Transcript Parents’ Information Meeting

Parents’ Information Meeting
SEPTEMBER 2014
What I will cover
 Transition phase
 Reading
 Phonics
 Writing
 Maths
 Our topics
 Homework
 School website
Transition phase
 Safe, happy and excited
 Play-based learning continued
 Child led
 Use of outside area
 Small groups/one-to-one
 Develop independence
Reading
 New Home-School Communication books
 Rainbow reading – celebrate regular readers
 Read at least once a week with an adult in school
 Guided reading with teacher - Term 2 or 3
 Aim to read 5 times a week at home
 First 100 keywords-following on from Reception,
highlighted in reading records by member of staff
Reading
 Move up levels when assessed by teacher
 Decoding unfamiliar words using pictures, phonics
and context
 Developing fluency and expression
 Comprehension
 Awareness of punctuation
How to help your child with reading...
 Ownership of book – child’s responsibility
 Finger following each word
 “What could you do to help you read that word?”
 Sounding out the words out loud
 Ask questions about what they have read
 Reading to them- enjoyment of books-different
genres
 Books with no words
 Change books on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays
Phonics Screening
 Nationally reported for all Year 1 children
 40 phonetically decodable words
 Some real, some made up
 Tests accurate segmenting & blending without
support
 With class teacher – try to make it fun so they are
not aware they are being assessed
 Example ...
Phonics Screening
 Score will be shared in end of year report
 If children don’t meet the threshold, they take the
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test again in Year 2
To help:
Children can use their robot arms
Made familiar with ‘alien’ words
Pronouncing sounds correctly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xv86tGhyPI
Writing
 Simple sentences – complex sentences
 Applying phonic skills to unknown words
 Capital letters, finger spaces and full stops used
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correctly
Awareness of other types of punctuation - ? ! ,
Conjunctions - and, but, because...
Spellings – send home in Term 2, tested weekly.
Apply in their writing
Letters formed correctly – cursive script in HomeSchool Communication book
Big Writing
 Friday mornings – after Christmas
 Sustained writing
 Completely independent
 Exciting stimulus - talk for writing
 Lighting/pencils/music
 VCOP- Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers &
Punctuation
Maths
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Estimate, measure &
compare
Vocabulary
numbers
Recording/Presenting
data
1 more/1 less/ 10 more/10
less
 Problem solving
Number bonds
 2D/3D shapes – real life
Counting in 2s, 5s, 10s
Doubles
 See Visual Calculation
Policy on website
Addition
Subtraction
Time
 Count to 100
 Order numbers
 Recognise, read and write
Our Topics
 Dinosaur Planet (History focus)
 Splendid Skies (Science focus)
 Land Ahoy! (Geography focus)
 Paws, Claws & Whiskers (Literacy)
 Enchanted Woodland (Geography)
 Street Detectives (History)
Homework
 Spellings - new spelling lists, linked to phonics +
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common exception words
Reading at least 5 times a week
Online programs - Education City, Bug Club, ActiveLearn
Primary
After Christmas- topic related/Maths/Literacy in
preparation for Year 2
Show and tell only on a Friday - topic related
 Please ensure your child brings in their PE kit at the start
of every term. Include a jumper/trousers in the winter.
 Please label all items of clothing
School website
LINK TO WEBSITE
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NEWSLETTERS
OTHER LETTERS
• PHOTOS