Useful Resources
Please find here a list of resources which you may find useful including handy websites, resources and approaches which might help your child at school.
Secondary School Applications
Please find here a link to the presentation regarding applying for Secondary School 2018.
Kent Test Info Slides
Please find here a link to the presentation regarding the Kent Test and what is involved in the test.
Learning Ladders Information
Please find here a link to the Learning Ladders update presentation for parents.
Maths
Please find a link below to a copy of our:
School Calculations Policy: how we teach addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Please find a link to short videos showing our methods of calculation.
Grammar/ Punctuation Guides
Please click on the link below to peruse our handy guide to basic grammar and punctuation.
Hand Writing
http://www.teachhandwriting.co
Useful websites for handwriting
The websites below provide guidance on how support your child with forming letters and numbers correctly. They also have different worksheets which you can use at home.
http://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/print-letters-beginners.html –Ducklings’ class
http://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/continuous-cursive-letters-beginners.html – Kingfishers’ class
http://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/capital-letters-beginners.html- Capital letters
http://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/numbers-handwriting-improving.html- numbers
Spelling Lists
Please find below a link to the National Curriculum spelling patterns, rules and lists which have been provided for the new English curriculum.
Spelling Lists and Guidance 2014
Reading Lists
Please find below a link to some suggested reading lists. These are by no means definitive.
Phonics
We aim to hold an annual session for parents regarding the teaching of phonics and sounds so that parents can help their child in a consistent fashion with our school and our approach.
Please click below for a link to how sounds should be pronounced. There are numerous other videos available on line which also go through the sounds and blending and segmenting.
Phonics you can also view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYx1CyDMZSc&feature=youtu.be
General Information on school topics can be found almost anywhere. Woodlands Junior School have a brilliant resources section to their website which covers awide range of topics. Please click on the link below:
Parent reading and phonics workshop - Ducklings and Kingfishers March 2016
Parent reading and phonics workshop - Ducklings & Kingfishers (KS1) November 2018
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