Hello everyone and welcome to the start of a new but very chilly week.
Spelling homework
In the homework book this week you will notice that we have added a spelling list. This list correlates with the sight words that the children also bring home at night.
In the homework book you will see there is space for the children to write each word twice each night until Thursday night. You could try spelling the word out loud and copying it on Monday and Tuesday, then spelling the word out loud and writing it without looking on Wednesday and Thursday.
On Friday we will take a test on the list and if mastered the children will move onto the next list.
The children will also be doing this at school during the day.
This little extra efforts with spelling is aimed to supplement the changes we have made to our writing programme. We are hoping it will help the children write more quickly and fluently. Not getting stuck on the spelling of commonly used words will help the children spend more time writing the sounds they can hear in words that will make their stories more interesting.
This little bit of extra work is supplementary to the work we do at school. If it creates too much pressure please let me know.
Harold - Life Education
Today we had the first of two visits to the Life Education Caravan parked here at school. Sarah the Life Ed teacher (and Harold the friendly giraffe), talked to the children about all the things our body needs - oxygen, water, sleep, washing, food, love and safety. She also talked to them about learning to manage the time they spend using devices such as computer, iPads and phones. Sarah read them a story about a Panda with square eyes!
Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post some pictures and some of the ideas the children have about Harold and staying healthy.
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