Starlings WB 03.01.22

Date: 5th Jan 2022 @ 7:04pm

Happy new year to all our Starling families.  We hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful Christmastime with your children. Hopefully, you will all have been able to have a good rest.  The children certainly seemed well-rested when they arrived bright and breezy on Tuesday morning.

By next week we will be starting our new class text.  ‘The Lion Inside’ by Rachel bright is an inspiring story that shows we all have a lion inside of us! It truly is a wonderful text and the children always really enjoy it

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Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy sharing stories with your Starling at home.  If your child has received new books for Christmas that you think other children will enjoy please do let me know and I will try and order them for the class

The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime storybooks are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.

English

This week we have written a diary entry based on our class text ‘Nibble the book monster’.  I will be sad to say goodbye to Nibbles as the children have really been excited to read about his exploits.  If this is not a book you have at home I would definitely recommend it.

Maths

Starlings class are currently looking at multiples of 10 up to 100.

In Religion, we are looking at the wonder of God’s creation.  We have already been out for a walk in the school grounds and explored the beauty of our outdoor world using our senses. In history, we are looking at some of the inventions in transport and looking at how vehicles have changed over the years and why.  In geography, we will continue with our exploration of the United Kingdom.

Reading

 Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime storybooks. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too. 

RWI

Please refer to your child’s diary for information regarding the sounds that your child has been taught and also the titles of the books they will have at home.

Spellings

During the Spring term, our spellings will be focused on the Year One Common Exception words. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks. 

There is no spelling quiz on Friday 7^th January.  Spellings will be put  in your child’s homework diary on the 7^th January for the following week

PE

Our PE days will be Wednesday and Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue. Can we also ask that your child has a drink bottle that is clearly named and contains only water. We also request that if your child wears trainers with laces they are able to independently retie them if they become undone otherwise can they please wear trainers with a Velcro fastening.