--- title: "Year 1 Phonics: 'ou' as in 'house'" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-04-year-1-phonics-ou-as-in-house" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 1 Phonics: 'ou' as in 'house' ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-12-04_09_28_25.jpg) 4 December 2025 One of our many sounds in Year 1 phonics this week was the phase 5 sound 'ou' as in 'house'. The children listened carefully to the phonemes in different 'ou' words when segmenting, and then used our letter join formation to write the graphemes. It sounds like a lot of work and Year 1 should be shouting loud and proud about their learning! (P.s. How many 'ou' words did you see here?) [Collage\_2025-12-04\_09\_28\_25.jpg![](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lZYHTAimfeoy2h8jYf_T9XcAXqD4Jhi4&usp=drive_copy)](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lZYHTAimfeoy2h8jYf_T9XcAXqD4Jhi4&usp=drive_copy) [Year 1](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-1) [Phonics](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/phonics) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/8c7aa5c7-a7a1-4068-bd65-288b4633b9de.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-03-year-5-p-e-dodgeball) Previous ### [Year 5 P.E. - Dodgeball](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-03-year-5-p-e-dodgeball) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-12-08_12_02_58.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-08-year-6-english-poetry) Next ### [Year 6: English - Poetry](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-12-08-year-6-english-poetry) ### 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/)