(Our Phonics Scheme)

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Book One

This is the same book that the children will have read three times in school – this is a ‘Big Cat Collins’ book. The rationale behind reading the book repeatedly is so that your child reads with confidence and their reading is fluent. This means that they should only be sounding out 1 word in every 10. The other 9 words should be read easily and with automaticity. This book is known as our Reading Practice Book.

If a child cannot decode the book then this will lead to frustration and could put a child off reading completely. Please use as much praise as is possible when your child is reading this book and not deem that it is too easy for them, rather it is that they have become skilled in reading this book over the course of the reading sessions in school.

Book two

This book is our Sharing Book and is a ‘Rising Stars’ book. This book is for you as parents/carers to share the reading with your child. Where your child can attempt familiar words that have been taught in phonics lessons and reading practice sessions, they should do so. You as parents/carers can read the other words your child is less familiar with. This will, in turn, aid your child’s fluency and through discussion about the text improve your child’s vocabulary.

There will be a difference in levels between the reading practice book and the sharing book. This is because the practice book is designed for fluency, speed and accuracy, while the sharing book is meant to stimulate conversation and through the practice of sharing with adults, it is hoped to foster a lifelong love of reading books for pleasure.

Alongside this to further develop reading for pleasure, your child will be issued with a library book.  This will be changed weekly.

Your child will be allocated a day of the week in which these books will be changed.  We ask that you bring your book bag into school every day.

The following links provide key information and useful tips for keeping your child safe online. Please familiarise yourself with the content.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

https://www.youtube.com/user/ceop/

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers/parental-controls-offered-your-home-internet-provider

Please find below a useful link.

Tutor Bot contains completely free online maths games where children can practice their mathematics skills. They feature over 100 different customisable games which they hope kids will find to be a fun and new way to improve their mathematics fluency, accuracy and speed.

https://www.tutorhunt.com/tutor-bot/

(Note – school cannot be held responsible for the any content found on the site)

Useful links:

Please find below a link to a really useful website ‘Hungry Little Minds’ which provides simple fun ideas and activities to support children from birth to 5 years old. Here you will also find appropriate apps and websites for your child to use as well as a link to local activities/clubs for children to partake in.

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

https://www.ourrochdale.org.uk/kb5/rochdale/directory/family.page?newfamilychannel=5

Settling In

Think Equal is a global initiative that seeks to end the discriminatory mind-set and the cycle of violence across our world and ensure positive life outcomes for our children. The first four weeks of every half we will read a story that focuses on equality, empathy, and peaceful conflict resolution.

To access the resources please click the links below