1. Whitehouse Primary School
Welcome to Year One
Whitehouse Primary School

2. The Team Class 3 Miss Copley (Team Leader) Miss Davison (TA)
Class 4 – Miss Alexander (Teacher) Miss Moody (TA)
Class 3 Mrs Grant (HLTA)
Class 4 Mrs Robinson (HLTA)
Lighthouse Room Mrs Yellow (HLTA)

3. Independence Transition (Space/North Yorkshire) Morning routines
Messages
Pick ups
NAME EVERYTHING PLEASE!

4. Our Weekly Timetable

5. A Day in Year 1 8.50 Register/Wake up, Shake up!
9.00 Guided Reading Workshop
9.25 Phonics groups
9.45 English
10.45 Playtime
11.00 Maths
12.00 Lunchtime
1.15 Teeth brushing/Think it/Schofield and Sims
1.30 Assembly
1.50 Topic (Science, Art, DT, ICT, Music, PE etc)
3.00 Story time

6. English When and what Linked to topics. Big Writes Phonics
Phonic test Week beginning 11th June

7. Reading Daily reading Guided reading Changing books Phase words
Make it fun!
Reading is given a huge focus at Whitehouse Primary.
We hope to instill a love of reading for pleasure.
Books can take you away from the everyday and transport you to a different world…
Our children LOVE listening to stories… and acting them out!

8. Maths
When?
Mental maths
Schofield and Sims
How can you help?

9. Homework Each Friday (return by next Friday) Spellings Wednesday Why?
Please record books read and encourage to read as much as possible
Diary comments – communication tool (be aware of diary day, if urgent speak to TA/teacher).

10. Homework

11. Curriculum
Cross curricular approach (where appropriate) Topic examples
Ourselves
making a toy
toys from the past
Animals
Our School
Cultural Week…North Yorkshire
Traditional Tales Stories from other Cultures
Light and Dark
International Week…Brazil
Enchanted Playgrounds
playground equipment
making a moving model
Visit to a playground
sculpture
Pushes and pulls
Seasons
Sound
Celebrations
Jurassic Giants
dinosaurs
explorers
plants
United Kingdom/London
Holidays in the past
beach holidays
Materials
Pirates

12. PE
Monday (Class 4) Tuesday (Class 3) and Thursday/Friday (Games – both classes).
Kit (expectations, named and availability)
Health and safety (hair/jewellery)
Clubs
Encourage children to look after kit.

13. Free School Meals
You do not have to take up the option but school must be informed.

14. Any other business?
Children all need a water bottle
Indoor shoes

15. Thank you for coming!
Here’s to a great year!!