Year 1 Literacy

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Year 1 - Literacy

• Phonics, Spellings the new Framework for
  Literacy

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The New Framework

• The New Framework for Literacy Mathematics has
  been in place since the beginning of term.
• Much of the content in the Year 1 curriculum
  remains the same but there has been some change
  in the sequence of teaching lessons, and there is
  now an emphasis on phonics to improve reading,
  comprehension writing skills in light of the
  Rose Review the development of early reading
  writing

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The teaching sequence

• The teaching sequence follows a set pattern of
  lessons with each unit of work being covered over
  a two week period.
• The sequence includes a weekly grammar lesson
  which will be taught every Monday. They will
  focus on introducing or developing skills that
  will then be incorporated into subsequent reading
  writing activities during the literacy lessons

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Phonics in Y1

• There will be a daily whole class15min phonics
  lesson
• The children will initially revise the Jolly
  Phonics programme covered in reception
• When they know all 42 phonemes they will practise
  their skills of blending to decode (read)
  encode (spell) simple words
• The children will work through the different
  phases of phonics as identified by the Letters
  Sounds document from the DFES

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Handwriting

• Handwriting will be taught using the PenPals
  scheme
• A different letter will be taught each week
• Please encourage your child to hold their pencil
  correctly at home and use the correct letter
  formation (see accompanying sheet)

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Spelling Homework

• A new spelling programme is being introduced this
  year to compliment the Jolly Phonics scheme used
  in Reception
• The words in this scheme are largely grouped
  according to word families (words which follow
  the same spelling pattern or word endings) and
  are spelt phonetically
• Once every six weeks (1/2 term) a list of
  keywords will be sent home to learn (these are
  common words which are not spelt phonetically,
  instead they have to be learned using the look,
  cover, write, check method
• 10 words will be sent home on a Monday to
  practise and learn at home.
• Spellings will be tested in school on a Friday by
  the class teacher.
• New spellings will be sent home the following
  Monday.

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Reading

• The graded reading scheme continues into Year 1
• Your child should be heard twice a week in school
• 1 by the class teacher / teaching assistant
• 1 by a PRA
• Books will only be changed in school when your
  child has read with an adult
• Please continue to read regularly with your child
  at home write relevant comments in the
  home/school book
• Please do encourage your child to read other
  books at home not just their school reading book!
  Visit the library etc.
• Please help your child to develop not just their
  reading skills but their comprehension skills
  too. Ask them questions about the book, or a
  character, or ask them to tell you something they
  liked about the book
• Usually 8-12 books on one level are read before a
  child moves on but this could vary depending upon
  your childs rate of progress
• The Class teacher will decide when your child
  moves onto the next level, please do not ask a
  PRA to do this for you!

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Library Books

• Library sessions are weekly and will be on a
• Your child has the opportunity to select one book
  of their choice (fiction or non-fiction) from our
  school library
• They can take it home to share with you need to
  return it the following week on the correct day
• If your child forgets to bring their library
  book, they will not be able to choose another
  one. They will have to wait until the following
  week to return it and select another.
• Please encourage your child to look after their
  library books so others can enjoy them too!

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Mathematics

• Maths will be taught under the new framework
  the curriculum will be covered in two week units
  of work, similar to Literacy.
• The focus this year will be on encouraging
  children to use and apply their knowledge of
  numbers with an emphasis on problem solving
• Maths homework will be sent home on a weekly
  basis on a
• This will typically be a worksheet and the topic
  will have been previously covered in class that
  week eg. Addition, shape, measuring etc.
• Once every half term (6wks) a maths game will be
  sent home instead of a worksheet. Please play
  this with your child and return to school the
  following week.

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P.E.

• Under recent government guidelines children are
  now required to participate in at least 2hrs of
  PE per week
• PE is timetabled to take place in the hall,
  outside playground through the Take 10
  programme
• PE will be on a
• Your child will need to have their named PE kit
  in school at all times
• PE Kit should consist of T-shirt, shorts,
  tracksuit bottoms plimsolls