KS1 Parents Information Meeting Wednesday 13th of September 2017

Meet the KS1 Phase Mrs Bould KS1 Phase Leader and Year 1 teacher Miss Tyerman Year 2 Teacher Miss Shepherd Year 2 teacher Mrs Binns Year 1 teacher Mr Mazfari Teaching Assistant Mrs Kidby Teaching Assistant Mrs Gamble Teaching Assistants Mrs Mullins Teaching Assistant Mrs Peacock Teaching Assistant Mrs Pearson Teacher

KS1 Times of the Day 8:50am Doors open 9:00am Registration 10:30am – 10:45am Break time 12:00pm – 12:45pm Lunchtime 3:00pm Home time

KS1 Curriculum Phonics English Maths Children have daily 30 minute phonic lessons through the week. Children work in small target groups to learn a particular phase Phonics English Children have daily lessons throughout the week. These lessons include reading, writing, spelling and GPS (Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) Maths Children have daily lessons through the week. 5-a-day calculations are taught daily.

Spellings, Grammar and Punctuation In KS1 children will have access to phonics and spelling sessions. In Year 2, when your child is ready, they will participate in a spelling scheme called ‘Read, Write, Inc Get Spelling’. These are specific discreet lessons that teach the spelling rules in the Year 2 curriculum. As part of their homework, children will receive a specific set of spellings linked to your child’s year group. We would ask that these are practised at home regularly.

Handwriting

Reading Expectations in KS1 Reading at home is such a vital part of developing children’s reading so we would please ask for your support with this at least three times a week. Your child will be awarded with a dojo. This regular additional reading is so important to consolidate the skills taught in school and will help your child earn the reading rewards so much quicker. As we do value this opportunity to practise these skills, we will use golden time as an additional opportunity for children to read if they are falling behind with reading at home.

Reading Cards This year we are introducing new ‘reading at home’ cards for each year group which will be entered into a weekly prize draw to win a book once they are completed.

Accelerated Readers We became an ‘Accelerated Reader’ school at the beginning of this year. This involves children reading books matched closely to their reading ability and then sitting quizzes online to assess their understanding of the book. Successful completion of the quiz accrues points for the children. As we want to encourage children to read, we will then be building in incentives when the children achieve 30, 60 and 90 points. This reading scheme will be introduced to children who are at stage 8+ to boost their comprehension skills.

KS1 Expectations

History/Geography Topics PE Computing Science Art/DT Music PHSE RE Other areas of the curriculum: History/Geography Topics PE Computing Science Art/DT Music PHSE RE

Year 1 and 2 Topic Overview

Year 1 Phonics Screening Test KS1 Expectations Year 1 Phonics Screening Test Week commencing Monday 11th of June 2018 End of KS1 SATs Tests Week commencing Monday 21st of May 2018

Time out form – Team Leader Time out form – Head Teacher Behaviour System Traffic Light System Time out form – Team Leader Great Behaviour Warning Time off Golden Time Time out form – Head Teacher

School Uniform PE Uniform Royal blue sweatshirt or cardigan White polo shirt or plain white school shirt Grey trousers or skirt (knee length, grey shorts may be worn in warm weather) Blue gingham dress in Summer Plain grey pinafore dress Black shoes or black trainers (no boots or heeled shoes or shoes with white/coloured markings) Simple hair grips and bobbles (no over the top hair decorations) Items may have the school’s logo if wished, but this is not compulsory. Indoor PE: Navy blue shorts Short sleeved, white T shirt of appropriate length Outdoor PE: Short sleeved, white T shirt Trainers or outdoor plimsolls Navy or grey jogging trousers and sweatshirts may be worn in cold weather

PE Days in KS1 Year 1 - Tuesdays Year 2 - Fridays

Homework in KS1 We are changing how we do homework this year across school, following discussion at the new parents’ forum in the summer term. As a staff, we have come up with a list of homework activities that we feel are the most important things you can do at home to support your child’s learning. If these activities are done at home consistently, we feel that it will have a significant positive impact on your child’s learning in school. This list will include: Regular reading (minimum three times a week) Learning timestables up to 4x tables Learning year group spellings Practising telling the time In addition to this list, we will also send out a list of topic related homework which you can choose to do with your child at home if you wish.

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