Home Learning

Support from our children's families is vital to the success and engagement children demonstrate in school. All children will be set homework to complete at home.

Work at home will be set for each year group. The key focus is on reading and mathematics.

Remember - your child's planner has lots of useful pages to support your child's learning at home.

Your child's planner is designed to help communication between home and school. It will be used to record weekly information and any messages. When you have competed reading or any extra work at home, let us know with a quick note in the planner.

Work at Home for Reception

Children will have a set of key words to learn, these will be tested at intervals over each term.
Children will also have weekly phonemes stuck into their planners that you can practise at home.
We encourage all children to read as much as they possibly can, this includes sharing a book at bedtime. Children will bring home a reading book linked to their phonics lessons. Please try to read at least 3 times each week.
Pop a note in the planner to say that you have read, practised phonics and any additional home learning you and your children have completed.

Work at Home for year 1 and 2

Log into Numbots (log in details are in your planner)
Children will have specific word lists to learn that class teachers will share via StudyBugs.
Read at home at least 3 times each week and get your planner signed.
We encourage all children to read as much as they possibly can, this includes sharing a book at bedtime. Children will bring home a reading book linked to their phonics lessons. Please try to read at least 3 times each week.
In year 1, class teachers will share specific pages from Rocket Phonics workbooks for consolidation at home.
In year 2, at the start of each half term, class teachers will share the Rocket Phonics spellings for the weeks ahead. These can be practised at home as often as possible.
Pop a note in the planner to say that you have read, practised phonics and any additional home learning you and your children have completed.

Work at Home for year 3 to 6

Log into Doodle learning - thee are 4 separate platforms for English, Maths, Spelling and Times tables. Try to do a little each day and stay in the green zone. If you can do a bit each day your streak will increase and we will celebrate this too!
Read at home at least 3 times each week
We encourage all children to read as much as they possibly can, this includes sharing a book at bedtime. Children will bring home a reading book linked to their ZPD. Please try to read at least 3 times each week.
At the start of each half term, class teachers will share spellings for the weeks ahead. These can be practised at home as often as possible.
Pop a note in the planner to say that you have read, practised spellings and any additional home learning you and your children have completed.

In addition, you could try some of these ideas:

Reading

You can always read a few extra pages of your reading book or library book.
Who is your favourite author? Can you write a book review to recommend a book to your class?
Try to design a new cover for your book based on what you have read so far.

Maths

Try to improve your times tables speed on TTRockstars.
Download the 1 Minute Maths app from White Rose to practise your maths.
Find more games on Maths Frame

Extra curricular

Get involved in Lyfta challenges set over holiday periods
Our clubs e.g. Panda club, Worm club and Forest school club often set additional competitions and challenges for you to engage with at home.
Keep an eye on the Weekly What's on for additional competitions and challenges from online communities and local businesses.

Keeping Skills Sharp Over Summer

As we wrap up another fantastic school year, we know how important it is to keep young minds active and engaged over the summer break. We’re excited to share with you our “Keeping Skills Sharp Over Summer” booklet, designed to help your child continue learning in fun and meaningful ways.

You’ll find a variety of activities that reinforce key skills, support retention of learning, and help prevent the “summer slide.” These activities are meant to be enjoyable and easy to integrate into your family’s summer plans.

In addition to supporting academic growth, there are many activities included that provide great alternatives to screen time, encouraging children to explore, create, and think critically.

We encourage you to explore the booklet together and make it a fun summer goal to try as many activities as possible. Your support at home makes a tremendous difference in your child’s confidence and readiness for the new school year.