This week, your child has brought home a new reading record and a library book. Log-in details for NumBots are Collins Hub are on the back of reading records. Please let me know if you are having access issues.
Reading Records
Please return a signed reading record by Thursday each week ready to be sent home again on Friday. Each week, please write a short comment about your child’s reading (something that’s gone well, something they’ve enjoyed, something you’d like more support with). This is a valuable stream of communication. I’ll set a target for your child each week which can help to give your home learning a focus.
Library Books
Your child has (almost!) free rein of our school library. We have a huge variety of books for you to enjoy at home. We’ll help steer your child towards something that is age-appropriate and will encourage them to engage with something they’re passionate about. Enjoying library books at home is a brilliant way of learning ‘book behaviour’.
- Exploring books physically – turning pages, engaging in conversation about pictures, some independent reading
- Preference – help your child to develop likes/dislikes in genre, illustration, repetition and rhyme, relatable characters
- Impact – vocabulary, listening skills, developing fluency, link reading to being fun (not just school!), bonding through shared reading
Year 1 will visit the library to return books (and select a new one) every Monday. Please return library books to school by the end of the week – this helps us to smooth out the returns process and makes more time for loving books!