Welcome to Year 1

Year 1 Aims of this evening Routines Overview of curriculum Answer any queries you may have

Values of Anston Hillcrest Primary School Respect Honesty Resilience Responsibility Friendship Unity Our partners: Parents/Carers Wider community

Transition from Foundation Stage Follow National Curriculum (National expectations) Use of continuous provision Daily Literacy and Numeracy lessons Foundation subjects - P.E., R.E., science, geography, history, P4C, art, D and T, music and I.C.T.

Routines Registration is at 8.55 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. Doors open at 8.45 a.m. and close at 9.00 a.m. P.E. is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Handy to leave P.E. kit at school Earrings must be taken out or covered by plasters

Routines Free fruit is provided for KS1 children, however you can provide a healthy snack from home Water bottles Tuesday afternoons - Miss Woods

The year ahead… Autumn 1 – The Great Outdoors! Autumn 2 – A Starry Night Spring 1 - Ice Age Spring 2 - Bella Italia Summer 1 – A long, long time ago Summer 2 – On your marks get set…

Wow days/visits Ground Force Day Pizza making Cresswell Crags Medieval Visitors Costs

Learning Skills The characters

How to help at home Read at least 3 times per week and start to ask questions about what has been read (Letters and Sounds/spelling workshop) Practise maths whenever possible – ( games morning) Independence

Dates for your diary Inset Day 21 st October 2011 & 19 th December 2011 Parent’s Evenings 7 th and 8 th November 2011 Christmas Craft Fayre 1 st December 2011 Nativity 8 th & 9 th December 2011

Concerns Mrs Forbes- Class Teacher Mrs Morris - Teaching Assistant Miss Senior – Deputy Head Mrs Ward – Head Teacher

Thank you very much for your time.