year 1 2015/2016. welcome to year 1! teachers: miss brownlow & miss hegarty teaching...
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Year 1 2015/2016
Welcome to Year 1! Teachers: Miss Brownlow & Miss Hegarty Teaching assistants: Mrs Nicolaou and Miss
Davis
Welcome
English - The Gingerbread Man.We are focusing on using our phonics to help us to read and write sentences. PhonicsWe will be having another meeting about the national phonics screening check. Maths - Addition and subtraction, shape, counting in 2s,
5s and 10s. R.E. - Family and Belonging Science - Human Body and our senses Geography - Where we live
Curriculum overview
Reading and tricky words
Reading books will be regularly changed as we complete initial reading assessments.
Please read with your child every day and make a comment in your child’s reading record.
Reading at home makes a huge difference to your child’s progress in literacy.
Children will be sent home with lists of words that are useful to learn to read and spell.
Helping at home
Using money – introduce children to different coins and let them pay in shops so they can see how change works too.
Read bedtime stories that are above a level that children can read independently. This will help to improve vocabulary and expression.
Spend some time each day talking with no distractions like TV or tablets. This will help children to become good listeners e.g. by maintaining eye contact, and improve speaking. Ask them to tell you the story we have been studying!
Home practice
Children will be taking home ‘home practice’ after Christmas.
This will consist of maths and literacy.Children will receive work to complete at home
once a week.It is an opportunity to reinforce what they have
learnt at school and will be at a level that the children can complete independently.
We will also be sending home some important prayers to learn over the course of the year.
Attendance & punctuality
School starts at 8.55 It is important that children do not miss
school as it affects their progress.
Contact sheets
Thank you to those of you who have returned your contact sheets.
If you have not yet returned them, please do so as soon as possible and ask the office if you need another one.
It is very important to keep the school updated with your current contact details should they change in case we need to contact you urgently.
Medical information
Please inform staff of any medical needs such as allergies or asthma.
Make sure medication is kept in school.
Speaking to the teacher
If you would like to speak to your child’s teacher please do this before school at 8.45.
If you are unable to make this time, you are welcome to speak with the teacher after school once all the children have been dismissed.
You can e-mail Miss Brownlow at [email protected] and Miss Hegarty at [email protected] with any questions.
Keeping updated
Check the website regularly for updates.www.st-helens.lambeth.sch.uk Half-termly letters will be sent out with a
curriculum overview. Phonics sounds of the week for both classes
will be on the first board in 1B’s classroom.
Prayer
God of wisdom and might,we praise you for the wonder of our being,for mind, body and spirit.Be with our children as they begina new school year.Bless them, their parents, teachers and staff.Give the strength and grace as their bodies grow,wisdom and knowledge to their mindsas they search for understanding,and peace and zeal to their hearts.We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.