KS1 Curriculum Evening 2018/19

Welcome to Key Stage One Year 1: Miss Maguire Mrs Shortland (PPA- Mon/Tues pm ) Year 2: Miss Beresford Mrs Alcock (SEN time- Fri) Mrs Shortland (PPA- Mon pm)

KS1 Maths English Science Computing RE PE Music History Geography DT Art PSHE

Homework Year 1: My Maths (every Wednesday, returned on the following Monday) Phonics/spelling (every Friday, returned on the following Wednesday) Year 2: My Maths (every Wednesday, returned on the following Monday) Spelling (every Friday, returned on the following Wednesday) Children will not be formally tested, but we will recap them the following week.

Maths

How we teach Maths Practical based Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract Strong number knowledge Can they apply it?

Concrete We give all our children hands on experiences using real objects. It is the foundation for conceptual understanding.

Pictorial Using representations, such as a diagram or a picture of the problem.

Abstract Children are now able to represent problems using notation, for example: 12+6=

Rapid recall of number facts Fluency Rapid recall of number facts Year 1: All number bonds to 20 Year 2: Using all of these facts to derive related facts to 100 Multiplication of 2s, 5s and 10s

Maths Arithmetic Paper 1 The guidance time for this test is 20 minutes. Questions are context free. Focus is speed and accuracy – ‘recall and use known facts’, encourages pupils to use efficient calculation strategies. NO apparatus can be used to support pupils to access questions. Marks will not be awarded for working out. Every question is worth one mark.

Maths Reasoning Paper 2 The guidance time for this test is 35 minutes. Reflects current KS1 test question ‘style’ with raised expectations in line with current National Curriculum. This paper will contain ‘working mark’ questions – 1 mark for appropriate working but incorrect answer. The test will contain a mixture of contextualised and context-free questions, and real life and abstract problems. Language will be appropriate to key stage 1 and questions can be read to the children; word length will be kept to a minimum for accessibility reasons. The only apparatus that can be used to support the children are rulers

English

The four areas of the English Curriculum Spoken language Reading SPaG/ Phonics Writing

Spoken Language Drama and role play Class assemblies Reading aloud Talk partners in class Talk for Writing

Reading A solid foundation in reading is crucial to your child’s success as they progress through primary school, into secondary school and then in later life.

Our aims are to… Encourage children to develop a love of books Teach children how to decode words using phonics and other strategies Give children the opportunity to talk about books that they have read Help children to develop the skills of deduction and inference (reading between the lines)

Guided Reading Year 1 Year 2 Your child will read at least once a week with the teacher Small groups based on ability Focus on decoding words using phonic strategies Your child will read aloud daily Whole class guided reading Children will be taught to: Make sense of the text Retrieve information Infer Make connections

Reading in Year 2 Summarising Predicting Answering questions about character and plot Comprehension is key! SATS- at the end of the year there will be two papers that the children will sit

Reading at home Reading to younger siblings Joining the library Bedtime stories Re-reading books Reading in the environment Allowing your child to see you reading

Questions to ask your child… Look at the front cover. What could the book be about? Who is the author? Who is the illustrator? What does an illustrator do? What does that word mean? Read the words around it to help you figure it out. (context) How can you read an unfamiliar word? Can you blend to work it out?

Year 1 Phonics Four key principles: Sounds (phonemes) are represented by letters (graphemes) A sound (phoneme) can be represented by more than one letter We have different ways to spell different sounds Occasionally we use the same letters to represent different sounds

Year 1 Phonics Towards the end of Year 1 all children will take part in a National phonics screening test. They will be asked to read a selection of real and ‘alien’ words.

Year 1 Phonics

Year 1 Phonics Last year the pass mark was 32 out of 40 and that has been the case for a few years

Year 1 Phonics 1:1 process with the class teacher Children can have as long as necessary They are expected to sound out and blend back together Pass mark is around 32 out of 40

Useful websites: Phonics Play Letters and Sounds Education City

SPAG KS1 S is for spelling- Spellings of the week and phonics P is for punctuation G is for grammar- word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) Year 1 Year 2 . A ? ! , . A ? ! , ‘ “”

Writing Quality text Bring the text to life Story map (Talk4Writing) Model shared writing Rewrite chunks of the text Draft and edit Create a finished product

How you can help.. Little and often Make it fun Learn spelling of Common Exception Words Encourage children with handwriting Letters to Santa, shopping list etc

Thank you for coming Please remember, we have an open door policy- come and speak to us about any concerns that you have.