Welcome Meeting Year 1 2017 - 2018

Staff Other members of staff Class Teachers: Class 1H: Mrs Dillon TA: Miss Carter Miss Storey Class 1C: Miss Connor TA: Mrs Higham Headteacher: Mrs Loftus Deputy Head Teacher: Mrs Evans Assistant Head, EYFS/KS1 Leader and Medical: Mrs Walsh Other members of staff Mrs Grier - Pastoral Care Manager Mrs Rawnsley – Inclusion Manager

School Times 8:00 – Early bird club starts 8:30 – School gates open 8:45 – Doors open 8:55 – Registration 10:25 – Playtime 11:55 – Lunch time 2:55 – End of school day

Behaviour School Wide Sanctions   In the event of children not adhering to the code of conduct, the following sanctions will be applied using adult discrepancy based on the seriousness of the behaviour. Stage 1 - Non-verbal warning e.g. frown, stern look, and silence Stage 2 - Verbal warning Stage 3 - Child’s name written on board Stage 4 - Cross put beside child’s name ( 5 or 10 minute loss of playtime) Stage 5 - Another cross by child’s name (loss of playtime) Stage 6 - Child will be sent to a named class for ‘time-out’ Stage 7 - Child referred to team leader (Reception, Years 1 and 2 Mrs Walsh, Years 3-6 Mr Brooks). Stage 8 - Parents/ Carers contacted/ invited in to school to discuss child’s Behaviour

Punctuality – Essential for progress & learning Attendance – Target 100% Punctuality – Essential for progress & learning If there are any issues with Attendance or Punctuality then Mrs Grier will make contact. Medical- Mrs Walsh can offer advice on medical plans. Lunch times – Please help us to promote healthy lunches. Snack times – To keep our school healthy children can bring fruit, cereal bars and plain water for their snack. Uniform Boys Girls Autumn/Winter Grey Sweatshirts Grey Cardigans White Shirts White Shirts Tie Tie Grey Trousers Grey Slip Black shoes (Not black trainers) Black shoes (Not black trainers) Spring/Summer Grey Tank top Grey Cardigans White Shirt Yellow Gingham dress Grey Shorts Black shoes Black shoes

P.E Dance Mrs Dillon Miss Connor Tuesday Morning - Friday Morning PE kits need to be in school and left in school! They will be sent home when the children break up for half terms Summer uniform – Blue shorts and red top Winter uniform – Red top and Grey school tracksuit Trainers can be worn for PE

Our Curriculum P.E. - Tuesday Dance - Wednesday Mandarin – Wednesday 1H & 1C Music – Wednesday 1H / Friday 1C

Topics – Autumn Term Families & Belonging RE Science Animals including humans Art & Design Technology Colour Chaos Moving Pictures – toys Geography Where do I live? History Toys!

Homework Homework will be given out each Monday and will be expected back in on Friday. Spellings (test on Friday) Number work / handwriting Reading and Phonics cards – (preparation for the Phonics screening that takes place in June.) Home Reading book – Essential! Please write a comment in the book each night.

Practice! Practice! Practice!! Phonics Practice! Practice! Practice!! In year 1 phonics is the key to reading. When a child can read, they can access the whole curriculum.

Reading Reading books – all children to read every night. Monday to Friday Rewards will be given every half term for children who read every night. Reading sources can be a wide range of literature including magazines, internet, news articles, comics, novels and poetry. Guided Reading – Your child will read each week with their teacher and at least once a week with their TA.

Trips and Visitors To enrich the curriculum, we are planning trips to, Liverpool Toy Museum, The Forest School, Story barn and Farmer Ted’s. We will also be visited by a the zoo lab and Father Conor. Please feel free to approach us if you have any contacts that may enhance the learning of the children.

Hope you can join us for this fun morning! Messy Mornings Planned messy mornings will allow parents/guardians the opportunity to come into school to participate in a fun craft activity with your child. The messy morning this term is all about Animals – reptiles, amphibians, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Hope you can join us for this fun morning! (Dates to follow)

Any Questions?