--- title: "Nursery - Phonics - Identifying Animal Sounds" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-10-nursery-phonics-identifying-animal-sounds" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Phonics - Identifying Animal Sounds ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-06-10_15_40_00.jpg) 10 June 2025 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Collage_2025-06-10_15_40_00.jpg) Today, the nursery class actively engaged in a Phase 1 Phonics activity, focusing on listening and identifying wild animal sounds. The children displayed excellent listening skills, showing focused attention as different animal noises were played.They enthusiastically participated, attempting to identify each sound and often trying to imitate them. It was noted that some of the sounds were familiar, like the lion, while others, such as the elephant or monkey, introduced them to new animals, directly linking with our current story, Dear Zoo. This activity was excellent for developing their auditory discrimination, a key pre-reading skill, and also supported their language development and cognitive abilities through sound-matching and recall. The children's high level of engagement showed it was a fun and effective learning experience. [Nursery](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/nursery) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Phonics](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/phonics) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-06-10_15_47_41(2).jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-09-nursery-literacy-creating-cards) Previous ### [Nursery - Literacy - Creating Cards ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-09-nursery-literacy-creating-cards) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_0828.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-11-school-games-gold-award-winners) Next ### [School Games Gold Award Winners! ](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-06-11-school-games-gold-award-winners) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)