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Newport Community School Primary Academy. How does my child learn in Key Stage 0ne? 17 th September 2013. Programme for this evening. Welcome The build Introducing the Team The Curriculum Year 2 SATs How do I know how my child is doing? Reminders Homework E-safety
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Newport Community School Primary Academy How does my child learn in Key Stage 0ne? 17th September 2013
Programme for this evening • Welcome • The build • Introducing the Team • The Curriculum • Year 2 SATs • How do I know how my child is doing? • Reminders • Homework • E-safety • How you can support your child
The Build • Completion by the summer term • Playtimes and lunchtimes • Access to the outdoors • Use of the school fields
The KS1 Team Year 1 Mrs J Wrigley Mrs S Ashton Miss E Churcher Mrs R Smith
Year 2 Mrs M Shortt Miss S Langford
The Curriculum • Creative Curriculum • Broad and varied curriculum which takes into account our location • Literacy and Numeracy at the core
Phonics • Daily synthetic phonics programme. • Children are taught in smaller ability groups to focus on individual needs. • Letter sounds, bending and segmenting • Spelling patterns • High frequency words • Statutory assessment in phonics at the end of Year 1
Reading and the Library • Banded books • Guided reading • Individual reading • How to use the library
Year 2 SATs • Statutory assessment at the end of Year 2 • Assessment takes place in May-June • Please think very carefully when booking any holiday around this time. • Assessment in English, Maths and Science • Assessment is carried out by the class teacher.
How do I know how my child is doing? • Parents meeting (October, March, July) • Accessing School Pupil Tracker from home on the Internet. • Reports in March • Talking to the teacher • School open morning 25th September
Homework Year 1 Year 2
E-safety Monitoring your child’s use of the computer or laptop. Think about • position • length of time • security settings • Social Networking Sites • CEOP website
Reminders • PE days • Water bottle and snacks • Uniform • Jewellery • Names and Labels
Attendance and Punctuality • Children must attend school regularly and punctually. • Any absence needs to be communicated to the school office. • Families can be granted up 10 days holiday during term time.
How can you support your child at home? • Talk • Read • Engage • Encourage • Praise