Year 1
Meet the teachers in
Strawberry and Mango Classes
Aims
• To introduce ourselves
• Overview of Maths and English in
Year 1
• Answer any questions
• Communication
Overview of the Curriculum
Maths Areas
Number and
Place Value
Addition
and
Subtraction
Multiplication
and Division
Themes
Statistics
Geometry
Measurements
Properties
of Shapes
Key Aspects
• FLUENCY
• REASONING
• PROBLEM SOLVING
Within lessons there is an
emphasis on:
Use of number bonds
Use of mathematical vocabulary
Real life investigations
Use of practical resources
• All children are encouraged as
successful mathematicians!
Practical Resources
Number lines
Dienes
Numicon
Topic Theme:
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Other topics that we look at in Year 1:
Superheroes; Homes and Houses; Long,
Long Ago and Africa
Literacy: Reading
• Power of Reading text:
The Train Ride
• Reading in Year 1
• Book change – Monday
Writing
• Power of Reading – writing tasks
linked to The Train Ride story.
• Genres – story writing, weekly
recounts about their weekends.
• In Topic and Science children will
also be labelling maps, describing
different places in Great Britain and
labelling parts of plants.
SPaG
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Spelling
Punctuation
Grammar
Handwriting
These are all taught within literacy lesson.
Assessment
• Ongoing daily assessment against lesson
objectives and individual targets.
• Continuous assessment against end of year
objectives from new 2014 Curriculum.
• Termly assessment week for maths,
reading and writing.
• In June the children will participate in the
Phonics Screening Check.
Homework
• In Autumn 2 the children will receive
phonics homework each week. This will
focus on the sounds we have covered that
week.
• We ask that children read every night
with an adult.
• We ask that children practise the literacy
and numeracy areas of focus outlined in
the termly newsletter.
• Spellings to be learnt throughout the year
from the Spelling folder given out at
the start of term.
Communication
School website:
• Parent /teacher
meetings
• Yearly plans
• Chats in the
• Termly plans
playground
• Calculation policy
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Parent
mail
• Newsletters
Important dates
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Wednesday 21st September – Open Evening
Friday 23rd September- Jeans for Genes
October 21st October - Harvest festival
Wednesday 7th December – Parent/teacher
meetings
• Tuesday 20th December – KS1 Christmas Concert
Further dates and information
will be sent home via Parentmail
Clubs
• Sign up sheets to be found shortly in
the playground on the hall windows
• NOT first come first served
• Clubs start after half term (unless
specified)
Thank you for coming!
Any questions?