Welcome to Year 1 202021 The Team Mr

Welcome to Year 1 2020/21

The Team Mr Campbell Mrs Corbett Mrs Anderson

Vision for the year For everyone to: o enjoy their learning. o achieve the very best that they can. o become independent and confident learners.

Timetable Daily Phonics, English and Maths. RE, Art, DT, Science, Geography, History, and Computing are taught in our afternoons French and Music are taught every Wednesday by Mrs Quilliam and Mrs Winter. PE (fundamental skills, gymnastics, dance and games) is on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Reading, Phonics and English o Books are changed once a week on a Friday. o English is taught daily through our story o Phonics and handwriting are taught in short sessions every day. o Individual reading with Mrs Anderson

Learning expectations • Reading and writing For children to enjoy their reading and writing. To write independently in full sentences with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, using their own ideas. • Maths For children to enjoy working with number and be confident mathematicians and problem solvers. To be able to read, write, count and order the numbers to 100. To know their number bonds to 10. To confidently add and subtract numbers to 20. To be able to talk about how they solved or will solve a problem. All end of year expectations for all areas of the Year 1 curriculum are on our Class and Subject pages on our new website.

Home Practice o Reading (10 minutes every night!) o Reading and Spelling challenges on Sumdog o Maths challenges on Sumdog Home Practice is published to our class blog on Fridays along with our weekly update https: //www. longton-st-oswalds. lancs. sch. uk/class/year-1

Behaviour Expectations o Pupils are expected to follow the class rules at all times and the Golden Rules of the school. o Rewards o Green slips o House points o Stickers o Star of the Week o Table points

Online Safety • Taught regularly throughout the year as part of our Computing and PSHE (Personal, Social and Health education) curriculum • We follow the SMART e-saftey rules • In Year 1 our online safety focus is on the use of age appropriate websites and apps not sharing your personal information online knowing what to do if something worries or upsets you online

And Finally. . . If you have an issue or concern don’t hesitate to make a phone appointment via Mrs Rothwell in the school office.