WELCOME TO THE Y1

PARENTS’ INFORMATION

EVENING Helping your child progress in year

1

OUTLINE OF THE EVENING The Curriculum

Literacy Phonics (Phonics Check) Numeracy

Behaviour Expectations and Rewards How to help your child What to do next

THE CURRICULUM 1 topic a term

Newsletter Term 1- Ourselves and Food Term 2 – Celebrations Term 3 – Famous People Term 4 – Katie Morag Term 5 – Space Term 6 – Castles, Myths and Legends

All subjects are linked to the topic

LITERACY OBJECTIVES Make interesting word choices Begin to write simple sentences Start to use full stops and capital letters Most letters are formed correctly

Using Fred fingers to sound out unfamiliar words Take care of punctuation when reading Retell known stories and reflect on their

meaning To be able to read and use set 1,2 and 3 sounds

when reading and writing

LITERACY Read Write Inc Programme

Children have a phonics, reading and writing lesson for an hour each day

Phonics Children are taught individual sounds for

each letter Each letter will have a picture and

‘saying’ to help the children recall the sound

Children will be taught to use Fred fingers/Fred talk to use the sounds to read a word sat sat

LITERACY

Phonics check 40 words (20 nonsense words/ 20 real

words)

What is a nonsense word? FLOB ZORT HISH

Portrait Spray Chip

June

LITERACY Reading

As part of the literacy programme the children will be reading every day.

This includes red and green words. First practise reading the red and green

words with their perfect partner. Second read the words within a simple

story. Third discuss the story and answer

questions.

LITERACY Writing

Writing is based upon the story they have read, these will vary depending upon which stage your child is currently at.

Filling in missing words. Children will be given a sentence to

hold, this will be repeated until the children can confidently recall.

I sit on a log. Children then have to write the

sentence. Longer writing task.

LITERACY Big Writing

Highly effective Talking and discussing Independent 1 hour

Spotlight focus VCOP Vocabulary (beautiful, amazing, enormous,

quietly) Connectives (and, but, so, then) Openers (First, Then, So, But, Although,

However) Punctuation ( . , ? ! ; :)

NUMERACY Put numbers 1-20 in order. Write numbers beyond 20. Use more/less and equal with numbers. Know by heart all number bonds to 10. Begin to use the +/-/= signs Adding and subtracting numbers up to 20.

NUMERACY

Activity time

BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS AND REWARDS We are honest – We don’t cover up the truth We work hard – We don’t waste time We are kind and helpful – We don’t hurt anybody’s

feelings. We look after property – We don’t damage things. We listen – We don’t interrupt. We are gentle – We don’t hurt others.

Golden time Golden tickets Star of the week

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD Reading

Fred talk, blending and segmenting. Support them to recognise high frequency

words, for example, that, there, then, it, and, went, was.

Questioning and discussing the story. What is the story about?Who are the main characters and what do

they do?What happens in the beginning, middle and

end? Your child is responsible for changing their own

book on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD Writing

Forming letters correctly. Spelling CVC words. Writing short full sentences. Remembering to use punctuation, focusing

on capital letters and full stops. Keeping writing neat and tidy (finger

spaces, writing on the line etc…)

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD Mathematics

Recognising, writing and ordering numbers to 100. Counting on or back in 1’s from different starting

points to 100. Adding and subtracting using the methods shown

tonight. Number bonds

WHAT TO DO NEXT To keep up to date on all aspects of

Harrowby long on to. www.harrowbyinfantschool.com

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