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Religious Education
In Religious Education we are focusing on the season of Lent. Lent is a time when we practice both giving and giving up to help us grow closer to God and to remember the complete self-offering of Jesus during Holy Week.
Throughout this season, the children will be learning how they can grow in love and be more like Jesus. We will discuss ways to show kindness, help others, and make good choices, as we prepare for the joy of Easter.
As we look forward to Easter, we encourage you to support your child in reflecting on these themes at home. Simple acts of kindness or thinking about how we can share with others are great ways to embrace the spirit of Lent.
Home Learning Task
Talk to your child about why people go to church and why prayer is important. Ask them to share what they remember from their discussions in school. You might also encourage them to say a short prayer before bedtime, thanking God for something special in their day.
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Phonics
This week, the children focused on words with two or more digraphs. They worked hard on blending, segmenting, and using tricky words in their reading and writing.
Next week, our Reception children will be completing a phonics assessment. To help them prepare, please practise the following sounds with your child: ai, igh, oa, ur, oo, er, oo, or, ear, ow, ee, ck, ar, air, oi. These sounds are key for their reading and writing.
In addition, please ensure your child can read the tricky words: be, into, my, sure, all. These words need to be recognised by sight.
📖 Words Practised:
shimmer, pocket, seven, helmet, shark, singer, powder, wooden, zooming, carparl, fights, torches, melon, cheeps, waiting.
✍️ New Words and Definitions:
Home Learning Task
Play "I Spy" using words with this week’s sounds.
Ask your child to read words like sharp, sheep, sheet, torch, thinker, chain, shower and put them into sentences.
Encourage them to write a short sentence using a word from the list above.
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Communication, Language and Literacy
The children have really enjoyed our week focusing on the morality of Jack’s character questioning what a ‘good’ character is and how we know a character is good based on their actions.
Next week we shall recap what fairy tales are and the key defining features of the genre.
Home Learning Task:
Engage in conversations on our learning this week; why do they think Jack is bad? Is he bad?
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Maths 
Next week in Maths, the children will be exploring 3-D shapes, learning to recognise and name different shapes such as cubes, spheres, and pyramids. They will also identify 2-D shapes on the flat faces of 3-D objects. Through hands-on activities, children will explore how to use 3-D shapes for tasks and spot more complex patterns.
Home Learning Ideas:
Encourage your child to go on a shape hunt around the house, identifying 3-D shapes and their flat faces.
Create shape patterns using objects at home and ask your child to identify the 2-D shapes within them.
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