March 2016

During the last three days of school children in Foundation 1 enjoyed making their Easter cards, hearing about the Easter story and making shredded wheat nests to take home. (Pictures below)

In phonics we have been practising rhyming. At home you can help your child by reading rhyming stories and identifying the rhyming words or making up rhyming strings e.g. ‘Cat, sat, mat, hat’. You can extend this by then making up a rhyme ‘the cat sat on a mat, wearing his favourite hat’.

When we return for the summer term we will begin our project Growing and Changing with the story The Little Red Hen. Please take the time to read the letter, that was sent home with your child, about our project. Especially the suggested activities for home and the key vocabulary you can use when talking about the themes within our project.

As the weather improves please take the time to visit the local parks and encourage your children to climb and hang off park apparatus. This will help them develop their gross motor skills and lead to better fine motor skills, holding pencils brushes etc which will help them develop their writing skills.

Last, but not least, have an eggcellent Easter Break! See you back at school on Tuesday 12th April.