1. Reading Books will be changed once a week One group per day (T, W, Th) three books will be provided Ask your child questions about the story Reread books Read a Variety of books

2. Spellings • given out on every Friday • Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check • Spelling Check up every Friday

3. Homework • given out every Friday • will alternate between Maths and Literacy or a Topic based task • due in the following Friday

4. Water Bottles Thank you to everyone who has provided a water bottle for their child. It has helped snack time flow beautifully, is helping to develop the children’s independence as well as keeping their fluids up throughout the day! Please remember to collect the water bottle at the end of the day and return it with fresh water the following morning!

5. Bed and Breakfast The transition from Reception to Year One can be tiring as well as exciting for your children. Please help them by making sure they always get a good night’s sleep every night and breakfast every morning!

6. Home Contact Please check your emails on a daily basis for messages and reminders about activities and events in Ash Class!

7. Phonics Extended Code – see list of sounds x2 weeks sometimes x3 Technical language: Phoneme – smallest unit of sound Grapheme – letters that represent a sound; ai in rain ea in steak Split digraph – vowel digraphs, two vowels which together make one sound ae in gate ae in bake (NOT the magic e) Consonant clusters - dr ink train d r I n k t r ai n Teaching sequence End of Year 1 Phonics Test Statutory – pass or fail

8. Maths Addition and subtraction – physical, practical strategies Number line methods– counting forwards for addition - counting back for subtraction Count! Count! Count. Forwards. Backwards. From different starting points. In two’s five’s and tens. http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting