Windy Nook Primary School

Meeting for parents October 2012

Please !!!!!

Write your child’s name in all their clothing, even coats.

This can help your child find their own clothes.

Lost property is in the bin outside Ladybirds’ classroom.

New things in ReceptionThe only jewellery allowed in school is a watch

Reward assemblies

Dinner money payment in envelopes with name on. Changing from packed lunch to school dinner at the end of the week.

Look at www.windynookprimary.org for more information.

Children are dismissed one by one at the end of the day.

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Why Read Write Inc Phonics?

• Tried and tested over many years

• Systematic and structured

• Early success in reading

• Training and ongoing staff development

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How does it work?

Children:• Learn 44 sounds and matching letters/letter

groups

• Learn to blend sounds to read words

• Read lots of specially written books

This is decoding

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How does it work?

Children:• Talk a lot about what they have read to show

they understand

• Listen to and discuss other ideas to deepen understanding

This is comprehending

Children learn a simple code first

If English had a simple code spelling and reading would be much easier!!

play mayk trayn cafay strayt wayt brayk

green dreem kee hee happee

light kight fligh Igh igh tigh

blow smowk flowt gow mowst

moon broot bloo groo

Fred...

• Fred helps children learn to read

Fred can only talk in sounds...

(Fred can only say c_a_t, he can’t say cat)

We call this Fred Talk

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Fred...

• Fred helps children learn to spell as well! Children convert words into sounds

They press the sounds they hear on to their fingers...

We call this Fred Fingers

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•New reading books for the classroom and to read at home.•Sounds and letters are introduced systematically and at a fast pace.•Children are only asked to blend words with sounds they know.•When children bring home a Ditty or storybook they will have already practised it at school.•Children are taught to use sounds to decode words.

What’s new or different?

Storybooks and Get Writing Books

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And...

• By reading to your child lots of lovely stories and asking lots of questions!

Use these prompts to help you:

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What is that character thinking?

What is the character saying?

What do you

think that character is

feeling now?

What is happening?

What do you think happens next?

Homework for parents!Websites giving further information including a pronunciation guide

• www.ruthmiskinliteracy.com • http://www.booktrust.org.uk• http://www.bookstart.org.uk• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=5J2Ddf_0Om8

Mathematics•Problem solving, practical work, especially outdoors.

•Children will meet counting and number in play and games, rather than 2+3=5

•Support at home through games, e.g. snakes and ladders, snap, dominoes, playing cards.