Oak – Home Learning
Home Learning is a little different now and these are the activities the children will be encouraged to do at home.
*Regular reading– we now encourage the children to read their book through on 3 separate occasions- this is to encourage fluency and confidence as well as a good understanding of the phonics and content of the books. We would ask that the children’s Book & Log are in school on a Monday & Friday for checking and changing. But please can we ask that the children’s reading books and logs are in school everyday so we can listen to the children read as often as possible, they will also be asked to read quietly to themselves.
Supporting phonics & reading– as a class we will be doing Guided Reading using texts that support and consolidate the children’s phonic knowledge.
*Spellings/ Sentence structure/ Maths activities- these activities will be added to the class story on a Friday. The children will be given a green Home Learning book in which to complete any activities given. Please return the Home Learning Book to school on a Friday. (this will not start immediately)
These could be common exception words, tricky words or words containing the sounds we are working on in phonics, Maths practice or challenges.
We just ask that you try to spend sometime with you children reading, spelling, writing these words in a sentence to help them learn and retain the spellings. We will do a writing activity in class to see if the children can write the words within a sentence. Counting forwards and backwards, in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s so they are confident with numbers.
I have added the Target Sheets to the Targets section so if you ever want to know what is expected at the age they are a good place to start.
*Phonics practise, Reading and Games using Bug Club Phonic- Active Learn
Writing is a whole school target this year so the more writing your child can do the better.
So we will be sending home Adventurous Arthur and a Reading Review pack.
Adventurous Arthur- This is the Year bear who will be sent home with a different child each week. We would like the children to take photos or draw pictures of what adventure Arthur gets up to with them. We would then like the children to write a few simple accurate sentences to explain what they did together.
Reading review – this writing activity will be sent home with a different child in Y1 each week. We would like them to draw and picture and write a simple review of the book. What the book was about and what they liked/ disliked about the book. This can be the book they picked from the library or a book they have read from home.
We just ask for you to mindful of some of the writing skills we expect.
1. The use of finger spaces.
2. Sit their letters on the line making sure the tall and long letters are clearly shown.
3. Full stops and capital letters.
4. Accurate letter formation.
5. Use phonics to help them spell accurately.
Our Maths focus will be Using and Applying Maths skills within the real world. We
want the children to understand how Maths is used in the world around them so any hands on and practical activities can be fun.
Some hands on activity examples:
- Visit a shop and allow your child to buy something using the correct coins
- Find numbers in the supermarket
- Use items from the kitchen to weigh/measure or order in size
Time (reading o’clock and half past), days of the week and months of the year are also very important things for your child to learn.
*Number work using Numbots and TTRS and Maths passport objectives (these are assessment termly and sent home)
We understand that you have very busy home lives but any home learning you can attempt really does help the progress of your child.
Thank you for your support in this.