1. Welcome to the P1 Curricular Evening

2. Purpose of tonight
To learn more about the work your child does and how you can help at home.

3. Classroom Routine Water Bottle Coat, snack, lunch Gym Bags Timetable
Positive Behaviour
Start and end of the day
Coat, snack, lunch
Timetable
Calendar
Brain Breaks

4. Literacy
Sounds
Reading
Blending
writing
Games
Tricky words

5. Introducing a new sound in school
Jolly Phonics
Story and Action
Song
Education City
Multi-sensory Activities

6. Reading in school Blending
Children look at the letters, say the sounds and hear the word; this is blending.
Teacher says the sounds and the child listens for the words e.g. s / u / n
Pupils read and say the sounds and listen for the word themselves.
With this skill they have the ability to read any regular word.

7. Tricky Words
Tricky words are frequently used words that the children are unable to read and write simply by blending and listening for the sounds. e.g. she, the, are
Regardless of how tricky words are there is always part of it that is regular: for example, in the word “some”, the s says /s/ and the m says (m).
Revise tricky words daily in class and introduce new ones when the children are confident at reading the ones they have.

8. Reading
By teaching letter sounds, blending techniques and irregular keywords, the children understand before being asked to read books for themselves that there is a code to reading and that most words can be worked out. Devoting time to letter work at the beginning means that higher reading abilities are achieved. Reading books – Story World

9. Writing Fine motor Skills Correct formation Pencil Grip
online resources
Fine motor Skills
Cutting out
Playdough
Lacing
Correct formation
Pencil Grip
Linked to sounds
Have a go!
sound it out
shaving foam

10. Maths and Numeracy Mental Agility Count, read, order, write
Number Bonds
Shapes - 2D and 3D
Information Handling
Volume
Time
Links to real life!

11. Purposeful Play fun independent challenge social explore consolidate
interactive

12. Religious Education
Ethos
Daily Prayers
Bible
Reverence

13. Homework 10 – 15 minutes – STOP! Jolly Phonics – Sound Sheet
Blend Cards
Word Box List (Parents’ Resource)
Tricky Words
Reading Strategies – Bookmark
Bedtime Story

14. Jolly Phonics
This is to let you know what sounds have been taught. You do not need to do anything with it, except discuss the sounds.

15. Blends Cards

16. Word Box List
This is a parents’ resource to be used alongside the blends cards to give you an idea of words to make.

17. Tricky Words

18. Reciprocal Reading Homework Marker

19. Homework 5th September – Blend Cards and Tricky Words
12th September – Reading books, Blend cards continue, Tricky Words continue

20. Other Curricular Areas
Expressive Arts
Health and Well-being
Science
Social Studies
Master Class- Purposeful Play
PE, French and Reciprocal Reading
2 full blocks indoor and 20 minutes outdoor.

21. Thank You