Welcome to Year One!

Parent Induction Meeting

Monday 14th September 2009

What does your child need at school?

• Communication book

• A coat and jumper

• A waterproof jacket

• A named cup for water

• Named fruit (small pots where possible please!)

• PE kit – indoor and outside

What is a typical day in Year One like?

• Children are encouraged to enter school independently

• They register themselves & change their reading book

• Do their morning jobs • Start their integrated day • Attend reflections• Lunchtime • Continue with integrated day

Reading

Literacy

PE

Problem solving

Technology

A range of teacher focus

and child

initiated learning

Outside Classroom

Enquiry and investigation

Creativity

Numeracy

Integrated day

• Each day children have the opportunity to support their learning in different ways through –

adult focus learningadult directed

learning child initiated

learning

Adult and child initiated activities

The learning activities are chosen to provide children with the opportunity to –

Learn something new Practise skills they have learnt Confidently apply skills and understanding

Photographs

• We have included some photographs for you to see of the children during a typical Year One day

Topics• Autumn – Things we play with

• Spring – Living things

• Summer – Horsell Village

The outside classroom

• We are lucky at Horsell Village School to have excellent outside facilities

• Children have the opportunity to use these facilities on a daily basis, as part of their outside classroom, to enhance their learning

• Activities are planned using the Year One curriculum and are linked to the objectives inside.

Reading

Reading at school • Guided reading takes place fortnightly.

This is a group activity which discreetly teaches objectives from the Literacy strategy.

• Individual reading is weekly. It is an opportunity for children to practice skills acquired during guided reading.

• Reading skills are taught daily.

Reading

Reading at home • Try to read with your child as often as you can.• Please sign their communication book when you

have read with your child. • They can read the same book more than once.• Please support us in encouraging your child to

change their books daily.• Books from home or the library can be read

alongside school books.

Phonics and Word work

• Phonic and word work have started in school already and are practised daily.

• We will be sending home a list of the reception and Year 1 key words. These are some of words we will be teaching the children to read and spell, using a variety of techniques.

Split class

• In the event that the teacher is absent from the classroom the children will be split between the other classes in the school.

PPA

• Thursday afternoon is the Year 1 teachers PPA time (Planning, Preparation & Assessment).

• This time is planned and delivered by our team of excellent TA’s, who will also dismiss the class at the end of the day.

• The children enjoy a wide range of activities linked to the current topic.

Open classroom

• Is on Wednesday.• You are welcome to come into the classroom to

look at what your child has been learning.• Please respect the privacy of others and only

look at your child’s work. • Younger siblings are more than welcome in the

classrooms, but please ensure the children are not touching any of the classroom resources.

Parent Helpers

• We love to have help!

• CRB checks are required before parents can work in school. Forms can be obtained from the office.

• We particularly need help with the library on a regular basis – could be a job share!!

• Help is sometimes shared between other classes.

Library

• Please encourage children to treat Library books responsibly and try and keep them separate from other books at home so they can be identified quickly and easily!

• Children will only be allowed to take a new book once the old one has been returned.

• There will be a charge for lost books.

Reminders

• Please encourage children to come in independently.• Always have a waterproof coat in school.• Please write messages on class white board.• Please ask your child to hand their communication book

to their teacher if there is an urgent message or one that requires a response.

• Website will be up dated weekly. You can e-mail the class. reception&@horsell-village.surrey.sch.uk

Please let us know if you do not wish to have your child's photo appear in any publications.