Dear Parents and Carers

 

We hope you had a lovely Easter break. This half-term we will be exploring the project ‘Above and Below the Sea.’ To spark the children’s ideas we have been watching videos and reading books on underwater sea creatures. The children are really keen to learn about different forms of sea life. We will also compare and contrast where we live to other countries. We are excited to see where our learning will take us and are looking forward to a busy term and spending lots of time in our outside area.

 

Phonics

This half-term we are continuing our focus on blending words for reading and segmenting for spelling and we are working towards the children being able to write their own independent sentences. The children will continue to work on correct letter formation and pencil control. Your help practising these skills at home would be greatly appreciated. Please also look out for the high frequency words (red words) that will be sent out in bookmark form in your child’s book bag for you to practise together at home.

 

Reading

Thank you for continuing to have your child’s reading books in their book bag in school each day. The children will read with an adult at least twice a week. We read the children’s book bag books with them and the children also take part in daily paired reading. It has been wonderful to see their progress. In the next couple of weeks many of the children will be completing their reading challenge, by achieving 10 stickers on their chart! The children have worked so hard and we are looking forward to awarding their prizes. Please continue with reading your child’s reading books at least 3 times a week. You may have noticed that the children enjoy placing their sticker in their reading record book when they have achieved it. If you are finding anything difficult with reading at home, please let me know.

 

Maths

This half-term we will be working with numbers 0-20. This will involve counting and ordering them, finding a total of two groups, 1 more and 1 less, doubling, halving and sharing.  The areas we will be focusing on are:

• Counting on and counting back
• Numbers to 20
• Numerical Patterns

You could practise these skills at home by ordering numeral cards, playing board games that encourage adding and taking away or games such as snap. Number formation is also a fun activity to do using a whiteboard and pen.

 

School Trip- The Aquarium

We are really excited for our class trip to the Plymouth Marine Aquarium on Wednesday 1^st May. Please see the letter with details being sent out shortly

 

Reminders

• Please ensure your child has their reading book with them every day.
• Please let somebody know if someone different is picking up your child at the end of the school day.
• PE kit will need to be worn on Wednesdays.
• Please ensure that children have a coat at school every day.

If you have any queries, concerns or anything you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Rachael Moore