Welcome to Primary 1Welcome to Primary 1Mrs SmithMrs Smith

Typical Day• Visual timetable• Quick start and register etc. • Literacy• Morning Break (begins 10.25)• Maths and Numeracy• Lunch (begins 12.05)• IDL/Expressive Arts/PE etc• Direct teaching, PSW supported tasks, structured

play activity• Whole class, independent tasks, group/partner work

Literacy -Phonics• Colour coding - linking speech sounds to

where and how they are made in the mouth

• Children are made aware of loud and quiet sounds

• Blending is the process of saying sounds in a word then running them together. E.g c-at or c-a-t is cat.

• Children are also encouraged to recognise the letter shape for each sound and to write them

Literacy- Reading• Oxford Reading Tree• Read trunk stories, consolidate

with more stories• Sets of key words to learn. Support

at home is very important. Cut up the words and use to play snap, pairs, fast pile/slow pile.

• Activities and games support reading

• in class

Literacy - Reading•Snapdragon books - fiction•Fireflies – Non-fiction•Picture stories•Rhyme and Analogy•Library•Supporting reading at home

Literacy- Fine Motor Skills

and Handwriting• Activities to develop fine motor skills in

classroom (play dough, peg boards, threading, etc.)

• Correct letter formation• Practical activities, SMARTboard writing,

sand, magic pen, writing in the air, plasticine

• Support at home is vital, sitting and holding pen appropriately and modelling good practice.

• Personal writing• Black pen drawings• Writing from

experience• Emergent writing• Teacher modelling• Teacher scribes story,

children begin to write familiar words

Literacy - Writing• Functional writing

– lists, letters, instructions etc

• Imaginative writing

• VCOP - vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation

• Uplevelling

Numeracy and Maths• Numbers 0 to 10 and then beyond • Recognising patterns for each number-

dots, fingers, tens frame• Counting forwards and backwards• Counting in steps of one, two, five and

ten• Formation of numbers• Addition and subtraction within 10 and

beyond• Sharing and Grouping

Numeracy and Maths• Sorting and matching• Pattern• 2D, 3D shapes• Recognising and using coins• Information handling• Time -days of week, months of

year, seasons, key dates, o’clock

Learning Across the Curriculum

• Term 1: Buddy Bear Needs a Home.

• Consultation through talking tubs and 3D mind maps.

If you have any concerns about your child’s learning or behaviour, please contact the

school office to make an appointment to see me.

Thank you for coming