Reading   

As part of literacy in Term 4, sounds will be looking closely at the following sounds:

Sounds we will have a focus on are

• Alternate 'a' eg: ei/ey/eigh/aigh/ea, Alternate 'u' eg: ew, eu, ue, ou 
• ough (ought), Signal vowels (soft c and g) 
• ch (chef/Christmas)/gn/gh/silent t, -sion/-tion 
• -ture, -er/ -or/ -ist 
• -ish, -y 
• -ness, -ment 
• -able/ -ible, uni-/bi-/tri- 
• Affixes review 2 

As part of our home learning, students will continue to engage in reading decodable texts. 

Over this term, we will also enjoy books such as ‘Tiddler’ by Julia Donaldson, ‘ The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs’ by Jon Scieszka, ‘The Little Prince’ novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and ‘The Little Refugee’ by Ahn Do and Suzanne Do.

During these units, the students will be exploring themes such as: 

• Adventure
• Storytelling 
• Perseverance 
• The nature of love and relationships
• Loneliness and connection
• Resilience and courage 
• Belonging and identity