Home Learning for Flexi School Families
Flexi School Children
Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday
Home educated Monday and Friday
Reading and Phonics
Ruth Miskin - How to teach Phonics
Please continue to support your child’s reading journey by listening to them read regularly at home. Your child has a QR code in their yelllow reading record which will provide you with videos to follow. Don’t forget to sign their yellow reading record each time they read.- In school, children read daily with their RWI partner, take part in guided sessions, and are heard 1:1 by an adult in class.
Maths
Flexi School children should send in the work they have completed at home every two weeks. If you would like a copy of this term’s Maths activities, please contact admin or see me at the end of the school day.
We want to reassure you that Maths learning is not done in workbooks — these activities are designed to support hands-on, practical learning, reflecting what your child is exploring in class.
Science
Children will choose their favourite thing about each season and draw and label it. This could include the weather, a special event, or a celebration such as a birthday.
PSHCE
Fire Safety in the Home: Children will explore simple ways to keep their homes safe from fire risks. They’ll tick which safety steps their family already follows and choose one new one to try together.
· Strangers and Safer Strangers: Children will think about who the safe strangers are in their community, such as police officers, nurses, or teachers. They can draw a picture of one and write a sentence about how that person helps others.
Geography
Make a Rain Gauge
Children will follow step-by-step instructions to create their own working rain gauge. This activity supports learning about measuring and recording weather, while also developing observation and numeracy skills.
Watching the weather
Children will watch a TV or online weather forecast and record the weather over a two-day period. They will listen for weather key words, identify weather symbols, and notice important daily changes.
Key books to share at home:
Flea seeks dog by Will Mabbitt • None the Number by Oliver Jeffers • Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno • I Spy Numbers by Jean Marzollo • The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson • Five Small Stars by Elizabeth Matterson and Madge Bugden • Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Reading these stories together at home is a great way to reinforce our learning — helping children to spot shapes, count objects, and talk about numbers in everyday life!
🔔 Important Reminders
To help everything run smoothly this term, please take note of the following:
P.E. Days: Children should come to school wearing their P.E. kit on Tuesdays and Fridays.
No Forest School:
Water Bottles: Each child should bring a named water bottle to school every day to stay hydrated.
Snacks: each child can bring a healthy snack pot we recommend cut up fruit for preschool children, breadsticks, cheese or a small yoghurt.
Waterproof Coats: Please ensure your child has a suitable waterproof coat for unpredictable weather—don’t forget to label it with their name.
Homework and spelling books are due in every Tuesday.
Spellings will focus on phonics, common exception words, and topic vocabulary.
