Wendy’s Group Week 1 Term 1 2025

Welcome back everyone! It is so lovely to see all the children this week.

We’re off to a flying start in our room with everyone settling into routines and discovering all the resources in the space. Decisions have been made about class agreements but not yet about desks. This week everyone is sitting in a different desk with a different person each day. Next week, we will decide on fixed positions and desk buddies.

We’ve had a funny story going around in our room about having to do two hours of homework every afternoon. I think a few of our new children might have believed it for a few seconds! Of course, it’s a joke but I do ask the children to do things at home every now and then. In particular, I ask them to read every night, preferably a book they can read independently. We have spoken about this at school this week. We do read silently at school twice each week (ERICS time = Everybody Reads In Class Silently). I also suggest they practice times tables with you at home or in the car… saying them out loud in order until it’s in the memory and then answering questions out of order. We started our Wednesday morning times tables practice this week.

I’m looking forward to explaining more about our group at the parent meeting next week! Hope to see you then.

Cheers,
Wendy