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Welcome!

On Tonight’s
  Menu…

        Support with phonics
        Support with reading
        Support with maths
        General support
        Assessment

Phonics

We follow Letters and Sounds, which introduces phonemes (sounds)
and their corresponding graphemes (how the phonemes are written) in
phases.
We introduce the phonemes using Jolly Phonics songs, actions and
stories.

Phonics             Phase 1 – taught at pre-school / nursery

 no letters or phonemes
 environmental sounds; instrumental sounds; body sounds; rhythm
  and rhyme; alliteration; voice sounds; oral blending and segmenting

Phonics   Phase 2 – taught in Reception (Apple Class)

                                              segmenting
                                              blending
                                              VC words
                                              CVC words

Phonics   Phase 3 – taught in Reception (Apple Class)

                                      digraphs
                                      trigraphs
                                      one grapheme for
                                       each phoneme
                                       now known

Phonics   Phase 4 – taught in Reception (Apple Class)

                         no new phonemes taught
                         blend and segment words with
                          consonant clusters
                         CVCC and CCVC and beyond

Phonics   Phase 5 – taught in Year 1

                                       alternative
                                        graphemes
                                        for known
                                        phonemes
                                       different
                                        ways of
                                        pronouncing
                                        graphemes

Phonics          Phase 6 – taught in Year 2

     working on spelling conventions,
      including prefixes and suffixes, etc.

Reading

school books are (by and large) phonetically decodable at a level which is in line with
 your child’s learning
it’s really important that they have access to higher level books to support love of books
 and to aid with inference and vocabulary skills
introduce your child to a variety of genres, such as poetry, newspapers, fiction, non-
 fiction, etc.
talk about what you have read - ask your child questions: retrieval, inference, opinion

Writing

as writing is linked to speech, please engage your child in conversation,
 encouraging them to speak clearly and effectively, in simple sentences
model correct pronunciation back to them
practise handwriting on the lines, keeping letters proportionate in size
ensure letters are formed correctly using their class’ handwriting style
help model the difference between capitals and lowercase letters

Maths                   Reception – Year 1

look for numbers in your environment
help your child to write digits 0 - 9 accurately
recognise and name common 2D and 3D shapes in your environment
talk about everyday maths such as length, capacity, weight, time, money,
 position and distance
practise counting to 100 forwards and backwards, from any given number
play weekly maths games

Maths                   Year 1 – Year 2

 practise reading and writing numbers in words (spellings) and
  numerals
 practise counting in 2s, 5s & 10s forwards and backwards from any
  given number
 name and describe properties of 2D & 3D shapes
 talk about everyday maths such as money, length, capacity, weight
  and time, using standard measures such as litres, centimetres etc.

General
get a good night’s sleep and eat healthily – maybe your child could help with
 cooking?
help to pack bags to bring correct equipment to school (reading books, diaries,
 homework, PE kit, water bottles)
read DASH and school calendar – be prepared for important events
support with homework
see website for support & curriculum information
check bags for letters and return reply slips please
2SIMPLE – Apple Class

Websites

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/       Watch on YouTube:
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/    Jolly Phonics songs in order
http://www.snappymaths.com/           Alphablocks
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/           Numberblocks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize        Jack Hartman

Assessments
EYFS
baseline and end of year
Year 1 (and Year 2 re-takes?)
Phonics Screening Check – W.B.
 Monday 8th June 2020
Year 2
May 2020
2 x reading comprehension papers
2 x maths (1 fluency; 1 reasoning)
2 x EGPS (1 spelling; 1 grammar /
 punctuation)

Any
Questions?