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Looking forward to seeing some of you back in school soon.

It has been a long time, but it is still important to keep safe.

Keep sending me all your pictures, work and fabulous videos. 

A big thank you to everyone who has sent work in recently. I have added it to your folders in the Fabulous work link.

What else can I do to help my child learn and improve?

Look at the sheet that shows all the areas of maths covered in year 1. The more you can cover, even if it is only verbally the better start you  will have in year 2.

Challenges: Try to present an idea with a wrong answer, for your child to work through and then get them explain why it is wrong.

Lots of mental maths, doubles, times tables, addition and subtraction, subtracting  / adding 10 to any number. 

We have not yet done much dividing, so this could be a new area to learn.

Handwriting: Handwriting and practising getting letters of a similar size, with clear tall and lazy letters. Look at Oxford Owl and Twinkl to help with this. 

Writing: Draw or find a picture you like. Talk about it and build a word bank. Try to include some adjectives and conjunctions in the sentences, building up to longer sections of writing.

Hope these ideas help, lots of short periods of working with lots of breaks in between.