Year one welcome class 6 2013

Welcome To Year One 12th September 2011

Aims of Session

• Share classroom routines• Share the curriculum• Reading Diaries• Visits• Answer your questions

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

PE

Tuesday & Thursday

PE kit: shorts, t-shirt, pumpsKeep PE kits at schoolPlease name all of your child’s clothing

• large apparatus (gymnastics)• dance• games

Library Day and

Philosophy For Children

Wednesday

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

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.

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

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.

Visits in Year One

Term 1Local Walk: geography, history, numeracy links

Fire Fighters visit: for SEAL and Inferno links

Methodist Church: RE, PSCE and geography links

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

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’.