1. Welcome to the Year 1 Information Evening

2. Miss Densham – Class Teacher Mrs Evans – Teaching Assistant
Our Year One Team
Miss Densham – Class Teacher
Mrs Evans – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Ramsey – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Seaton – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Banfield – Teaching Assistant
Miss Day – Teaching Assistant
Mrs Clarke – Teaching Assistant
Mr Carr – PE coach

3. Things to cover this evening ...
What are the themes in Year 1?
The Year 1 Phonics Screening
How can parents/carers help?
What is the weekly routine?

4. What are the themes in Year One?
Term One – Minibeasts
Term Two – Victorians
Term Three – Antarctica
Term Four – Castles and Knights
Term Five – Africa
Term Six - Dinosaurs

5. recognising and joining in with predictable phrases
English
Writing
Children have opportunities for different types of writing daily at school.
Key Focuses:
Correct letter formation, starting letters on the line.
Talk for Writing.
Good grammar (checking that their writing makes sense).
Punctuation (capital letter, full stop, question mark and exclamation mark)
Making phonically plausible attempts at spelling.
Spelling words with prefixes and suffixes (-s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est, un-)
becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics
recognising and joining in with predictable phrases
making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them.
Maths
Children will have opportunities to explore and learn practically using a variety of mathematical apparatus. They will experience a variety of problem solving activities in our outdoor area.
Our main focus for this term is

6. Reading:
Children have opportunity to explore a variety of texts during class sessions and daily Guided Reading.
Key Focuses
Phonics: Blending longer words
Alternative graphemes
Suffixes (–s, –es, –ing, –ed, –er and
–est)
Comprehension: Make predictions
Retell events
Discuss characters and feelings
Recognise repetitive phrases

7. Phonics
Daily sessions using the Read Write Inc programme.
We continue to learn the High Frequency Words and Red Words (Those words which cannot be sounded out correctly).
Children will learn alternative graphemes.

8. Maths
Children will have opportunities to continue to explore and learn practically using a variety of mathematical apparatus. They will experience a variety of problem solving activities to apply their knowledge.
Throughout the year, the children will be taught 7 areas of Maths:
Number and Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry
Position and Direction

9. The Phonics Screening Check The Year 1 Phonics Screening will take place during the week 10th – 14th June. It is designed to give teachers and parents information on how your child is progressing in phonics.

10. What will it check? It will check that your child can:
Sound out and blend graphemes in order to read simple words.
Read phonically decodable one-syllable and two-syllable words,
e.g. cat, sand, dentist.
Read a selection of nonsense words which are referred to as pseudo words.
Children will know these as ‘Alien Words’ e.g. brip, snorb.

11. Phonics Screening

12. What can you do to help your child?
Reading to your child and listening to your child read every night.
Continue to learn high frequency words and red words.
Use numbers where possible, counting out objects, counting in groups, ordering numbers.
Use Maths in everyday situations, ask your child to tell you the time, what will it be in one hours time?
Encourage your child to be involved with money when shopping, using the right amount of coins.

13. Useful Information PE – This is on Wednesday and Friday.
Please ensure that hair is tied back and all earrings removed on these days.
Forest schools will continue. This is a valuable learning experience for children. This will start next week.

14. Useful Information
Homework - Reading (Changed on a Monday and Thursday) - Spelling (Tested on Tuesday) - Maths, English or Creative homework (Handed in on Wednesday and given out on a Thursday)
- Mental Maths targets (Given out termly)

15. I look forward to an exciting term ahead! Thank you for your time.