Hi

Welcome back. Children have settled in really nicely. Our topic this term is 'Toys'. We will be looking at toys from the past and present day toys.  If you have any old toys that we could borrow to use in class please let us know.  I understand that they may be valuable to you so we promise to look after them.

We will also be finding out about 'Light'. Which gives us the opprtunity to look at non-fiction books.

Thank you for your continued support withn children's reading, spelling and homework.

We look forward to a hard working and successful half term.

Ps. Remember to log on to Matheletics!

Miss Ellis   & Mr Ponty

Class 11 & Class 12

Homework & Reasearch Tasks

Have a go at mathathletics, children have been sent home with their usernames and passwords.

Pop in if you would like me to show you how it works.

click here to go direct to the site.

Remember to do your reading and spellings.

Don't forget to learn your bear words.

Spellings 

It is no coincidence that most of the children who spell common words easily also find writing much easier.  The order in which bear words are learnt has been designed to help the reading and writing processes by providing the children with skills to read and write sentences almost immediately.

Please encourage your children to learn their spellings in two main ways.

1) READ COVER WRITE CHECK (in spelling books).

Children should use the most recent spelling page in their spelling books to READ a spelling, then COVER the spelling, attempt to WRITE the  spelling and finally CHECK that what they have written is correct.  They should make three attempts at this (there are 3 spaces next to each word in their spelling books for this purpose).

2) Games and challenges.

Ask the children to recite the spellings to you at odd times like in the car, whilst walking to school or while waiting for the teacher to open the door in the morning.  This is called reinforcing and helps your child to remember the spellings.  Try to make this a game, challenge or fun in some way and always try to praise  your child for trying with extra praise if the spelling is correct.  Try to use proper letter names and you could sometimes ask them to draw the letters in order in the air or write them on a misty window (if you don't mind the finger marks !!!)

Spelling and hearing your children read are probably the most important homeworks for helping your childrens skill and knowledge development in literacy.

Mr Ponty