Welcome to Elmer Class Miss Martin
Year 1 Support: Teaching: Mrs Nash Miss Martin • • Mrs Mitchell Mrs Avis • • Mrs Sanger Ms McGukian • • Ms Whitehead •
What your child needs… All belongings should be labelled clearly with the child’ s name that they will recognise A school book bag - clearly named Shorts, t-shirts and plimsolls in bag for PE to leave at school Waterproof coat - every day Wellingtons to leave in school - named Warm hat and gloves for winter Sun hat and suncream for summer A named water bottle
Reading with your child Books will be changed on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays When listening to your child, encourage your child to use picture cues & phonic knowledge to word build ‘Sounding out’ is an important stage in early reading, even if the storyline is not flowing. You could re-read the sentence, so your child can understand the meaning If your child is feeling tired or reluctant to read, decide to share the reading: one page each. Little & often is best! Please record how your child read in the record book, commenting on how they tackled tricky words, or which words were new to him/her, or how well your child understood the text Snuggling up for a bedtime story is very special & you are welcome to record which books you have shared together in the reading record, too
Maths Maths includes counting, partitioning & calculating number, data handling, measuring & understanding shape Please encourage your child to sort objects, count large amounts of objects & to predict amounts Cooking together at home is valuable when thinking about weighing and capacity Please encourage your child to play with & handle real coins. Money is a tricky concept & more real life practice really helps! Telling the time using o’clock and half past on analogue clocks will really help your child, too
Literacy In June, all Year 1 children in the country are tested using the ‘Y1 Phonic Screening Check’. You will be informed whether your child has passed in July. Sometimes, children need to re-take the test in Year 2 In pre-writing, we focus on ‘Talk for Writing’ When children can talk fluently about a story or their ideas, they are ready to write In writing we focus on sentence making, including grammar & punctuation, comprehension, composition, spelling & vocabulary. We try to make our writing purposeful.
Woodland School Every other Tuesday afternoon the children will have woodland school This provides opportunities for the children to explore outside of the classroom and learn about their immediate surroundings Based around what they are learning in Science Go out in all weathers Please send children with appropriate clothing for the weather - old comfy clothing - arms and legs covered. If you have waterproof trousers, they could be kept for rainy weather & extra layers will be needed as it gets colder.
Next steps in learning & independence Your child will begin to organise him/herself Independence in learning is encouraged by using our visual timetable, locating our own resources, using our classroom to help ourselves Together, we have devised our own Class Charter Each child has their name on the happy sunshine, etc. Each day is a new start! We also encourage collaboration to earn ‘spots’ for a class treat!
Contacting school Please phone the office if your child is absent If your child is not on the bus, please phone before 2:30 Dialogue book (the back of reading record) can be used to send in messages
Messages in Dialogue Book • The reverse of the Reading Record book is a valuable way of sending messages to us & us to you • Please prompt your child when you have written a message to us • Your child will then place the record book in the labelled box for us to read • We will comment, sign & date each of your messages as they are read • Please remember to date your messages • If your child has a medical appointment or is absent for another reason, it is important to write the details in the reverse of the record book. We will pass it to the office • If you are away & leaving relatives/friends looking after your child, please let us know
Show and tell Speaking & listening skills are developed in role play & also in Show & Tell Your child will be invited to Show & Tell via a message in his/ her record book Show & Tell is an opportunity for your child to have 5 minutes to talk about something special to him/her Please help your child to select an object/photograph & to think about what he/she would like to say to the class The rest of the class have an opportunity to ask questions of the person speaking Show & Tell will be on Friday afternoons
School Lunch If your child is having a packed lunch - we are a nut free school so no cereal bars, peanut butter or other foods which may contain nuts please Lunch boxes and water bottles should be labelled and taken home at the end of each day please
Dates for the diary 9th October - INSET 11th/12th October - Grandparents visit 18th October - Harvest Festival 20th October - Half term
Finally… We are really enjoying learning with your children! We are available after school for a quick chat If you would prefer a longer chat, please make an appointment for a set time after school Please practice getting changed so they are able to so it independently for PE To have a greater insight into how we learn, we would love you to join us! We would love your help to hear children read, support literacy, maths, science, Forest School, art/DT and cooking. Please sign up on our parent rota to a time slot, either on a weekly or fortnightly basis Thank you for supporting your child by coming this afternoon
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