Mrs Dawson & Mrs O’Boyle Frogs Year One Mrs Dawson & Mrs O’Boyle

Wednesday – Friday Mrs Dawson English Miss Rowland Staff Monday & Tuesday Mrs O’Boyle Maths Mrs Grigg Wednesday – Friday Mrs Dawson English Miss Rowland

Year 1 Routines Cloakroom Registration Assemblies Playtimes Milk Lunchtimes - sittings Fruit at playtime

Year 1 Curriculum Following the National Curriculum English Maths Science ICT PE Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) Music RE Geography History Art Design and Technology Some subjects are linked to a topic through the creative curriculum.

English in Year 1 Reading – independent/ whole class Writing – talk for writing/ holding a sentence Continue phonics every day Separate English, curriculum and RIC books

Writing Expectations GPC - This is short for Grapheme Phoneme Correspondence. Knowing a GPC means being able to match a phoneme to a grapheme and vice versa. *Grapheme - A way of writing down a phoneme. Graphemes can be made up from 1 letter e.g. p, 2 letters e.g. sh, 3 letters e.g. tch or 4 letters e.g ough.

Reading Expectations

Phonics Screening Check Children in Year 1 throughout the country will all be taking part in a phonics screening check during the same week in June. The test contains 40 words. Each child will sit one-to-one and read each word aloud to a teacher. The list of words the children read is a combination of 20 real words and 20 pseudo words (nonsense words). The pseudo words will be shown to your child with a picture of an alien. Regular mock testing in school and progress sent home (letter identifying which sounds to focus on). Scores will build up throughout the year. Phase 5 being tested. Retest – year 2.

Maths in Year 1 Number and Place Value Addition and Subtraction Shape Fractions Position and Direction Measurement Following a mastery curriculum – explaining reasoning/ problem solving Separate maths books for recording Lots of practical resources Number bonds and times tables awards

Maths Expectations

Topics this year Superheroes Enchanted Woodland Paws, Claws and Whiskers Memory Box Bright Lights, Big City Moon Zoom!

Timetable

Home-School Liaison TAs on the door in the morning to take messages (Miss Rowlands) Talk to the class teacher at the end of the day Phone the school and the class teacher will phone you back Reading Record Books/ Home Learning Books

Homework Reading as much as possible Year 1 spelling list Homework grid related to class work in Home Learning Book Handed in Tuesdays for marking and returned on Thursdays

Extra-Curricular Activities School Council After school clubs Same procedure for Smiles

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