Welcome Back to Year 1 Powerpoint

PowerPoint Overview: Welcome Back to Year 1
This 12-slide PowerPoint helps pupils settle into Year 1, build positive relationships and understand their responsibilities in the classroom.

It includes:

Welcome Back to Year 1 – A warm introduction to the new school year.
What Did You Do? – Partner talk about pupils’ summer holidays.
Holiday Sharing Circle – An opportunity to share a favourite holiday memory.
Being Responsible in Year 1 – Looking after books and equipment, tidying tables and helping with classroom jobs.
How to Be a Great Friend – Listening, helping and including others.
Listening to Our Friends – An audio activity about children playing together and answering questions.
Being a Kind Classmate – A video introducing kindness and positive behaviour.
Circle Time Game: Pass the Smile – A welcome-back circle activity encouraging friendly greetings.
Good Manners at School – Using polite words such as please and thank you.
Class Rules for Year 1 – Walking safely, using polite hands and following classroom expectations.
Spot the Kind Actions – An interactive activity to identify actions that make the classroom happy and safe.
Ready for a Great Year! – A positive closing message celebrating learning and growing together.