Teachers :
Mrs Jeff
Other adults you might see in our class are Mrs Sadullah, Mrs Caffrey, Mrs Hand and Miss Cooper.
Team Ouse’s school day:
When we arrive in school, we self register and then we complete some handwriting and independent maths challenge. After that, we have a whole class check in. This is where we share how we are feeling.
Reading:
We would like our children to read with you every day at home; even a couple of pages a night really helps build confidence and stamina in reading. Ask your child questions about the book, talk about the story or book, look at the meaning of words and see if your child can pick out any of their phonics and tricky word knowledge. These are all skills we practice at school that you can do together at home. (See the front page of your child’s book for ideas on vocabulary and the back for comprehension questions.)
Your child will read with an adult 3 times a week in school and will come home with a new book every Thursday.
Wheel Spinner: Every time your child reads at home, their name will be added to the wheel spinner. The more times they read, the more their name goes on the spinner. We spin the wheel once a week and if it lands on your child’s name, they win a prize! We hope that this incentive will help encourage your child to read at home.
Water Bottles:
Team Ouse will need to bring in a water bottle to have in the classroom with them to keep hydrated throughout their learning day. We only drink water in class so please only send in bottles filled with water.
PE:
PE will be every Tuesday afternoon. Please send your child to school in PE kit every Tuesday.
Forest Schools:
We do Forest Schools every Tuesday morning. Please send your child with wellies/old trainers and a coat. If the weather is particularly cold or wet, hats, gloves etc will need to be worn too.
Spanish :
We have a Spanish lesson each week. We continue to develop confidence in speaking and listening and we begin to look at written words in Spanish too, investigating how letters and sounds may be different. We recap greetings, colours and numbers and build on our existing bank of other Spanish vocabulary too in preparation for statutory lessons in KS2. Our lessons include songs, stories and games to make language learning fun!
Some of our favourite songs:
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The following games may be enjoyable for confident readers:
Number games: https://wordwall.net/
Colour games: https://wordwall.net/
Other words: https://wordwall.net/
Useful websites:
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
Thank you,
Mrs Jeff
