Reading

Reading is such an important skill, and it is pleasing to see so many children with a love of reading. Whilst we do not often listen to individual readers, we do spend time discussing texts within taught reading sessions. We do expect children to continue to read at home, ideally at least 3 times a week, from as wide a range of reading materials as possible. We would appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes either listening to or discussing with your child what they have read. We will continue to check each child’s reading diary at the end of each week to ensure that the children are reading at least 3 times. We are aiming for 1000 reads before the children are treated to a special Arnold library visit.

Spellings

Children receive a set of spellings each week. It is important that children bring their organisers to school each day so that they have their spelling lists with them during practice time. Each Friday there will be a test of the week’s spellings and every half term we will test children on about 20 words which all follow the spelling rules we have learnt over the half term.

Doodlemaths

The children should use the Doodle Maths program twice a week for at least 15 minutes on each visit to the site. Each child has their own log-in where they access personalised work.