1. Welcome to Year 1 Class 3: Miss Smith/ Mrs Gurnhill Class 4: Miss Chuter

2. Transition from Reception to Year 1 Our aim is to ensure that the children experience a smooth transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage One. The Year 1 curriculum builds upon and extends the experiences that children have had in Reception.

3. Learning through Play Learning through play will continue to be an important part of the school day, and the children will gradually be eased into more formal learning as the year goes on. The children are split into ability groups for reading, writing and maths. During the week, each ability group is taught in a guided group by their teacher while the other children work on either supported or independent tasks.

4. We aim to encourage Independence & Confidence

5. ‘Bee’ Rules Be Good Be Caring Be Polite Be Honest Be Sensible

6. Be your Best

7. Behaviour Green card - All children start everyday on a green card Yellow card – Warning (Children are given the chance to move back onto green) Red card – Miss all of their playtime. If a child does something serious such as hurt another child they will go straight to RED

8. Coming into school Each morning your child’s class teacher will collect any book club money (Wednesday), reply slips, dinner money slips or reading rockets (Friday) etc.

9. Child of the Day & Classroom Jobs Child of the Day: A different child each day Special helper A child will be selected to take home a cuddly toy every Friday. They will keep him for the whole week and record what they have done with him. This must be returned the following Friday so they can share their news with the class.

10. Classroom Jobs Changed once a week The children are given different responsibilities to help develop their independence.

11. Dinner money Every child in Key Stage 1 is now entitled to a universal free school meal. The office staff will need to know whether your child is having a universal free school meal each Monday. There are forms available to fill out on the school website and these can be completed on a weekly basis or for a longer period of time. Children who would normally have been entitled to a free school meal must still claim for this. If the vegetarian option is selected this will be for the whole week and children are unable to switch between vegetarian and non- vegetarian meals (there are exceptions for religious reasons)

12. Literacy and Maths Literacy and maths are taught on a daily basis. Guided reading is taught daily during assembly time, with a different group reading each day. Handwriting is taught twice a week. Phonics is taught everyday.

13. Reading in Year 1... Books can changed daily during register time or before going home. The children are responsible for changing their own reading books. Please ensure book bags are brought to school everyday even if your child’s book does not need changing. Reading rockets are changed every Friday and must be signed. The children do guided reading once a week with the teacher in small ability groups. Children may be heard individually when we have additional adults.

14. Spellings and grammar In the new curriculum there is much greater emphasis on spelling rules and grammar resulting in higher expectations at the end of Year 1. Each Literacy lesson will begin with a grammar blast which will focus on sentence structure. Children will continue to work through their spelling rockets from their previous class. Please remember to put your child’s spelling rocket in the basket on Friday morning if your child is ready for a new rocket.

15. Phonics in year 1 Children will be taught phonics everyday. They will be split into ability groups according to the level they are working at. Children will also be exposed to phase 5 phonics as a whole class, which is the level that children are expected to be secure in by the end of year 1. At the end of the year children will do a phonics test.

16. Maths In the new curriculum expectations have been raised for the end of year 1. These include: Counting and writing numerals to 100 Knowing number bonds to 20 Using more complex mathematical language such as equal to, more than, less than, fewer, most least An increase in problem solving, reasoning and fluency e.g. having a deep understanding and the flexibility to know when to apply techniques and strategies they have learnt. The ability to explain how they have solved problems.

17. Topic Topic subjects we cover include: Science, Computing, History, Geography, RS, PE, Art, Design & Technology, Music, PSHE.

18. P.E Children will take part in a P.E session everyday which will vary in length. We encourage children to practise getting dressed at home to get them get changed quickly in school! If your child has their ears pierced, please ensure that they are not wearing earrings for school/ they are provided with plasters to cover them during P.E sessions.

19. Progress Working towards national expectations for year 1 Working at national expectations for year 1 Exceeding national expectations for year 1 Progress of each child will be tracked every half term. It is important to remember that all children will begin year 1 at different levels and will progress at different speeds.

20. REMEMBER Any problems however small, come and see us! We will be more than happy to arrange a time to meet you in the morning or after school