Hello,
I hope half term is going well and you are enjoying some time together. There is a key information blog update so you can find all of our curriculum coverage, homework and knowledge organisers for the half term ahead leading to Easter. Please note, there will be two lovely trips: our library visit during book week and our trip to the church linking to RE (Easter). Please send your child’s library card in from next Monday (if you don’t need them!) so that I can carry these all to the library on Tuesday 3rd March to enable all children to borrow a book.
Spellings next week: Week 1 spellings – the sounds ‘k’ spelt with a ‘k’, not ‘c’ spelt before e, i and y. Our words next week are: Kent, sketch, kit, skin, frisky, skill, risky, kettle, kilt, king. Please complete week 1 worksheet of your spelling in the homework pack next week and login to doodlespell to play some games with those words. The new words will be available from Monday.
Reading: We ensured children had lots of books to read over the holidays so I am sure those are keeping you busy. Please try to re-read books to help build fluency, speed and understanding. We are reminding lots of children to ‘Fred in their head’ rather than blending every word – this might be a useful phrase to use at home.
I have updated everyone now about their child’s phonics assessment and you have some video links to use to support with next steps. We hope you are finding these useful and that the children are enjoying doing them.
Please ensure your child has their books to return in their hand on Monday morning so that we can quickly receive those. Next week, as usual, we will swap books on Monday and Thursday. Thank you for reminding your child to carry their water bottles to help us avoid spillages and water damage.
Maths: Please login to doodle and complete your daily quick fire questions plus any assignments you have outstanding. Lots more children have been accessing it this week – thank you for supporting us.
Our new topic homework has just been launched on the ‘key information’ blog and a paper copy came home last week. Please choose one activity to do with your child for this half term. I am really looking forward to teaching our new history topic and know the children will really enjoy it. The homework tasks have been created to give children lots of choice and the previous projects have been outstanding so more wonderful work to follow.
See you next week,
Mrs Jones