2. Phonics, Reading and Writing

3. By the end of this week we will have completed learning all of the sounds for this year We will begin to revise all of these sounds after half term We will now be focusing on combining all of the sounds together in order for the children to continue to write words and build on writing independent sentences

5. Helping your child with reading Blending- This is how we teach the children to read phonetically decodable words. c a t b a ng ch ai nz ie t

6. Helping your child with writing Segmenting- This is how we teach the children to write phonetically decodable words. The kite flew high The kiet floo hie

7. Helping your child with writing Houswindee Cherchfoan Froot

8. Handwriting

9. Phonics homework will be changing. The children will be set various activities to help develop their reading and writing using their sounds. Please keep their green sound folders at home and continue to practise Just a reminder Reading books need to be in book bags every day Tricky words will usually be tested on a Wednesday Sound homework will be set on a Friday and will be collected the following Thursday General homework will still be set on a Friday and also collected on the following Thursday On Thursday mornings please can you remind your child that they will need to hand this homework in. We are trying to encourage the children to become more independent Please try to carry out various handwriting, reading, maths and phonics activities little and often throughout the week.

10. LITERACY Early Learning Goals- Reading Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. (TRICKY WORDS) They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read. Early Learning Goals- Writing Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. (TRICKY WORDS) They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.

11. MATHEMATICS Early Learning Goals- Numbers Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing. Early Learning Goals-Shape Space and Measures Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.

12. Useful website links www.twinkl.co.uk www.phonicsplay.co.uk Youtube- Jolly phonics songs www.topmarks.co.uk