Dear Parents and Carers
Ms Vickery and Mrs Willis have worked together to come up with suggestions of activities for your child as they play and learn at home. Please remember that these are just suggestions and we don’t want you to feel pressured into turning your home into a home school. Please only do what works for you and your family.
It would be great if you could read regularly with your child. Reading to them, listening to them read and talking about what’s been read is hugely beneficial. Beyond that please do what is easy, stress free and comfortable for you and your family.
Reading
We encourage you to read every day for 20 minutes with your child.
• Read books together - talk about the story, characters and pictures. Upload a video of your child reading to Tapestry, if you can, for their teacher to see.
• CBeebies Radio is a great place to find stories to listen to (plus music and information shows)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Download the free BBC Sounds app to listen to the station on phones or tablets.
Writing
• Help your child to use the name card in their home learning pack to practise writing their first name and surname. Remind them to pinch their pencil near the tip.
• Remember children can use the writing book in the home learning pack to practise writing. If you have a garden, children can also practise letter formation outdoors with chalks, paint brushes with water and using washing up bottles filled with water. Make big loops, lines and spiral patterns – it will help improve gross and fine motor control which are really important for handwriting skills.
Phonics
Learn these fun songs to help read and write tricky ‘Train Your Brain’ words (words you can’t sound out easily).
Maths
It would be brilliant if you could…
• Have a go at the activities on your Mathletics account (log in details in your home learning pack).