Summer Term

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school in their summer uniform. We are very much looking forward to making the most of our outside area this term. Please ensure your child brings a sun hat to school each day and please apply suncream before school. The children in F2 have access to their water bottles (provided by school) at all times throughout the day.

Key Dates for this term:

Wednesday 14th June - F2 Trip to Hadlow Fields

Friday 23rd June - F2 Class Assembly - 09:15

Mon 10th July Meeting for F2 parents about transition to Y1- 2.45pm

Tues 11th July F2 Parents’ Meetings (from 8 am)

Please find below information about our curriculum for the Spring term. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Reading, Phonics and Writing

Please find below information leaflets to help you support your child's learning at home.

This information is currently being updated. Thank you for your patience.

Maths

Please find below an information leaflet to help you support your child's learning at home.

Home Learning Daily Essentials:  (Resources to support some of these tasks can be found below)

- Reading: You can access a free eBook collection on Oxford Owl from Oxford Reading Tree that includes many of the books we use in school . All the eBooks in this collection are tablet friendly and have audio playback on each page. They can be accessed here (you will need to register for free): https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

You can also access ‘Teach Your Monster To Read’ free of charge on the following website: https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ (you will need to register for free). It is an app we use on the iPads in school to consolidate children’s learning of Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonics from the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme.

Please spend time reading with your child everyday. Encourage them to spot tricky words within a text. Can they predict what might happen next? Can they use the pictures to discuss how characters are feeling? Can they use the pictures to describe the setting? Encourage your child to use positional language and adjectives to extend their vocabulary.

- Alphabet: Practise the alphabet daily - do this forwards and backwards, in a quiet voice, a loud voice, silly voices. Ask your child to find a letter and to tell you which letters it comes after, before, or in between.

- Phonetic words: Encourage your child to read, spell and write phonetic words by segmenting and blending the sounds.

- Tricky words: Take time to spell some 'tricky' words using the letter names (rather than the sounds). Say a word and ask your child to spell it out verbally using the letter names. Then spell out a tricky word verbally yourself using the letter names for your child to write down.

- Counting: Use a numberline to count forwards and backwards to 20 and beyond. Practise counting in 1's, 2's and 5's. 

- Practise letter and number formation:  Practise good letter formation, using a pencil on plain paper. As we have introduced each letter, we have taught the children a rhyme to help them form each letter correctly. These rhymes can be found in the resources below.

F2 Home Learning - 

If your child feels well enough, please find some suggested home learning activities below.

Resources to support home learning - 

Please find below resources to support home learning.