We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of our pupils. We expect everyone to share this commitment. View the safeguarding section of our website for more information.
Reading
Your child is given reading books to read at home every week. One book that they are given is according to the reading stage that they are currently on and the second book is the book that they are currently reading in their RWI group. Your child also has access to a range of online books that have been allocated by their class teacher through the Bug Books website.
Daily reading is very important for beginning readers and we expect that you will read with your child for a minimum of 10 minutes every night. Children who read each day with an adult make noticeably significant progress in their independent reading skills, than those who only read occasionally at home. We check your child’s Reading Record every morning to check that they have read at home.
Reading for pleasure is also very important to us at Bowlee Park. Everyday we have story time in class where we share our favourite books together. This is a time that both the teachers and children love and we quickly decide on our favourite five books! It is important that this love of reading is shared at home also. Here are a few books that we recommend reading with your child:
The Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Funnybones by Allan Ahlberg
I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt
We're Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Homework
Your child is given Writing, Maths and Spelling homework every Friday. These pieces of homework link to what your child has been learning and allow your child to apply the skills that they have learnt in class that week. It is expected that these pieces of homework are returned to your child's class teacher by Wednesday the following week.
Please note: Homework is part of our home-school agreement and must be completed each week. Class staff will be checking that homework is returned.
Online Learning
We used several online learning programmes. These are:
The login details and passwords are in your child's reading record. In addition to your child's weekly homework, children can access these programmes for further reinforcement activities at home. Teachers will monitor online learning and rewards will be given for engaging with these programmes.
Learning Logs
Over the school holidays your child will also come home with a Learning Log. This will ask the children to create, explore and investigate a topic that we will be studying. Your child can complete their learning log by drawing and taking pictures, making a model or by writing sentences. Please be as creative as you like! We look forward to seeing your learning logs and sharing them in class.
Further Activities
If you would like to carry out extra activities here are some options that you may wish to choose: