Welcome to Year 1 Transition Meeting

Staff Teachers: * Miss Salisbury Teaching Assistant: * Mrs Riaz * Miss Ritche

Year 1 Curriculum New National Curriculum 2014 Full details of year objectives can be found on the government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/nation al-curriculum Phonics Screening Test – Summer Term

Year 1 Curriculum Map

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Growth Mindset What is a growth mindset? Has your child ever said to you ‘There’s no point, I’ll never be able to do it’ or avoided doing something because they’ve failed at it in the past? Feelings like this can be related to what children believe about what makes them ‘good’ at something – whether it’s school work, sport, or even their ability to manage their emotions and behaviour. Some children will tend to give up on challenging tasks easily, or avoid tasks they’ve failed at before. They tend to believe that being ‘good’ at a particular activity is a fixed state, and is something they can’t control. In psychology, this way of thinking is called a ‘fixed mindset’. Others might bounce back quickly from failure and be more likely to explore how they can get better at doing something. They tend to be children who believe that you can improve your abilities by practising, or by finding a different way to achieve your goal. This way of thinking is called a ‘growth mindset’, and developing it can help make children more resilient for life. There are lots of small things you can do every day that can help your little one develop a growth mindset.

How can the way I praise my child help develop a Growth Mindset? It’s natural to want to praise children when they do something well, but we need to do this carefully. Research suggests that the type of praise that we use can have a big impact. It's all a matter of context in fact and even positive praise can encourage a fixed mindset Praising our children by saying things like “you’re a natural!” or “you seem to be able to turn your hand to anything!” without clarity of the process by which they got to that point can lead to the belief that being good at something is out of their control. In other words understanding how they got there is the key This focus on being good at something might lead to children feeling happy in the short-term, but confused when the reason they were praised is not evident. If children believe that they succeeded in something simply because they are gifted, they can end up re-evaluating their abilities if it doesn’t go as well next time Instead the grown-ups around the child can focus praise on the effort they’ve made to get to that point of triumph, the strategy they used or the outcome itself, saying things like “you’ve worked so hard on this, well done!” or “you get better every time because of all the practise you’ve been doing” or “you have found a great way to do that, it worked out really well” This kind of feedback helps to develop children’s resilience to failure as it teaches them what to do when they are challenged or fail – try again, try harder or try a different way, all things that are within their own control This type of praise is sometimes called ‘process praise’ and Dweck’s research found that children were more motivated when their parents used more of this kind of praise

Year 1 Timetable Day Events Monday P.E Kit needed (Please label). Please leave PE kit in all week Tuesday Wednesday Homework collected in. Thursday PE Kit needed. Friday Homework given out.

Reading Books Children are heard read individually and in a group as part of guided reading sessions weekly. Please note that reading books are not changed and sent out on the same day each week. Therefore we ask that children bring their reading books in daily. It is important that you sign, and you and your child comment in your child’s reading record book so that we know that your child has read at home.

Homework & Spellings Homework allows parents and carers to share the curriculum with their children. It should be enjoyed by children and parents/carers. Homework is sent home on a Friday and should be sent back into school completed by the following Wednesday. The standard and presentation should be exactly the same as in class. Not all homework will be a written activity. Learning spellings is important and should be ongoing throughout the week. Please send a note explaining when homework is not completed.

Year 1 Reward System Pupils in are rewarded for positive behaviour with ‘Class Dojo’ points. You can access a report from home to see how well your child is doing in class. Each week we total the classes Dojo points and the winning class is announced in our celebration assembly on Friday.

Home-school Communication

Parent Pay Parent Pay is a school online payment system It is also our communication system where we send our emails and texts through Please make sure that you have activated your account even if you child does not pay for a school meal as this is our main way of communicating with you For example if we need to close the school we would text and/or email you using Parent Pay We email the headteacher newsletter and other letters through parent pay too Any addition expenses are paid through Parent Pay as we operate a cashless system. E.g trips etc

Uniform Uniform – Black shoes only (no trainers) Indoor P.E kit: Black/navy shorts & white T-shirt/polo shirt Outdoor P.E kit: Black/navy shorts & white T-shirt/polo shirt, trainers ( dark tracksuit for cold days) Long hair to be tied up Jewellery – Only watch – no earrings for P.E or swimming. Studs only! No nail varnish No valuables

Lunchtimes School lunches are provided by SK Solutions. The school offers healthy and nutritious meals and snacks from a rolling menu. Key Stage 1 get a meal free of charge or can have a packed lunch in an airtight container. If you wish for your child to have school lunches, please let the office know. All dietary requirements can be catered for. The menu is on the school website. Nick our sport coach offers a range of activities for all children.

Queries & Problems If you have any queries or problems please approach your child’s teacher in the first instance If you feel the need to discuss the matter further with a different member of staff please make an appointment with Mrs Harding for Key Stage 1. An appointment can then be made with Mrs Messham, Deputy Headteacher or Mrs Maude, Headteacher if the matter is still not addressed.

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