Dear Parents

Welcome to Nazareth Class. The teachers are Mrs Cousins and Mrs Hudson supported by Mrs Downey, Miss Ottley and Mrs Digweed .

Number bonds

By the end of year 1 the expectation is that all children should know their number bonds to 20. We will cover these in class, but please practice with your children at home as much as possible. Some ideas of activities are:

• You say 18 and your child would have to say 2 etc.
• Number bond bingo
• Number bond pairs
• Number bond snap

It does not need to be boring and time consuming.

Helping to Enrich our Topic

It is always great to have items or visitors that support our topic, so if anyone has any experience or items that may help us with any of the work above that we could hear about or borrow, we would love to see and hear about them.

Reminders

Please make sure your child brings in a water bottle each day with fresh water; ensure all jumpers are labelled and bring a coat for any wet weather. Our PE days are Tuesday and Fridays please ensure that your child’s PE kit is always in school on these days.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Mrs Cousins

Useful Websites:

If you’re looking for ways to support your child the following website will be helpful:

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/InteractiveResources.htm

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/literacy.shtml

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

https://www.everyschool.co.uk/history-key-stage-1-toys.html

Questions you could ask your child about their learning this term:

• Why do we need full stops?
• Do you know your number bonds to 20?

Vocabulary we will learn this term:

  Can you use words and phrases like:

· before and after

 · past and present

· then and now

 · a long time ago