Wrens
Welcome to the Wrens
The whole foundation team are so excited to meet you all again after your magical summer holidays. We know you are all very excited and maybe a little bit nervous, wondering what's to come so hope this information helps you prepare for next chapter at 'big school'.
This term our topic is called 'All About Me'.
We will be talking about what makes us special and learning about making friends and new starts.The children will read stories for this topic which include; 'What Makes Me a Me?' I'm Almost Always Kind' and 'The Squirrels Who Squabbled'.
This half term is all geared towards settling everyone into their new classes and getting used to new people, new spaces and new routines. We will be focusing on getting to know each other and introducing our school values and classroom expectations.
In maths, our focus is on counting and recognising numbers up to 10 and comparing patterns, sizes and quantities.
In our literacy, we will be focusing on listening and recounting stories, holding pencils and pens correctly and being able to articulate and express themselves clearly; understanding sentence structure and learning new vocabulary.
In further areas, the children will be exploring their locality: understanding where they are in the World and getting to know where they live. We will be learning about growing up and the changes that have happened since being a baby. Our arts and crafts will all be focused on seasonal changes and our shift into the Autumn months.
We will be starting phonics learning with the Little Wandle: Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme from week 2. We will start teaching your children the initial letter sounds and practising blending them together in a variety of simple CVC words. We will also be looking at how the letters are formed when written.
When your child has shown confidence and is secure with these initial phase 2 sounds, we will allocate your child a reading book which will be read in school three times a week before being sent home to share with you all. Wordless books will be used up to the point your child is able to demonstrate that they can blend together the initial sounds. Though these wordless books are picture-based, they can still help develop good reading practice: page-turning, holding the book, discussing plot and characters and being able to sequence the events of the story.
For guidance on pronunciation of the phonemes (sounds) please use this link: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
We look forward to sharing some photographs with you soon on our Wrens Class Dojo page and welcome any questions that you have. We are always available at the gate after school and in the mornings and can be messaged via Class Dojo messenger within normal working hours (please be aware that any admin messages will need to go via the office, e.g. home-time arrangements and appointments, because we will be unable to respond due to teaching the class).
If you have any concerns or worries please do not hesitate to contact myself or Mrs Reeves.
Best wishes,
Mrs Lamerton and Mrs Reeves
Home Learning Resource Links - Foundation
For foundation curriculum support:
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/
For interactive maths and English games:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ (lots are tablet-friendly)