HOME LEARNING
Children in KS1 should develop healthy home learning habitats.
We understand that home learning can take time, but developing the children to be independent in these activities at this early age, will have an incredibly positive impact on their progress.
Reading
Reading at home is the MOST important home learning activity you can do with your child at home.
We encourage children to read at home to an adult 4 times a week.
Children on the RWI programme will come home with a new storybook every Friday, they will have read the book in school a number of times before it comes home, this means the children should be able to read it fluently with good comprehension. They will also bring home a linked book bag book to read.
Children who are no longer on the RWI programme will come home with a KS1 recommended read, these are books carefully selected to be a suitable book for the children of this age. Children will be asked on a Friday if their book needs changing, if so they will be given the opportunity to select a new book.
Support Materials for RWI Phonics
Maths
We encourage children to access Numbots and/or TT rockstars (yr2 only) at home at least 3 times a week.
Supporting this learning is important to embed basic number fluency in children which supports them with the maths they learn in school.
Spelling
Children should practise the spellings set each week at home. Activity ideas are given through the Year 1 document or for Year 2s through spelling shed. These are just ideas, you are welcome to practise these in however you wish.
Children are quizzed on their spellings regularly, but the clearest way for us to assess is seeing the correct spellings used in their writing.
Project - Based Home Learning
Children should tackle the project based home learning, linked to the curriculum content of this half term.