Mrs Robins infanthead@wroughtonfederation.co.

uk

Mrs Smith EY Team Leader SmithC@wroughtonfederation.co.uk

Miss Azzopardi AzzopardiL@wroughtonfederation.co.uk

Miss Davies DaviesN@wroughtonfederation.co.uk

Phonics (letter sounds)
Learn sounds
Need to know letter sounds (correct
pronunciation of pure sounds) rather than letter
names in order to read
Teach 4 new sounds each week then final day to
recap
Send home sounds in green sound books as they
are taught so you can reinforce and draw pictures
of things beginning with that sound
Please practise sounds every day and record in
their white Reading Record book
Blending

Green words – the children will come across lots of words

which they will be able to sound out
To build words (for spelling)
c - a - t = cat b - u - g = bug
 To decode words (for reading)
tap = t - a - p hen = h - e - n
Parents can:
 Play “I spy” with initial, final and then short vowel sounds
 Have magnetic letters in kitchen to practise spelling and
writing words
 Help children blend sounds when they are reading
Key words
Taught by character sheets e.g. Paw Patrol.
These are sight words (red words)!
Important to practise and look for these words
ALL the time – they are ‘key’ words!
We will teach several key words each week and
constantly re-inforce
Parents can PLAY GAMES with them:
 Snap, pairs and matching games
 Kim’s Game (guess the missing word)
 Magnetic letters on the fridge
 Make up your own!
Reading Story Books
Parents can
 Read to your children! Read with them!
 Ask questions about stories and the pictures
 Ask the child to retell the story
 Decide on their favourite part
 Predict what will come next
 Important to continue to read to your children
 even when they start reading books themselves
Reading Scheme Books
We start with books with no words
First do a “walk through the book”
Read the book, initially using the pictures as cues
Ensure they point to the words
Search for words in the book
Reading scheme books will be changed when you
have read them at home
Please write in the children’s reading records
when they have read at home
Guided Reading
This will take place in a small group each week from
January
Each child has a copy of the same book that will be
at an appropriate level for the group
The children learn many reading skills through this
activity:
Book talk (front cover, title, blurb)
Predicting
Discussing the story (characters, events, favourite
parts)
Retelling the story
Pre writing skills…
Funky fingers
FMS challenges
Handwriting
Teach letter formation as we teach each sound –
with story
Draw in the air, on each others’ back, on the floor
before writing
Practise in sand, paint, shaving , whiteboards,
foam, aqua draw
Correct letter formation very important – please
help them to form letters correctly when they
write at home
Writing at home –Be seen to write!
Give it a purpose!
Shopping lists
Label models
Invitations
Cards
Post cards
Dad’s to do list
Games – hangman
Diary/scrap book
E-mail
Record a score in a game
Story scrap book
It doesn’t have to be correct!
Shopping list: bagels, milk, orange juice, mushrooms.

Sarah drew a sequence and

labelled the feelings of the
girls in her picture: sad,
surprised and happy.
Numeracy in the Early Years.
Mathematics is one of the specific areas that we
teach in the foundation stage.
Mathematics is split into 2 areas of learning:
Numbers
Shape, Space and Measures.
Mathematics is taught every day through play as well
as through directed tasks and activities.
Mathematical session.
Every day the class teacher will teach a Mathematical
objective.
In the classroom there will be Mathematical provision
for the children to explore.
The class teacher and TA will work with groups of
children on a directed task.
At the end of the session the teacher will bring the
class back together to assess whether the objective
of the session has been met.
Mathematical ideas.
 Number games – snakes and ladders,
 Number songs and stories and action rhymes.
 Number hunts in the sand, water, den area, outside classroom.
 Making numbers out of play dough.
 Magic air writing, whiteboards, tracings, paintings, chalks, sand,
shaving foam.
 Flashcards, bean bags with numbers on, dice,
 Welly walks looking for numbers and shapes.
 Cutting, sticking, ordering numbers.
 Interactive mathematical games on whiteboard.
 Computer programmes.
Mathematical language
.

We need to develop children’s use of

mathematical language in their play relating to…
Time: day, week, year, month, hour, seconds
Shapes: 2D and 3D shape names, curved, straight,
corners
Comparing different measures: longer, shorter,
taller, heavier, lighter, bigger, smaller
Position and direction: under, over, behind, in
front, forwards, backwards, above
 Homework Packs
Please use the pack as a guide to help your child on
their learning journey.
But most of all just have Fun.
And finally...
Encourage and praise all efforts! Children easily lose
confidence in their reading and writing if they feel it is
only judged for accuracy
Learning should always be a positive experience 
Workshops…
Please make your way down to your child’s class where
activities have been set up for you and your children
to have a go at…
Teachers will be available to answer any of your
questions…