Post on 19-Mar-2018
Reception to Year 1 Transition Meeting
2015
Aims
• Learn about preparation in school for the children’s move to Year 1
• Learn about teaching and learning in Year 1
• Year 1 curriculum and timetable
Preparation
• Year 1 children to talk to Reception children and answer questions
• Meet the teacher and classroom • Children will spend 3 sessions in their new
class mix before the end of term. This includes a Team Challenge
• Celebration evening • Teachers taking assemblies or play duties
Smooth Transitions
• We recognise the need for change to be gradual, Year 1 is not suddenly sitting at tables and working quietly.
• Many elements of Reception that children are familiar with, and have learnt through, still feature in Year 1, such as: role play, sand and water play, construction and Computing. These will be more directed and feature an increased level of complexity as children progress
• First term - small group work with an adult, learning through play and outdoor learning. Activities will be similar to Reception, but more directed rather than child-initiated
• Use of outdoor area to support all learning
Timetable
Progression • Although we ensure continuity we also
ensure progression • Throughout the year independent
learning and learning through play will become more challenging and more directed
• Children are continually assessed and teachers make professional judgements on how children will best access the curriculum
Year 1 Curriculum • We are continually developing a creative, theme-based
curriculum in line with the new National Curriculum. • Many subjects including literacy, history, geography,
science, art, D&T are taught through the theme rather than in discrete lessons.
• Themes next year will be: Amazing Me, Carnival of the Animals, Toys and Games, Castles and Dragons, The Seaside and The Magic Key.
• Where possible Computing is linked into the theme, but skills are taught in discrete lessons. Every class has a small set of iPads, laptops and will have a bank of Chrome Books.
• Maths, RE and PE taught separately
Phonics • Phonics continues to be taught in Year 1 –
children are familiar with this. • Phonics in Year 1 consolidates and builds on
what they have learnt in Reception. • We group children for phonics based on ability. • Lots of opportunities to use phonics –
whiteboards, magnetic letters, games, Computing, reading and matching words and sentences.
• Children taught alternative spellings of sounds and alternative pronunciations e.g. ai, ay, a-e
Reading
• Similar reading scheme as Reception. • Children heard individually twice a week. • Please read with your child daily – not only
school books. • Encourage children to sound out unknown words
using their ‘blendy finger’ to say each sound and blend together to make the word.
• Help learn ‘tricky’ words (words that cannot be sounded out).
• Always check understanding – retelling the story, answering questions, asking what a word means.
Writing
• Always encourage independent writing – children sounding out words.
• When writing we have prompts for children – sound cards, sound mats, tricky word mats, alphabet strips.
• We emphasise ensuring sentences: make sense, have finger spaces, have a full stop and a capital letter. We move on to using joining words: and, but, so, because, and adding detail by using adjectives.
Maths • Builds on and extends learning from Reception • Children use the following methods for calculations:
cubes, number lines, hundred squares (towards the end of the year) and drawing pictures when solving problems.
• Teaches new methods for + and – (cubes, number lines, hundred square, counting on in their head, partitioning Tens and Ones).
• Children will develop a greater understanding of the number system.
• Use maths to solve problems. • Mental recall – number bonds to 10, 1/10 more/less.
Homework
• Reading • In Autumn, 5 tricky words sent each week for
children to learn to read and spell. Use ‘look, cover, write, check.’ Encourage your children to write sentences with the words in
• After Christmas children will receive literacy and maths homework each week
Parent Communication
• Home-school liaison books
• Year Group blog • Head Teacher blog • School website • Make appointments at
the office
Questions
Any questions/areas not covered on the sheets.