Welcome to Year 1

Class - 2017

Before School

Children need to wait in the undercover area until the siren goes at 8.30am.

It is really important that your child gets to school on time daily. Coming late consistently can and does disturb the class routine and can be quite stressful for your child. If your child comes late they will need to go to the office and get a late card.

Start of the day

Please encourage your child to complete these tasks independently

• Come into class

• Put lunch box, Crunch and sip, drink bottle and bag away

• Put their Reading folder into reading box

• Unstack Chair

• Sit at their “Pot Spot”

Spelling word drills

Later in the term, students will have weekly spelling words to learn. Spelling test and new words are usually done on Friday’s. Spelling words are provided as spelling drills and your child will be taught how to read these drills in class. These drills are provided to you via Seesaw.

Mathletics

All the students have access to Mathletics in class. They will be given a password to access Mathletics at home or if you do not own a computer you can go to your local library). Mathletics is an important part of your child’s homework as we set tasks for them to complete. If your child gets more than 500 points per week for 7 weeks of the term, they will receive a Mathletics reward. Each term children have the opportunity to be chosen for a Principal’s certificate at assembly.

Specialist Programs

• Music

• Science

• HASS

• PE

Children need a hat and water bottle to be taken to all specialist areas

Oral Language Program

This program complements what is happening in class and is NOT a Show and Tell program. This replaces the Pre-Primary news program.

Parent helpers

We have a number of programs throughout the year that parents can be involved in. Parents will receive a note when helpers are needed.

Before working with the children, all parent helpers must complete a Confidential Declaration Form, which you can get from the office. All visitors must go to the office and sign in and collect a badge before working in the classroom.

Co-Teaching with Flexible Learning Spaces

• To optimise your child’s learning time and to

provide the best quality teaching possible, a co-teaching environment is run in Year 1.

• Intensive Learning Tables allow teachers to tailor teaching and learning to students needs

• Students have an allocated ‘Pot Spot’

• Flexible Learning Spaces are an option when an activity allows for this

Reading Hub

As reading is a school priority, a significant effort has been put into establishing a ‘Love for Reading’ in Year 1. We have developed a Reading Hub to help achieve this. Please come and see this fantastic learning space.

QR Codes

We use QR codes regularly in Year 1 across all learning areas. We have also developed QR codes to complement our Rocket Reading and Jolly Phonics program. It is in your child’s best interest to have a QR code scanner/reader available on your mobile device. This is a free app for both Apple and Android devices.

Seesaw

• Seesaw is a Digital Portfolio Program that is utilised throughout East Wanneroo Primary School

• Early Term 2, parents will be invited to an information and start up session to get you connected to your child’s Seesaw account

• A note will be sent home with more information, closer to this time

Whole School Reward system

Children receive greenies for rewards. Greenies are traded for a pinky, pinkies are trades for a blue certificate which is presented at our block assembly. When your child receives 6 Blue Certificates they will then be presented with a badge at assembly. Parents will be notified in advance of this achievement.

Dojo class rewards

• Class Dojo is an incentive reward where children get points for staying on task, manners, and quiet workers.

• Each child will receive a prize once they achieve 50, 100, 150 .... Dojo points

• This incentive is a class reward which complements our whole school reward system.

Honours certificates

• At times your child may receive an honour certificate at the assembly. A note will be sent home to inform you. Please ensure your child is in full school uniform to receive this certificate.

Keys to Success

Children who show our ‘Keys to Success’ are recognised and their names will be read out at assembly. For the duration of that value the keys can be seen on the pin up board in the administration office. Children stand at assembly for showing that value in the school. On week 5 and 10 one child from the Junior/senior school is chosen to receive the Values prize.

Assembly

Assemblies are held on Friday’s please ensure your child is on time as we need to be seated in the undercover promptly.

Clothing

Full school uniform must be worn every day. Children are encouraged to wear their faction T-shirts on sport and assembly days.

Please ensure your child has velcro shoes until they can tie their own shoelaces

Hats and Spare Clothes

We enforce the NO HAT NO PLAY POLICY in our playground. Children will need a hat, which must STAY at school.

Please ensure that your child has a spare change of clothes (including underwear) in their bag in case of “accidents”.

All clothing needs to be labelled so items don’t get lost.

Crunch and Sip

Children are asked to bring in a piece of fruit or vegetables and a water bottle which they can eat during our timetabled Crunch and Sip time.

Siren Times

Beginning of the day 8:30am classroom doors open 8:40am Formal lessons commence. Please ensure you have left the classroom by this time to allow lessons to commence. Recess 10:50am-11:10am Children need to bring in own morning tea Lunch 1:10am- 1:50am End of day 2:50pm

Picking up and absences

In term 1, children will be released to their caregiver at the classroom door. Could you please tell your child’s teacher if someone other than yourself is picking up your child. It is important to pick them up on time. From term 2, your child will be dismissed at the end of the day and they will need to know where you are going to collect them from. Please discuss and teach your child this procedure during term 1. If your child has not be collected at the end of the day, they will be taken to the office awaiting your arrival. If your child is absent from school please advise the school on that day or bring in a written note on the day he or she returns stating the dates away and the reason for the absence. If you need to pick your child up early from school or if they are late arriving, you will need to go to the office first to get a late slip or yellow slip before coming to the classroom. We cannot release any child without a yellow slip.

Lunch Orders and Ice-cream

Lunches can be ordered on Wednesday’s. Lunch orders are placed in the undercover area before school on Wednesday mornings.

Ice-cream day is Wednesday. Children can buy an ice-cream after they have eaten their lunch. Ice-creams cost between $1-00 and $ 2.00. Children keep money in their lunch boxes.

Money

Money is collected for excursions/incursion etc. Monday to Thursday. If money is sent to school on Friday’s it will be returned to your child.

Stationery

• It is very important for all children to have the correct books to use. Their writing books need to be 24mm dotted thirds, which can now be purchased as a ‘Pack’ from the uniform shop. Year 1 children will also need a Jolly Grammar Student Book 1, as they will use this text on a daily basis.

• Please ensure all of your child’s items are labelled

• Please DO NOT send unopened boxes containing packing foam from Campion orders.

Mrs Kimberley Rocket Readers

Children need to read their Rocket Reading books 4 nights a week, Thursday-Thursday and parents need to sign their child’s ‘Signing card’ each night. Children who have read continually over the term will receive a Rocket Reader badge at the end of each term and be part of our Rocket Reader term reward. If your child receives 4 badges in the year, they are invited to be part of our Rocket Reader end of year reward. All children will have a plastic wallet to take home each night. It is very important that is brought back each day and put into the Rocket Reader box provided. (Please make sure you check this wallet as at times we put important notices in for you).

For this program to be successful, parent helpers are needed to change books each morning

Sporting Schools

• Free program ran after school on the school grounds

• Runs over 3 terms • for 5 weeks at a time • on Tuesdays and Thursdays • between 3pm-4pm • Parents/carers MUST sign children out when

collecting them • Places are LIMITED. Children are placed on a ‘first

in, first served’ bases

Thank you Year 1 teachers Donna Irbe Jan Uridge