Welcome to Year 1 September 2017 Who will be working with your - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Year 1 September 2017

Who will be working with your children? Jewish Studies Class Teachers Mr Waltz 1S - Sharon Mrs. Tiano & Mrs Silver (TA Support) Miss Dave Specialist Teachers Art – Mr Anders 1N - Negev PE – Mr Solomons Mrs. Judah & Mrs. Martyn Music – Mr Nick Support Staff 1G - Galil Mrs. Englander – English Mrs. Levy & Mrs. Berkovi Mrs. Goldwater Mrs. Goldring

Behaviour  Good behaviour is a necessary condition for effective teaching to take place." (Education Observed 5 - DES 1987)  Aims of the Policy  Sinai Jewish Primary School aims to promote good behaviour through a culture of mutual respect. Jewish Studies, PSHCE, Achievement Assemblies and the Sinai School Rules provide opportunities for good behaviour to be discussed and promoted.  Everyone is responsible for good behaviour in the school. This includes children, staff, parents and governors. It forms part of the whole school ethos with everyone sharing the same high expectations.

Behaviour Good behaviour is rewarded with a class dojo. Children will be acknowledged for achieving dojos. In addition, each week a child will be chosen as the Star of the Week. When children have not met the behavioural expectations the following actions will be taken - Verbal warning Negative Dojo Teacher meeting Lunch time detention (20 mins)

Attendance and Punctuality  This is a successful school and your child plays their part in making it so. We aim for an environment which enables and encourages all members of the community to reach out for excellence. For your children to gain the greatest benefit from their education, it is vital that they attend regularly and your child should be at school, on time, every day the school is open unless the reason for the absence is unavoidable. The DfE expect primary age pupils to attend school for a minimum 95% of the school year.  Principles  A pupil should come to school every day and be on time;  A pupil should only be absent if the reason is “unavoidable”;  Every half-day absence from school has to be classified by the school (not by parents/guardians), as either authorised or unauthorised. This is why information about the cause of each absence is always required, preferably in writing;  The school does not authorise absence for holidays during term time.

Timetable

Timetable  Week A and B timetable – opportunity to teach the curriculum in greater depth  JS daily  Phonics and Guided Reading daily  Maths Meetings daily  Children benefit from a longer Art lesson every other week  PE is twice a week  The Brent Music School are teaching the children Music and the children are going to be learning how to play the violin.

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Overview

English  Phonics  Phonic lessons will be daily for 20 mins and will be according to ability.  Writing  The children will be encouraged to write daily. The children will be doing a long write once a week which will be linked to a text or stimulus.  Spelling  Spellings will be linked to your child’s group phonics. They will be sent on a Monday and tested on the following Monday.  Punctuation and Grammar  Daily punctuation and grammar will be incorporated into our English lessons e.g. finger spaces etc. There will also be a separate SPAG lesson every week.

English  How to help at home  Read with your child as often as possible. This does not necessarily have to be a book from school. Please ask lots of comprehension questions – focusing on the VIPERS – vocabulary, inference, prediction, explain, retrieve information and sequence the events in the story) and re-read books to improve fluency. There is no need to rush reading and children can read a few pages a night.  Children can practise their handwriting at home. Please read the weekly newsletter to find out what we have been learning about in school so that you can discuss this with your child.  The children have been introduced to handwriting lines in their English books and will be using these.  Any writing your child does at home, we will be happy to share with the class.

Maths  How to help at home  Please read weekly newsletter to find out the topic we are learning at the moment. Discuss this with your child and encourage them to practise their full sentences, maths language and number formation.  Curriculum Content  We have started Mathematics Mastery which has been carried over from Reception to ensure that every child succeeds in Maths. Children are encouraged to physically represent mathematical concepts using various manipulatives.  Mathletics  Passwords will be distributed shortly.

JS Curriculum Content  Chaggim  Shabbat: Kiddush and Havdallah  Brachot  Kashrut  Various Mitzvot  Parasha  Hebrew reading and writing  Ivrit

JS How to help at home When the children bring home their Hebrew reading, please ensure that you listen to them read. Parasha homework on a Friday (will start after Succot). Must be returned on a Monday. Ivrit words will be sent home in the newsletter. These can be practised at home.

Homework  Mathletics will be set weekly on a Friday.  The children will be getting new spellings weekly.  JS homework will be handed out weekly.

Uniform  Full school uniform (light blue shirt, grey skirt/trousers, navy Sinai jumper, black shoes, white/navy/grey socks, Kippot and Tzit-tzit)  Girls must have long hair tied back at all times wearing the correctly coloured head wear  No hair gel/wax to be used in hair  Shirt to be tucked in at all times  School shoes at all times (trainers to be worn for PE only)  PE kits to be in school at all times  Navy school cap for outings

Food at school  We would like to remind you that packed school lunches must be kosher and healthy.  ONLY fruit and vegetable snacks should be brought in for break.  We would like to remind you that we are a nut-free school (this includes nutella).  Some parents like to celebrate their child’s birthday by bringing in treats for the children. Please can we ask that these are small items such as pencils, rubbers, stickers, etc. as we are a healthy eating school.

Parents  Please sign reading diaries every time you hear your child read and note the page number you read up to and any comments.  Please can we politely ask you not to come into the school building without an appointment, this is for safeguarding reasons.  There is now a parent and child toilet.  Emails – teachers will endeavour to respond within 24 hours, please respect that we may be teaching.  When coming into school for assemblies please respect the religious ethos of the school; women in skirts/dresses and men with head covered.

Questions Thank you for listening