Hello,
Another busy week at Crossdale with ‘Science Week’ this week. The whole school has been busy asking questions and getting curious. As we look to next week, please remember that your child can accessorise with something blue on Monday for Sign Language Week. We will also be learning some animal signs in Year 1 to teach to the rest of the school during a special assembly.
Our walk to the church will take place on Monday 23rd March. Please ensure you have consented to this and filled in the form. Thank you to our parent helpers who have offered to help this afternoon – always hugely appreciated.
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. If you haven’t looked at that yet, please do so that you know what is coming this (short) half term.
Spellings next week: Week 4 spellings build on the split digraphs i-e and o-e from last week and a-e and e-e from the week before. This week we have the split vowel digraphs: u-e. Our words are: June, rude, rule, flute, use, tube, tune, huge, cute, cube. Please complete week 4 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: 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. Re-reading the same book 3-5 times is recommended. Some of you will have received an update about our most recent phonics assessments. Please bear with us as we email you all details of next steps.
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. Try to stay in the green zone by logging in every day.
We are well into our topic now, thinking about how people can make a difference when things are unfair. We are super impressed with how the children have engaged with this topic. We now know what Emily Davison did and what Rosa Parks did when they were being treated unfairly. Please begin thinking about our next topic homework and the project you will choose to do – they are very excited to see what we will learn about next week. Please choose one activity to do with your child for this half term. The homework tasks have been created to give children lots of choice and we have been so impressed with the work you have already completed together.
See you next week,
Mrs Jones