Moving on Moving on to Year 1!to Year 1! Moving on Moving on to Year 1!to Year 1!

Throughout the Year, staff from Year R and Year 1 regularly meet to talk about

the children in each year group, focusing on friendships, progress and

learning needs.

The Year leader visits the children in MOOT times beginning in the Spring

term.

Transition from Transition from Year RYear R

Transition from Transition from Year RYear R

In the summer term, we begin transition MOOT where Year R

children come to the Year 1 classes to enjoy MOOT and get to know the

adults in Year 1 and the new learning environment.

This works by each Year R class visiting a Year 1 class over a

period of a few weeks; they may have already told you about their

first visit!

The PSHE topic for the whole school is ‘Changes’.

This theme tackles the issue of change and aims to equip children with an

understanding of different types of change, positive and negative, and common human

responses to it.The topic seeks to develop children’s ability

to manage the feelings associated with change. It aims to develop knowledge,

understanding and skills in three key social and emotional aspects of learning:

motivation, social skills and managing feelings.

The current Year 1 children prepare a welcome video for the new Year R children, just as your children will help the teachers prepare for the new Year R children coming into school in September. This allows them to feel proud of what they have achieved in starting school and support others in this

change.

They are always very proud of the video they make for the new children and feel more ready to move on to a new class

themselves.

Particularly at this time, we encourage children to use our bubble time technique. The children can then share any worries they have confidentially with any member of staff in the school.

We pop the bubble once the worry is shared to make it go away.

We also arrange to swap classes for story time to spend more time with the

children in Year R so that the idea of moving classes is less daunting!

Creating new Creating new Year 1 classes!Year 1 classes!

Considerations for creating new class lists for Year 1:

• Friendships• Balance of ability• Special Educational Needs• Balance of boys and girls

The children will find out their new classes on the morning of the 2nd

July.

They will spend the morning meeting their new class teacher and teaching assistant. They will get to meet the other children in their class too! You will find out in their school report at

the end of the day.

There will be an open doors just after shuffle up day, on Friday 4th July. You can pop in and see your child’s new classroom and meet their teacher at

3:15.

The children will also spend one more MOOT in Year 1 in their new

classes.

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

SuperheroesTo

Boldly Go…

Christmas

Once Upon a Town

VictorianDays

EasterTown Mouse

and Country Mouse

Bugs and Beasties

Numeracy – Ongoing

PSHE – Ongoing

Phonics and Handwriting - Ongoing

P.E – Games, Gymnastics and Dance Ongoing (Games constant)ICT and eSafety- Ongoing

Music- Ongoing (Spring 2 and Summer 1 peripatetic provision)Art and D.T- Ongoing through Creativity Time

MOOT- 2 sessions a week

Our CurriculumOur Curriculum Our CurriculumOur Curriculum

Superheroes!

This is our ‘bridging topic’ at the beginning of autumn term. We find that by continuing with the same topic as the

children have started in the last two weeks of Year R that the children are

more confident in their learning in their new classes.

In Year 1 MOOT runs in a similar way to Year R, with well resourced indoor and outdoor learning areas and a

free-flow between the classes.

Each half term, topic related challenges are planned for each area of learning, and the children are able to share their achievements in review

time.

We continue to run MOOT sessions twice a week until the end of

Summer 2. In the last 2-3 weeks, the children drop to having one MOOT

session as preparation for moving to Year 2, in which MOOT still runs once

a week.

We really value MOOT time to enhance children’s independent learning skills

throughout the whole school.

Morning routines are very similar in Year 1

• Children continue to self register their lunch choices by finding their own names.

• Each class has a visual timetable to show our learning for the day

Children are encouraged to say goodbye to you at the door to start the day promptly and we find they are very

quickly confident to do so.

Reading in Reading in Year 1Year 1

Reading in Reading in Year 1Year 1

ReadingIn Year 1 we develop reading skills

through guided reading sessions which we endeavour to do twice a week with every group. We also read individually with children, particularly if they find it difficult to concentrate in group reading tasks or are still developing their very

early reading skills.

We will monitor your child’s reading and move them to the next reading level

when they are ready.

Changing Books

In Year 1 we encourage children to change their own reading books from the

colour coded boxes in the classroom.They may change their book any day in the morning as they arrive. We will show them how to do this and soon they will

be able to do this independently.

Please remind your child to change their book as they come into class, and let us know if they are struggling to do this so

that we can also remind them.

We will ensure the children change their books at least twice a week, after we hear

them read, if they do not change them that morning. Also, bear in mind that re-

reading a book is a good way of consolidating reading skills, so it is not

necessary to have a new book every day.

Reading diariesChildren need more regular practise

with reading than we can provide in school in order to make good progress. Please read regularly with your child at home and write a comment in the home

reading diary when you listen to your child read.

These comments can inform teachers about how your child is progressing in

reading at home. Teachers and TAs will also place some targets for you to practice at home when necessary.

Please make sure reading diaries and books are in book bags every day.

PhonicsThe children continue with daily

phonics practise and we pick up the children’s next targets through

discussions with the Year R staff and beginning our phonics lessons

mirroring the planning from the last two weeks in Year R.

We continue to work from the Letters and Sounds programme to

inform our planning.

Once the children are ready, we move on to learning some

alternative spellings for the sounds they know and begin to look at

common spelling patterns.

ai and ay

ie and igh

ea and ee

We also learn new tricky

words

though

because

called

there

please

when

asked

Writing in Writing in Year 1Year 1

Writing in Writing in Year 1Year 1

Please continue to practise basic skills to

develop your child’s fine motor skills…

• Fine motor activities – pegs, scissors• Pencil grip • Pencil control through colouring and

drawing patterns• Letter formation in print or cursive

script through different media – crayons, air writing, sand trays.

• Name writing in print or cursive letters.

In Year 1, we focus primarily on teaching sentence structure with the accurate use

of finger spaces between words, and capital letters and full stops to

demarcate each sentence.

We work on extending vocabulary and acknowledge the importance of

developing the children’s speaking skills in this.

Progression in writing

Children then become more confident to write using more complex phonic sounds with greater accuracy in captions, simple

sentences and other forms, such as letters, stories, poems and recounts.

It amazes us how much the children’s independent learning skills progress over

the year.

We have a writing booklet available from the school office or on our

website which will help if you would like to understand more about

progression in writing in Year 1.

www.shirleyinfantschool.org.uk

MathematicMathematicss

in Year 1in Year 1

MathematicMathematicss

in Year 1in Year 1

NumberWe continue to build on the

children’s knowledge of number and equip them with a greater range of strategies to support

their calculation skills in addition and subtraction.

We build confidence in using higher numbers and in problem-

solving skills as the year progresses.

Shape and MeasureWe develop children’s

mathematical vocabulary in work on 2D and 3D shape.

When the children are comfortable with measuring in everyday non-standard units of measure, we teach them to use

standard units such as rulers and scales accurately.

We do not send regular maths homework out, however we may

send resources to support the children’s learning home at key points in the year, or challenges which will support their in class

learning.

If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in maths, we have a

maths guide available to guide you through the learning

objectives for each year group.

Helping with Maths at Home

You can easily support your child’s mathematical vocabulary by applying the skills learnt in school in different contexts,

such as:

•Following a recipe to bake a cake

•Using a shopping list and counting out money to buy items at the shop

•Adding the total of two dice instead of just rolling one when playing favourite board

games

Home Learning in Year 1 Linked to each new topic, you will have

the opportunity to complete a home learning task with your child. The

children love sharing their learning with us and are proud of their achievements

at home. These are optional tasks, and we plan them to allow you time to work on little projects with your child, not to burden you! You can spend as much or as little time as you wish on the activities, and

please speak to the teachers if you would like any further guidance on

what you could do.

Any Questions