Image of Reception - English - The Leaf Man
27 Nov

Reception - English - The Leaf Man

In English, the children have been reading "The Leaf Man." They have been putting actions to new vocabulary and then choosing how they could adapt the story. Today they were able to draw pictures of a friend for Leaf Man and then use their phonics knowledge to label their work.

Image of Reception Class - Writing
4 Nov

Reception Class - Writing

The children in Reception Class have been developing their motor control through a range of different activities. The children have been writing their graphemes in the sand today, being encouraged to use the Letter-join formation, moving from left to right.

Image of Reception Class - Phonics
16 Sep

Reception Class - Phonics

Today the childen in Reception began their phase 2 phonics and guided reading sessions. We have started short sessions, gradually building them up over the next half term. The children did a fantastic job and realy enjoyed participating in some of the activities, using some of these in independent learning too!

Image of Reception Class - Phonics - Writing a Sentence
8 Jul

Reception Class - Phonics - Writing a Sentence

Reception Class have been busy practising their writing skills, trying hard to remember ther capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

Image of Phonics Screening Check - Parent Info
24 May

Phonics Screening Check - Parent Info

Please see attached the parental information regarding the Phonics Screening Check.

Image of Year 1 -  Guided Reading - Decoding
20 May

Year 1 - Guided Reading - Decoding

Year 1 enjoyed their guided reading session with their new book this week. The children read the new vocabulary from the text and enjoyed spotting these words as we read the book together.

Image of Reception and Y1 - Guided Reading
24 Apr

Reception and Y1 - Guided Reading

Reception and Year 1 have been developing their early reading skills. They have been applying their phonetic knowledge to help them decode the words in the book and they have been working on improving their fluency when reading. The children have really enjoyed these interactive reading sessions and have used the Chromebooks to use the ebook feature, this has been a real hit too!

Image of Year One - Guided Reading
26 Mar

Year One - Guided Reading

In Guided Reading, we have been using our pointers to help us track our reading. We also used them to point to tricky words or graphemes too.

Image of Year 1 - Phonics - Popcorn Pop!
11 Mar

Year 1 - Phonics - Popcorn Pop!

In phonics this morning, we played 'Popcorn Pop', reading words with the 'ea / e-e' digraph.