Children Sometimes Lose Some of the Study Skills and Concentration They Have Acquired During

Children sometimes lose some of the study skills and concentration they have acquired during term time over the long summer holidays and can appear to have fallen back somewhat at the start of a new term. In order to avoid this it would be a great idea to do some of the following over the summer holiday.

READING

• Continue to hear your child reading aloud regularly – even 5 minutes a day can make a big difference.
• Discuss the book and what their likes and dislikes are. Talk about the characters and ask them to predict what they think might happen next in the story.
• Reading aloud to them is a great idea too since this will stimulate their language development and love of books and reading.

WRITING

• Ask your child to keep a short diary or scrap book during the holiday so they are writing at least a couple of times a week.
• Send post cards.

Encourage them to form all their letters correctly and ensure their writing is ‘sitting on the line’, and using capital letters and full stops.

MATHS – Regular practice in short sharp bursts will ensure your child does not forget what they have learnt and will boost their confidence in Maths.

• Get them to identify numbers when out and about
• Practise counting forwards and backwards to 20.
• Practise one more than and one less than
• Learning to read the time
• Encourage the children to pay for small amounts when shopping
• Practising number bonds to 10

PHONICS & SPELLING – Practisewith your child the single letter sounds and digraphs from phonics phase 1. Also, practise the common high frequency words that they will find useful in everyday writing.

Year 1/2 High Frequency Words

Wehope this is helpful!

We do believe the children should have a proper break over the summer and hope that the moderate learning activities I have suggested will keep everything ticking over, and perhaps be something they might enjoy – rather than being a chore.

Summer Learning Getting Ready For

Year 1