Saplings

Reading at home

Children are expected to read to an adult at home for at least 10 minutes daily.

School Reading Books are sent home daily and will be changed when your child has read them twice, once for decoding and then the second time for comprehension.  Please indicate in the reading diary when you have read with your child so we know that they require a new book.

Please see https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ for more electronic books.

Spelling

Please see attached list of high frequency words below. The children will be learning to read and write these words. We will start with the Phase 2 word bank and then progress onto Phase 3 and Phase 4.

Some phonics website with free games to have a look at are: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ and https://www.ictgames.com/

Number facts

In Reception children are expected to know the following:

Counting up to 20

Ordering numbers up to 20

Doubling numbers up from 1+1=2 up until 9+9=18

Halving and sharing amounts

Telling the time -the hour- o'clock

Weighing objects and measuring length or height

Here are some suggested websites to help you practise…

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

https://www.ictgames.com/

Topic

This term our topic is Minibeasts.

You could talk to your child about which animals are considered to be minibeasts.

You could make a minibeast at home out of junk modelling or play dough.

You could watch Crazy Critters with Jess, then maybe think of questions you could ask a ladybird or a spider. What might their answer be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHg5oWF_mo 

Are there any fantastic facts about Minibeasts?

Could you make up a story about a minibeast, what might it do?

In science in this half term we will be thinking about how animals grow and in particular looking at lifecycles.