Routines and Expectations:

We will know:

• what is the same now we are in Year 1, and what has changed,
• the rules and routines that make us better at learning in Year 1,
• how to be a positive learner,
• what Green Dragon’s personal goals are, and how they help us,
• about the different subjects we learn at Green Dragon.

Emotions:

We will know:

• what makes us happy and how this makes us feel,
• about different emotions we may be feeling coming back to school,
• who can help us in school,
• how we could deal with different feelings and emotions.

Friendships:

We will know:

• what makes a ‘good friend’.

We will be able to:

• work together with a partner or a group,
• show kindness towards others,
• ask for help when we need it.

International Mindedness:

We will be able to:

• share knowledge about ourselves and our family,
• ask questions and learn about each other.

We will develop an understanding of:

• our importance in our school and our world.

Art

We will know about:

• Vincent Van Gogh and his self-portraits.

We will be able to:

• improve our drawing skills from observing,
• improve our knowledge of colours – from primary colours to secondary

Information to follow

Information to follow

We use a knowledge organiser for every project in every year group. It is a helpful way for children and families to see the key knowledge that children will learn. This key knowledge helps the children ask more questions and then find out more information.

It would be helpful to talk with your child about this knowledge organiser. As the project develops, they will be able to share more knowledge. Thank you!

School Day:

Please make sure that Year 1 children are in the Key Stage One playground by 8.35am for an 8.40am start. The school day ends at 3.10pm.

There is free breakfast available in the Studio (in the Key Stage Two playground) from 8am – Year 1 and  Year 2 children must be accompanied by a parent/carer.

PE Kits:

School PE uniform is black shorts (or tracksuit bottoms) with a white t-shirt and trainers. All children will come to school wearing PE kit on their PE days.

Year 1 PE days are: Mondays and Wednesdays.

Communication With Teachers:

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here: hydra@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

We don’t use Tapestry in Year 1.

Parents into Class

Please come into school on Thursday 26th September at 2.30pm. This is a chance to see your child’s classroom, meet their teachers and learn more about Year 1.

Open Evening

Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October is Open Evenings throughout the school. Thank you!

PHONICS (READING AND SPELLING)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW Our Phonics and READING WEBPAGE

At Green Dragon Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics (SSP) programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.

As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. At Green Dragon Primary School we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.

Here is the link to the 'For Parents' section of the Little Wandle website. https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their phonemes (sounds) and writing their graphemes (letters). There are also useful videos so you can see how your child is taught at school, to be able to confidently support their reading at home. 

There are two main ways to talk with your child’s teacher.

You can talk at the start or end of the day – remember that teachers have more time at the end of the day!

Alternatively, teachers check the year group email every day so you can contact them here: hydra@greendragon.hounslow.sch.uk

Teachers will respond between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00pm.