Welcome to Year 1

Things to have in school Water bottle – named Reading book and reading record Coat – waterproof and named PE Kit – check feet size

‘Children need to learn to read before they can read to learn.’ Reading Children should try to read everyday to an adult at home. The adult should comment and sign the reading record every time you hear them. There is no set book change day and children should try to read each book twice, for fluency, before changing it. The children need to bring their book and reading record in daily and put it in the box in their classroom. We check the reading records daily for progress towards the Cage Green Reading Awards. ‘Children need to learn to read before they can read to learn.’

Homework Subject Day Set Due Back Expected Time on Task Reading Every day - 10 mins English/Topic Wednesday Monday 10-15 mins Maths – Key Skills

Snack time If your child would like milk in the morning, you can pay for it by applying online. If your child is entitled to Free School Meals, they are also entitled to have free milk but you must fill out a separate form from the office. All children are entitled to free fruit until they are 7. If your child doesn’t like the fruit provided in school then they could bring in a piece of fresh or dried fruit from home.

PE Our regular PE days are: Monday and Thursday For PE children need: Tracksuit for the Winter Black PE shorts House coloured t-shirt Plimsolls Trainers for outside games PE kit needs to be in school every day

Home time If your child is going home with someone different one afternoon, please can we have either a written note to confirm who they are going home with or please give a message to the member of staff on the gate/door in the morning.

Curriculum Our topics this year will be: Every day – Phonics, English, Maths, Reading, Maths Reasoning (PE twice a week) Every term – Science, RE, Topic (History, Geography, Art or DT) Our topics this year will be: Terms 1 and 2 – The Victorians Terms 3 and 4 – India Terms 5 and 6 – Castles This term we will also be having our Harvest Festival in the hall. Thursday 11th October 2018, 9.30am

Phonics Screening Check Year 1 children take part in a Phonics screening check in June. This will involve reading both real and non-real words. Non-real words are also called ‘alien’, ‘monster’ or ‘nonsense’ words. Reading these words allows children to demonstrate their phonic ability. Children know they are non-real words as they are presented with an image of an ‘alien’ next to them. Some homework set this year will link to this to help children at home. Children that do not meet the pass mark threshold will be screened again at the end of year 2.

Expectations and Rewards In Year 1 the expectation will still be high. We promote independence and children having opportunities to become more responsible. Children are encouraged to take ownership of their learning and be motivated to challenge themselves. Children can be rewarded with house points individually. We have a ‘Reward Jar’ as a whole class reward system. This is linked with our class and school rules and when it is full, the children will decide on their group reward.

Thank you for coming.