Welcome to Saplings Class
The Class Teacher in Saplings is Miss McCombie and the Teaching Assistant is Miss Pullen.
We foster a love of learning through our calm environment, engagaing learning activities and mutual respect. We encourage the children to be independent and that practise makes progress, when you try - you learn!
Reminders:
- For PE this term will be on a Wednesday afternoon – please ensure your child has their P.E kit in school.
- Please read with your child at home and record this in their reading record - this need to be brought into school at least once a week.
- Homework will be sent out every Friday and is due the following Thursday.
- Reading books will be sent home on Monday and must be returned on Thursday.
- Our PowerProject this term is due Monday 5th Feburary 2024 and Reading Passport is due Monday 5th Feburary 2024.
- Remember to pack a bottle of water each day. Busy children can be very thirsty!
- Finally please do make sure that your child’s school uniform is labelled. It is always sad to something that is unlabelled heading to lost property!
Homework
Little Wandle Overview
Little Wandle Phonics
The DFE accredited Little Wandle Letters and Sounds programme is the scheme that we use to teach phonics at Halstead.
Children are taught phonics as part of a whole class, we then assess each child to identify who needs extra phonics intervention to keep up and close the gaps.
Children in Year 1 will recap the simple GPCs from phase 3 before they more to complex GPCs. All the graphemes taught are practised in words, sentences, and fully decodable books. Children review and revise GPCs and words, daily, weekly and across terms and years, in order to move this knowledge into their long-term memory.
Little Wandle Reading
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Your child will be bringing home a reading practice book matched to their phonic stage and will be fully decodable. Your child should be able to read the practice book independently and fluently without any significant help. These books will be issued to your child on Monday and must be returned on a Thursday. |
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