welcome to primary 1 mrs smith. community contract based on school values and united nations...

Welcome to Primary 1Welcome to Primary 1Mrs SmithMrs Smith

Community Contract

• Based on school values and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• Created by the children.• Displayed in classroom.• Lets pupils, staff and visitors

understand how children’s rights are respected within the school and classroom.

Positive Ethos Policy

• Expectations of behaviour outlined in Community Contract.

• Positive behaviour management:• Praise and encourage positive

behaviours• Class Dojo

– Individual top scorer– House Points

• Free Time Friday• Restorative Justice Approach

Free Time Friday• Children who have respected the

Community Contract all week will be rewarded with Free Time Friday.

• Children who have chosen not to respect our Community Contract will lose some of their Free time Friday.

• Parents will be made aware of this with a letter home which we ask to be signed and returned to school on Monday morning.

Literacy -Phonics

• Colour coding - linking speech sounds to where and how they are made in the mouth

• Children are made aware of loud and quiet sounds

• Blending is the process of saying sounds in a word then running them together. E.g c-at or c-a-t is cat.

• Children are also encouraged to recognise the letter shape for each sound and to write them

Literacy- Reading• Oxford Reading Tree• Read trunk stories, consolidate

with more stories• Sets of key words to learn. Support

at home is very important. Cut up the words and use to play snap, pairs, fast pile/slow pile.

• Activities and games support reading

• in class

Literacy - Reading

•Snapdragon books - fiction•Fireflies – Non-fiction•Picture stories•Rhyme and Analogy•Library•Supporting reading at home

Literacy- Fine Motor Skills

and Handwriting

• Activities to develop fine motor skills in classroom (play dough, peg boards, threading, etc.)

• Correct letter formation• Practical activities, SMARTboard writing,

sand, magic pen, writing in the air, plasticine

• Support at home is vital, sitting and holding pen appropriately and modelling good practice.

• Personal writing• Black pen drawings• Writing from

experience• Emergent writing• Teacher modelling• Teacher scribes story,

children begin to write familiar words

Literacy - Writing• Functional writing

– lists, letters, instructions etc

• Imaginative writing

• VCOP - vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation

• Uplevelling

Numeracy and Maths• Numbers 0 to 10 and then beyond • Recognising patterns for each

number- dots, fingers, tens frame• Counting forwards and backwards• Counting in steps of one, two, five

and ten• Formation of numbers• Addition and subtraction within 10

and beyond• Sharing and Grouping

Numeracy and Maths

• Sorting and matching• Pattern• 2D, 3D shapes• Recognising and using coins• Information handling• Time -days of week, months of

year, seasons, key dates, o’clock

Learning Across the Curriculum

Examples of possible contexts for learning in P1 :

•Fairyland•Toys•Pirates•Dinosaurs•Minibeasts•Under the Sea

Science

• Living and Non–Living things• Forces• Sun Moon and Stars• Sound

Homework• Homework will be issued on a Monday, to

be returned on Friday• Reading books and new words to be

practised every night• Phonic work• Number or Maths work• IDL related tasks• Please bring reading books and reading

diaries to school every day

Typical Day• Visual timetable• Quick start and register etc.

(08.45 – 09.00)• At least 5 lessons each day,

including literacy and numeracy.

TeachersSpecialist Teachers

We will also have lessons throughout the year from:

• Mrs Mitchell (P.E.)• Kevin (Enjoy-a-ball)• Mrs Redmond• Miss Kerr• Miss Burton

• Interdisciplinary Topic• English and Literacy• Mathematics and Numeracy• Additional Information• Homework• Money Fortnight• Fairyland Open Afternoon

Learning Letter

If you have any concerns about your child’s learning or behaviour, please contact the

school office to make an appointment to see me.

Thank you for coming