1. Welcome to Primary 1Welcome to Primary 1
Mrs SmithMrs Smith

2. Typical Day
• Visual timetable
• Quick start and register etc.
• Literacy
• Morning Break (begins 10.25)
• Maths and Numeracy
• Lunch (begins 12.05)
• IDL/Expressive Arts/PE etc
• Direct teaching, PSW supported tasks,
structured play activity
• Whole class, independent tasks, group/partner
work

3. Literacy -Phonics
• Colour coding - linking speech sounds to
where and how they are made in the mouth
• Children are made aware of loud and quiet
sounds
• Blending is the process of saying sounds in a
word then running them together. E.g c-at or
c-a-t is cat.
• Children are also encouraged to recognise
the letter shape for each sound and to write
them

4. Literacy- Reading
• Oxford Reading Tree
• Read trunk stories, consolidate
with more stories
• Sets of key words to learn. Support
at home is very important. Cut up
the words and use to play snap,
pairs, fast pile/slow pile.
• Activities and games support
reading
• in class

5. Literacy - Reading
• Snapdragon books - fiction
• Fireflies – Non-fiction
• Picture stories
• Rhyme and Analogy
• Library
• Supporting reading at home

6. Literacy- Fine Motor Skills
and Handwriting
• Activities to develop fine motor skills in
classroom (play dough, peg boards,
threading, etc.)
• Correct letter formation
• Practical activities, SMARTboard writing,
sand, magic pen, writing in the air, plasticine
• Support at home is vital, sitting and holding
pen appropriately and modelling good
practice.

7. • Personal writing
• Black pen drawings
• Writing from
experience
• Emergent writing
• Teacher modelling
• Teacher scribes story,
children begin to write
familiar words
Literacy - Writing
• Functional writing –
lists, letters,
instructions etc
• Imaginative writing
• VCOP - vocabulary,
connectives,
openers and
punctuation
• Uplevelling

8. Numeracy and Maths
• Numbers 0 to 10 and then beyond
• Recognising patterns for each number-
dots, fingers, tens frame
• Counting forwards and backwards
• Counting in steps of one, two, five and
ten
• Formation of numbers
• Addition and subtraction within 10 and
beyond
• Sharing and Grouping

9. Numeracy and Maths
• Sorting and matching
• Pattern
• 2D, 3D shapes
• Recognising and using coins
• Information handling
• Time -days of week, months of
year, seasons, key dates, o’clock

10. Learning Across the
Curriculum
• Term 1: Buddy Bear Needs a
Home.
• Consultation through talking tubs
and 3D mind maps.

11. If you have any concerns about
your child’s learning or behaviour,
please contact the school office
to make an appointment to see
me.

12. Thank you for coming