Blue Learning Team Presentation

Meeting for Parents and Carers – Key Stage 1 September 2017

Welcome to the

Blue Learning Team

Who’s Who? Classes The classes that are in this team are: Teachers

Squirrels, Toucans and Chipmunks

The teachers that work in this team are: Miss Pabla

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Mrs Taylor/

Squirrel class teacher (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Squirrel class teacher (Friday)

Mrs Martin Mrs Carminke / Mrs McDonald -

Chipmunk class teacher

Toucan class teacher Mon/Tues (SM) Wed/Thurs/Fri (CM)

Teaching Assistants The Teaching assistants that work in this team are: Mrs Newton, Mrs Polivina, Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Fletcher

When you drop your child off…

• Children gather outside the classroom gates when the bell is rung.

Messages from home should be written in the yellow reading diary e.g. a change to who is collecting your child and put in the teacher’s yellow box.

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• Children will come into the classroom and complete a morning activity •

Wake and shake will start at 9am. Parents/carer s are welcome.

Please check the board to see which key stage.

What’s new?

Class Dojo We are changing the school behaviour system.

Children will receive dojo points for positive behaviour. Points will be obtained for a range of th ings from reading at home to being a fine diner!

Parents meeting on this coming soon.

Star Pupil Assembly Children will receive a certificate of merit for star standards.

Reading Books Now a colour banded system to encourage enjoyment and choice.

Homework

Homework

New homework‌

Reading & Phonics • Banded reading system with a variety of books.

• Reading diary – comments and messages. Little and often.

• Heard by the Teacher/Teaching Assistant once a week - guided or indep endent.

• Phonic Meeting – 18th September • Phonic Bug/ Bug Club • Phonic stage – give out mats, • Phonic vocabulary -phoneme, letter names, diagraphs, alien words, blend • Phonic Screening Test

Year 1 Expectations Expected English standards by the end of the year

Reading

read speedily with the correct sound to graphemes for all 40+ phon emes, including where applicable, alternative sounds for grapheme s (Phase 5) read common exception words (tricky words) noting unusual corres pondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in t he word (p.194 phase 5 Letters & Sounds) English Curriculum append ix 1 – spelling. read words, containing taught GPCs and –s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, and -est endings read other words of more than one syllable that contain taught GP Cs read aloud accurately books that are consistent with their develo ping phonic knowledge (phase 5) and that do not require them to u se other strategies to work out words checking that the text makes sense to them as they read and corre cting inaccurate reading (phase 5 / appropriate reading book colou r band)

making inferences on the basis of what is said and done

Year 1 Expectations Expected English standards by the end of the year

Writing Compose a sentence orally before writing it.

Leaving spaces between words Joining words like and Beginning to punctuate sentences with capital letter Beginning to punctuate sentences with full stop Spell words containing phonemes taught Spell common exception words Use spelling rule for s or

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Use suffix ed, ing, when there is no need to change root word Form lower case letters in correct direction, starting and finishin g in the right place Form capital letters Form digits 0-9

Expectations • Expected Maths standards by the end of the year

Mathematics 

I can read, write & interpret mathematical statements inv olving addition (+), subtraction (-) & equals (=) signs

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I can draw and use number bonds and related subtractio n facts within 20

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I can add and subtract one-digit & two-digit numbers to 20, including zero

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I can solve one-step problems involving multiplication an d division, by calculating the answer using objects, pict ures and arrays with the support of the teacher.

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I can recognise, find and name a half as one of two equ al parts of an object, shape or quantity.

Year 2 Expectations

Year 2 Expectations

Useful information •

Snacktivity – Home fruit

• Water- plain only (no flavoured please) •

Playground buddies/friendship stop

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Accidents – letter if visible mark or head bump – end of the day & must be signed for in the class accident book.

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Who is collecting your child?- Make sure i f there is a change school is informed.

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PE kits – indoor & outdoor

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Reading- plastic wallet/ rewards- water d amage Check the weekly email Weekly activities on the Website Follow the Facebook page for day to day activities.

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Any questions?

Members of staff are always available if you have any questi ons, concerns or comments.

The best time is after all the chil dren have been dismissed at the end of the day.

Thank you!