Tag Archives: Year 1

What to Expect in Year One: Literacy

What to Expect in Year 1 Parents often ask us what to expect in Year 1. It’s very important to be well informed, so that you can support your child with school work. This is the first in our series … Continue reading

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10 Ways to Help Your Year 1 Child Succeed in Reading and Writing

This week we are blogging about Year 1: what to expect; how to help and how assessment will be carried out.  This is the first in our series of Year 1 posts, which follows on from our Nursery and Reception … Continue reading

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Decoding the Year 1 phonics screening check

  The Year 1 phonics screening check (not test!) will be run by all schools beginning in June of 2012 until such times as decoding phonics is no longer fashionable at the Department for Education. The introduction of the screening … Continue reading

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