A big thank you to parents and carers who have been working hard at home to support your child’s learning. It really is paying off and we appreciate all of your help and support.
We understand finding time at home can be difficult and we do not expect homework to be done every night. We also don’t expect all of the tasks to be done so please choose which ones suit you and your children.
Homework in P1 is very important in helping reinforce learning we do in class, therefore we encourage you to find some time (no matter how small!) throughout the week to dedicate to homework.
Please contact me if you do have any issues with the homework or if you are unsure of anything and I will be glad to help 🙂
Here is an explanation of the homework coming up over the next few weeks.
Jolly Phonics and Sounds
Included in the homework this week will be a sound booklet (replacing the yellow book that was handed out last week). This will show all of the sounds and actions the children have learned in class so far. Helping the children know the action then helps them learn the sound: this sheet will help you know them as well. As we move on to more trickier sounds like ‘ai’ and ‘oa’ we would love if you would continue to practise all of their sounds during homework time if possible, as well as continuing with the homework menu.
The sounds the children have learned and are learning for the week will be highlighted!
This link will take you to the booklet that will be in their homework folder. The YouTube link will take you to the songs we play in class time. This is in the order we have learned the sounds in class. Please use these if you wish. The children love the songs and doing the actions with it.
https://jolly2.s3.amazonaws.com/Resources/Jolly%20Phonics%20Actions%20Sheet%20.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4D4L_vKanY
This weeks sounds – f, b, ai
Story world words
Please continue to practise these with your children if possible. Please tick off the words they know on the sheet so we can continue to practise the words they are struggling with at home. If you think they know the words well, start to select random words out of order and see if they can recognise them. Ask them to look at the beginning sound or stretch it out if they need some help.
Once your child has learned all of their words, we will be able to move them on to the next sheet of new words. These words are vital to help them read words they can’t sound out. These will support reading in the story books they will receive after the October holidays.
Your child will get home 2 story books per week (where possible). One on Monday and another on Wednesday. Your child will read the speech bubbles or phrases with words that feature on these sheets, and parents can read the long pieces of text.
Wordbox Booklet
After the October holidays the children will receive a booklet with words in columns. Each week the children will have a column to try to read on their own. Blending sounds together will be the skill they are practising. The words for that week will be dated with the week beginning. Again, please tick the words your child can do with ease.
Number
I will include some numbers 0-20 inside the homework folder. If you wish to do some number work with your child here are some ways to encourage number recognition or learning:
- Ordering the numbers (forwards and backwards)
- Can you find me this number (show number) of things in the room?
- Can you draw me this number?
- The missing number (order some numbers and leave one out, get your child to find the missing number)
- Can you find me number __? (lay them out on the floor)
- Addition – using the numbers to find ways to add (one way I do this at home is find pasta shells, M&Ms or anything solid you have at home and use these to help add)
Top Marks is a great website with games we do in class that helps increase number awareness.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
