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Parents’ Information Evening

Autumn Term 2014

Timetable

There is a daily visual timetable for the children.

MondayLetters

and Sounds

Literacy MathsLUNC

HGuided Readin

gP.E. Games

(Mr Dooley)I.C.T.

Tuesday Literacy Maths TOPIC(Art, Technology, Music,

Geography, History)

Wednesday

Literacy Maths Science(Mrs Spence)

Thursday Literacy Maths P.E. Dance R.E.

Friday Literacy Maths TOPIC Celebration Assembly

Letters and SoundsThis is a daily structured lesson focussing on phonics and spelling activities and games, practising reading and writing of the phonemes and high frequency words.

There is a national assessment at the end of Year 1 testing knowledge of the phonemes within real and nonsense words: ai nail brait igh fight cligh

Please practise the phonics reading lists. These will be given out on Tuesdays and Thursdays (only if your child has returned the bookmark to show they have completed the previous list and are ready for the next one).

Letters and Sounds

chopchinsuchcheckrich

chickenchatter

chestnutchurchchimp

1

ch

chedchupbechchomzich

chizetchidellmuchetmoching

nitch

1

ch

Literacy• Shared text, word or sentence work• Independent or guided group activity• Plenary

Handwriting• Cursive script, entry and exit strokes• Use of letter sheets

Reading• Guided reading weekly• Paired ‘buddy’ reading weekly• Bug Club weekly• Individual reading with school volunteers• Individual reading check every half term

Please bring book bags daily.

Children change their own reading books first thing in the morning when they need to.

Maths

Daily maths lesson of 45 minutes covering number, data-handling, shape, space and measures:

• Oral/mental starter

• Class teaching

• Independent/Group activity

• Plenary

Science• Habitats

• Light

• Plants

Topics• Dungeons and Dragons

• Brilliant Britain

• Mighty Mountains

Marking

For each piece of work the children are given a learning objective.

Star (*) : A positive comment about the work

NS : Next steps or something to practise

WS : With Support

Literacy Targets

• I can write CVC words.

• I can write a sentence with finger spacing, a capital letter and a full stop.

• I can write a sentence using conjunctions.

Numeracy Targets

• I can count to 20 and back.

• I can count to 100 and back;

• I can count in 2s to 20, 5s to 50 and 10s to 100;

Classroom Organisation

• Book bags, water bottles, purses/wallets All NAMED

• P.E. kit (P.E. days Monday and Thursday)

• Library day is Wednesday

• Fruit is available daily

• Class jobs

• No toys, unless specifically connected to the topic

Numeracy targets: Counting, reading, writing and ordering numbers to 5/10/20;

Rewards/Behaviour

Marbles in the jar for good behaviour/work – Treat when the jar

is filled

Traffic Lights

How you can help your child at home:

1. Daily reading (reading books and phonics lists)

2. Mental maths

• Counting forwards and backwards in ones and tens

• Number bonds to 5/10/20

• Number doubles to 5/10

• One more/one less than any number

• Ten more/ten less than multiples of 10

3. Virtual Learning Environment

Year 2 Homework

Homework books are given out on a Friday. Choose one activity from the homework grid to complete each week.

Return completed homework by Wednesday of the following week.

SATs in May/June – Meeting in Spring term

Quick queries now.

Individual appointments will be available to discuss your child’s progress at the parents evenings on the 24th and 26th November.

Thank you very much for coming.