1. Year 1 curriculum meeting
8th September 2015

2. Transition from Early Years
Gradual build in expectations
Literacy and Maths
Guided work with an adult
Time to choose topic related games and activities
Phonics lessons 4 times a week.
Half an hour each afternoon in Autumn 1 for free flow.

3. Literacy
Over the course of the year we will cover the following units:
Stories with familiar settings
Traditional tales and fairy stories
Stories from other cultures
Poetry (pattern and rhyme)
Information texts
Lists, labels and signs
Instructions

4. Maths Children will cover:
Addition and subtraction (incl. doubling and halving)
Time
Money
Shape (2D and 3D)
Measures (capacity, length, weight)
Data handling (lists, tables, bar graphs)
Division and multiplication (Summer term)

5. Maths - methods
Mental addition
Using a number line:

6. Maths – methods cont.
Using a hundred square:

7. Phonics Consolidation of sounds learnt in Yr R
Moving onto new sounds and alternative pronunciations of sounds
Phonics Check – June 2015
Terminology:
Grapheme – the written representation of a sound
Phoneme – the smallest single identifiable sound
Digraph – two letters which make one sound
Split digraph – two letters, split, making one sound

8. Science Topics covered:
Seasons and seasonal changes
Animals, including humans
Everyday materials
Plants
New curriculum has a bigger focus on identifying and naming trees, plants and animals.

9. History and Geography History Geography Changes within living memory
Significant Individuals
Geography
Countries and capitals
Local area study
Hot and cold areas

10. Homework Reading – 10-15 minutes daily Spellings / Keywords
Children are given the opportunity to change their book every morning and are regularly reminded to choose a book they haven’t read before.
Reading records should be in school every day.
Spellings / Keywords
Words sent home on a Friday to be tested the following Friday.
Children should practise both reading and spelling the words. Learn words by putting into context.

11. Homework – cont. Fortnightly practical task
Could be Maths, Literacy or Topic based.
Shouldn’t take more than 30 mins
After Christmas this will change to a weekly homework task
Alternating Literacy and Maths focus.

12. Forest Schools Preparation: Outdoor clothing (change at school).
10th – 24th September
Ines
Mollie
Joshua
Isabel
Charles
Cara-Jae
Ameera
Isaac
Phoebe H
Layla R
Calum
Safwan
Tilly
Beau
Lilly
1st – 15th October
Miley
Pippa
Jolie
Kaiden
Lily A
Louie
Skye
Lacie
Jack
Abigail
Leila
Harry
Phoebe S
Poppy
Jayden
Preparation:
Outdoor clothing (change at school).
Wellington boots.
Waterproof coats.

13. Useful websites www.activelearnprimary.co.uk
– some free games
- Literacy, Maths and Science activities
– free Literacy and Maths games
junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/ - various interactive resources