If your child is unable to attend school for an extended period of time, please call the office on 0121 675 3573 and arrange a telephone meeting with Mrs Summer (RS), Mrs Bridges (RB) to discuss your child’s learning.
Week 1: Write an invitation to the ball.
Week 2: Choose a character from Three Billy Goats Gruff and write what you would say in their speech bubble.
Week 3: Write a message to your special person for Mothers’ Day.
Week 4: A description of the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood for the wanted poster!
Week 5: If you had a magic crayon, what would you draw?
Our writing all links to our topic and our focus is on building independence so that the children are able to write confidently with less adult support. They will be using their phonics knowledge to spell words, using their own ideas to create their sentences/phrases. We are starting to build in finger spaces and some children will begin to use capital letters and full stops to punctuate their sentences. We will continue to ensure that children are all forming their letters correctly.
Our reading spine books are:
Cinderella
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Little Red Riding Hood
The Magic Crayon
The children will be retelling these stories, using the stories to talk about the characters and will answer questions based on what has been read to them.
The children will continue to look at composition of numbers up to 10 and will have an introduction to adding and subtracting numbers. They will also be introduced to doubles and we have a big focus on recognising numbers to 20.
Physical activity not only improves health, reduces stress and improves concentration, but also promotes correct physical growth and development. Exercise has a positive influence on academic achievement, emotional stability and interaction with others.
PE will continue to be on Mondays and Thursdays for RS and Mondays and Thursdays for RB. This half term they will continue to build on their dance and gymnastics skills. They will be creating sequences, performing and evaluating them. Please ensure your child has their correct PE kit in school, including their PE t-shirt, shorts and pumps. Your child will need to be able to get themselves changed into their PE kit so please allow your child to practise this at home. It would be extremely useful if children could bring in a pair of gym pumps and a pair of trainers. During the cold weather, please provide warm clothing for lessons outside.
You will be expected to record reading in your child’s diary. This is a fantastic resource for the children to use, but also key for parent and teacher communication. Please read with your child, at least 3 times per week and record this in their diary with further comments.
Read, Write, Inc phonics videos will be sent home each week for your child to watch. They will also have a picture book to talk about at home. Alongside this, please practise the sounds in the ‘Speed Sounds’ book each day. Please encourage your child to speak about their day at home. Encourage the children to make friends and play together cooperatively. Children should be able to independently use the toilet and make healthy choices when eating. Please also show your child how to eat using a knife, fork and spoon. Read with your child regularly whether this is their school reading book or signs in the environment. Encourage the children to ‘write’ and mark make whenever possible whether this is drawing pictures or writing a shopping list using the sounds they know.
Please hear your child read their home reading or picture book every day at home. Practise reading letter sounds with your child using the ‘My Speed Sounds’ book.
Good attendance and punctuality is essential to help your child achieve the best they possibly can.
Every week the attendance cup is awarded to the class with the best attendance – hopefully our class can win the cup lots of times this coming term!
We will also be awarded points in the Punctuality League. Let’s see if we can beat last year’s score.
Please ensure children wear the correct school uniform, including black shoes and plain socks. Jewellery must not be worn. Please label all items so that they can be easily reacquainted with children if they are mislaid. This includes the inside of coats, shoes, hats, gloves and scarves.
Children can achieve house points for trying hard with their work!
We aim to teach the children about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. With this in mind, our fantastic chef provides a range of healthy snacks.
We are committed to providing excellent food that is healthy, tasty, nutritionally balanced and is presented in an attractive way that the children will enjoy. A School Dinner is currently provided Free for Reception
Children can achieve reward stamps for trying hard with their behaviour! Every time they collect 50 stamps, they are awarded with a certificate.
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