This week we have our sponsored walk on Friday and also the Macmillan coffee morning. Please wear something green on Friday. There are colouring competitions for sale for 50p and raffle tickets to win a bear 20p or £1 for a strip.

Letter Sounds

This week we are revising our first six sounds – s, a, t, i, p, n. For homework use the letters in the envelope at the front of the pink book to make simple 2/3 letter words such as tin or pat. Please write the words you make on the sheet in the pink book for Friday.

Common Words

Every week in school the children will be introduced to two common words. These will be revised daily and displayed in the classroom. Our aim is for the children to recognise and be able to read the words. They can be reinforced at home by completing the common word homework for Thursday each week. Words for this week are the and are. You may need to help your child to write the number after counting the words together.

Reading

Reading books will continue to be changed daily for the books with no words. The children will hear the extended story in school and can retell the story to an adult at home. Remember to refer to the reading letter, and ideas for questions are inside the front cover of the books. If you want to draw any of the pictures suggested inside the front cover please use the pink book.

Word Pots

The children still have the main character names in their word pot. Kipper, Biff, Chip, Mum, Dad and Floppy. See if your child is beginning to recognise and remember the words. You will be able to see which words they remembered in school by the coloured faces on the character word wall.

Please bring the pink home/school book, reading book and word pot to school every day in the book bag.