Home Learning

Reception –

From Autumn 2, we will issue reading books and send them home on a Friday.  Please return all books on a Wednesday.  It is important that you sign your child’s reading record so that their book can be changed on the allocated day.

Key Stage 1 –

HOME READING BOOKS

Your child will receive one hard copy of our home reading books each week.  Please hand these back in on Wednesday; we will change them and send them back on Friday if the reading partnership book has been signed.  We also send home a Little Wandle eBook each week; the login details will be stuck inside their reading records.  The eBook is the book they will have read with staff in school, so they should be able to read it fluently and with confidence.

SPELLINGS

Spellings will be sent home at the start of each half term and will include a selection of common exception words from the list for their year group, or focus on a particular phoneme. Spellings will be tested each Friday. 

HOME LEARNING

In Year 1, home learning will be sent home once every half term. It will link to the topics we cover in class and will be given in addition to weekly spelling and reading.  In Year 2, home learning will be set weekly on a rotational basis. Your child will receive either an English (grammar) or Mathematics task via ClassDojo, along with their weekly spellings and reading.  All home learning should be uploaded to ClassDojo once completed.

Lower Key Stage 2 –

HOME READING BOOKS

Your child will receive a hard copy of our home reading books weekly.  Your child should hand this in on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, and they will be changed and sent home on Friday if the reading partnership book has been signed. 

SPELLINGS

Spellings will be sent home on a weekly basis and will either link with the topic or theme your child is learning about or come from or be related to the common exception word list for Years 3 and 4. Spellings for both year groups will be set on a Friday and will be tested the following Friday.  The spellings for each half term will be uploaded on ClassDojo.  They can also be accessed through your child’s online Spelling Shed account (see separate letter for your child’s log in details)  The Year 3/4 common exception word list can be accessed on our school website under the ‘Pupils’ tab, in the resources section.

HOMEWORK

In both year groups, your child will receive one piece of English or Mathematics homework each week on a weekly rotational basis. This will be uploaded to ClassDojo every week. Homework will be set on a Wednesday and needs be completed and uploaded onto ClassDojo for the following Monday. Homework is in addition to times tables practice, spellings and home reading.

 Upper Key Stage 2 –

HOME READING BOOKS

Your child will be issued with a school home reading book.  Children are encouraged to read daily, both in school and at home.  As soon as your child has completed their reading book and an adult has signed their partnership book, a new book can be given. 

SPELLINGS

The common exception word list for Years 5 and 6 will form the basis of most of our spelling activities, and children are encouraged to learn all of the words on this list. Each week your child will be tested on 10 of these words – a document outlining which 10 words will be tested each week will be sent to you via ClassDojo. The full word list can be accessed on our school website under the ‘Pupils’ tab, in the resources section. Spelling tasks will also be set on a weekly basis and can be found on your child’s Spelling Shed account.

HOMEWORK

In both year groups, your child will receive one piece of English or Mathematics homework each week, on a weekly rotational basis. This will be uploaded to ClassDojo every week. Homework will be set on a Wednesday and will need to be completed and uploaded onto ClassDojo by the following Monday. Homework is in addition to times tables practice, spellings and home reading.

Remote Learning

Please find enclosed our Remote Learning information: remote-education-provision.pdf