There are lots of things that you can do as a parent to assist your child with their learning. Here are some things you might like to do at home:
Please keep going through the phonics folder with your child, and support them with blending the sounds together.
This half term your child will bring home a login for RMeasimaths program which will support the maths they are learning in school.
Useful websites for fun learning activities www.ictgames.com
- both literacy and numeracy
- covers KS1 too so some activities will be more challenging
St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School
St George’s Avenue
Thornton – Cleveleys
Lancashire
FY5 3JW
Attendance
Please ensure that absences are kept to a minimum this term. Our aim is to achieve at least 97% attendance this year. With your support we can achieve this.
Please inform the office of any absences on the first day.
Requests for leave during term time will continue to be unauthorised in line with our policy and Government guidelines.
If you wish to discuss any issues around attendance do not hesitate in contacting Mrs Gradwell our School
Attendance Officer, Mrs Ankers, Mrs Brice or Mrs
Southworth.
01253 852457 admin@st-teresa.blackpool.sch.uk

in the excitement of Christmas and our
Nativity Production.
As the weather is now changing please
writing for different purposes, these will include:-
Labels, instructions, descriptions and writing simple stories.
The children will be putting their reading skills to practise following reading trails and guided reading sessions.
They will also focus on new sounds and HFW during phonic sessions.
This half term Reception will be developing scientific skills of observing, measuring and recording.
Curriculum
During this half term, we begin Lent and start to look forward to Easter. This is a time when we reflect on our lives and on how the things we do affect the lives of others. We will be looking at the
Stations of the Cross as a whole school and
Reception children will be reflecting on the
Seventh station – “Jesus falls for the second time” and the Fourteenth station – “Jesus is laid in the tomb”. The children will help produce a display to reflect on these two stations. During the last week of term you will be invited over to the church to take part in the Stations of the Cross; an opportunity to see the work covered across the school.
Worship
Children will continue to celebrate worship sessions within the classroom, some linked to the Sunday scriptures others linked to various themes in the RE lessons taught by
Mrs. Tickle, in particular LENT and the
Easter Story.
Mrs Tickle will continue teaching Physical
Development this half term on Mondays and
Thursdays.
Please ensure your child’s PE kit is labelled and that hair is tied back.
Which was the biggest dinosaur?
Did you know –
The word dinosaur means “terrible lizard”?
Which was the largest dinosaur?
How long was a T-Rex’s tooth?
Reception will be finding out the answers to these questions and developing their knowledge all about dinosaurs. They will go on reading trails to discover hidden
“dinosaur objects” and will help set up an outside role play area – “Dinosaur Dig“ with trails to follow and fossils to make etc.
There will also be an area to dig for lost treasures! They will set up a ticket office and make tickets and leaflets to support their role play.
A note from Mrs. Southworth……
Welcome back to the second half of the spring term. This is only a short term but there are lots of exciting things happening and dates for the diary. As always if you have any concerns or worries throughout the term then please do not hesitate to call in.