1. Welcome to Year 1

2. Your concerns and hopes!
How will my child cope with the change from a play based curriculum to a more formal structure?
Will I have the same level of contact with my child’s new teacher?
How will I know what they are learning?
How can I help my child in year 1?

3. Key Stage 1
New National Curriculum English, Maths, Science, ICT, History, Geography, Art, DT, PE, RE, Music Also PSHE (Circle time) Structured Play (Topic Detectives)

4. Year 1 Long Term Plan - Work in Progress!!
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Topic theme
The Wheels on the bus
Castle Hill Cafe
A Knight’s Tale
Art Attack
The School Room
Jasper’s Garden
Lights, Camera, Action
Wish you were here
Fighting Fit!

6. Discovery Board Home Learning Projects Examples:
Fact sheets for sea animal
Writing out a healthy recipe and creating it
Making a train
Designing an outfits for the Emperor and accessories
Finding out about their street
Discovery Board
Medals and trophies
Shells, pebbles, shark jaw!
Anything relating to topic

7. What to expect

8. Coming in and going home
Class 3 and 4 In through corridor door by the classroom Out through corridor door by the classroom Classes 3 and 4 are nearest the corridor doors so we can open into the patio and no- mow! If you want to chat, after school is easier for us.

9. Independence
We encourage your children to be independent.
Please could you help them by saying goodbye at the OUTSIDE door and allow them to:
Hang up their own coat
Put their own book bag away
Go into the class by themselves
Hand any notes/dinner money to the teachers themselves
Change their own reading books
Hand in their own homework/maths games
If you remind them and we remind them, eventually it will work like clockwork! Don’t expect them to remember everything right away.

10. Naming!!
Please could you help us by ensuring that these items are named:
PE kits, including plimsolls (please can you check these still fit every half term!) PE Mondays/Fridays No jewellery policy
All other clothing except underwear! (Just wait until year 2 when they go swimming!!!)
Envelopes with money in
Coats
Then we can find owners easily!

11. Routines Morning routine:
Put book bag and water bottle away, hand in homework if applicable and take part in morning work. This starts at 8.45am
Change reading book if needed
Visual timetable
End the day with smiley face stickers and green certificates

12. Homework In Year 1 we have EducationCity (Ed.City Club)
Maths/Maths Games
Phonics/Spelling
Reading
Please can the homework diaries be
filled in – we like to celebrate work carried out at home and follow up any concerns
Home Learning Projects

13. Phonic Screening Check
The Phonic Screening Check is a national test carried out in Year 1 in June. Results are passed onto the government, county and OFSTED

14. The Test Reading real and nonsense words to a teacher 40 words in all
Children either reach or don’t reach the required standard (last year it was 32 words correct)
Parents will be informed of the outcome

20. What is my child doing?

21. How can I help my child?
Reading – school, home, library, e-books, comics Talking – The best writers at this age are those that speak well. Homework If you are unsure how we teach addition, subtraction, division etc., come and see us. Would you like to help in the classroom? We are always looking for parent volunteers.

22. Questions