Dear Parents,

Can you believe that we are half way through the year? This week we have continued with story-telling, acting out known fairy tales, reading books about love and friendship (for Valentine’s), and listing to alternative tales of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. The children especially enjoyed being involved in how the story evolved through the book, Once Upon a Fairytale.  Thank you to all the lovely visitors that we have had this week. The children have got so much out of it. If you are interested in coming in an telling a story, please let us know- we are happy to have you!

You may have noticed a rather lovely project, based on the artist Mondrian, that has accompanied the children home this week. This is something they have been working REALLY hard on all term, so please do take some time to sit down and look at it with your child. A special thanks goes to Joy, who is the driving force and has been fantastic at assisting the children to complete these.

In Maths, we have been making number sentences and number stories and children have sharing the ones that they have been doing at home- thank you to all those who helped them to achieve this. Over the holidays, please do keep revising teen numbers (counting everything to 20), spotting patterns and making number sentences or stories.

In Phonics, we have been looking at how the children have been getting on with their sounds, blending and reading decodable words as well as alien words (words that are nonsense).   During the holidays, you may want to give your child a helping hand with their reading.  Here are some reminders about how to help your child read: How to say sounds\       Listening to your child read           Bouncy sounds    Read stretchy sounds