Welcome to the teamDr Seuss Class Marcus Rashford
ClassMiss WoodClass Teacher
Mrs Coates
Teaching Assistant
Miss McGuinnessClass Teacher
Mrs BurchettTeaching Assistant
Mrs EssafriMiss Kent
1:1 learning support
Topics for this year
Reading at home
“Children who read more achieve more.”
Little and often is the key to success, approximately 5-10 minutes daily.
Reading at home
YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK IN ONE DAY
To build confidence and fluency you will keep the same book for a week. Books are returned every Monday.
Day 1 : Look through the book with your child; ask them to locate the title, talk about the
illustrations and then read and discuss the book together. Point out challenging words and
explaining unfamiliar vocabulary.
Day 2: Your child reads to you with help where necessary. If a child is decoding every word in
a sentence, it is important that they re-read the sentence for fluency.
Day 3, 4 & 5: Your child reads the book again to increase confidence and fluency. Continue to
ask questions to check understanding.
Day 6 & 7: If your child is reading fluently or tired of the book at this stage, make games out
of finding words which rhyme or begin with the same sound. Count how many times specific
words such as ‘said’, ‘the’, ‘he’ and ‘she’ appear in the book. return the book to school
Reading Quest should be signed each time your child reads with you.
Children can read, do quizzes and listen to stories using their Bug Club account.
Your child has their own unique homepage. Log into it by following these steps:
Go to www.activelearnprimary.co.uk
Username: First 4 letters of your child’s first name followed by first 4 letters of their surname all lower-case letters (For example, Billy Smith would be billsmit)
Password:changeme
School Code: 9pca
Bug Club
Phonics
What is phonics?
Phonics is a way of teaching children to read and spell fluently and
skilfully.
They are taught:
• how to recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes
• how to identify the sounds that different combinations of letters
make - such as ‘sh’ or ‘oo’;
• how to blend these sounds together from left to right to make a word
e.g. b-e-n-d = bend
• How to segment ( break up ) sounds in a word in order to spell
e.g ‘shop’ sh –o- p
How to Support Your Child With Phonics
Information about the Letters and
Sounds phonics scheme
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/readin
g/what-is-letters-and-sounds/
Video and audio clips showing
how to says sounds correctly and
blend
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/rea
ding/what-is-letters-and-sounds/
Parents guide to phonics
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/readin
g/learn-to-read-phonics/
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
Fun games to practise phonics
skills. Some games are free on
this site.
Tricky words
These are words that cannot be sounded out and children will need to recognise them on sight. Here are some games to try at home.
Word Hunt - Hide the words around the room and ask your child to read the words as they find them
Shout out loud - Spread out the words face down. Take it in turns to turn over one word at a time. The first person to shout the word out loud wins it. Keep going until all the words have been won. You can play this with silly voices. Before you turn over a word you have to decide what sort of voice you will use e.g. whisper the word, say it like a gorilla, roar it like
a lion, squeak it like a mouse.
Stepping stones - Spread a number of words over the floor. Ask your child to jump from one word to another as if they are jumping along stepping stones. As they jump they have
to say what word they are going to jump to next. Make sure they say the word before they jump!
Silly sentence - Spread the word cards out face down. Pick 3 cards and turn them face up, say the words as they are turned up. Now try and make up a silly sentence that includes
all 3 words.
Slap the word - Spread a number of words on the table or the floor. Ask someone to say one of the words. Whoever is first to slap the word with their hand (or the back of a
spoon) wins the word.
Speed Challenge -. How quickly can your child say all the words as you show each one in turn? Remember to muddle up the words regularly so that they don’t just remember the
sequence of words you are showing them.
Maths
As a school we follow the White Rose Scheme in maths.
Children are taught mathematical skills and how to use them
to problem solve, investigate and reason
Key skills to practice in the 1st Autumn term
• Ordering, Counting and Sorting numbers
• Counting forwards and back in 1’s
• Part whole models – Addition and subtraction
• Strategies for adding more and adding together
• Representing numbers in different ways
PE
• PE Day - Thursday
• Children should wear their PE kit to school.
• Please ensure children have correct PE kit:– Indoor: Blue or black shorts with blue or white T-shirt and
plimsolls.
– Outdoor games: Black shorts, white or blue T-shirts and trainers in summer.
– Dark coloured jogging bottoms, sweat shirt and trainers in winter.
• Long hair should be tied back and earrings must not be worn to school on PE days.
Reminders
• Please inform the teacher or ring the office if another person is collecting your child.
• Please label all uniform, lunch bags, lunch boxes and water bottles.
• Allergies - Please ensure there are no nuts or peanut butter included in packed lunches or snacks (some chocolate spreads also contain nuts).
• No hoop earrings.
• Water only in water bottles please.
