1H Support Staff Mrs Scott-Hughes Mrs Price-Watts Mrs Anstee

Curriculum Content Wide and varied topics to help cover all areas of the curriculum, and make it available to all. Autumn – Superheroes Spring – Turrets and Tiaras Summer – Africa

Homework Maths and Topic learning logs sent home on a Friday. Promotes independent learning. Extend as much as you would like. Please return these on Thursday so they can be marked for the following week. Feel free to make notes and comments on the bottom of children's work in the log. Spellings – List of between 3-10 words which support phonics work we are doing in school. Tested on Friday. Results sent home on the sheet. ‘My Maths’ an optional homework to support the weeks maths learning.

Phonics Read Write Ink programme. Phonics groups starting with set 1, then set 2, then set 3 sound. Children in groups for best support. Government has introduced phonics test at end of Year 1.

Home/School Library Books are changed on a Tuesday. Please try to remember book bags as the electronic system makes it much harder to change books when it is not our day. Variation in the bands of books. Books meant for enjoyment and should be able to be read almost independently. We welcome supplementing your child’s reading with books from home or from Your local library. Comments section.

Swimming Takes place on a Friday morningfor both classes. Adult helpers – must have DBS with school. Send all kit in on Monday and it will be sent home after swimming. No earrings! As they can block the filter and cause the pool to be unusable.

P.E & ICT PE Y1H – Tuesday AM and Friday AM PE Y1WR – Wednesday PM and Friday AM Please no jewellery, including stud earrings (without permission slip). Named kit & uniform. Computing Y1H – Tuesday Computing Y1WR – Monday

Science Y1H – Wednesday PM Y1WR – Thursday PM Topics are -Our body and senses -Materials -Plants

Hot School Meals Principles Offers good range of food on 3 week cycle, menus available at Office. Everyone in KS1 is entitled to a free school meal everyday.

Absences Illness – Please ring the office to let us know. Appointments – Please let us know in advance so it is recorded as authorised. Any other reasons – please enquire at Office so that it is correctly recorded.

Daily Routine Safety is our main priority. Please let us know any changes to usual afternoon pick up. Let us know in writing if there are adults that can pick up your child at any time.

General Information All children should be coming to school daily with: Water bottle Coat Jumper In cold weather – hat, scarf and gloves In hot weather – caps & sun cream already applied. Winter uniform after half term. Boys – tie & collared shirt. Girls – encouraged to wear tie unless in open blouse. Please ensure they are all named.

Coming up! Class Assemblies Y1WR – Friday 30th September 3pm Y1H – Friday 7th October 3pm Visit to St. Michaels Church, Woburn Sands (Wednesday 12th October) Superhero Wow Day(date to be confirmed)

Website We have our very own Year 1 page on the school website! Check it regularly for updates, reminders and photos of special days.

Plea for help!! Any help you can offer is gratefully received. especially on Tuesday morning for Home School Library and Friday morning for swimming but readers are also welcome any other time Please let us know if you think you are available to help. (A DBS check must be held with the school.)

Any questions?