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    Parents: Help Your Child Succeed! Book 3 - At Key Stage 1
    Parents: Help Your Child Succeed! Book 3 - At Key Stage 1
    Parents: Help Your Child Succeed! Book 3 - At Key Stage 1
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    Parents: Help Your Child Succeed! Book 3 - At Key Stage 1

    By Sylvia Edwards

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    Understand what your child learns at Key Stage 1 and help your child to achieve the goals. Know how to support your child's school work at home. Build a strong partnership with your child's school and work together to achieve success.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSylvia Edwards
    Release dateJan 30, 2014
    ISBN9781310596537
    Parents: Help Your Child Succeed! Book 3 - At Key Stage 1
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    Sylvia Edwards

    I live near Manchester with my partner and have two daughters and three granddaughters (very young, young and teenage). Alongside my educational writing, tutoring and mobile App development, I do find time for jogging, gym and yoga to keep me busy and absorbed.I entered teaching as a mature student, having done various other jobs, in the Civil Service, making handbags and on the pizza counter at ASDA, amongst others. Once into teaching and particularly, the area of special educational needs, my passion for improving the educational experiences of children and young people with SEN, and my enjoyment of working with colleagues and parents towards this goal, has intensified over the years.Much has been achieved by schools towards the effective inclusion of children with SEN and disabilities, but there is still much to be done if the life chances of significantly disabled and/or disadvantaged people are to be improved. The buzz of being involved in the development of more effective inclusion for learners with SEN and/or disabilities has never waned and I continue to pursue this passion through my books.Watch out for my new book series for parents...

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      Parents - Sylvia Edwards

      "Parents: Help Your Child Succeed! Accessible, helpful and encouraging,

      like having a mentor at my elbow"

      Margaret Pazdzierski

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      Parents: help your child succeed!

      Book 3 - At Key Stage 1

      ***~~~***

      By Sylvia Edwards

      Copyright 2014 Sylvia Edwards

      Smashwords Edition

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      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - What is Key Stage 1?

      Chapter 2 - Listening and Speaking in KS1

      Chapter 3 - Reading in KS1

      Chapter 4 - Writing and Spelling in KS1

      Chapter 5 - Maths in KS1

      Chapter 6 – Cross-curricular Learning in KS1

      Chapter 7 - Learning difficulties and Disabilities in KS1

      Final thoughts

      Appendix

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      Introduction

      This book is the third in my series written especially for parents. Each book has the over-arching title ‘Parents: Help your child succeed.’ Books written so far include:

      • Find your way round the Special Educational Needs system in English schools

      • The Early Years Foundation Stage.

      This third book covers teaching and learning throughout Key Stage 1. It summarises what children will do and what they are expected to achieve by the time they reach about seven years old. The book also offers advice on how to support your child’s learning at home and what to do if your child is not fully achieving the objectives.

      Why is this book needed?

      Throughout my long career in teaching I have felt that parents could be better informed and involved in their child’s education. The strength of partnership between schools and parents varies between schools. Some schools clearly regard parental partnership as a high priority. In others, parental partnership could be improved.

      Why do schools need parents?

      Research continually shows that where parents are fully involved in their child’s education – all children achieve better. It is a proven statistic! These days, with many parents working it is more difficult for parents to find the time. Yet – the rewards of full parental participation are great – with your backing and knowledge of how the educational system works your child will be more likely to fly and achieve the very best.

      How will my book help you?

      Knowledge! Schools are notoriously poor at offering parents the knowledge with which to help their child. Such oversight is not intended. Like the rest of us, teachers are busy people, with huge responsibilities for ensuring the education of many children in their care, and OFSTED continually reports that most schools do an excellent job. But more can still be done to boost children’s achievement!

      This book aims to arm parents with:

      • Knowledge – about what their child is being taught at each year in Key Stage 1

      • Advice and support – on how to help their child at home

      • Confidence – to collaborate with schools towards the best outcomes for their child

      • Inspiration – to become more involved and help guarantee success!

      About me

      I am a retired teacher with a passion! I strongly believe that parental involvement is the key towards many children doing better at school. I also believe that schools could involve parents more effectively. I have taught in a range of schools, across key stages, and in four Local Authorities.

      I am an educational author, having published:

      12 educational books for teachers and teaching assistants, covering

      • Listening and speaking

      • Reading

      • Writing and spelling

      • Maths

      • Special Educational Needs

      • Modern foreign languages

      • Language across the curriculum

      I have also written articles for special and educational magazines and currently dabble in writing maths Apps for the iPad for children at Key Stage 1.

      My passion is to encourage parents to exert their power and influence to push schools towards higher achievement for ALL children – including those who struggle to meet average expectations or who have Special Educational Needs.

      I aim to do this by arming you with greater knowledge about what your child is expected to do in school – so that you can work with your child’s teachers to ensure success.

      So get reading – and use your enhanced knowledge about the curriculum in Key Stage 1 to achieve the results you want for your child!

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      Chapter 1 – What is Key Stage 1?

      The National Curriculum (NC) for schools in England is organised into key stages. Following the Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 (KS1) forms the beginning of the NC that all children in English state schools are taught. KS1 includes Year 1 and Year 2. The National Curriculum has set out programmes of study for all children to work through, unless they are exempt (only in exceptional circumstances).

      Further chapters explain the objectives in KS1 for:

      • Listening and speaking

      • Reading

      • Writing and spelling

      • Maths

      • Cross-curricular learning.

      From the Foundation Stage to KS1 – the transition

      Moving from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) into KS1 is the first transition your child will make between each stage in his education. Research has shown that, for some children, transition between stages can be difficult at first. Extra care may be needed to help some children, perhaps those who are less confident, to settle into the different, often more formal, way of working that characterises each successive stage.

      So, how is teaching and learning different in KS1? During the EYFS children have learned mainly through play. Whilst the play activities in EYFS settings have been focussed towards specific objectives and activities by adults, children have mainly played - and had lots of fun!

      From Year 1, while play and enjoyment still feature, there is movement towards more formal ways of learning. For example:

      • Children need to sit and listen to the teacher and other adults for longer, sustained periods of time

      • There is greater emphasis on learning with other children in groups

      • More time may be spent at tables or desks – rather than moving around the room

      • Children often know their learning objectives – and should be more focused.

      Learning should be fun and enjoyable all the time, but from KS1 children gradually realise that some school activities are less enjoyable than others. But they still have to join in and do their best. The realisation that learning is not always about doing what we want becomes a valuable lesson once the curriculum in KS1 gets under way. This is why ‘learning how to learn’ has been so important throughout the EYFS. Children who are starting to understand themselves as little people and have become confident and comfortable with learning alongside others are more likely to make a successful transition into KS1.

      What does KS1 aim to achieve?

      Most children will have achieved the goals for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), and will be off to a good start in KS1. Some children will be seen as high achievers and may be identified as gifted and talented. The vast majority of children who have achieved well throughout the EYFS are likely to achieve at least average expectations throughout the rest of their schooling – and will require no extra help.

      A few children may not have fully achieved the EYFS goals, and some of these children may need extra support from adults to help them keep up throughout KS1. If your child needs extra help you should be informed how that help is being given. A tiny proportion of children who have already received extra help throughout the EYFS because they have a Special Educational Need will continue to do so at KS1.

      When your child leaves the EYFS you should be informed how well your child has done and whether extra help is needed in Year 1. You could ask to see your child’s EYFS profile – as the first step towards being fully on board with your child’s progress so far.

      Assessment throughout KS1 should be regular and thorough. The aim is to keep all children, apart from those with severe or complex SEN, on track to meet average expectations. To this end, teachers and other adults regularly observe children to check on progress.

      The NC has set out

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