1. Mrs Dawson & Mrs O’Boyle
Frogs Year One
Mrs Dawson &
Mrs O’Boyle

2. Wednesday – Friday Mrs Dawson English Miss Rowland
Staff
Monday & Tuesday
Mrs O’Boyle
Maths
Mrs Grigg
Wednesday – Friday Mrs Dawson English Miss Rowland

3. Year 1 Routines Cloakroom Registration Assemblies Playtimes Milk
Lunchtimes - sittings
Fruit at playtime

4. Year 1 Curriculum
Following the National Curriculum
English
Maths
Science
ICT PE
Personal Social Health Education (PSHE)
Music RE
Geography
History
Art
Design and Technology
Some subjects are linked to a topic through the creative curriculum.

5. English in Year 1 Reading – independent/ whole class
Writing – talk for writing/ holding a sentence
Continue phonics every day
Separate English, curriculum and RIC books

6. Writing Expectations
GPC - This is short for Grapheme Phoneme Correspondence. Knowing a GPC means being able to match a phoneme to a grapheme and vice versa.
*Grapheme - A way of writing down a phoneme. Graphemes can be made up from 1 letter e.g. p, 2 letters e.g. sh, 3 letters e.g. tch or 4 letters e.g ough.

7. Reading Expectations

8. Phonics Screening Check
Children in Year 1 throughout the country will all be taking part in a phonics screening check during the same week in June.
The test contains 40 words. Each child will sit one-to-one and read each word aloud to a teacher.
The list of words the children read is a combination of 20 real words and 20 pseudo words (nonsense words).
The pseudo words will be shown to your child with a picture of an alien.
Regular mock testing in school and progress sent home (letter identifying which sounds to focus on). Scores will build up throughout the year. Phase 5 being tested.
Retest – year 2.

9. Maths in Year 1 Number and Place Value Addition and Subtraction Shape
Fractions
Position and Direction
Measurement
Following a mastery curriculum – explaining reasoning/ problem solving
Separate maths books for recording
Lots of practical resources
Number bonds and times tables awards

10. Maths Expectations

11. Topics this year Superheroes Enchanted Woodland
Paws, Claws and Whiskers
Memory Box
Bright Lights, Big City
Moon Zoom!

12. Timetable

13. Home-School Liaison
TAs on the door in the morning to take messages (Miss Rowlands)
Talk to the class teacher at the end of the day
Phone the school and the class teacher will phone you back
Reading Record Books/ Home Learning Books

14. Homework Reading as much as possible Year 1 spelling list
Homework grid related to class work in Home Learning Book
Handed in Tuesdays for marking and returned on Thursdays

16. Extra-Curricular Activities
School Council
After school clubs
Same procedure for Smiles

17. Thank You