Reading
Please try and read with your child at least 15 minutes a day.
You can access lots of resources around our reading scheme, including reading further books online, once they have finished the books sent home on the Oxford Owl Website:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/forhome.
Other websites that help with reading:
Primary homework help
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk
loads of reading activities including books read to you and books to read yourself. Ideas across whole curriculum
Topmarks
www.topmarks.co.uk -
big range of reading activities as well as spelling and all areas of maths.
Nessy - www.nessy.com - they have a free trial but a cost afterwards.
Reading eggs www.readingeggs.co.uk - also a free trial but a cost afterwards
Please look at the useful websites list and the advice from advisory teacher for lots more online ideas.
Remember you don't have to only read from the scheme, anything that is interesting is good.
Advice from Educational Psychologist.
https://edpsy.org.uk/blog/2020/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-children-families-and-professionals/
For ideas of how to keep the children busy while daily life is very different to what we’re used to, the Family Information
Service are regularly updating the GlosFamilies Directory with actvities and advice for parents and carers. This informaton
can be found online at https://www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk/kb5/gloucs/glosfamilies/advice.page?id=8foW0OS9P28
On line activities:
www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-1.html - (there are 4 exercises to access)
https;//agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/simple-past-irregular-1 (several to access)
If your child has an outcome concerning sentence writing on their My Plan such as using capital letters and full stops, commas in lists or ensuring all words are included, this can easily be incorporated into writing tasks set by the class teacher but here are some ways you give your child a little extra support;
- talk through what they are going to write before they write it and make sure they can say the whole sentence.
- give them some key spellings on a piece of paper.
- Ask 'what goes at the beginning?' rather than telling directly.
- Keep an eye on how they are doing and read it through with them if there are errors to go over them before they write too much with mistakes.
- Beware of how long they can concentrate for. Keep it enjoyable.
- If you are looking for other writing opportunities to practice this - writing a diary, writing a letter to a friend or instructions for something they have done such a baking or rules for a game.
These worksheets and activities address the times tables on most children's plans. There are many online games such Times tables Rock stars which your children will already know as well as Timestables.co.uk and topmarks.co.uk that have games as well as worksheets. There are many practical ways to reinforce times tables and sharing during day using counters, grapes, when playing and helping around the house. I would suggest that a combination of these activities. Please ask if you need anything more.