Transition to Year 1

Reading books

� Children continue to use Oxford Reading Tree books and their level from the end of Reception follows them into Year 1.

� Their reading books will be changed weekly. They will receive 2 ORT books a week plus one that they choose from their class book corner.

� They will be heard read weekly

and assessed regularly.

Daily Supported Reading

� From the second half of the Autumn term all children in Y1 participate in Daily Supported Reading sessions.

� During a DSR session the children sit in groups of 6. Each group reads with an adult.

� The groups are based on achievement and change as often as necessary;

Continue to help your child with their reading…

� Read with your child on a daily basis for 10-15 minutes.

� Ask your child about what they have read. Can they summarise what happened? Can they empathise with any of the characters? Please record comments about your child’s reading in their Home/School Diary.

Phonics� We will continue to teach phonics on a daily basis as part of the Literacy hour.

� We also have a weekly unit time phonics lesson.

� Children are assessed termly to determine which phase they are working in.

� Year 1 covers Phases 2/3/4/5.

� Children will be taught from the Letters and Sounds document and move away from Jolly Phonics actions.

Phase 3

� Phases 2 and 3 are part of the Transition

� We continue to teach the sounds children already know – single sounds, digraphs and trigraphs.

� Long vowel sounds such as ai (maid), ee (sleep), oa (coat), oo (moon)

� Common digraphs (two letters making 1 sound) such as th, sh, ch, ng,

� The trigraphs igh, ear, air

Phase 4

This is a 4-week phase that includes:

� Building on previous work including tricky words like said, some, come, my etc

� Reading and spelling CVCC (jump) and CCVC words such as (gran)

� Learning CCVCC (spend), CCCVC (scrub), CCCVCC (springs) words

Phase 4

� Phase 4 also covers sentence construction including using substitute words to change the meaning of sentences.

� Children continue to develop their blending skills.

Phase 5� This is most of Year 1 and takes approximately 30 weeks.

� Children learn the remaining sounds including alternative spellings of sounds.

� This includes long vowel sounds such as ai, ay, a_e\ee, y, ie, ey

� Reading and spelling two and three syllable words

� Split digraphs a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e

� By summer, children start Phase 6

Spellings

� Children will start to receive spellings that are attached to the phase they are working within;

� From the end of October children will be tested on their spellings- reading and spelling them;

� Children will receive new spellings every week;

Helping your child with their spellings…

� Children should spend time each week learning their spellings.

� Help your child identify their spellings in their reading books and wider reading opportunities (such as shops, newspapers or the side of packets).

� When you test your child get them to create a sentence using their spellings. This will help them understand the word they are learning and apply it to their writing.

Writing in Year 1

� Children will follow the National Framework units for literacy including fiction (traditional tales, stories with familiar settings) and non-fiction (non-chronological reports and instructions).

� At the beginning of the term, children are considered in transition.

� After that children are expected to work as a whole class and the curriculum helps them to do this.

� They will also have separate lessons for handwriting.

New curriculum

In Reception we use Emerging, Expected and Exceeding to assess and report children’s progress during the Foundation Stage.

From Y1 onwards, we assess their ability in Reading, Writing and Maths against age expectations outlined by the government.

Expected standards

TermTermTermTerm Expected standardExpected standardExpected standardExpected standard

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towards age towards age towards age towards age

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SpringSpringSpringSpring WorkingWorkingWorkingWorking within within within within age age age age

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SummerSummerSummerSummer Secure Secure Secure Secure

G & T only G & T only G & T only G & T only SecureSecureSecureSecure ++++