1. Shawlands Primary School
Welcome to Year One!
Parents information meeting 21st September 2017

2. Meet the team Teacher– Mrs Butterwood Teaching assistant – Mrs Leather
Mrs Hill will be covering PPA on Monday afternoon.
Mrs Hill – welfare and safeguarding lead

3. Year 1 subjects Literacy Phonics Numeracy Science
Topic Work which includes History, Geography, Art, D & T and ICT
PSHE and Religion PE
Music

4. Topics in Autumn 1 That’s entertainment
Maths – Number, place value, addition, subtraction
Literacy – Reading, writing, phonics through the Wizard of Oz
Science – The human body
PE – Ball skills
History – Ourselves and comparing present and past.
DT– Food
Art – Character paintings
ICT – Online safety and uses of ICT
RE – Judaism

5. Class timetable
Mornings – Early morning work, phonics, literacy, playtime, numeracy.
Afternoons – Handwriting/mental maths, guided reading, topic based activities, continuous provision, assembly.

6. A typical day in Year 1 8:50 am - School opens 9:00am - Registration
9:10am – Phonics
9:30am - Literacy
10:30am - Break Time
10:45am – Numeracy
12:00pm – Lunch Time
1:00pm – Handwriting/mental maths
1:30pm – Guided reading/continuous provision
2:00- Topic work/continuous provision
3:00pm - Assembly
3.30pm - Home Time

7. Year 1 PE Wednesday morning.
Please ensure earrings are out for PE and that PE kits are in school.
Trainers, colour t-shirt, shorts, joggers.
PE kits can be left in school until the half term holidays.

8. Homework
Spellings – Test on Mondays. New spellings stuck in books on a Tuesday and on Twitter. Practised in school several times in the week. Any practise at home helps too!
Reading – Children will read regularly in school and this will be written in their reading record. Any reading at home can also be recorded. One reading mile for each home entry.
Homework - The children will be provided with a homework book with a grid of tasks they need to complete each half term. Homework books should be placed in the homework box when all tasks are completed so they can be marked.

9. Key points for Year 1
Please make sure water bottles, PE kits, uniform and pumps are labelled with your child's name.
Reading books will be changed on Mondays. You are welcome to change your child’s book during morning work time.
Please make sure your child’s reading book, reading record and spelling book are in school every day. They need to be put in their drawers in the classroom.
Please do not bring toys to school to play with as they may get damaged or lost.

10. Behaviour and rewards
In line with the school’s behaviour policy we use a traffic light system.
Praise
Reward time e.g golden time/iPad time
Dojo points – link to traffic lights. Can be awarded or deducted.

11. Year 1 assessment
Ongoing, informal assessment throughout the year to inform teacher planning
Year 1 children will complete the phonics screening test in June time
If they did not meet the required standard in the phonics screening test in Year One they will have the opportunity to try again in Year Two

12. Any questions??