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🌟 Welcome Back! 🌟 Spring Term 2 – Red Class

Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely half term break — even with the rainy weather! We are excited to begin another busy and fun-filled half term together.

In our first week back, the children will be exploring Chinese New Year. We will learn where China is in the world, how Lunar New Year is celebrated, explore traditions and even taste some Chinese foods!

This half term our topic is “Mareham and Beyond.” The children will be:

• Learning about our local area
• Finding out about England and our capital city, London
• Comparing life in a village and a city
• Creating and exploring simple maps

We also have some exciting events coming up:
📚 World Book Day
☕ Mother’s Day Tea Party
🐠 Our first school trip to Skegness Aquarium!

🔢 Maths

This term we continue to follow the White Rose Maths scheme. Our focus will be:

• Length and height
• Time
• Building numbers 9 and 10

🏠 How You Can Support Maths at Home

You can help your child by:

• 🔢 Counting everyday objects (toys, stairs, snacks)
• 🔍 Spotting numbers in the environment
• 🍎 Talking about numbers in real-life situations (e.g. “We have 3 apples, how many more do we need to make 5?”)
• 🎲 Playing simple counting and matching games
• ✋ Showing numbers on fingers

Most importantly — keep maths fun and informal 😊 Short, regular conversations make a big difference!

🔤 Phonics in Reception

At Mareham, we follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised programme.

Little Wandle teaches children to:

• 🔡 Recognise letter sounds (phonemes)
• 📖 Blend sounds together to read words
• ✏️ Segment words into sounds to support spelling
• ⭐ Read and use tricky words

Phonics sessions are taught daily and are lively, interactive and carefully matched to each child’s stage of development.

🏡 How You Can Support Phonics at Home

To support your child’s phonics learning:

• 📄 Practise the sounds and tricky words sent home each week
• 🔊 Encourage clear sound pronunciation and blending
• 📚 Read regularly together and praise effort and progress
• 🔁 Revisit sounds often – repetition builds confidence

Little and often is best 🌟 and keeping practice fun and positive will help your child become a confident reader.

⚽ PE Days

PE will take place on:

📆 Thursdays and Fridays

On these days, children should come to school wearing their PE kit 👟.

Please remember to label all items of clothing and shoes 🏷️ to help us return belongings quickly and avoid mix-ups.

🙏 Thank you for your continued support.

EYFS - Parent Guide