Read Write Inc Reading at home:
In Foundation and Year 1, your child will have a bookbag this is expected in school every day as the children take this to their phonics group and frequently change their black and white storybooks. It also enables the adults in school to listen to your child read. Your child will bring home a set of sound cards for Set 1, 2 or 3. Please practise these first to help your child recall the sounds. If they find any challenging use the rhymes and images to help before telling them the pure sound. Please keep these safe so they can be returned to school and used again.
Sound Blending Books: Your child will initially bring home a sound blending book while they’re learning set 1 sounds. Ask your child to read each word in sounds (Fred Talk) and then say the word. Then, he or she can turn over and check if they’re right.
Ditty Sheets : Once your child is in the Ditty group, they will bring home an A4 Ditty sheet everyday this is the same as a book. Please practise the speed sound, green and red words and read the sentences.
Reading Books: Once your child is in the Red Group, they will come home with a Read Write Inc. Phonics Storybook and a Book Bag book: They will bring home a black and white Storybook. This is a copy of the colour version he or she will have read at school. Your child will have read this story three times with their reading teacher, so should be able to read the story confidently. This is designed to build their fluency and confidence. A brief explanation of how to follow the activities is included in the books.
Book Bag Books: Your child will also bring home a Book Bag Book. This book builds upon the ideas and many of the words in the Storybook he or she has just read. Your child will need more support in reading this book. Again, explanations of how to use the activities are included in the books.
The RWI books the children should read and the bedtime book is a book for you to read to your child. The bedtime books will be changed each week. Sometimes your child might bring home a picture book that they know well. Please don’t say, ‘This is too easy.’ Instead, encourage your child to tell you the story out loud; ask them questions about things that happen or what they think about some of the characters in the story.
Remote Maths Learning:
In KS1, all children are provided with individual logins for the online platforms Numbots and Times Table Rock Stars. These platforms are used regularly to support and reinforce number skills, helping pupils to practise key concepts in an engaging and accessible way both in school and at home.
Oracy at Home:
How to help your child improve their Oracy at home.
7 ways to promote Oracy at home:
‘Reading aloud to your child, well beyond the age they can read for themselves, combines the benefits of talking, listening and storytelling within one activity that helps children build their vocabulary, learn to express their thoughts, and understand the structure of language.’
Many children aspire to become vloggers or YouTube stars, so encourage them to start a video diary, either to chart their everyday life or to record special occasions like birthdays and holidays. For safety’s sake, keep these within the family rather than sharing them online.
Games like ’20 Questions’, ‘Guess Who?’ and ‘I Spy’ are great for helping children use descriptive language and think critically about what they’re saying.
Ask your child, ‘What did you do today?’ and they’ll often claim they can’t remember, so find different ways to talk about what they’ve been up to, such as “Who did you play with today?”, “What type of writing did you do today?”
Eating your evening meal as a family is a good way to encourage conversation, while older children are often more chatty in the car, where they feel less like they’re being interrogated.
Encouraging them to speak to different family members on the phone or on a video call will build confidence.
This is a great pre-phonics activity for young children, who can be encouraged to listen carefully to the sounds they hear – from traffic to birdsong – and describe them. They can also describe the natural sights they see, such as trees, animals and birds and the sky.
Joining extra-curricular clubs is a good opportunity for your child to converse with different people outside the home or school environment. Many of them also involve taking instructions (such as being coached in sporting techniques or to complete science or art projects), and introduce them to different vocabulary relating to their new hobby.