Homework

 KS1 

Welcome to our new approach to Home Learning! We are excited to introduce a simple and engaging structure designed to reinforce the key skills your children are learning in class, especially in Literacy and Numeracy. 

We believe that short, regular practice at home makes a huge difference, so we have kept the workload focused and manageable for both children and families.

📚 Our Weekly Home Learning Structure

Each week, the children will have three main activities to complete:

1. Weekly Spellings (Phonics, including tricky words)

• Every Friday, your child will bring home a list of weekly spellings.
• These words are chosen directly from the sounds and words we have been teaching in our Phonics lessons that week. This ensures the spelling practice directly supports their reading skills.
• The children will be tested on these words the following Thursday.

2. Mathematics Task (Numeracy)

• Each week, we will assign one focused math activity.
• This task will consolidate the specific concept we are learning in class that week, such as addition, subtraction, or shape recognition.

3. Weekly Writing Task (Literacy)

• The children will receive a writing task card at the start of the half term. This card contains six fun writing stimulus tasks.
• Children need to choose and complete one task per week. They can tick the box when they have finished a task.
• This approach gives the children ownership and choice over what they write about.

Please return home learning books every Thursday so we can review them in class. We truly appreciate your support in helping your child build these essential skills at home.

If you have any questions about the tasks, please speak to a member of staff.

Best wishes,

The Year 1 and Year 2 Team