1. Key Stage One Meeting September 2015
Adults in Key Stage One
Key Dates
Routines and expectations
Collective Worship and RE Curriculum
New Curriculum

2. Adults in Key Stage One
Elms Class, Year 1 - Miss Akehurst and Mrs Hillman
Supported by Mrs White, Mr Taylor and Mrs Chalmers
Beech Class, Year 2 – Mrs Bampton and Mrs Farrar
Supported by Mrs Chalmers and Mrs White

3. Key Dates Harvest Festival 28th September 2015 – 1.30-2.30
Please come and join us…
Harvest boxes, one per family please to be sent in by Thursday 24th.
Boxes will be judged on Friday 25th by School Council
Bore Place Visit - 13th October 2015
Details of this visit are in the letter sent on Friday.
Aims - Key Stage One Cooking and Nutrition and Seasonal Changes.

4. Key Dates Show and Share- 22nd October 2015 at 2.45-4.00
Opportunity for your children to share their work with you and talk you through their learning.
Collect your children’s work from their classroom and browse with your child in the hall. The classroom will be open for your child to show you round.
Sparkle and Shine Evening - 10th November (17th)
To open our ‘Light and Celebration’ topic.
A range of activities to take place after dark! EYFS invited.
£1.00 donation requested.
A detailed letter will follow – Parent Volunteers to accompany the children and serve Hotdogs. DBS clearance required.

5. Routines and Expectations
Homework
Will consist of Spellings and one other activity which might be maths or grammar or topic based.
Will be given on a Thursday and DUE IN on Tuesday.
Details of this will stuck into your child’s homework book each week.
Spellings will be tested on Wednesday in Elms and Thursdays in Beech
Reading –
It is expected that you read with your child every day. Remember to log your reading in your passport (10 mins ELMS / 15 mins BEECH).
Reading Passports and Reading Records will be checked by an adult in school at least once a week. Children will read with an adult in school for guided reading at least once a week.
Further information will follow about BUG CLUB – online reading books and activities for KS1 and EYFS children.

6. Routines and Expectations
Phonics
Four times a week
Differentiated groups – targeted to the needs of your child, across the key stage including EYFS.
Handwriting will be modelled within these sessions.
Morning Maths Meetings
Twice a week
Differentiated groups – targeted to the needs of your child, across the key stage including EYFS.
To support mastery in maths curriculum.

7. Routines and Expectations
Equipment
Please provide your child with
Water bottle – clear and named
Wellies – named
Waterproof coat – named
Reading Record in school every day please
PE Kits to be worn on PE days
ELMS Thursday and Friday
BEECH Wednesday and Friday
Uniform
School Jumper should be worn every day
Earrings – studs only, to be removed for PE by child
Shirts should be tucked in
Long hair should be tied back off of face

8. Expectations for Parents:
If you have a concern or news you want to share:
We are here to help: In the first instance, always discuss your child or your concerns with their class teacher. If you need more than a quick chat, please book an appointment via the school office.
-Following meeting with your child’s teacher, if you feel you need to seek further support, please book time with a key stage leader. Either, Mrs Bampton, Key Stage One leader or Mrs Grasby, Key Stage Two leader. Depending on the issues, we may feel more than one meeting is needed.
-If parents have a concern about special educational learning, first speak to your class teacher, and then our SENCO and Inclusion Manager, Miss Akehurst.
-Our Headteacher, Mrs Hillman is available to support parents too. Please arrange a meeting with her if you feel further support is needed after meeting with Key Stage Leaders.

9. Expectations for Behaviour
We have high expectations of behaviour and we will expect your child to follow the School Rules. The children have:
A right to learn
A responsibility to try to do the best that they can.
A right to be safe and cared for
A responsibility to look after each other
A right to play
A responsibility to include others
A right to be respected
A responsibility to listen, to speak politely and to be honest.

10. Collective Worship
Collective Worship is not just an assembly. It is a time to reflect on our school values and our own lives. Children will be expected to show these values in their learning and conduct around school.
The collective worship theme for the forthcoming week can be found on the final page of the weekly newsletter so you are able to continue the discussion at home.
Mondays: Whole School Collective Worship
Tuesdays: Key Stage Collective Worship
Wednesdays: Key Stage Collective Worship
Thursday: Whole School Rejoice Together
Friday: Celebration Worship at St Mary’s Church

11. RE Teaching RE Teaching is for an hour a week in Key Stage 1.
We follow the Diocese of Rochester’s Syllabus.
In Key Stage 1 we teach Christianity but we also look at different faiths through faith weeks, special days and curriculum trips.
Godly Play: Godly Play is a creative and imaginative approach to Christian nurture and is based on long established, tried and tested approaches and uses symbols and objects as well as words. Godly Play values process, openness and discovery and encourages people to make meaning for themselves. It invites listeners into stories and encourages them to connect the stories with personal experience.
Assessment:
Teachers assess against AT1: learning about Religion and AT2: learning from religion
Teachers can share your child’s learning in RE at parent consultations. You will see how well your child progressed last year in their end of year school report.

12. New Curriculum Growth Mindset High expectations for all.
All children move through the new curriculum at broadly the same pace
Enrichment opportunities offered to deepen knowledge and understanding.
Support and extra provision still allocated to children with AEN (including significantly able).
Assessment
There are now no levels
New curriculum can not be matched to old levels.
Every year group has a programme of study (POS).
Children at the end of the year are assessed as: below POS, Emerging (working towards POS), Expected (achieved POS at mastery level), Exceeding (beyond mastery level).
The majority of the children will be working towards emerging targets up to the February half term.

13. New Curriculum
There will be a range of workshops/meetings for parents this year to extend your knowledge of the new curriculum. These will include:
Early years Phonics (RWI) meeting
FS and KS1 Maths workshop
New SATS information meetings (year 2 and year 6)
Please look out for dates in newsletters and on the website.