The most important message to give your child/ren is that learning is all around us. 

• Talk to your child about what they are learning at school.
• Encourage them to find out things for themselves.
• Read books with your child. Take them to the local library and help them to choose books.
• Look for the maths all around us. 
• Let your child help you around the home.
• Listen to your child. Encourage them to ask questions. If you do not have the answer, why not find out together?

KS1

Reading

To support our reading scheme your child will only change their books on a Monday and Friday in Key Stage 1. They will bring home a phonics levelled book which is for your child to read to you and a reading for pleasure book which is for you to read to them. You should be reading with your child at least 5 times a week and write in your child’s school planner. 

Spellings

Your child will receive a set of spellings once a week which will be stuck in their school planner. It is important that you help your child to learn the words ready to be tested at school the following week (details of these days will be on class pages on the website as they may differ between classes). Your child’s score will be recorded in their school planner after the test. Any spellings that your child can not spell correctly within the test will be recorded and shared with your child. However, please remember that when learning spellings, it is not just for a ‘test’ and your child needs to remember these long term so coming back to old spellings is really useful!

Timestables

Your child will need to know and understand their timestables in order to be able to be an efficient, accurate, confident mathematician in the future. They need to learn their timestables in any order and not just as a pattern. By the end of Key Stage 1, the times tables that all children should know are: 2, 5 and 10. It is important that you work with your child on these timestables regularly at home. 

 

KS2

Reading

Your child will get the opportunity to change their love for reading library book (if finished) from the school library. Please try and encourage your child to read at least 5 times a week at home (please remember to sign your child’s school planner). Whilst reading, please encourage your child to explain things to you about their book and ask them questions to ensure that they are understanding the text and they can relate this into a different context. Although it is important for your child to read their school books, it is equally important for them to enjoy reading and to read for purpose so therefore, please encourage your child to read their home books, comics, cereal boxes, websites, instructions, timetables and charts – all of this can be added into the reading section of the school planner. 

Spellings

Your child will receive a set of spellings once a week in their planners. It is important that you help your child to learn the words/rules/patterns ready to be tested at school the following week. Your child’s score will be recorded in their school planner each week.  Please remember that when learning spellings, it is not just for a ‘test’ and your child needs to remember these long- term, so coming back to old spellings is really useful!

Timestables

Your child will need to know and understand their timestables in order to be able to be an efficient, accurate, confident mathematician in the future. They need to learn their timestables in any order and not just as a pattern. By the end of year 4, your child should know all of their timestables (year 3 : 3, 4 and 8; year 4:  6, 7, 9, 11, 12; year 5 and 6 is about applying this number knowledge in a range of contexts).  It is important that you work with your child on these timestables regularly at home. Timestables will continue to be practised during years 5 and 6 – the quicker and more efficient your child is with their timestables the quicker and more efficient they can be when using their maths strategies e.g. long and short division, multiplication, fractions of amounts, percentages of amounts. Year 4 will be tested on timestables knowledge at the end of the year.   In your child’s planner, they will have a log on details for TTRockstars - a great app for practising timestables.