Welcome to Year 1 1E – Mrs Eckard 1BP - Mrs Parker & Mrs Bradley TA’s – Mrs Phillips, Miss Ashby, Mrs Moverley, Mr O’Dwyer

Curriculum Coverage Maths and Read, Write, Inc(Phonics/Reading/Writing) are taught daily. Writing session, Science, French, Topic, Music, PSHE, ICT, RE, PE are taught weekly. Art and DT are taught through topics.

Classroom Organisation Children will stay in own classrooms for the lesson input. During focussed activities - 1 group from each class will work with class teacher, 1 group from each class will work with Teaching Assistant and the other 3 groups will have ‘Own Learning Time’ where they can free flow between both Year 1 classes. This will fade out throughout the year until children are able to work independently when not with teacher or TA.

Classroom Organisation 2 Children are put into various groups. Sometimes in ability groups and sometimes in mixed ability groups. Children work in different areas of school for the Read, Write, Inc session, in smaller groups.

Reading Children will read at least once a week in school, individually or in a small group. Home reading books are changed on a Monday and Thursday. Encourage children to read a variety of reading material at home. They must start to learn the first 100 & next 200 High Frequency words.

Positive Behaviour Management All children follow the rules set out in Our School Code and Class Promise. Same system throughout school from Nursery to Year 6 - ‘Good to be Green’.. House points system. Stickers and stamps rewarded in class. Headteacher’s certificate for fantastic pieces of work. Merit box give out in class each Friday – badge awarded in assembly.

Topics Seaside Toys Traditional and Fairy Tales Dinosaurs Plants for food Africa

Trips Provisional trips – Harlow Carr Gardens(November 7 th 2013) and Yorkshire Wildlife Park(June 2014) Visit to Synagogue as part of RE curriculum. Letters will be sent with arrangements, cost etc closer to the trip dates.

PE Outdoor kit : outdoor sensible footwear – summer term. Indoor kit : plain white t-shirt; plain navy, grey or black shorts. Long hair tied back and no earrings. 1E – Monday and Wednesday. 1BP – Monday and Wednesday.

Uniform White polo t-shirt or shirt, with or without school logo. Black, grey or navy trousers or skirt/dress. No jeans or tracksuit bottoms please. Indoor pumps – preferably not slippers. Please name everything.

Expectations of your Child We encourage independence. Making sure the children are able to bring themselves into school and know to hand in dinner money etc. Punctuality. We expect children to try their best and work as hard as they can. We are focussing on listening skills and increasing levels of concentration.

Communication between home and School Telephone or leave a note in the book bag. Before or after school Please come to see us, don’t brood over potential issues. Year 1 blog.

Homework & Spellings Reading Books. Sentence Books (to start after half term). Mathletics and Reading Eggs. One-off topic projects.

Curriculum Expectations To read with some fluency. To write in sentences – encourage this by talking in sentences. To recognise and write numbers to 100. To know number bonds to 10 by heart (0+10, 1+9, 2+8, 3+7 etc…) To read real and ‘alien’ words accurately (Y1 Phonic Screening Test – Summer Term)

Support for children The main support comes from quality first teaching within the class. Children work towards targets(sent home half termly). A number of interventions run throughout the year to support those children who need it. Interventions are in addition to lessons but held during a timetabled slot for whole school.

How can I support my child? Clear communication between home & school. Regular practise of correct letter and number formation. Regular sound work and reading at home. Practise spellings if appropriate (HF word sheet). Encourage more responsibility and independence at home.

Suggestions Are there things that you would like to happen that do not currently take place? Thank you for your support in our three way partnership.