1. Welcome to Year 1 Meet the teacher evening
Mrs Miles/Miss Cox (Fireflies)
Miss Shurey/Mrs Campbell (Butterflies)
Miss Butcher/Mrs Standhaft (Dragonflies)
Miss Coupland/Mrs Ritchie (Grasshoppers)

2. (Information sheet with important information to follow)
Overview of evening
Curriculum
Homework
Visits and Visitors
Assessment
Contact
Questions
(Information sheet with important information to follow)

3. Creativity and the Curriculum
The key skills that we make explicit to the children
through our teaching and their learning are:
1. Teamwork   
2. Independence   
3. Communication   
4. Creativity   
5. Thinking

4. Creativity and the Curriculum
Topic based learning;
Superhero Senses
Fairytale Pants!
Toy Story
Giants
A Bug’s Life
Incredible India
Real life outcome enthuses children
Visitors and speakers

5. New curriculum
Introduced September 2014

6. Maths Count to & across 100, forwards & backwards from any number.
Read & write numbers to 20 in digits & words.
Read & write numbers to 100 in digits.
Say 1 more/1 less to 100.
Count in multiples of 1, 2, 5 & 10.
Know bonds to 10 by heart.
Use bonds & subtraction facts to 20.
Add & subtract:
1 digit & 2 digit numbers to 20, including zero.
Add any three 1-digit numbers with a total up to 20.
Solve simple multiplication & division with apparatus & arrays.
Recognise half and quarter of object, shape or quantity.
Sequence events in order.
Use language of day, week, month and year.
Tell time to hour & half past.

7. Creativity and the Curriculum - Maths
Daily
Warm-ups
Input
Main activities
Pit Stop Plenaries
Computing
Teacher/TA support groups
Practical independent work
Fundamentals eg. number facts
Number formation

8. Writing Write clearly demarcated sentences. Use ‘and’ to join ideas.
Use conjunctions to join sentences (e.g. so, but).
Use standard forms of verbs, e.g. go/went.
Show evidence of: Capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks.
Use capital letters for names & pronoun ‘I’.
Write clearly sequenced sentences.
Use correct formation of lower case – starting and finishing in the right place.
Use correct formation of capital letters.
Use correct formation of digits.

9. Creativity and the Curriculum - English
Daily
Warm-ups
Input
Main activities
Pit Stop Plenary
Spelling and grammar
Phonics
Speaking and Listening
Drama
Reading
Handwriting
Writing styles
Poetry
Story writing
Instructional writing
Report writing
Non-fiction writing

10. Reading Identify which words appear again and again.
Relate reading to own experiences.
Re-read if reading does not make sense.
Re-tell with considerable accuracy.
Discuss significance of title & events.
Make predictions on basis of what has been read.
Make inferences on basis of what is being said & done.
Read with pace & expression, i.e. pause at full stop; raise voice for question
Know difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.

11. Creativity and the New Curriculum - Reading
Group guided reading
Individual reading
Working towards targets
Comprehension
Questions
Apply phonics
We encourage the children to read a wide range of books at home and at school. Sometimes children benefit from re-reading books.

12. Phonics Phase 4 Consolidates Phase 2 and 3 sounds.
Teaches children to read and spell words with adjacent consonants (CCVC) e.g. ‘stop’ (CVCC) e.g. ‘tent’
They then begin to apply this to their own reading and writing
Phase 5
Teaches children that the same sound can be spelt in different ways i.e. ‘rain’ and ‘day’ and that the same spelling can represent different sounds i.e. ‘meat’ and ‘bread’ or ‘cow’ and ‘low’
Children separate words into syllables and can read and spell decodable two/3 syllable words. They recognise an increasing number of high frequency words automatically

13. S

14. sh o p

15. th i p

16. Home school link books To keep you informed To send us messages
In Year 1 the books are changed on a daily basis (except for Wednesdays) or when the children have completed their book with confidence and understanding.
The children are responsible for putting folders in the ‘Books to be changed’ box in the morning.
It is important that parents have signed to say that the book has been completed.

17. Outdoor environment Year 1 outdoor area
Thinking path, nature trail, woods, willow dome, field and bog garden
Weather and seasons
Outdoor instruments
Climbing equipment

18. Homework (After half term)
Reading as often as possible
Please check your child’s book bag every night
Homework tasks Wednesday to Monday
Spellings Weds to Monday
Maths games Weds to Monday (Optional)
How can you feedback about homework?
Guidance is available to download from our school website

19. Helping your child at home
Useful ideas in booklets
These documents are available to download from the school website under curriculum
Regular reading and sharing books
Fun activities linked to topic
High frequency words
Sounds of the week
Encourage every and any form
of writing from the children.
Cursive handwriting

20. Assessment and marking
AFL
Highlighting (Pink and green)

 Self assessment

21. Marking symbols and your child’s targets

23. News Days Note up in windows
News to be linked with topic or homework activity
No toys please!

24. Class Mascot Good incentive for the children
Sent home on a Friday with a diary to be returned on Monday.

25. Newsletters Outside office and on website Notice boards and windows
Year group topic newsletters

26. Notes
Forms by office
On-line payment system is our preferred method of payment.
If sending in money - sealed envelopes, clearly marked with your child’s name
If you have an important message please let your child’s class teacher know at the door (verbal or note) as we are not able to check every link book every day.

27. Drop in! You are always welcome to drop in and chat after school!
Positive feedback especially welcome!
Parent helpers are always welcome especially if you already have DBS clearance. Any amount of help is greatly appreciated.

28. Parent consultations
October
February
May

29. Thank you for your time!