Parents workshop YEAR 1 Autumn term Mrs Patel/Mrs Soodi Miss Catling Mrs Zuberi

What will we cover today? Long term plan Topic web Literacy Reading – help with strategies Phonics Numeracy PATHS and Enabling Enterprise Homework and Spellings

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Literacy Speaking Listening Writing Reading

Speaking Tell stories and describe incidents from their own experience in an audible voice Retell stories, ordering events using story language Experiment with and build new stores of words to communicate in different contexts

Listening Listen to and follow instructions accurately, asking for help if needed Begin to listen for longer and use the words they hear in their own speech Listen to tapes or video and say what they think about them Take turns to speak, listen to each other's suggestions and talk about what they are going to do Take turns to act out a story and say what they liked about it

Reading New Curriculum: Reading should be looked at in two dimensions- word reading and comprehension Department for Education, English programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2, September 2013 We will approach this by encouraging pupils to : – Learn to read using the phonemes they learn in Phonics – Begin to read on their own and say what they think about a story – Identify the main events and characters in stories, and find specific information in simple texts – Guess what is happening next What parents and carers can do at home: – Read with your child at home every day, for mins – Take your child to the Library Most important of all: Make reading fun!!

Reading (Extra tips) During reading It is often helpful for you to run your finger along underneath the words to encourage the children to keep reading the whole sentence even if you get stuck on a word Use plenty of praise for the child's achievements. Do not be cross when they get something wrong. If they get stuck Remind the child of the different ways they can work out words on which they are stuck: – Sounding out each sound in a word, encourage the use of letter sounds rather than 'alphabet names' then blend the sound together to make the word. – Reading the rest of the sentences in order to find a word that gives the sentences sense.

– Clues can sometimes be found in the pictures. – Self-correction - If the child stumbles over a word or says it wrongly gives them time to check it over and change their mind about what it says. When the child misreads a word, you might ask, "Did that make sense?" or "Does that sound right?" Then encourage them to reread a word or sentence. If they still don’t get it correct after using all these strategies, tell them the word and come back to it later again to see if they remember it. If they make an error that does not change the meaning of the book, you need not do anything. These kinds of errors show that your child is reading for meaning. Do not force the child to sound out every word that they struggle with. Flow is important too as it helps to maintain understanding. Choose words that they come across regularly (High Frequency Words). If the child loses interest then stop.

Writing New Curriculum: Learn to write common words: – days of the week – High frequency words – Tricky words Write sentences by: – Say a sentence out loud – Write words clearly with spaces between words – Use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks as part of their writing. – Sequence sentences to form short narratives – Re-read written work to check that it makes sense Department for Education, English programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2, September 2013

Phonics Half an hour every day Children learn: – How to write each of the 42 sounds by a letter or sequence of letters. – Linked to spellings sent home – How to blend sounds together for reading and how to segment (split) words for spelling. – How to read and spell some high frequency ‘tricky’ words containing sounds not yet learnt (e.g. they, my, her, you).

How to use Phonics handout It has all the sounds your child will be learning. Tricky words High frequency words Phoneme frames

Little friends Looking for the sounds pupils already know in a word before attempting to read it Thinking about the sound and then reading the word by segmenting (separating the sounds/phonemes they see) Finally blending the word carefully Doing this for real words and pseudo words chin frosh

Numeracy New curriculum: Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry Solve problems by applying their mathematics Areas of learning: Number: Number and place value Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division Fractions Measurement Geometry: Properties of shapes Position and direction Department for Education, Mathematics programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2, September 2013

Handwriting Please encourage neat cursive writing Use the lines given in the homework books Encourage children to write their name

Our rights Pupils have been introduced to our three rights: The right to learn The right to feel safe The right to respect Each class has also come up with their own set of class rules. If a child does not follow the rules and rights this will be recorded on Behaviour Watch.

Uniform Purple school jumper or cardigan. Black or grey trousers or skirt. CPS polo shirt (available from the CPS uniform shop). Black shoes please no trainers!

PATHS Pupil of the Day Circle time Twiggle the turtle Learning to do turtle 2 sessions each week

Enabling Enterprise Teach pupils skills e.g. Team work, organisation, independent thinking, logical thinking Work together to come up with a solution to a problem This term: Postal service

Things to remember: Homework given weekly – Friday (Due back on Monday or Tuesday) Spellings given out on a Tuesday and tested on the following Monday. Homework and spellings linked to learning Children need to bring in their book bag everyday. Parents to write a comment in the reading diary and sign when they have heard their child read. If your child loses any of their books (homework, spelling, reading book, reading record) you will be charged £5 for a replacement. Websites and questions Website Questions Additional Info