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title: "Reception - English - Writing a Sentence"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-07-reception-english-writing-a-sentence"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Reception - English - Writing a Sentence

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/c7b40918-2eff-41b5-9288-b45f7071c3e5.jpg)   7 May 2025

What a fun way to learn! Reception children turned into word explorers today, using magnifying glasses to find digraphs. Then, they put their phonics knowledge into action by crafting sentences, focusing on those important capital letters, finger spaces, and full stops.

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