1. TRAVIS ST LAWRENCE C.E. PRIMARY SCHOOL
Year One
Mrs E Gill and Mrs C Charlesworth
Mrs Baker, Mrs Speight

2. Changes
Foundation 2 to Year 1 is a transition year. Play enhances our learning. More structured activities

3. Location, Location, Location
Year 1 Topics
These are the topics we will be learning about this year.
Autumn 1
Sticks, Bricks & Straw
Autumn 2
Location, Location, Location
Spring 1
Transport and Trains
Spring 2
Wild World
Summer 1
From Little to Large
Summer 2
Land Ahoy

4. Numeracy
Daily Numeracy sessions. Covers all areas of maths including counting, calculating and shape and space, problem solving, using and applying. Practical activities – recording – applying - fluency Mastering. Expectation is that all children access the Year 1 Curriculum. Interventions are provided to enable all children reach age related expectations.

5. Literacy and Phonics
Literacy – emphasis on speaking, using play based activities and role play activities - feeds into writing Read, Write, Inc. is a new scheme to our school, introduced last year, that teaches children to be able to listen carefully and identify the phonemes that make up each word. This helps children to learn to read words and to spell words. We have daily phonics sessions lasting 20 minutes. In June all the Year 1 children will take part in a statutory phonics test.

6. Reading Books
Children have opportunities to change books weekly, working towards doing it independently.
1 to 1 reading sessions in school
Questioning for comprehension
Reading Record Diary
Re-reading for enjoyment

7. Spellings
Look Cover Write Check. Writing sentences with the word in. Punctuation. Linking with phonics. Keep practising previous spellings. Spelling test every Thursday/Friday.

8. Handwriting
School focus Writing taught in family groups Daily Linking with phonics Read Write Inc.

9. Home Learning
Homework will be given on Friday’s to be handed in on the following Wednesday.
Variety of tasks including maths, literacy, science and creative family tasks.
Daily reading and spellings.
Abacus Maths Learning activities

10. Learning Logs
Let you and your child’s imagination go. There is no wrong way to do it. Given a title to focus on. Children will share them with the class. Children love scrapbooks and look back at them over again.

11. Parental Support Attendance Homework Maths Workshop Classroom Support
Family Learning Events
Parent Forum
Parent Teacher Association

12. Open Door Policy
This continues throughout the school. Notices and letters displayed on the windows. Any issues please see the class teacher in the first instance. The best time available at the end of the day. Please think carefully about the messages you give.

13. Extra Curricular
Visits Clubs - cooking, boccia, cooking, sewing, Sports - MLB, Playground games. First come basis. Playground Leaders with staff at lunchtimes

14. www.travis.doncaster.sch.uk http://travis-primary.blogspot.co.uk/
School Website

15. Any Questions? ?
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