September 2017

Meeting for Parents and Carers – Key Stage 1

Welcome to the

Blue Learning Team

Who’s Who? Classes The classes that are in this team are:

Squirrels, Toucans and Chipmunks Teachers The teachers that work in this team are: Miss Pabla – Chipmunk class teacher Mrs Taylor/ - Squirrel class teacher (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Mrs Martin - Squirrel class teacher (Friday) Mrs Carminke / Toucan class teacher Mrs McDonald - Mon/Tues (SM) Wed/Thurs/Fri (CM) Teaching Assistants The Teaching assistants that work in this team are: Mrs Newton, Mrs Polivina, Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Fletcher

When you drop your child off…

• Children gather outside the classroom gates when the bell is rung.

• Messages from home should be written in the

yellow reading diary e.g. a change to who is collecting your child and put in the teacher’s yellow box. • Children will come into the classroom and complete a morning activity • Wake and shake will start at 9am. Parents/carer

s are welcome. Please check the board to see which key stage.

What’s new? Class Dojo We are changing the school behaviour system. Children will receive dojo points for positive behaviour. Points will be obtained for a range of things from reading at home to being a fine diner! Parents meeting on this coming soon. Star Pupil Assembly Children will receive a certificate of merit for star standards. Reading Books Now a colour banded system to encourage enjoyment and choice. Homework

Homework

New homework…

Reading & Phonics • Banded reading system with a variety of books. • Reading diary – comments and

messages. Little and often. • Heard by the Teacher/Teaching Assistant once a week - guided or independent. • Phonic Meeting – 18th September

• Phonic Bug/ Bug Club • Phonic stage – give out mats, • Phonic vocabulary -phoneme, letter names, diagraphs, alien words, blend • Phonic Screening Test

Year 1 Expectations Expected English standards by the end of the year

Reading

read speedily with the correct sound to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes, including where applicable, alternative sounds for grapheme

s (Phase 5)

read common exception words (tricky words) noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word (p.194 phase 5 Letters & Sounds) English Curriculum append

ix 1 – spelling.

read words, containing taught GPCs and –s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, and -est endings

read other words of more than one syllable that contain taught GPCs

read aloud accurately books that are consistent with their developing phonic knowledge (phase 5) and that do not require them to u

se other strategies to work out words

checking that the text makes sense to them as they read and correcting inaccurate reading (phase 5 / appropriate reading book colou

r band)

making inferences on the basis of what is said and done

Year 1 Expectations Expected English standards by the end of the year

Writing

Compose a sentence orally before writing it. Leaving spaces between words

Joining words like and

Beginning to punctuate sentences with capital letter

Beginning to punctuate sentences with full stop

Spell words containing phonemes taught

Spell common exception words

Use spelling rule for s or es

Use suffix ed, ing,

when there is no need to change root word

Form lower case letters in correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place

Form capital letters

Form digits 0-9

Expectations • Expected Maths standards by the end of the year

Mathematics I can read, write & interpret mathematical statements inv

olving addition (+), subtraction (-) & equals (=) signs

I can draw and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20

I can add and subtract one-digit & two-digit numbers to 20, including zero

I can solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using objects, pictures and arrays with the support of the teacher.

I can recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity.

Year 2 Expectations

Year 2 Expectations

Useful information • Snacktivity – Home fruit

• Water- plain only (no flavoured please)

• Playground buddies/friendship stop • Accidents – letter if visible mark or head

bump – end of the day & must be signed for in the class accident book.

• Who is collecting your child?- Make sure if there is a change school is informed.

• PE kits – indoor & outdoor • Reading- plastic wallet/ rewards- water d

amage • Check the weekly email • Weekly activities on the Website • Follow the Facebook page for day to day

activities.

Any questions?

Members of staff are always available if you have any questions, concerns or comments. The best time is after all the children have been dismissed at the end of the day. Thank you!