Dear Parents,

Welcome back - we hope you had a great summer! It has been wonderful getting to know the children more over the last few days and they have settled in brilliantly so far. 

This week's homework is as follows:

Spellings

To be tested on Monday 15th September:

feel, right, hear, down, food

Note - Apologies for any confusion regarding the spelling test date. The above spellings will definitely be tested on the 15th and the 8th is when the children's new spelling book was handed to them. Moving forward, the children will receive a new set of spellings to learn every week.

Tricky Words

This week's focus tricky words are:

go, my, into, out

Please help your children to practise reading these throughout the week. In due course, stickers will be placed into your child's reading record each week to inform you which Phase 5 grapheme(s) they are currently learning.

Maths

Where possible, we would like the children to practise their number facts at home! They can use the following platforms to do so:

Hit the Button - This can be found on Google and is also available on to download on App Store or Google Play.

White Rose: 1 Minute Maths - This can be downloaded on both the App Store or Google Play.

On Hit the Button, we would like the children to strive towards fluency in the following areas:

• Number bonds → Up to 10 → Make 10 or Addition within 10
• Doubles → Doubles to 10
• Halves → Halves to 10

On 1 Minute Maths, we would like the children to practise the following objectives:

• 1 to 6 from the Addition section
• 1 to 6 from the Subtraction section

We would like you to encourage your children to access these platforms on a regular basis.

Reading books

Beginning next week, the children will bring a new reading book home that they will focus on in school. Please ensure you are reading regularly with your child at home to support their learning. We would appreciate it if you could write a brief comment in their reading record each time a home reading session has been completed.

PE lessons

Please note that the children's PE lessons will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays during the Autumn term.

The children will get changed into their PE kit in school and will come home wearing it. Please ensure that their kit is sent back into school by the following PE lesson day.

Best wishes,

Mr Storer and Mrs Johnston