1. St. Peter’s Infant School
Welcome to Year 1

2. St. Peter’s Infant School
Our learning this year will be based around the themes below. You will receive a letter at the start of each term informing you about what the children will be learning.
Term 1: Superheroes
Term 2: Splendid Skies
Term 3: Dinosaur Planet
Term 6: Beat, Band, Boogie
Term 4: Street Detectives
Term 5: Beachcombers

3. A typical day in Year 1 Morning:
St. Peter’s Infant School
A typical day in Year 1
Morning:
9:00 registration followed by Handwriting, English and Maths sessions.
Assembly and playtime split up the above sessions – snack time is incorporated into playtime. Fruit will continue to be provided daily.
Afternoon:
Phonics / Reading – individual and independent.
PE and / or Topic: Science, History, Geography, Computing, RE, Music, Art & PSHE.

4. English This will cover…..
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English
This will cover…..
Speaking and Listening including drama, talking in 3s
Reading - Individual and groups
Writing
Daily phonics teaching
Adults can help by…
Reading to children and sharing ideas
Hearing children read at home
Helping to practice phonics for reading and writing
Supporting writing through homework
Playing games

5. St. Peter’s Infant School
Reading
Your child’s reading book will be changed every other day when brought to school. Please indicate in the Contact Book that you have read with your child.
Please encourage and remind your children to put their reading book and contact book together into the special box in their class.

6. Writing St. Peter’s Infant School This includes:
Use of ‘think it, say it, write it, read it, check it’
Writing sentences using the correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, spaces between words)
Grammar – punctuation, adjectives, nouns,
Spellings – taught weekly, incorporated into dictated sentences
Application of phonics
Read, check and improve
Handwriting: on the line, same size, lead out flicks (not joined), lower case and capital letters
Capital letters for names, places, days and months

7. Writing Children need to know both name and sound of each letter.
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Writing
Children need to know both name and sound of each letter.
Letter formation to be accurate:

8. Maths St. Peter’s Infant School This will cover…..
Counting forwards & backwards from any number up to and beyond 100
Count in 2s, 5s and 10s
Write digits and words for numeral 0 -20
Number bonds to 10 e.g. 0+3=3, 1+2=3, 2+1=3, 3+0=3
Understand value of each digit in a 2-digit number including zero
Understand and use ‘+’ ‘-’ ‘=‘
Understand multiplication and division through grouping, sharing, repeated addition and subtraction
Fractions, measurement, geometry (2D and 3D shapes), position

9. Maths at home Adults can help by…
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Maths at home
Adults can help by…
Finding maths in everyday activities with their child
Playing games
Practice number bonds
Practice value of digits within numbers e.g. money
Support with maths homework

10. St. Peter’s Infant School
Topic Work
This incorporates: Science, Computing, History, Geography, Music, R.E., Art and D.T.
These subjects are taught through a topic so as to link ideas together in a practical, exploratory way.

11. Homework Daily home reading
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Homework
Daily home reading
Weekly Maths and English based on week’s learning
Phonics – information on week’s learning
Spellings
Mathletics, Lexia and Purple Mash
HOMEWORK CLUB every Monday with free crèche for younger siblings 3-4pm.

12. Other ways to support your child’s learning
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Other ways to support your child’s learning
Websites:

13. Recording Use books to record work: English / Topic book
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Recording
Use books to record work:
English / Topic book
Handwriting book
Maths book
- expected to be presented neatly

14. P.E. Weekly P.E. kit required in school including plimsolls
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P.E.
Weekly
P.E. kit required in school
including plimsolls
All items to be named

15. Independence Take responsibility for:
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Independence
Take responsibility for:
Coats – on pegs morning and afternoon
Jumpers – place in class trugs on playground when not wearing them
Taking books, homework, letters, etc. out of their book bags in the mornings.

16. St. Peter’s Infant School
Y1 Phonic Screening
During June 2017, the children’s progress in phonics will be assessed via the National Phonics Screening Check.

17. Y1 Blog www.stpeterselephants.wordpress.com
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Y1 Blog
Follow our learning via our class blog which will be updated weekly. The blog addresses are:

18. St. Peter’s Infant School
During the year:
Partnership - here to help – we will let you know if your child is finding something tricky and ways in which you can help them
Parent consultations – 3 x / year
Visits and Trips
Parent/pupil reading sessions
Homework Club
Class Blogs:

19. St. Peter’s Infant School
Any questions?