Welcome back!

First week back 😝

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a brilliant start to 2023!! 

Doesn't the holiday go fast, it seems like before I knew it it was back to work! 

When we welcomed the children back into school on Wednesday it was lovely to see them all with a big smile on their face :) I couldn't help but notice how much taller and grown up they are, and found myself feeling a bit sad when I thought how quickly that first term went and how we have already completed a 1/3 of our year together! 

This week we have focused on settling back into our routine and catching up with each other. I have been really impressed with how well the children have settled. We now have Mrs Overton-Arch who is in Class 1 for some of the day now

Some things we have enjoyed this week are:

  • creating dinosaur words with loose parts
  • using magnifying glasses to find bugs outside 
  • choosing to write our own sentences 
  • mixing primary colours
  • reviewing our phonics sounds

Ways to help at home:
  • read with your child(ren) 3 times a week minimum
  • touch counting 
  • one more and one less than a number
  • recognising numbers and writing them 
  • practice phonics, and blending sounds together
  • picking words from their reading book for them to write, slowly sounding out the word for children to hear and write the sounds
  • practice their words 
  • practice letter formation 
  • practice name writing - capitals only at the beginning

Phonics - 
Below, is a link to a youtube video of the pure sounds, we have learnt up to oa. The video shows more, but there is no harm in the children seeing these as we will be moving onto them next term. 



A few reminders: 
  • please can you write in the reading records so we know if your child(ren) have read at home, I would like children to read a book at least twice to aid their comprehension 
  • please let us know if the book it too easy/hard for your child, we want to instill a love of reading and therefore the correct book match is important 
  • please watch the phonics videos if you can with your child(ren) - feel free to share photos/videos with me on tapestry 


Miss Lewis 

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