Learning Support

Welcome to the Learning Support webpage!

This page is to help you, the parents, to help your children at
home. It will be updated termly. Each term we will focus on
different aspects of learning in all Key Stages.

Our focus this Term is

English as an Additional Language for

Early Years/ Key Stage 1

Jolly Phonics Actions

Here are the actions for some of the sounds of the letters for you to practise at home.

Group 1
s- Wave hand in an S shape,like a snake,and say sssssss.

a- Wiggle fingers above elbow as if ants are crawling on you and say a,a,a,a.

t -Turn head from side to side as ifyou are watching tennis and say t,t,t,t.

i- Pretend to be amused by wriggling fingers at end of noise and squeak i,i,i,i.

p- Pretend to puff out candles and say p,p,p,p.

n- Make a noise as if you are a plane- hold arms out and say n,n,n,n.

Group 2
ck- Raise hands and snap fingers as if playing castanets and say ck, ck, ck.

e- Pretend to tap an egg on the side of a pan and crack it into the pan, saying eh,eh,eh.

h- Hold hand in front of mouth panting as if you are out of breath and say h,h,h.

r- Pretend to be a puppy holding a piece of food, shaking head from side to side,saying rrrrrr.

m- Rub tummy as if seeing tasty food and say mmmmm.

d- Beat hands up and down as if playing a drum and say d,d,d.

Top Tips from the teachers

-read with your child everyday for a few minutes. Remember to write it in the reading record.

- ask your child to order in English when you go to a restaurant.

- ask your child to speak to the dais and didis at home in English.

Here are some useful links to help with developing skill in English language. Here you will find games, activities and stories. Enjoy!
www.storyjumper.com
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/

Newer news items:

11/11/2012 08:45 - Learning Support Key Stage 3
11/11/2012 08:44 - Learning Support Key Stage 2
11/11/2012 08:44 - Learning Support Key Stage 1

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