Limitless Learning
Term 1
Welcome back to school! We hope that you had a wonderful summer break. We are looking forward to a new school year!
Across the Drawbridge
This term in KS1 we will be learning all about castles and knights! Our theme has an emphasis on History and DT skills. The children will be learning about different parts of a castle and learning some interesting vocabulary. They will also understand what daily life was like inside the castle and compare it to the present day life.
Please find our Year 1 and Year 2 curriculum maps in the links below.
Homework Tasks and Expectations
Please find home learning suggestions for KS1 pupils in the links below. We welcome the sharing of home learning via the EvidenceMe app.
Reading
Your child will bring a decodable book home each week . Please continue to read with your children as much as possible. We recommend short daily reading opportunities and regularly rereading familiar books. We do expect children re-reading the same book three times per week to help to build fluency and develop sight reading skills. It is also important to remember to ask simple questions as you go as this will help children's comprehension. These could be about what has just happened, how a character is feeling, why they choose to do something or what might happen next. It is also important to discuss new vocabulary with children.
Phonics
If your child finds phonics difficult, it is really important that they regularly recap the learnt phonemes from their phonic sessions in school (these will be shared on a regular basis). This helps children overlearn the phonemes and supports them in recognising the phoneme as graphemes which not only supports fluency in reading but is really important for writing too.
Useful Websites & Apps
Websites for additional learning opportunities:
Below is a list of websites that may be useful.
Websites that offer interactive games:
Useful Youtube Channels:
Apps:
These are useful apps that we have used in school which we encourage you to use as required at home. Some of these are free but will need you to make an account whilst others are paid apps.
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Teach your Monster to Read
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Hairy Letters
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Scratch Junior
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Tux Paint
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Beebot
If you discover something really useful that you think others might enjoy, please share with us so that we can share the links and information with our school community. Thank you for your continued support.
