Welcome to the Parent’s Meeting for Year 1 and Year 2 Together in love and faith

Our Mission Statement ‘Through the love of God and the person of Jesus, our aim is to develop the wholeness of everyone, striving for excellence in all that we do. We seek to be a welcoming and caring Catholic community, respecting and accepting each other, as we journey together in love and faith.’

Staffing in Year 1 and Year 2 Year 2 Miss Reese Miss Essex Year 1 Miss Rimmer Miss Hankers Mrs Briggs

1. Care for everyone and don’t hurt others 2.Listen when someone else is talking 3. Follow instructions the first time 4. Work hard and always do your best Our School Rules

1. Praise 2. Housepoints 3. Stickers 4. Special Privileges 5. Sent to another class/Head Teacher to show good work 6. Behaviour Awards 7. Headteacher Award, certificates and star stickers 7. Positive notes home 8. Whole class rewards 9. Text home to Parents Our Classroom Rewards

1. Verbal Warning 2.Written Warning 3.Time away from group/class/playtime/lunchtim e 4.Removal from class to KS Leader or Head Teacher Our Classroom Consequences

Expectations at St Clement’s At St Clement’s we expect the highest standards of behaviour, uniform, effort and achievement. In Years 1 & 2 we encourage the children to become more independent and responsible.

Curriculum 2014 At St Clement’s we are very excited by the NEW national Curriculum. Our curriculum is exciting to teach, makes connections between subjects, will inspire successful learning and develop high standards of attainment. Some examples of our topics this year are: Robots (Year 1) Explorers (Year 2) The Great Outdoors (Year 1) Buckets and Spades (Year 2) We always try to enhance our learning experiences by inviting visitors into school or going out on school trips. In Year 2 the children go on a residential trip to Tattenhall in June.

The New National Curriculum Feedback from the DfE ‘... I was extremely impressed with the hard work that you and your team have put in for your schools to implement the new national curriculum. The materials/resources and events that your department have developed and organised are of the best I have seen. I can confirm that other if not most LA’s do not compare. I witnessed members of your team speaking with such passion about their work and as a result they would regularly go that extra mile. Lancashire County Council is at the forefront of curriculum implementation and I thank you and your team for the chance to see this fantastic work in person. Stephanie Aitken Curriculum and Qualifications Delivery Unit and Director’s Office June 2014

Assessment Without Levels Under the old curriculum, children were assessed by levels: Level 2 was the expected standard by the end of KS1/Y2 Level 4 was the expected standard by the end of KS2/Y6 With the introduction of the new national curriculum in September 2014, the government changed the way that children are assessed and assessment is now very different from how it has looked for the past 20 years. Levels have now gone. Children in Years 2&6 were the last to be awarded a level in their SATs tests in Summer Schools now have to design their own system for assessing their pupils. Expectations and Attainment to the end of Key Stage 1

Assessment Without Levels Children must now be assessed solely against the curriculum content for their year group. E.g. a child in Y4 will always be assessed against the Y4 programmes of study. Expectations are now higher, so initially less children may achieve the expected standard for their year group. Under the old system, children moved up levels regardless of their year group. The government now wants children to be more secure in their learning, to show independent work and to be able to use & apply their knowledge. This means that all children, especially those working above the standard, will need to show their learning in cross-curricular work and solve problems.

Assessment Without Levels By the end of each year, children will be judged against the expected standard, at one of 5 levels. E.g.: 1.Below expected 2.Working towards 3.Expected standard 4.Above 5.Mastery During the year, teachers will assess children using a range of evidence including: questioning, group work, tests and especially work in books. They will track children’s progress on our online tracking system –iTrack. They will know whether each child is on track to achieve the expected standard or not.

Assessment Without Levels At St. Clement’s our curriculum plans are based on the Lancashire guidelines, which set out Key Learning in each subject for each year group. We regularly assess the most important learning objectives (in bold) and these are listed on the parent leaflets. You can help your child by supporting them in achieving these objectives. E.g. here is the Key learning in Maths for Y3:

Assessment Without Levels To support our assessment system, we have joined a group of Halton schools who are working with Liverpool LA. Our teachers meet with other teachers to standardise their judgement of children’s work, so we know our assessments are sound. When we have agreed common standards our teachers will also meet with other schools to moderate children’s work. Data is collected and analysed so we can compare our results with other schools. From 2016 there will be new, harder, national SAT tests for Years 2&6. Children will be given a scaled score, but no one will know the pass threshold until July 2016 after the tests.

Statutory Assessment in Key Stage 1 Year 1 – Phonics Screening Check (June 2016) Year 2 – SATS in Reading, Writing, Grammar, Spelling & Maths (Summer Term 2016)

Phonics, Reading, Writing & Maths Phonics Taught using Letters and Sounds (Floppy’s Phonics). Children grouped on ability. Reading Individual reading to an adult once a week. Guided reading with a group once a week. Cross curricular opportunities. Visiting the EYFS/KS1. Writing Talk for writing, Shared/modelled writing, WAGOLL, Independent Maths Abacus Coverage and progression of all areas of Maths Curriculum Reasoning, Problem Solving & Investigations Netbooks, Ipads Times Tables

School support for your Child Intervention Programmes ELS (Early Literacy Support) in Year 1 1st Class at Number in Year 2 Additional Support Reading Writing Maths Nurture Gifted and Talented for Year 2 Local Schools Cluster – English, Maths, Computing, The Arts

Parental Involvement We value the support you provide your child. We will be continuing to encourage your child to listen carefully and ensure they always strive to do their best at what they are doing. Homework Reading Communication School life

Come and visit our classrooms where there is a chance to ask any questions.