Welcome to Oak Class

The Year One Team

Mr Hayward-Mitchell Miss Smith – Trainee TeacherMrs Bailey – Class TAMrs Jacques-Tolley – After Xmas

Miss Wain & Mrs Haywood in Maple Class

During the day…• Fruit is provided for your child’s

playtime snack• If you would like your child to have milk

you will need to fill in a form from the office or go online

https://www.coolmilk.com/parents

• Water bottles – no squash, only water• School Uniform, inc. black shoes. • PE Kits – Wednesday & Thursday

(named please!)

At the end of the school day

School finishes at 3.25pmChildren will be taken to the

outdoor classroom.Children must wait until their

parent/carer is here and tell the teacher before they go.

If there are changes please let us know either at the beginning of the day or by contacting the school office.

Good to be Green

On a Friday all children who have been in the ‘green’ all week will receive a ‘Good to be Green’ sticker.

Yellow cards are given to children who continue to make the wrong behaviour choices after receiving a verbal warning.

Red cards are awarded for serious incidents or for continuous wrong choices after receiving a yellow card. Parents will be informed if their child receives a red card.

JC Hives

All the children in the school have been placed into 4 hives (purple, yellow, orange and blue).

Children will be awarded ‘bee tokens’ for following the JC Promises and these will be added to the hive total.

Prizes and treats will be awarded to the hive with the most points.

Homework• Reading books • Spellings linked to weekly phonics• Family talk topics• Weekly Maths Task• Show and Tell

– Each child will be given a date for their show and tell presentation. They may bring in any item that is special to them in and will have the chance to share and talk about this to the class. This is a great way to develop all of the children's speaking and listening skills.

Reading Books Reading books are changed 3 times per

week on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

If your child has read at home, please re-read the same book. Look closely at the story, asking questions to develop their understanding of how stories are written.

Phonics We will be running a parent information

evening on phonics to help you understand how we teach phonics and ways you can support your child. This will be on:

Thursday 9th October A further evening will be available closer to the time of the phonics screening check.

Parents Reading Morning

Oak class has PRM on Tuesdays from 8.50-9.05 and we hope you will take the opportunity to come into the classroom and read with your child. This will start from next Tuesday.

Free School Meals!!!From September 2014, the

Department of Education has provided funding for all children in KS1 to be offered a free school meal.

A meat AND vegetarian option is available everyday.

If you are interested in this option, please see the office who will be able to arrange this for you.

Communication• Face to face- all staff will be on the

playground at the beginning and end of the school day if you have any concerns.

• Appointments If you need a longer chat please book in an appointment with the myself or phone the office.

• Parents evening – 19th/21st October and 29th/30th March

• Reading diaries• School Website http://www.johncliffordschool.com

Year 1 – Autumn 1‘Once Upon a Time…’

English:WK 1-8: Weekly recount about our weekend.WK 1 & 2: Transition work using ‘Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School’.WK 3: Read a range of traditional stories and learn the ‘Three Little Pigs’ using story maps and class performance.WK 4: Identify story settings and describe a range of settings.WK 5: Identify good and bad characters and write character descriptions. WK 6: Traditional tale story ordering. WK 7: Introduction to rhyme and tales. WK 8: POETRY WEEK - Devise our own simple rhyme.

Maths:WK 1 & 2: Time and routinesWK 3: Ordering numbers and representing through concrete objects.WK 4: Counting accurately, addition and subtraction. WK 5: Estimation.WK 6: One more than a number. WK 7: One less than a number. WK 8: Number bonds to 10/20.

Creative Arts: Plan, make and evaluate a story setting shoe box. Art & DT:WK 4: Plan our shoe box story setting. WK 5:. Make our shoe box story setting. WK 6: Make our shoe box story setting. WK 8: Evaluate our shoe box settings.

PE:Gymnastics; Bouncing jumping and landing:WK 1-3: Finding and using sensible spaces.WK 4: Travelling over mats and hoops.WK 5: Travelling with a partner. WK 6: Travelling over equipment.WK 7-8: Partner work.Dance – Dinosaur & Traditional Tale FocusWK 3: A Triassic Tale.WK 4: A Jurassic Adventure.WK 5: A Cretaceous Journey.WK 6: The Key Quest.WK 7: The Unicorn Quest.WK 8: The Dragon Dance

Science: Everyday Objects - MaterialsWK 3: What are materials?WK 4: Properties of materials. WK 5: Man-made or natural?WK 6: Three Little Pigs Investigation.WK 7: The uses of paper. WK 8: Floating and sinking.

Religious Education:MyselfWK 1-2: Who am I and why am I special?WK 3-4: Where do I belong?WK 5-7: Intro to religion and being thankful.

GeographyWK 3: What are maps?WK 4: Mapping our homes.WK 5: Mapping our school.WK 6: Investigating the UK on a globe. WK 7: Local walk around Beeston.

PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Emotional development): School rules and the John Clifford Promises. New beginnings; feelings, calming down and belonging to a community.Computing:The children will become accustomed to using the computing suite. They will learn how to log on, open programs and log off of a PC. They will learn, through E-Safety, how to use the Internet safely.

This years topics…Autumn 1 Once Upon A Time…

Autumn 2 The Great British Tea Party - Whole School Topic

Spring 1 The Great Outdoors

Spring 2 Heroes and Villains

Summer 1 “Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside”

Summer 2 The Rainforest Grew All Around

How can you get involved in school?

Parents as Partners

Parent’s Reading MorningsOffering your time in schoolSupporting trips and eventsLook at topic mind mapsAttend information workshops

Finally..........

We are here for you and your child, so please ask me if you don’t understand something, if you are worried about anything or you just want to celebrate your child with us. If you can’t get into school, please phone the office and leave a message and I will try and get back to you as quickly as I can.