1. Meet the teachers in Strawberry and Mango Classes
Year 1
Meet the teachers in
Strawberry and Mango Classes

2. Aims To introduce ourselves Overview of Maths and English in Year 1
Answer any questions
Communication

3. Overview of the Curriculum Maths Areas
Themes
Number and Place Value
Addition
and Subtraction
Properties of Shapes
Measurements
Geometry
Statistics
Multiplication and Division

4. Key Aspects
FLUENCY
REASONING
PROBLEM SOLVING

5. Within lessons there is an
emphasis on:
Use of number bonds Use of mathematical vocabulary Real life investigations Use of practical resources

6. All children are encouraged as successful mathematicians!

7. Practical Resources
Number lines
Dienes
Numicon

8. Other topics that we look at in Year 1:
Topic Theme:
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Other topics that we look at in Year 1:
Superheroes; Homes and Houses; Long, Long Ago and Africa

9. Literacy: Reading Power of Reading text: The Train Ride
Reading in Year 1
Book change – Monday

10. Writing
Power of Reading – writing tasks linked to The Train Ride story.
Genres – story writing, weekly recounts about their weekends.
In Topic and Science children will also be labelling maps, describing different places in Great Britain and labelling parts of plants.

11. SPaG Spelling Punctuation Grammar Handwriting
These are all taught within literacy lesson.

12. Assessment
Ongoing daily assessment against lesson objectives and individual targets.
Continuous assessment against end of year objectives from new 2014 Curriculum.
Termly assessment week for maths, reading and writing.
In June the children will participate in the Phonics Screening Check.

13. Homework
In Autumn 2 the children will receive phonics homework each week. This will focus on the sounds we have covered that week.
We ask that children read every night with an adult.
We ask that children practise the literacy and numeracy areas of focus outlined in the termly newsletter.
Spellings to be learnt throughout the year from the Spelling folder given out at the start of term.

14. Communication School website: Yearly plans Termly plans
Calculation policy
Newsletters
Parent /teacher meetings
Chats in the playground
Parent mail

15. Further dates and information will be sent home via Parentmail
Important dates
Wednesday 21st September – Open Evening
Friday 23rd September- Jeans for Genes
October 21st October - Harvest festival
Wednesday 7th December – Parent/teacher meetings
Tuesday 20th December – KS1 Christmas Concert
Further dates and information
will be sent home via Parentmail

16. Clubs
Sign up sheets to be found shortly in the playground on the hall windows
NOT first come first served
Clubs start after half term (unless specified)

17. Thank you for coming! Any questions?