Bumblebees

Welcome to Bumble Bees!

Class Teacher: Mrs Davison

Miss Shaw teaches Bumblebees on a Thursday 

Mrs Kennedy teaches Bumblebees on a Wednesday afternoon

Teaching Assistant: Miss Penn  Monday- Friday AM and lunchtimes 

General Information

P.E is on a Tuesday morning. We would like all children in Bumblebees to come to school in their PE kits on a Tuesday.

Reading at Home

Your child will come home with a book that matches their phonic knowledge and a library book. These books will be changed on a Monday. Please listen to, or read to your child daily and record any reading you do at home in your child's planner. We ask that the children read their books three times to boost their fluency.  The new book is written in their reading record and a member of staff will write which aspect of reading we are working on. 
 

You can also access a wide range of texts via Collins Hub. 

Phonics/Spellings

Phonics is taught daily as a whole class and activities are provided to support new learning as well as deepen children's understanding. Please refer to our Phonics Newsletter to see what sounds and tricky words we have been learning in Phonics!

From January we will be sending  list of common exception words home for you to practise spelling at home. We will then complete a quiz in school each term to check the children’s knowledge of reading and spellings these words.

Maths 

It is important that your child builds their fluency with number and has key facts at their fingertips. Please log in and play Numbots throughout the week. We will be sharing and celebrating the children’s success on this platform. 

Handwriting

Handwriting and correct letter formation are an important part of children's literacy skills.  However, there are various ways in which certain letters can be formed.  To help with consistency and in order for you to be able to support your children at home with their handwriting, below is a PowerPoint modelling how we form letters at Oatlands Infants. 

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