Welcome to Year 1

Year 1 Team Darwin- Mrs Mohindru Mrs Thakrar Franklin- Miss Magern Miss Eva Curie- Miss Moore Miss Morris & Miss Beumont Pack will provide dates of key events for the year... Including trips, Christmas concerts, class assemblies and school masses and liturgies.

School Times Gates open/ soft start at 8.45 am Register closes at 9.00 am Learning finishes at 3.15 pm Soft start is a time when children will be asked to respond to marking, lessons will start at 9.00 am and learning will finish at 3.15 pm after which children will be released for the end of the day.

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Attendance Good attendance is important to ensure good progress Attendance below 90% is now categorised as persistent absenteeism Term time leave will only be authorised in exceptional circumstances HT to authorise term time leave , holidays cannot be authorised, in case of illness

Uniform · Bottle green sweatshirt with school logo · White or green polo shirt · Pinafore dress, grey skirt or trousers · Black or dark sensible shoes · Plain white/grey/black socks tights · Plain black/white or green hijab PE Kit—Plain, St Mark’s green or white t-shirt, plain dark coloured or white shorts, plain tracksuit, black plimsolls No jewellery unless for religious reasons   Please ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform, school shoes Uniform at St Mark’s In preparation for the new academic year in September please can I remind parents and carers of the school uniform expectations. 

Hanwell on our doorstep Topics in Year 1 Autumn – Fever, Fire & Food Let’s Celebrate Spring – Record Breakers The Big Build Summer - Animal allsorts Hanwell on our doorstep Overview of topics and learning - examples of activities that might be completed -

Darwin & Franklin- Thursday & Friday P.E. Darwin & Franklin- Thursday & Friday Curie- Monday & Friday Music Tuesday Swimming – days for PE – PE kit. Music tuition opportunities

Trips and Visits Autumn: Drama workshop Spring: Proposed visit to the Science museum Summer: Local area walk including a church visit. Where to, packed lunch including free school meals, parents helping, payment

How well is my child doing? Parent consultations Informal meetings with parents Report to parents Appointments can be made at any point with the teacher and/or a member of the senior leadership team

Assessment We will be assessing children against end of year objectives set out in the National Curriculum During the year we will be assessing whether your child is on track to meet those objectives At the end of the year children will be assessed using the following: Working below the expected standard for the year group (10% to 49% of the curriculum) The pupils uses the criteria rarely Working towards the expected standard for the year group (from 50% to 79% of the curriculum) The Pupil uses the criteria sometimes. Working at the expected standard for the year group (between 80% to 100% of the curriculum) The pupil uses the criteria often. Working at greater depth within the expected standard for the year group. The children are able to independently apply their knowledge and understanding across other areas of the curriculum. The on track judgement will be made by assessing the number of objectives already met and the way in which a child has embedded those objectives and uses them independently. The end of year judgement will be judged by the % of objectives met

Home Learning Home Learning books will be given out on Fridays and handed in the following Wednesday. English: daily reading – to be recorded in reading records. Phonics patterns and spelling words to learn. Maths: a task relating to the topic currently being studied. This may be on a worksheet or on MyMaths website. Topic: An open ended topic-related task once each half term. When, what expectations of child and teacher including reading spellings will be part of homework with an activity to support learning of spellings but there will be no test as with tables

English Teaching Year 1 Reading Guided Reading Each class has a daily session. Will read with the teacher or other adult multiple times each week. Other activities include pre reading and comprehension questions.

Reading at Home What we ask of you: Approx. 10 minutes daily reading. Reading diary in school everyday. Ask your child about what they’ve read. Initial or comment the diary each day. Talk about and enjoy books at home and read aloud to your child – whatever age they are!

Writing Power of Reading Quality texts which stimulate writing in a range of genres

Writing Lessons involve: Discussion and drama Deconstruction of examples Teacher modelling – shared writing Clear success criteria Opportunities to improve and edit writing Guided writing groups Feedback and support from the teacher

Handwriting All children are encouraged to write in the cursive style.   It facilitates flowing handwriting. It aids punctuation by joining all letters except capitals. It aids spelling by developing a motor memory of joins. This is the letter formation of our chosen handwriting style: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Phonics workshop for Parents Phonics in Year 1 Phonics Screening All children in Year 1 across the country will complete a Phonics Screening in the Summer Term. The phonics screening is an assessment of children’s ability to decode and read real and nonsense words. Phonics workshop for Parents 4th October 9am and 3.30pm

Grammar in Year 1 Word Sentence Text Punctuation For pupils Terminology For pupils Regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es Suffixes that can be added to verbs (helping, helped, helper) prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives (unhelpful) How words can combine to make sentences Joining words and joining clauses using and Sequencing sentences to form short narratives Separation of words with spaces Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I Letter capital letter word Singular plural sentence punctuation full stop question mark exclamation mark

How grammar is taught: Explicit teaching of new concepts Use of No Nonsense Grammar Finding examples in texts Teacher modelling during shared writing Embedded during independent writing

Spelling in Year 1 What is taught: Tricky words and high frequency words Common exception words A range of spelling patterns – taught across the year (linked to phonics teaching) How spelling is taught: Phonics lessons Common exception words practised during writing lessons 5 spellings sent for homework Handwriting practise Weekly dictation Eg It was a ____________ winter day.

As part of Ealing’s new PSHE scheme we will teaching the PANTS rule which is a campaign for protecting children by the NSPCC. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

Contact us: admin@st-marks.ealing.sch.uk Please feel free to make an appointment to see the class teacher at the end of the school day

Any questions?