Year 1 and 2 Topic “Learn with your child”

1. Year 1 and 2Topic“Learn with your child”

2. Year 1 Staff 1T- Mrs. Julie Thornton Teaching assistants – Miss Nicola Spearing/Mrs. Jean Green 1PN – Mrs. Julie Parker/ Miss Karen Nicholls Teaching assistant – Mrs. Viv Simpson 1G – Miss Sophie Gardner Teaching assistant – Mrs. Jo Lush

3. Year 2 Staff 2MJ - Mrs Nicola Mill and Mrs Sarah Webb Teaching Assistant - Mrs Sarah Sharp 2R – Mrs Suzanne Roberts Teaching Assistant – Mrs Carol Owens 2M – Miss Millie McGarrick Teaching Assistant – Mrs Julie Wood

4. Transition from Reception Gradual transition from Reception –there is an expectation that the children develop greater independence at personal organisation and at work. Opportunities to choose own activities amongst “must do” teacher chosen activities and tasks. Complete more whole class activities as time goes on Subjects are taught through topics and cross-curricular links are made wherever possible. Concentrating can be tiring so please expect your child to be a little teary from time to time.

5. Transition from Year 1 Towards the end of Year 1, the children are prepared in readiness to begin Year 2 eg. to work in a timetabled way/fewer “choosing” times. In Year 2, tasks will involve some choice, e.g. in the way of presenting work, and will be varied. Children are expected to work independently alongside teacher guided activities. Continued cross-curricular links Year 2 maths is taught in sets No set scheme for reading books. Children are responsible for handing in and changing their own books and can choose from a variety of books from a levelled box. Please comment on the reading record provided to show that your child has read at home, (a whole book or a few pages). This will ensure your child will receive their special certificate once it is complete.

6. Year 1 - Typical School Day • Children line up outside their own class door in the mornings • The teacher will collect any letters, monies etc. at the classroom door • Your child will put their book bag in a special box • They will put their water bottle in a tray on the side • Any personal items will be put in their own tray • Coats and PE bags are stored in the cloakrooms on their own named peg. • The children gather on the carpet for registration. • The rest of the day is spent learning through activities and whole learning carpet sessions.

7. There will be a daily phonics session. • Other lessons will include, maths, literacy, art, DT, PE, ICT, geography, history, science, RE, music, boot camp, outdoor learning, PHSE • The children will be given a fruit snack and a drink (paid milk or water bottle) together in the classroom • The children will go out to play as a year group in the morning and afternoon, as well as their usual lunchtime break • They will have their lunch in the school hall. • At the end of the school day the children will leave one at a time when they can see their appropriate adult

8. Year 2 Timetable 8:40-9:00 Handwriting 9:00-10:00 Maths in sets 10:00-10:15 Playtime and snack 10:15-10:35 Guided reading 10:35-11.35 English 11:35-11:45 Phonics 11:45-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:55 Topic 1:55- 2.10 Assembly 2.10-2.20 Playtime 2.20-3:10 Topic

9. The National Curriculum • As a school we follow the National Curriculum (September 2014) • Content and coverage is specified but we have the freedom to teach this in a way that best suits our children. • There is an emphasis on grammar and spelling in literacy and on working with higher numbers in maths. Children are introduced to recording multiplication and division in number sentences from Year One.

10. Year 1 Maths

11. Year 2 Writing

12. Topic Work In Key Stage One wherever possible, our work is linked to our topic. We feel that this enables the children to thoroughly immerse themselves in their learning, making it more memorable. They will then have a deeper understanding of the topic and gain a wider vocabulary. The subjects we teach in a cross curricular way are: English, Art, Design and Technology, Music, Geography, Computing, History, Science Physical Education and Religious Education can be, but are not always, cross-curricular.

13. Topic Work in Year 1 The cross-curricular topics we teach are: Seaside Pirates Ourselves Autumn Queen Victoria/Elizabeth I Winter Plants Kenya Life in the Past

14. Topic Work in Year 2 The cross-curricular topics we teach are: Seaside The Great Fire of London Guy Fawkes Remembrance Florence Nightingale Judaism Madagascar Christianity Habitats/Mini-beasts 1960’s

15. Hooks! At the start and throughout our topics we use exciting “hooks” to immediately engage the children and draw them in. Examples of these are: Dressing children up as Florence Nightingale/ a Victorian child. Having a mystery artefact (religious/historical) Using a time portal. Having a Madagascan animal appear in the classroom, (health & safety only allows a stuffed toy version!)

16. Exciting activities in Year One Examples Planting seeds and tending planters in Year One area. Spending the day at Victorian school. Making Newsround videos/Gardeners World Composing our own music School trip to Avoncroft. Dressing up and re-enacting stories. Sewing our very own teddybears (please come along to help with this). Planning and designing our own miniature gardens.

17. Exciting activities in Year 2 Making lighthouses Working as a team to make a Guy Fawkes Burning Tudor houses to show how quickly the fire spread (risk assessed in Forest school) Cooking Challah bread and making Torah scrolls. Becoming a rainforest activist or a farmer making a living from the land. Having a 1960’s party with 1960’s dance moves!

18. Outdoor Learning • Outdoor Learning helps the children to engage in their topic learning in an exciting and multi-sensory way. • In Year 1, we have boot camp and an outdoor learning area, which are timetabled and used weekly. • In Year 2, the outside environment is used to enrich the curriculum, for example: - creating our own mini-seaside - hunting for mini-beasts/plants - mapping our school environment - turning forest school into a rainforest - seasonal walks – looking for change

19. Purpose • Giving the children a purpose for the learning gives them a reason as to why they are doing what they are doing, or a role to carry out, and engages them in their learning more. • Examples of different purposes: - Presentations to other classes/year groups/parents - Becoming a Madagascan tour guide - Becoming a hospital inspector - Becoming a Health and Safety advisor (buildings in Stuart times) - Creating a lift-the-flap information book to teach younger children about The Great Fire of London

20. And in Year 1… • Becoming an expert gardener so that we can keep our school grounds tidy. • Knowing how to care for the wildlife around us (particularly over the winter). • Learning to work co-operatively so that we can be part of a team as we grow older. • Be imaginative and have good ideas so that we become creative thinkers.

21. Visitors – Year 1 We have already had a visit from a VIP, namely Red Ted, who will also be visiting your homes in the near future. (Warning –he enjoys adventures and likes to keep a diary of these). Later on we will also be joined by Old Bear (once we have rescued him from the attic). We are hoping to have visits from: - the wildlife trust - a healthcare worker to teach us how to keep clean and healthy. -Waitrose – where food comes from. -Fortis – landscape gardening.

22. Visitors – Year 2 We are hoping to have visits from: • A nurse (Florence Nightingale topic) • Freshwater Theatre Company (The Great Fire of London drama) • The Royal British Legion • A tropical bird

23. Trips • Year 1 • Lower Smite Farm • Avoncroft– This will be in June 2017 and will incur a cost of approximately £10. • The Lido park – (linked to our plants topic) • A local church Year 2 • A synagogue • The Lido Park (linked to our habitats topic) • Hanbury Hall • A local church

24. How can you help? Each half term we will begin a new topic • Ask your child about their learning at school (let them teach you!) • Research with your child (on the internet/ at the library) • Link to days out (visits to places of interest, such as London, arboretums and museums) • Make models together - but try not to take over! • Volunteer to help on school trips • Help out with hands on topic activities such as cooking/sewing – extra pairs of hands are most welcome! • Look at the website for topic information and copies of homework • Look at the displays in and around the classrooms which reflect the topic learning.

25. Learn with your child session In the Year 1 Classrooms… • In our topic on the seaside the children have been talking about what it is like at the seaside. We have named features in geography and explored shells and sea creatures in science. We have seen what it was like to go to the seaside in Victorian times. • Our artwork has been reflected in our literacy with seascapes showing surging, spraying seas, with rolling, crashing waves. We have explored applying paint to create different effects. • Today we will be exploring a famous painting by Hokusai “The Great Wave”….you and your child will run wild with your imaginations to add your own drawings to a Great Wave picture. . Have fun!

26. In the Year 2 Classrooms… • In Geography the children have been looking at the features of the seaside. In English they have read the story of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.’ • The children have practised making lighthouses using a variety of construction materials, such as K’nex, Lego etc. • In the classroom the children will be making a lighthouse from card that can stand up by itself. • You will be helping your child to complete this task. Have fun!

27. Thank you for coming this morning. Have a lovely time in class.