Useful Information

PE Days

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays for both classes. Please ensure children come to school in their PE kit on these days.  

Library Days

We will be visiting the library to change books every Monday for both classes. 

Books are issued for two weeks at a time but can be returned earlier. If your child wishes to keep a book for longer than two weeks, please send it in to school on their library day so that it can be renewed.

Spring 1 Curriculum information:

 English:  

This term we will be learning how to make our reader sit on the edge of their seat and get hooked on our stories! We are using a model text entitled 'There's something downstairs.' 

Focus: Writing suspense

We are learning to use: 

Capital letters and full stops

Finger Spaces

and how to create drama and tension 

Our non-fiction unit is biography writing all about Superheroes!

Focus: Writing to inform

We are learning to write: 

Informative sentences

Use conjunctions to extend our sentences

Use headings and sub-headings 

 Cursive Handwriting 

This year we will be teaching joined writing. 

Children will learn to join letters in a planned sequence. 

    Spelling :

This term we will begin our Little Wandle Spelling units.

This unit happens over the next 5 weeks and builds upon the strong foundations of Little Wandle Phonics. 

Small group catch-up phonics sessions will continue for any children that require extra time to secure their phonics knowledge. 

Guided Reading sessions 

Children will have whole class reading sessions 3 times a week. 

These sessions take extracts from well known texts and explore reading for fluency and understanding (comprehension) 

English Homework:

Reading

We would like the children to read at home at least 4- 5 times a week with an adult or as often as possible. 

Spelling

   (link)   (logins in reading records)

Spelling challenges are set every Friday on Spelling Shed .. 

The words will comprise of spellings linked to the spelling taught that week 

We would like children to practice their spellings regularly and complete their 5 games per week.