Hello,
We have had a great start back to the half term – children have been really engaged with their learning and they have enjoyed the new topics we have started. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please do take a look at our text map and see if your child can retell the recount of ‘Our trip to Friendly Forest’ (see previous blog).
Monday: Don’t forget to wear odd socks!
Spellings this week: Week 2 spellings – the digraphs ‘ay’ and ‘oy’. Our words are: play, way, stay, today, says, boy, toy, enjoy, annoy, royal. Please complete week 2 worksheet of your spelling in the homework pack and login to doodlespell to play some games with those words. The new words will be available from Monday as that is when we do our first teach with those words. The overlearning of spelling is really helpful to reading so your child’s reading skills will be progressing at the same time, too!
Reading: Please ask your child to read and re-read the books from school. Re-reading is a key element to your child making the pathways to learn the sounds and words. Next week, as usual, we will swap books on Monday and Thursday. Please ensure your child has their books to return in their hand so that we can quickly receive those in the morning. Thank you for reminding your child to carry their water bottles to help us avoid spillages and water damage.
Maths: Please try to use doodle maths regularly to stay in the green zone and complete the assignments set. New assignments will be set throughout the half term. Thanks for your support with this.
Topic homework: We have given you your topic homework menu sheet in the printed pack that came home at parent’s evening but you can also find an online version on our ‘key information’ blog. Please choose one activity to do with your child for this half term and bring it in for the showcase lesson in December.
See you on Monday,
Mrs Jones