1. Thursday 10th September, 2.30pm
Welcome to Key Stage 1
Thursday 10th September, 2.30pm
Wimborne First School

2. Classes

3. Mrs Duffin will cover teacher’s PPA.
Staffing
Mrs Duffin will cover teacher’s PPA.
Year One
Mice
Class teacher: Miss Burn
Teaching
Assistants: Mrs Willis
Ducks
Class teacher: Miss Drake
Teaching
Assistant: Mrs Berry
Mrs Land
Year Two
Owls
Class teacher: Miss Fallesen
Teaching
Assistant: Mrs Somerville
Rabbits
Class teacher: Miss Wardlow (KS1 Leader)
Mrs Walsh (Wednesday)
Teaching
Assistants: Mrs Rowe

4. Year 1 Curriculum Year Overview
Parklife
Twit Twos and cock-a-doodle-doos
X box and Spinning Tops
Come Fly with me
Famous Faces
Who lives in a house like this?

5. Year 2 Curriculum Year Overview
Expert Explorers
Happy Habitats
One Small Step
On Safari
Ready, Steady Go
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

6. Curriculum What a topic looks like
Big Question
Each topic will have a curriculum focus
Cross Curricular Approach
Sparkly Starters and Fab Finishes
Jigsaw
Discovery
Hands on engaging learning experiences for all children to access and enjoy.

7. Visits In/Out Generic permission slip for local visits gone out.
Each year group will have one trip out and at least one visitor into school during the year.
The cost of these visits will be no more than £15 over the course of the whole year.
Year 1 – Visit to Farmers Palmers
Year 2 – Visit to Seaside

8. PE Kit
Children to receive 2 hours of P.E a week. One indoor session and one outdoor.
We will try and get out in most conditions. Children are able to have an outside P.E kit consisting of trousers and a jumper. Please ensure that your child is not wearing earrings on their PE day.
PE Kit
White T-Shirt, Black shorts or trousers, green or black jumper, trainers or plimsolls.
Monday
Ducks and Mice
Outdoor PE
Rabbits and Owls
Indoor PE
Thursday
Friday

9. Timetable – Year 1

10. Timetable – Year 2

11. Reading
Parent support very much appreciated. Each child will receive a Reading Record that should come to school with them everyday.
Year 1 and some Year 2 children to continue with Read, Write, Inc. Scheme (Parent Workshop in October).
Guided Reading
Comprehension
Spotty Books (opportunity to change everyday as an independent task)
Library Books (Year 1 – Wednesday Year 2-Tuesday)

12. Spelling
Spellings will be given out on a Friday to be tested on the following Thursday.
Spellings are ‘Red words’ and taken from Year 1 and Year 2 word lists
New spelling books for spellings
Year 1 and 2 spellings will go out on 18th September

13. Home Learning Whole School Approach
Home Learning planner each half term, with half term learning activities.
Home Learning sent out on a Friday and returned by the following Wednesday
One book to be personalised and covered
Topic Home Learning on going
Weekly Home Learning with a Maths or Literacy focus
Weekly spellings

14. Groupings Year One Year Two
Set for Literacy continuing with Read, Write, Inc. scheme from Reception.
Remain in classes for Maths and Topic work in the afternoons.
Year Two
Set for Phonics/Guided Reading Sessions. Remain in classes for main Literacy lessons.
Remain in classes for Maths
Remain in classes for topic work in the afternoons.

15. Assessment Procedures
Year One Phonics Screening Test takes place in the Summer Term. Informed of whether your child has met standard in their end of year School Report. Any children who did not meet standard last year will get the opportunity to retake the test.
Year Two End of Key Stage One Assessments take place in May and June. The children will be fully prepared for this and we will try to make it as stress free as possible. You will receive your child’s results in their end of year School Report.

16. Behaviour policy
Behaviour policy has had a significant impact on behaviour and attitude to learning
Class Rewards (related to class animal)
Cloud, Rainbow and Star in Year One; Wow, Ready to Learn and Thinking time (Jigsaw related) in Year Two
Individual Sticker Charts (Shop)
Celebration Assembly Awards
Stop Chair
Exit

17. Partnership With Parents Working Together
Communication – Newsletters, website, parents evenings and workshops, open door policy
Skills – do you have any hidden talents that we could utilise?
A Helping Hand – always willing for parents, grandparents, family members to come into school to support with various tasks. CRB form from the office
PTFA

18. And finally… Water bottles Fruit Snack Hot Meals School Uniform
Show and tell (Friday)
Class pet – every child will get a turn to have the pet home for the weekend
Photographs on the Website

19. Thank you for listening
Thank you for listening! If you need to talk to your child’s class teacher, they are on the door each school day. Alternatively, you could phone the office and make an appointment to see them at a convenient time.