1. Welcome to Year 1 Parents Curriculum Meeting 26 th September 2013

2. Home time – please wave at us when your child is at the front of the line – we want to make sure they go home with you! A quick word… Thank you for your patience over last few weeks especially at the start of the day and home time. The children have settled in brilliantly. Parents board – space for messages at beginning of day.

3. During this evening we will cover Expectations in school Themes of work over the year Homework Learning in Literacy & Numeracy By the end of this evening we hope you will have ideas of how you can support your child’s learning at home.

4. Expectations We expect children to Take responsibility and make their own decisions Make sensible decisions for where to sit Come into school independently and take responsibility for putting away belongings such as book bag, water bottle, …

5. Look after their own clothes and PE kit PLEASE make sure everything is labelled with your child’s name! Every day please check your child’s book bag for letters and homework.

6. Themes Where possible we link the children’s learning in school through themes rather than through separate academic subjects. This helps the children give more meaning to their learning and also the opportunity to take control of their own learning.

7. Autumn 1 A sailor went to sea, sea, sea Autumn 2 A Dark, Dark Tale Spring 1 Message in a Bottle Spring 2 Down at the bottom of the garden Summer 1 She sells sea shells on the seashore Summer 2 Mad Hatters Tea Party

8. For example… Healthy food during healthy schools week linked with harvest festival Floating/sinking and scientific boat investigations Sarah Houten Different types of boats History of boats Designing and making boats Testing boats Lifeboats Grace Darling Visits from sailing clubs Rhyming and creating new poems Sea related nursery rhymes Materials and their properties (boat related) Reading and writing non fiction texts about boats Autumn 1 A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

9. Groupings Children are often grouped according to ability so that work can be tailored to their learning needs. The groups are given names and each group works to the best of their ability on every learning task. Some groups of children will also receive additional support from teaching assistants in Focus groups during the week.

10. Homework Spellings Spellings will be given out to children from next week. To begin with, children will receive six tricky words to learn to read and spell in order to boost their confidence in reading and writing. They will then move onto receive words relating to the letter sounds learnt in class that week. The children will need to practise these words ready for a test the following Friday.

11. Numeracy Children will also receive Numeracy homework on a weekly basis some of which will be practical and some will be recorded. Please sign the page to let us know your child has completed the homework with you. The homework given is intended to support previous learning.

12. Reading Please take time to hear your child read and share books together. We would appreciate it if you would sign their reading diary, and comment if you wish, whenever you listen to your child read. Some of the books children choose themselves so while some may seem easier than others, they are all related to your child’s reading level. At this age, spending 5-10 mins per evening on homework and reading is more likely to promote positive attitudes to learning.

13. Phonics The way children learn to read and write is called phonics. It is the learning of sounds (phonemes) and letters (graphemes). You will receive a sheet via your child with the phonics actions the children will learn over Year 1.

14. Learning Expectations Each child is encouraged to work towards the appropriate learning expectations for the level at which they are working. The following slides contain standard expectations for Year 1. However, we do have children working towards higher and lower expectations than these within school.

15. Learning Expectations I can write phrases and statements/sentences. I use full stops in my writing but not necessarily correctly /when I read it out loud I pause for full stops. I use a capital letter at the start of my writing. I can use a simple structure in my writing. I can write clearly so that people can read my writing. I can write a story with a beginning and at least one event. I try and use some simple descriptive words. I can spell CVC words. Letters are usually clearly shaped and correctly orientated. I write my whole name with correct letter formation.

16. Learning Expectations  Read and write numbers to 100 independently  Order numbers 10 to 100 – non consecutive – ie; 17, 98, 45; 26; 2; 71  Counting forward / backward beyond 100 from any starting point (emphasise crossing the 10s eg 29 30 31 …..)  Difference – single digit difference using cubes  Recording addition/subtraction within 50. 2 digit number +/- a single digit  Record single set addition/ subtraction word problems  Place value of numbers to 50 – be able to show with T & U and arrow cards  Counting back in 2’s from 20; 10’s from 100; 5’s from 50

17.  Doubling numbers to 10  Halving number from 20  Adding/subtracting 10 from any number between 10 and 100 – oral or with equipment  Tell the time using o’ clock and ½ past analogue and digital  Sharing between 2 practically (no signs)  Halving/quartering  Number bonds of 20  Counting in 2’s; 5’s 10’s using money  Combine coinage (1p;2p;5p;10p) in any way to make values up to 20p  Understand names of ordinal numbers to 20

18. Assessment We assess children’s learning continuously to aid with our planning and periodically to check that they are making the appropriate progress. We share this information with you in reports and parents evenings. We also encourage the children to assess their own progress after a lesson, referring to whether they feel they have achieved the learning objective, think they have achieved the learning objective or need a bit more help.

19. Ways you can help Help your child learn at home by reading together, helping them with their maths and spellings homework. Take your child on visits and talk to them about your experiences. Use the computer to further their learning using websites such as ictgames.co.uk and topmarks.co.uk Come into school and help out with readers, baking, gardening or whatever you can offer! Whenever your child is writing, encourage them to use the correct letter formation and to check the size of their letters. Bring in any clean packaging we can use for junk modelling.

20. Working together Your child is important to us. We want them to be happy in school and make the best possible progress they can. Please come and talk to us if your child has an issue about anything in school.

21. Thank you for coming. Any questions? Please explore the resources out in the classroom and find ideas to help your child learn at home.