Many parents/ carers often ask us 'How can I help my child at home'?

Here are some ideas for families:

Ideas with younger pupils:

Practise taking a coat on and off.

Practise putting shoes on right feet.

Practise putting on gloves or mittens.

Look for initial sounds wherever you go and think of things that begin with that sound.

Look out for numbers everywhere. For example speed limits on roads, bus numbers, car registrations. 

Play eye-spy with colours then sounds.

If your child has a reading pack, practise what is inside. You do not have to keep reading the book, you can discuss or even change the story ideas through talk.

Read bedtime stories (this gives our pupils lots of vocabulary and imaginative ideas).

Sing lots of simple nursery rhymes.

Go out for walks and look for sighs of the season, leaves changing colour, frost or ice.

Ideas for Older Pupils:

Read any reading books sent home, ask your child to make predictions of what could happen next. Encourage them to build words they are unsure of.

Any practise of writing you can do is great, whether it's getting your child to write the shopping list or the Christmas cards for family.

Practise spellings they are struggling with.

Play games such as scrabble, boy, girl, fruit and flower.

Ask them to tell you something new they have found out in school today.

Play maths games at home.

Below is a booklet sent out to families via email. It explores a range of simple games equipment you have in house to enhance and develop Numeracy skills. Have a look, we have also added two links to great websites with homework and further learning at home advice. 

School work, homework, exam stress and homeschooling advice 

Learning and homework advice - BBC Parents' Toolkit - BBC Bitesize