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Reading, Writing and SPaG jenny

Lois Fairclough and Colette Waters-Squirrels Welcome to Year 1 Claire Hughes and Laura McFarlane – Hedgehogs Beth Dray – Rabbits Lois Fairclough and Colette Waters-Squirrels Celina Tinker - Foxes Lois

Our Vision For you to be fulfilled, happy and confident learners Our Values Enjoy learning Try our best Make good choices Respect each other & our surroundings Work together Celebrate our successes Celina

punctuation grammar spelling Jenny handwriting reading Claire

At the end of Year 1… Read accurately using phonic knowledge. Recognise and spell common exception words (red words). Make predictions about the way a story might end. Use prefixes and suffixes. Form letters correctly (lower and upper case). Read independent writing to check that it makes sense. Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces independently in their writing. Recognise and begin to use question marks and exclamation marks. Use plurals appropriately in writing. Listen to and respond to ideas expressed by others in discussions. Beth

What do we cover in Year 1? Copies of the Year One overview are available at the back of the hall. Beth

SPaG spelling punctuation grammar How to be SPaGtastic? These are the components that make up our writing. Our lessons in Year 1 will focus around a spelling, punctuation or grammar rule. spelling punctuation grammar Celina

Spelling We expect all children to be able to spell the year 1 common exception words by the end of the year. Copies of these words are on the website and at the back of the hall for you to use to practise spelling at home with your child. Sound mats and year 1 common exception word mats are easily accessible to the children in their classroom. Lois

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Handwriting We understand how difficult it is to get your children to engage with handwriting! Handwriting sessions are incorporated into our school week. We use handwriting lines to support the children in this. Our Discovery books will also have handwriting lines in them. Writing Repeater on www.ictgames.co.uk is a brilliant way to show children how to write their words correctly. Lindy Beth

Reading RWI What does it look like in school? RWI sessions 4 x week. Half termly assessment. All teachers are responsible. Phonics screening: RWI Coodinator will test all children in June. Children have to read 40 words, both real and fake (alien words). Often, children find it difficult to read an alien word and not correct themselves to make the word make sense. For example ‘spleech’ - ‘speech’. Please read with your child at home as often as you can. We have made a list of ideas to make reading more engaging (available at the back of the hall). If you do not record in your child’s reading book that you have read together for 2 weeks, a text will be sent to (gently!) remind you to do so. Lois

Assessment Writing assessed within all lessons by class teacher. Moderated within year group. Stand alone SPaG sessions throughout the year and through application in writing. Reading comprehension – within lessons and in our RWI sessions. Your child’s reading will be assessed continually throughout the year. When your child is ready, their class teacher will alter their colour band. As the children move through the bandings, the books become longer, more difficult and require a greater depth of comprehension. Children require much more reading stamina when they move up through the reading bands. Don’t worry if your child stays on one colour band for a longer period of time, they are likely building on their reading stamina! Claire

How to Help at Home There is a list of useful websites on each class blog (paper copies at the back of the hall). There are some great games and activities for the children to do on these. Writing in homework books (to be given out on Friday 23/09/16). Encourage your children to post messages on the blog. Don’t worry about the spelling, we’d love to hear from them! Claire Make your home a writing home where your child sees and experiences writing for a purpose. For example, writing birthday/thank you cards, shopping lists, letters. Use a wide variety of media such as colourful pens, pencils, paint, bath crayons or even the computer to encourage your child’s interest in writing. Try to make writing fun for your child by having a family message board to leave comments or even make joke books. Provide as many opportunities as you can for your child to engage in writing activities and lots of praise and encouragement. Tactile experiences are also important, especially for developing the fine motor skills required to hold a pencil and form letters. Activities such as clay, play dough, cutting and sticking, painting all help to develop these fine motor skills, whilst also being fun and creative. Share a wide variety of books with your child and visit the library as often as you can. This will give them experience of different texts and types of writing. Practise, reciting the alphabet, Jolly Phonics sounds and actions, writing the graphemes, listening for phonemes, targets that are sent home (these will be more specific to your child’s level of ability), read and say lots of rhymes together. Sinead Claire

Thank you for your continued support, The Year One Team Thank you for coming tonight, we hope that the meeting has been useful. We have laid out some of the resources on the tables that we use to support reading, writing, and SPaG in school. Thank you for your continued support, The Year One Team Celina