Homework

Homework is set every Friday and is due in on Wednesday. 

Please RETURN the children's plastic homework folders each week! : )

Hello everyone, after working with the children this first half term, it is clear that Reading, Phonics and Maths are going to be huge targets. I will be setting weekly homework tasks that will link closely to the work we are doing in class and that will target specific areas across all three subjects.

As parents and carers, your support is vital and so gratefully appreciated. So I ask, beg and plead with you all to do your best to attempt some or all the tasks set each week, as this will help to support your child's progress and overall attainment over the coming weeks and months : )

Task One: NEW PHONICS QR CODES: Please continue to use!

On the 24th January I sent home the new QR Phonics sheets (that will expire on the 1st May).

Some children may have more than one sheet based upon their current assessment level and needs.

Please spend the coming weeks and months scanning the Phonics QR codes and allow your child to watch and interact with the videos as much as possible!

Encourage them to sound out and repeat words and special friends when asked to do so by the adult on screen.

These videos are from the official Read Write Inc website and are a fantastic resource to support your child’s phonics progress, which is so important in Year 1. 

This work at home will support the daily work going on in class and will greatly support the children before they take their important National Phonics Screening Test in June.

Task Two: Maths: Length and Hieght worksheet (sent home today)

This week, the children have continued to explore height and length. Next week, we will begin to measure using cm's.

For this weeks homework, I would like the children to complete the two (2) sided worksheet.

Task Three: Differentiated Task - Alien word reading or Reading Comprehension

Alien words: Some of the children have been given a sheet with 8 Alien nonsense words on it. Please practice reading all 8 of the words. Encourage the children to recognise and read aloud any phonics special friends they can see, and then blend all the phonic sounds together to make the strange, nonsense word. Please practice the words more than once, especially those words that the children may find tricky.

OR

Reading Comprehension: Some of the children have been given a short extract from A Big Fuss. Please encourage the children to read the extract and answer the 4 questions as best they can. 

Task Four: Reading

Please read three (3) times or more with your child.

Can you please record when you have read together, each time, in the children’s yellow reading records.

Pupils who do read 3 or more times get extra SHINE POINTS in class, so please do your very best to read together as it is so important.

Other Important Tasks: To support your child's progress please:

*SENTENCE PRACTICE

Encourage the children to write short sentences, stories or facts that include:

*Capital letter

*Finger Spaces

*and

*Adjectives

*A Full Stop or a !

*PHONIC QR CODES

Continue to scan the Phonics QR codes and allow your child to watch and interact with the videos.

Encourage them to sound out and repeat words and special friends when asked to do so by the adult on screen.

These videos are from the official Read Write Inc website and are a fantastic resource to support your child’s phonics progress, which is so important in Year 1.

*Previously Set MATHLETICS TASKS

Please try your best to do the following activities set many weeks ago

All the children have been given Mathletics logins and they can be found in your child’s Yellow Reading Record (inside front cover).

Mathletics is a brilliant interactive resource that has been proven to really support, consolidate and extend pupils mathematical understanding and progress.

Please login, either through the Mathletics App or directly onto the Mathletics website https://login.mathletics.com/ and complete all the set activities.

If you have any trouble logging in to the Mathletcis app, please let me know so I can help in any way possible.

Thank you for all your continued support.

Mr Manning