What you can do to support your child's learning.

Please hear your child read as often as possible and give plenty of encouragement and praise.

Make sure that the homework is done each week; please assist with this especially in research and dictionary work...but do not do it all for your child.  Try to make it fun!

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Practical activities such as using money, giving change, telling the time, cooking, playing board games and counting backwards and forwards are all excellent mathematical reinforcement.

Chanting in the car is a good way of helping children to learn their times tables.

Practising spellings by writing in chalk, using a paintbrush and water on the path, by writing large/small/in big felt tips on card or coloured paper - all of these can help to give more fun and variety.

Mnemonics are useful.  Help with spelling using aids such as:

'Big elephants can always upset small elephants'

'Rhythm helps your two hips move' and the phrase, 'Oh you lazy dog!' for should, would etc

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