Welcome to Year 1

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Welcome to Year 1
Parents Meeting 11th September 2014
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Todays Meeting

• Year 1 team
• Daily timetable
• English
• Reading and Weekly Planners
• Maths
• Homework

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The StaffTeachers

• 1A Miss Ali (Year Leader)
• 1AK Miss Akhtar
• 1PM Mr McDonnell
• 1M Mrs Machingauta

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The StaffTeaching Assistants

• Mrs Saroay
• Mrs Masters
• Miss Doe
• Mrs Bannister

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Our Timetable

• Guided reading
• English
• Maths
• Weekly Science
• CLC (History, Geography, R.E, Art, Music)
• Phonics

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A typical day in Year 1

• 8.50 9.15 Shared Reading
• 9.15 - 9.45 Guided Reading
• 9.45 10.45 English
• 10.45 - 11.00 Play time
• 11.00 12.00 Maths
• 12.00 1.00 Lunch time
• 1.00 1.15 Handwriting
• 1.15 2.15 CLC/Science
• 2.15 2.30 Play time
• 2.30 2.50 Phonics
• 2.50 3.05 Story time
• 3.05 3.15 Getting ready for home time

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Our TopicNew Beginnings
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English

• Learning and writing a
• traditional story
• Drama/speaking and listening
• activities
• Using Phonics to help with spelling
• Correct letter formation
• Use of finger spaces
• Using a capital letter and a full stop

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Reading and Weekly Planners

• The class teacher will read with your child once
  a week and give your child a reading book to take
  home.
• Your childs book will be changed three times a
  week.
• Please record your childs book
• and reading in the planner.

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Maths

• Counting forwards and backwards in ones
• Counting objects accurately
• Reading and writing numbers
• Addition

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Homework

• Daily reading
• Handwriting - correct letter formation
• Reading and writing high frequency words
• Spelling list for some
• children
• Mathletics

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Weekly News Sheet

• Brief outline of the week ahead

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Medical Matters

• Children to stay at home if they have sickness or
  diarrhoea.
• Head lice are common! Please check you childs
  hair regularly and treat as recommended.
• Any medicines can only be administered by prior
  arrangement.

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Other matters

• P.E on Thursdays
• PE kits - (white t-shirt or house colour
  t-shirt with black shorts/joggers and plimsolls
  or trainers)
• Named water bottles
• Tissue Boxes

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Any concerns
Class teacher
Miss Ali (Year Leader)
Miss Mijatovich (Deputy Head)
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Free School Meals
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Thank you for coming!