1. Please help yourself to refreshments
Welcome to Year 1
Please help yourself to refreshments

2. Mrs Tinker (Monday – Wednesday) Mrs James (Thursday and Friday)
Year 1 Team
Mrs Tinker (Monday – Wednesday)
Mrs James (Thursday and Friday)
Miss Livermore

3. Year 1’s Keys to Success
You will need to upload the Keys to Success from the website.

5. Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
Year 1’s Curriculum
Autumn
Spring
Summer
 Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
 Stormy seas
Arctic Adventures
London’s Burning
Food glorious food
Where in the world?
Please add your completed overview for the Autumn Term

6. Autumn Term The Seaside Visitors Trips English History D&T Maths
Geography
The Seaside
Maths
Art
Music
Please explain only key parts of the curriculum
ICT
R.E
PSHCE

7. Fabulous Finish
To conclude our study of the Seaside we would like to invite all parents to attend our own Beach Bonanza.
This will be a fantastic opportunity to see your child’s learning from this topic.
Please add information on your fabulous finish

8. Supporting Your Child Reading:
Support your child’s fluency and understanding by listening to them read for at least 10 minutes a day.
Please complete your child’s reading record so we know that they have read and what they are reading.
Maths:
Support your child by counting regularly and using numbers in everyday situations.
Cook and measure ingredients for a meal or a cake.
Encourage your child to tell the time and calculate time intervals, including converting between 12 and 24 hour time.
Calculate and estimate the cost of shopping.
Daily counting to improve number fluency.
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9. Supporting Your Child Spellings:
Each week your child will receive 6 spellings. They will be tested each Wednesday morning.
Support your child in learning their weekly spellings.
Writing:
Encourage lots of discussion to develop their vocabulary.
Write birthday and Christmas cards.
Encourage your child to keep a diary.
Try and write something everyday no matter how small.
Look out for the word of the week and encourage pupils to use it in the correct context.
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10. Home Learning
Each week, your child will receive ‘Home Learning’ tasks for English or maths.
They will be given a choice of activities based on the previous week’s learning.
Please encourage your child to challenge their thinking.
Home Learning tasks are given out on a Friday and are due in the following Wednesday.
Please encourage your child to participate in the school’s ‘Maths Challenge.’ Each fortnight there will be a new challenge to be won.
In addition to this, we would like to see your child participating in the half termly creative project, which ends with your child’s work presented in the ‘gallery’ held in the hall at the end of the school day.

11. P.E kit Games: Wednesday afternoon – Football skills
P.E: Hall – Friday morning - gymnastics
For all physical education lessons, it is expected that your child will have the correct equipment.
P.E Kit: Navy shorts
T-shirt, which is their team colour
Plimsolls or trainers (for outdoor work)
Warm clothing in winter months such as a tracksuit.
If they have an ear piecing it must be removed or your child must use tape to cover their ears.

12. Healthy Minds
Please ensure that your child has a clear water bottle in school.
This year we would like to encourage pupils to bring in a healthy snack during break times. The snack must be a fruit snack.
All lunch boxes should not include sweets or a fizzy drink.
At Key Stage 1, all pupils are entitled to a free school meal.
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13. Communication Class Dojos for rewards and sanctions.
(Effort, great work, team work, good listening, role model, reading)
Class Pages. (
Weekly newsletters.
Parent teacher consultations.
Parent Forum.
Termly ‘Meet and Greet,’ afternoons.
Interim reports.
End of year reports.
Please add what you give green dojos for

14. Rewards and Sanctions Rewards Class Dojos. Weekly Red Book.
Headteacher’s Award.
Sanctions
Clear classroom expectations.
if a child is not following the class and school rules, then they
will have a verbal reminder.
If the behaviour continues they will be asked to move seats.
If the behaviour continues still they will work in a partner class.
Use of lunch time detentions.
Currently, we are reviewing the whole school behaviour policy. At present these are our rewards and sanctions.
Please discuss the whole class rules and rewards that were created during the first week.

15. Autumn Term Key Dates Trip to Bognor Beach - 20th September
Beach Bonanza Wednesday 7th December 2.30pm
Trip to Bognor Beach and Bognor
Museum TBA
Parent Teacher Consultations th and 8th October

16. Thank you for joining us this afternoon
Thank you for joining us this afternoon. We look forward to working with you in supporting your child’s learning. Are there any questions?