Maths

We have been learning all about positional language this week. The vocabulary we have been using includes half turn, quarter turn, full turn, forwards, backwards, left, right, above and below. The children found some of this language very easy to understand, as it is used in everyday situations, and some of it decidedly hard!

There is a homework going home on Friday in bookbags to help reinforce this learning. Please spend some time practicing left and right at home to check that everyone is secure with this. We have taught it in the following way.

Here is the video from earlier in the week when the children were describing turns. This is the part they found particularly tricky.

Lexia

Some children will have a Lexia password and login Sellotaped on the inside of their blue reading record. This is a website designed to help with their reading.

Access Lexia here Please encourage your child to login for a few minutes as often as possible. Ideally, each child would complete approximately 40mins a week. The children do login at school, but we are unable to provide them with the amount of time they really need to benefit fully from the program. Please record in their Reading Record when they have used it.

Thank you so much for your support with this. It can make a huge difference to your child’s confidence and ability in reading.

Reading

On Wednesday your child bought home their next reading book. This book has been read in school with them following the Little Wandle Scheme – it is directly matched to your child’s reading ability. We will read your child’s new Little Wandle book in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The book sent home on Wednesday is now for you to read and follow up at home.  Your child has also bought home a school library book of their choice – this is not matched to their reading ability and is therefore a book to share together.

We visit the library on Tuesdays and Thursdays where they can be changed.

Please record ALL reading in your child’s reading record so that we can see that reading, story sharing or other reading for pleasure has taken part every day at home.

Reading records and reading books are expected to be bought into school every day to be monitored and to record when your child has read in school.

Phonics

The phonics screening has taken place and the children all did a great job! We’re so proud of them all!

Next week, we will return to our normal groups and will continue with learning new sounds until the end of term.

Spellings

Now that we’re heading into the last few weeks of term, we are revisiting the words which the children find the most tricky. ‘Where’ and ‘were’ are one which the children often muddle up in their sentences. Once your child is secure on the spelling, please practice using them in a sentence to ensure they understand which is which! Many thanks.

This weeks words are…

were

where