1. YEAR 1 Curriculum Evening Reigate Parish Church Primary School
Welcome to Year 1
Grasshoppers
Class Teacher – Miss Connolly
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Barkwith (Monday – Tuesday)
- Mrs Hird (Wednesday – Friday)
Caterpillars
Class Teacher – Miss Nicoll
SCITT Student Teacher – Miss Smith
Teaching Assistants – Mrs Lu (Monday - Tuesday)
- Mrs Smith (Wednesday – Friday)

2. Reception to Year 1 Similarities Differences
Half an hour a day Phonics using Read Write Inc
PE twice a week
Home readers – Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Teachers may comment in the reading record books on a Wednesday)
Library Books – run by a parent helper
Whole class teaching inputs followed by differentiated activities
Change home readers independently
Come in to school and get ready for home independently
Morning playtimes outside with Year 2
Get changed for PE independently
Show and Tell
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3. Expectations for Year 1 Reading, Writing and Maths
We have our own in-house form of assessment.
This outlines what Year 1 children are expected to achieve by the end of the year.
The list of targets are currently available on the website for you to refer to.
Their attainment in their half termly assessments and progress will be reported to you during parents evenings.
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4. How we teach reading Phonics Guided reading Individual reading
Interventions
Reading as part of all learning
Whole class reading
Reading at home
Inviting book area
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5. How you can help at home with reading
Little and often
Make it fun
Visit the library
Talk about the content
Talk about what they think will come next
Let them see you read
Talk about the characters
Look at the illustrations
Questioning
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6. How we teach writing Introduce a range of genres
Immerse, Imitate , Invent
Shared writing
SPAG
Guided/independent writing
Opportunities across the curriculum
Handwriting
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7. How you can help at home with writing
Encourage writing
Letters to friends and family, shopping list, rules for games...
Make it fun
Common Exception Words
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8. How we teach maths Use Abacus scheme Practical Problem solving skills
Need strong knowledge of number
Can they apply it?
Fun!
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9. How you can help at home with maths
Abacus Homework (once a week)
Make it fun
Counting (ones, twos, fives and tens)
Cooking
What time is it?
Puzzles
Jigsaws
Shopping- How much?
Pocket money
Shapes in the house
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10. Long term planning Medium term planning
The planning is available on the school website each term for you to download and look at.
Slides for tonight’s presentation will also be on the website.
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11. Homework in Year 1
Each half term a new sheet of challenges will be ed out to you.
It is up to you how you use the sheet – follow each challenge each week or pick and choose.
Abacus is sent out every week (log ins in homework books).
Practise reading and spelling Common Exception Words.
Reading – little and often.
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12. Any Questions?
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