Welcome to the teamDr Seuss Class Roger Hargreaves

Class

Miss Wood Class Teacher

Mrs Coates Teaching Assistant

Mrs Pope 1:1 learning support

Miss CannellClass Teacher

Mrs Claxton Teaching Assistant

Mrs Pope 1:1 learning support

During the Autumn term our curriculum will be made up of four strands:

Core learning catch upEnsuring children are confident in the basic skills of reading, writing and maths.

Re-developing skills to learnEnsuring children are confident and enthusiastic in their learning

Mental well-beingEnabling a positive transition back to school, supporting children to feel confident and happy, to develop a sense of belonging and re-kindle friendships

Physical well-beingEnabling children to adapt to new routines and behaviour expectations; enjoyment of physical exercise.

Autumn Term

Topics for this year

Reading at Home

“Children who read more achieve more.”

Little and often is the key to success, approximately 10 minutes daily.

Reading at Home

YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK IN 1 SESSION

How to build confidence and fluency

Monday– : Look through the book with your child; ask them to locate the title, talk

about the illustrations and then read and discuss the book together, pointing out

challenging words and explaining unfamiliar vocabulary.

Tuesday– Your child reads to you with help where necessary. If a child is decoding

every word in a sentence, it is important that they re-read the sentence for fluency.

Wednesday and Thursday -Your child reads the book again to increase confidence

and fluency. Continue to ask questions to check understanding.

Friday – return the book to school

Reading Quest should be signed each time your child reads with you.

Books to enjoy!https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-1

Phonics

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read and spell fluently and

skilfully.

They are taught:

• how to recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes

• how to identify the sounds that different combinations of letters

make - such as ‘sh’ or ‘oo’;

• how to blend these sounds together from left to right to make a word

e.g. b-e-n-d = bend

• How to segment ( break up ) sounds in a word in order to spell

e.g ‘shop’ sh –o- p

How to Support Your Child With Phonics

Information about the Letters and

Sounds phonics scheme

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/readin

g/what-is-letters-and-sounds/

Video and audio clips showing

how to says sounds correctly and

blend

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/rea

ding/what-is-letters-and-sounds/

Parents guide to phonics

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/readin

g/learn-to-read-phonics/

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Fun games to practise phonics

skills.

Tricky words

These are words that cannot be sounded out and children will need to recognise them on sight. Here are some games to try at home.

Word Hunt - Hide the words around the room and ask your child to read the words as they find them

Shout out loud - Spread out the words face down. Take it in turns to turn over one word at a time. The first person to shout the word out loud wins it. Keep going until all the words have been won. You can play this with silly voices. Before you turn over a word you have to decide what sort of voice you will use e.g. whisper the word, say it like a gorilla, roar it like

a lion, squeak it like a mouse.

Stepping stones - Spread a number of words over the floor. Ask your child to jump from one word to another as if they are jumping along stepping stones. As they jump they have

to say what word they are going to jump to next. Make sure they say the word before they jump!

Silly sentence - Spread the word cards out face down. Pick 3 cards and turn them face up, say the words as they are turned up. Now try and make up a silly sentence that includes

all 3 words.

Slap the word - Spread a number of words on the table or the floor. Ask someone to say one of the words. Whoever is first to slap the word with their hand (or the back of a

spoon) wins the word.

Speed Challenge -. How quickly can your child say all the words as you show each one in turn? Remember to muddle up the words regularly so that they don’t just remember the

sequence of words you are showing them.

Maths

As a school we follow the White Rose Scheme in maths.

Children are taught mathematical skills and how to use them

to problem solve, investigate and reason

Key skills to practice in the 1st Autumn term

• Ordering, Counting and Sorting numbers

• Counting forwards and back in 1’s

• Part whole models – Addition and subtraction

• Strategies for adding more and adding together

• Representing numbers in different ways

Homework • Sounds and tricky word

to practice at home

• Sent out on Monday

PE

• PE Day Monday

• Please ensure children have correct PE kit:– Indoor: Blue or black shorts with blue or white T-shirt and

plimsolls.

– Outdoor games: Shorts, T-shirts and trainers in summer.

– Dark coloured jogging bottoms, sweat shirt and trainers in winter.

• Long hair should be tied back and earrings should not be worn to school on PE days.

Reminders

• Please inform the teacher or ring the office if another person is collecting your child.

• Please label all uniform, lunch bags, lunch boxes and water bottles.

• Allergies - Please ensure there are no nuts or peanut butter included in packed lunches or snacks.

• No hoop earrings

• Water only in water bottles please