Squirrels

Welcome to Squirrels!

                Miss Wilson                         Miss Mitchell                           Mrs Irvine

            Teaching Assistant                     Class Teacher                              HTLA

  Monday-Friday AM and lunchtime.                                           Teaches Squirrels Wednesday PM                                        

General Information

Reading

Each week, your child will come home with a book that matches their phonic knowledge, along with a library book they have chosen. These books will usually 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 Reading Record. We ask that the children read their reading books three times to boost their fluency. 

Please ensure your child has their Reading Record and Phonic Reading book in school each day. Library books will only need to be returned to school on a  Monday and so therefore it can be changed. 

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. From January we will be sending a list of Common Exception Words home for the children 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.

P.E.

Squirrels are taught PE on Thursday. We would like all children in Squirrels to come to school in their PE kits on Thursday.  Please ensure PE kits consist of weather appropriate clothing as we will sometimes do PE outside. Thank you. 

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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