Welcome to Key Stage 1

What’s important to us Every child is happy Every child reaches their full potential Children learn to be part of school life e.g. interacting with others, gaining confidence, thinking about others, working in a partnership

We learn through a fun and supportive environment Emphasis on learning through talk and doing. Every child is celebrated and nurtured and prepared to enter KS2 by the end of year 2.

Daily routines 8:45-9:00 Morning jobs 9:10-10:10 RWI/literacy 10:10-10:30 Worship (Monday 9:10) 10:30-10:45 Playtime

10:45-11:45 Maths 11:45-12:00 spelling 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 Topic activities/PE etc 2:30-2:45 playtime 2:45-3:30 Topic/story

Literacy year 2 Once children have completed the RWI programme (have become fluent readers) we teach literacy. Please write in reading records

SPAG: spelling, punctuation and grammar Large emphasis on SPAG. Children need to apply it to their work. Children need to use correct vocabulary. We subscribe to spag.com and set homework to complete. All children have weekly spellings to learn

Maths Singapore maths- maths no problem Children are in year groups

Information to parents At the beginning of each half term we send home an information to parents/carers sheet. This gives you information about the topic

We follow a two year plan which covers all of the national curriculum for year 1 and 2

End of year expectations Year 1 and year 2: we use formative assessments daily to give support when needed and to inform our planning. At the end of each term we make summative assessments based on the year group expectation

Year 1 Phonics screen check in June

Year 2 In the past we have end of key stage assessments Based on teacher assessment and tests We are yet to hear about the assessments for this year.

Homework Fluency facts, counting, number bonds Maths no problem information Sumdog.com Reading Spag.com Spelling

Reading Need to read a little bit most nights (5x a week) RWI books and also books from the shelf. Need to read aloud to an adult. Please write in the reading records.

Spelling RWI spelling Year 1: list of spellings each week Year 2: children have a log book with a list of spellings to learn each week. Learn these any way they want, practise in old spelling books. Parents sign log book when they are certain their child can spell the words confidently. Red words are at the back of the Log book The spellings are challenging. They have to apply phonics and spell red words correctly

Other information PE – on Thursday Any issues or questions please do speak to us On Thursdays the children are taught music and PE by specialist teachers.

Growth mindset It’s all about realising that they can achieve if they put in the effort. Every child is capable. Sometimes it might be tricky but they can all get there.

If they get things wrong-that’s fine. It’s how we all learn. We talk about it and celebrate our learning process. Rewards- sometimes stickers, sometimes show others, sometimes golden tickets but also emphasis on praising the effort.