We hope you are all keeping well. We wanted to thank you for all your efforts in these tricky times in supporting your child in their learning at home. Below are a few of the latest updates to keep you busy over the Easter holidays.

• A new addition this week supports the teaching of phonics at home from the creators of Read Write Inc, the scheme we use in school. Each day a new video will be uploaded for set 1, 2 and 3 by 10:30 am, and the previous one will be removed unfortunately, but it extremely useful to support your child at home on a daily basis.

• For the afternoons we have now added an Eco activities page and a weekly RE lesson too which starts with a focus on Easter. This also includes the Eco Code Song competition open to all children in school.

• For over the Easter break we have put a set of Easter activities you could do together at home as we will not be adding other new content during this time until after the break.

• The blogs are in full swing with opportunities for every pupil to share their learning so far and for us to comment and support. We feel this is a valuable aspect of home learning so your children know that we are here and looking forward to seeing what you've all been up to.

• Purple Mash is becoming more streamlined as we get more experienced using it. Check out your new '2dos' and the 'Display Board' to see what the other children in Amethyst have shared.

• And finally remember on our class page, we have an interactive timetable which is a suggested guide to a day of home learning. Each link will take you to the latest lessons and resources such as White Rose and I See Maths for a Maths focus or the Writing tasks set there too.

Look forward to hearing from you all soon, have a great Easter

Best wishes

Mrs Phipps, Mrs Wilson and Mrs Durnall