This document provides information for parents about Year One at the school. It includes: - An overview of the Year One curriculum and routines, including subjects like PE, library, and philosophy. - Details about reading instruction and expectations for reading at home. - An explanation of the school's Golden Rules for student behavior. - Information about visits and workshops for parents to be involved in their child's education.

1. Welcome To
Year One12th
September 2011

2. Aims of Session
• Share classroom routines
• Share the curriculum
• Reading Diaries
• Visits
• Answer your questions

3. Meet the Year One Team
Janet Woodcock and Chris Allen Lindy Surtees Mrs Singh
Class 4 Class 5 Class 6
Mrs Murray and Mrs ShepherdMrs RhodesMrs Hurst

4. PE
Tuesday & Thursday
PE kit: shorts, t-shirt, pumps
Keep PE kits at school
Please name all of your child’s clothing
• large apparatus (gymnastics)
• dance
• games

5. Library Day and
Philosophy For Children
Wednesday

6. Reading in Year One
• A member of staff will read with your child
once a week
• The teacher will assess your child’s reading
and put them on an appropriate level
• Please encourage independence: allow your
child to choose their own reading book
• Reading bags should go home daily
• New reading diaries (please write in them!)
• Daily phonics sessions
• Reading Interventions

7. The school Golden Rules
oWe are resilient learners and try
our best.
oWe look after our school,
community and planet.
oWe make good choices
oWe are caring and kind.
oWe listen to each other.
Talk about the Golden Rules with your child.

8. SEAL Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
Learning to Learn
•Weekly SEAL lesson and assemblies
•Ready Steady Go Replay, Calming Down Tricks
•New Beginnings, Getting On and Falling Out, Say
No To Bullying
•Peer Massage
•Learning To Learn: resourceful, reciprocal,
resilient, reflective, risk taking

9. Planning, Preparation and
Assessment (PPA)
• All teachers get 10% of their working time to plan,
prepare and assess. This is called Planning
Preparation and Assessment time. (PPA)
• PPA time in Year One is on a Wednesday morning
• The PPA Teacher is Mrs Birtles
• 3 exciting activities: Forest School, music
composition and mental maths for Autumn term.

10. Visits in Year One
Term 1
Local Walk: geography, history, numeracy links
Fire Fighters visit: for SEAL and Inferno links
Methodist Church: RE, PSCE and geography links

11. How To Help Your Child
• Talk and Discuss! Look at the ‘Ask Me
About’ poster for ideas Embed questioning and
explaining language: why, who, where, when, how… I think this
because
• Read at home
• Learn to read and write keywords
• Attend Workshops (Literacy: October 24th 7pm-8pm,
Maths: November 14rd
7pm-8pm)
• You are very welcome to come and help in
class. Please arrange this with mer. Eg Library
parents working in the classroom, Friday letters, expertise eg
playing instruments

12. Keeping You Informed
• Parent Workshops on SEAL, Writing
and Maths
• Parent Consultations in November,
March and July (Celebration Afternoon)
• Open Communication: Dialogue. Please talk to us
about concerns before they become worries! After school is
usually best. We are happy to talk on the phone at
lunchtime. Please share successes and experiences with us.
As your child’s primary role model and educator, you will help
us to ‘get the full picture’.