year 1 curriculum evening
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Year 1
Curriculum Evening
Year 1 Team
St. David Class (1D) & St. Stephen Class (1S)
Mrs Sharpe, Miss Davis,
Mrs Hammond, Mrs Frizell, Mrs Riley,
Mrs Samuel
Mission Statement
God’s love is at the heart of our Catholic School Community. We show this in our respect, kindness and love for others and by treating other people as we wish to be
treated ourselves. We will encourage everyone in our school family to do the best they can.
Love
Forgiveness
Honesty
Thankfulness
Wonder Kindness
Friendship
Hope
Respect
Tolerance
Our
1.
High Expectations
2.
Engagement
3.
Challenge
4.
Assessment for Learning
5.
Progress
6.
Independence
7.
Collaboration8.
Reflection
9.
Presentation
10.
Writing Quality
S
P
+A
+C
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Making
S=P+A+C+E
to talk
• Curriculum Weeks:
– Autumn Term – Well Being Week
– w/b Monday 11th November
– How can we keep ourselves physically and mentally well?
– Spring Term – Book week
– w/b Thursday 5th March
– A love of reading and writing
– Summer Term – Olympics’ Week
– w/b Monday 15th June
– Links to the Olympics
• Helping out…
– DBS and safeguarding meeting with Mr Lewin
– Trips, help in classes
• Open afternoons
– Last Friday of the month – see School diary for set dates
• Parent Prayer group
– 1st Friday of the month
• PTA
– Meetings and events are in the diary
A robust PSHE curriculum to
meet the needs of our children
The whole
CHILD
The
CHILD
Nothing but the
CHILDImproved outcomes for
EVERY CHILD in
Maths
A creative, continuous and
consistent mastery
curriculum preparing for life
• Parent evenings
– October:
• Thursday 17th
• Monday 21st
• 1S will have Parent’s Evening on Monday 14th Oct and Monday 21st Oct due to Mrs Sharpe attending a course in Central London on the 17th Oct.
– February
• Monday 10th
• Thursday 27th
– Book appointments via scopay
A robust PSHE curriculum to
meet the needs of our children
The whole
CHILD
The
CHILD
Nothing but the
CHILDImproved outcomes for
EVERY CHILD in
Maths
A creative, continuous and
consistent mastery
curriculum preparing for life
• Class worships:St. Stephen Class Assembly – Thursday 10th October
St. David Class Assembly – Thursday 14th November
• Prayer service:- Thursday 16th January
• Mass:- Thursday 2nd July
• Production:
- 11th and 12th December
A
Improved outcomes for EVERY
CHILD
The whole CHILD
The CHILD
Nothing but the
CHILD
Embedding improvements in progress
and attainment in
writing
A creative mastery
curriculumpreparing for life
• Parent workshops:
– Monday 30th September: Helping your child with early Phonics, reading and writing
– Tuesday 12th November: Making S=P+A+C+E for ME (1 of 3)
– Tuesday 21st January: Helping your child with Maths
– Tuesday 4th February: Making S=P+A+C+E for ME (2 of 3)
– Monday 23rd March: Making S=P+A+C+E for ME (3 of 3)
A robust PSHE curriculum to
meet the needs of our children
The whole
CHILD
The
CHILD
Nothing but the
CHILDImproved outcomes for
EVERY CHILD in
Maths
A creative, continuous and
consistent mastery
curriculum preparing for life
• The diary
• The newsletter
• The website – Learning at a glance, year group pages, curriculum pages, news, photos… everything is there!
A robust PSHE curriculum to
meet the needs of our children
The whole
CHILD
The
CHILD
Nothing but the
CHILDImproved outcomes for
EVERY CHILD in
Maths
A creative, continuous and
consistent mastery
curriculum preparing for life
• Successful and Confident St Thomas’ Learners: Making S=P+A+ C+E for learning
• Making a Positive Contribution
• Being a Responsible Role Model
• GOLDEN RULE: Following our Golden Threads
• Wonderful Writing
• GREEN AWARD Looking after the environment
• Making S=P+A+ C+E for ME: Healthy choices
The Big Picture
Autumn Term – Home from Home
Spring Term – Toy School
Summer Term – Birds of a Feather
Trips
Windsor Castle – Monday 30th September
Guildford Museum – Spring Term (TBC)
Alice Holt – Summer Term (TBC)
Outdoor Learning
R.E.
Autumn – Families, Belonging, Waiting
Spring – Special People, Meals, Change
Summer – Holidays and Holydays, Being Sorry, Neighbours
Links to English, PHSE, ICT, Science, Geography, Art.
Refer to the school website for additional RE information.
P.E.
Linking a number of basic actions to make a simple, repeatable sequence
Using a variety of games equipment
Developing basic actions for rolling, bouncing, throwing (including overarm), gathering, catching, striking, kicking a ball
Moving safely between and around objects and other children
1S & 1D PE on a Tuesday & a Thursday. All changing will happen in school (if your child takes their kit to Football on a Monday please send it back in)
Please can all items of PE kit be clearly named, including trainers.
Computing
Basic cursor, mouse and keyboard functions
Collecting, presenting and interpreting data
Programming (algorithms, BeeBots )
Exploring sources of information
Following instructions to use different types of technology
E-safety (Hector’s World)
English
Phonics, Spelling and Grammar
Story Writing- own experiences, traditional tales
Non Fiction Writing- labels and captions, letters,
lists, report writing
Poetry – linked to the topic
English
Grammar and Spelling
• Go home on Tuesday, to be returned on the following Monday.
(To be started after October half term)
• Parent guidance is stuck in to children’s books.
• Spellings are made up of the sounds we are learning in school and Year 1 common exception words.
• Daily spelling homework with the occasional grammar sheet
We will also be practising these words in school as part of our handwriting exercises.
• Spellings are tested through dictation every Monday in school.
English
Sentence work
Grammar: Full stops, capital letters, personal pronoun “I”, extended sentences, adjectives, connectives, time words.
Spellings
Yr1 Common Exception Words
Tricky Words
High Frequency Words
English
Guided Reading
Blue level and above
Individual Reading
Please support your child by listening to them read every day,
encouraging them to point to the words as they read.
Please sign your child’s reading promise at the front of their
reading record, if not done so already.
Please make a comment on how well your child read.
Handwriting
Cursive script
Pencil Grip & Good posture
Maths
Number and place value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Fractions
Measurement
Properties of shape
Position and direction
History
Sequencing events in order of time
Recognising the distinction between the past and the present
Finding out about the past from different sources of information, asking and answering questions
Topics include: castles and toys
Geography
Locational knowledge – global knowledge
Place knowledge – comparing local area with another country
Human and physical geography – seasonal change and weather patterns; key physical features and key human features
Field work – using maps, aerial photographs, atlases and globes.
Science
Plants
Animals, including humans
Everyday materials
Seasonal changes
D.T.
Children to explain and discuss their designs through talking, drawing and Computing.
Select from and use a range of tools, equipment and materials.
Evaluating and expressing feelings about the work they have done and the work of others
Children to explore and use mechanisms – sliders, wheels, levers and axles in their design
Cooking??
Art
Learning different ways to use materials and how they can
change
Using a variety of tools and materials
Knowing how to mix colours and use appropriately according
to the subject
Evaluating their work and others’ work
Cross curricular
Encourage use of sketchbooks for personal recording of
visiting art galleries and museums in their own time.
Please make sure children have a named art apron/old shirt in school.
French
Saying the register and prayers in French
Counting up to 30
Colour names
Songs, rhymes and stories
French home role play area
We hope to have a French day this year. Please let us know of
any expertise in this area!
Music
Preparing songs for the Harvest
Festival and the Christmas concert.
Linked to topics where possible.
Listening skills, singing, percussion, composition.
Use their voice expressively and creatively.
Play instruments musically
Marking
We encourage the children to evaluate their work e.g. With a happy/straight/sad face.
The children will be starting to edit, improve and correct their own work using green pencil and highlighter.
Teacher marking is usually in red pen.
Bear Diary
A bear goes home with one child every Friday.
Please could the child write a short diary of what the bear has seen and done with them over the weekend in the diary. They could include photos or drawings as well.
Please bring the diary and bear back on the Monday!
Show and Tell
Friday is for show and tell. If children are inspired by our
topic they are welcome to bring in a relevant object to support
this, e.g. a bird’s nest they have found during our Summer term
topic ‘Birds of a Feather’. Please help your child to rehearse
what they might say about their object of interest.
Birthday Celebration
Just a thought……..
you may wish to donate a special book to add to our book corner that all their friends can enjoy.
• School Timings
- The whistle goes at 8.50am. Please could parents leave on the whistle.
- Please pick your children up promptly outside the MUGA at 3.20pm.
• IndependenceWe are encouraging the children to become more independent e.g. collecting all of their things at the end of the day to take home, changing their reading books themselves, getting changed and tidying up. Please could you reinforce this at home.
Please could you remind the children to hand in any letters and take out any named snacks that you put in their book bag. Please ensure that your child has a named school bag rather than a rucksack used by children further up the school.
Please bring in a piece of fruit to share
If you are having a clear out at any point this year please think of us!
We would love: equipment for the outside area (especially crates, cones and tyres)
equipment for the role play areas
complete puzzles
Buckets and storage