Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Three weeks into the school year, and it seems like we’ve never been away! The calendar in the staffroom is frighteningly full already…

Reading Diaries 
We will be starting our reading groups next week, but children can read books from home or one they bring from school. After reading, they need to fill in their reading diary with the title of the book, the date and a comment.

Basic Facts Homework 
This week, we are starting with our basic facts homework. Your child has 4 copies of their basic facts level in their homework book, one for each day this week. The basic facts homework follows this routine (for now):
Day 1 Children to complete the sheet - parent to check that they’re correct
Day 2 Work on the facts that were wrong on day 1 – write out the family of facts for that fact. If all were correct, complete the whole sheet
Day 3 Complete the whole sheet again and time yourself
Day 4 Complete the whole sheet and time yourself – try to get it done under 4 minutes

If your child is new to this school, their facts may seem too easy for them. This is on purpose – they are meant to be easy at the start.

Kiwi Can 
This is a weekly session with Dom and Richie which focusses on respect. This term’s theme is “Positive Relationships – being a good friend”. The sessions are run in the hall and take place on Mondays.

Meet the teacher Tuesday and Thursday 
Hopefully, your child has given you their green notice with the time of their interview. If not, please ring me at school.
I look forward to seeing/meeting you on Tuesday or Thursday this week.