Reading for Pleasure

Reading for pleasure can be directly linked to children’s success throughout their time at school and even into adulthood. Research shows that reading for pleasure opens up new worlds for children. It gives them the opportunity to use their imagination, to explore new ideas, visit new places and meet new characters. Interestingly, reading for pleasure also improves wellbeing and empathy. It helps them to understand their own identity and gives them insight into the world and views of others (Oxford Owl).

Alongside your child’s Read Write Inc book, you will notice a second book in your child’s book bag. This is their ‘Reading for Pleasure’ book.

This is a book that is chosen by your child to enjoy with you at home. This book is not matched to your child’s Read Write Inc phonics sessions and is a book purely to promote their love and enjoyment of reading.

Children will be given the opportunity to change their ‘Reading for Pleasure’ book every morning. They can change their ‘Reading for Pleasure’ book as often as they like. This book will not be recorded in your child’s reading diary.

Click on the link below for ideas of how to encourage your child to read for pleasure:

Reading for pleasure – Oxford Owl for Home

Thank you for your continued support.

Read Write Inc Book Change Day in Green Class:  Monday

Each week on Monday, your child will be provided with a new Read Write Inc book. Your child’s Read Write Inc book has been carefully matched to their Read Write Inc phonics sessions at school.

Reading is an extremely important and vital life skill. Please can we actively encourage you to read with your child at least three times a week at home. If you can read every day, that would be fantastic and incredibly beneficial to your child.

When you have read with your child, please write:

• the date when reading took place
• the title of the book
• a comment about your child’s reading 

 Comments may include:

-Did they enjoy the book?

-Were there any sounds/words that your child found particularly tricky and may need more support with?

-Could your child answer questions about the text? You can use the reading comprehension grid in your child’s book bag for ideas of questions to ask.

We ask that your child’s reading diary is brought into school every day with their book.

On Monday mornings, adults in Green Class will look through your child’s reading record to see how often your child is reading and look through any comments you have written. Children will then be sent home with a new Read Write Inc book, so reading can take place over the week and into the weekend.

Thank you for your continued support.

White Rose Maths have launched an app called ‘1 minute maths’. We follow White Rose Maths as a school, so it fits in superbly and will look very familiar to the children. The app gives children quick 1 minute challenges for addition, subtraction and subitising (recognising a quantity without needing to count). If you are able to, please download the app and let them have a go. This is an app to enjoy at your leisure with your child to support their learning journey.

White Rose 1 Minute Maths

Thank you for your continued support.

We are delighted to inform you that your child has a Numbots account!

Numbots is a supportive tool which assists children with their recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating.

In Reception and Year 1, Numbots is to enjoy at your leisure to support your child’s learning journey.

Details of your child’s log in details have been sent home in a letter this week.

Log in and familiarise yourself with Numbots and enjoy!

NumBots | Motivational maths practice for schools and families.

Many thanks for your continued support.

We are delighted to inform you that your child has access to Purple Mash. Letters have been sent home this week with details of your child’s log in.

Purple Mash is a comprehensive suite of online learning tools and content, designed for children aged 3-11 in the classroom and at home. Purple Mash supports learning through its resources, games and creative tools, tailored to the school curriculum.

Purple Mash is a learning tool for you to enjoy at home with your child in Reception and Year 1 at your leisure. In Reception and Year 1, we will not set any homework for children to complete on Purple Mash.

Log in and familiarise yourself with the activities and enjoy supporting your child in their learning journey.

Below is a short video which outlines the main features of Purple Mash.

purple-mash-parents – 2simple.com

As part of your child’s account, you have access to a ‘Parent Portal’. Details of how to set up your account will be listed below. In Reception and Year 1, the sections which will be most relevant to you are:

“Work

Any work that a teacher has commented on will appear here as well as any work that a child has wished to share with their parent.”

“Access Pupil View

Parents are able to see a Pupil View of Purple Mash, this is particularly helpful if a parent wishes to work with their child on a task or in the unfortunate event that a child has temporarily misplaced their login card. Parents will be prompted with a password screen which will ask for their Parent Portal password they would have created at registration.”

Details of how to set up your ‘Parent Portal’ account can be found in the document below.

Purple Mash ‘Parent Portal’ Parent Support Document.

Thank you for continued support.