Reception Phonics

12th September 2025Amanda Wallace

This week in Reception we have started to teach phonics. We will have a daily phonics session and your children will be learning new sounds (Phonemes) and they will be learning how to blend these sounds to read CVC words. On a Friday, your children will receive a phonics homework sheet (as seen below) that will be sent home. This is for you to keep, and to practise the sounds and the green words with your child. This will really help their progress in this area which is really important for them to gain those reading foundations in Reception.

If you have any questions regarding phonics or any other aspect of Reception, do not hesitate to come and speak to a member of the F2 team.

Mrs Wallace and Mrs Jones

Extended Study – Roald Dahl Competition!!

8th September 2025Sophie Myers

On 13th September it is Roald Dahl Story Day. To celebrate we are rolling out a whole school competition that we would love for you to get involved in.

What is your favourite Roald Dahl story? Who is your favourite character?

Can you design a poster, story spoon, story stone etc to show your favourite. The Reading Ambassadors will select their favourite from each year group and they will be displayed in our new reading library!

Bring your entries in before Friday 26th September

Extended Study – National Fitness Day!

8th September 2025Sophie Myers

On the 24th September we are celebrating National Fitness Day! To get us ready and prepared we would like you to create some posters that we can have around school to inform children, staff and parents about the importance of fitness!

Home

Watch the video below to collect some ideas for your poster.

Crew Council will be round this week to show you their examples too!

Extended Study – Transition – ALL ABOUT ME!

8th July 2025Sophie Myers

During the next two weeks, can you create something about yourself for your new teacher?

You can be as creative as you wish.

You could:

  • Create some artwork similar to the examples above
  • Create a set of slides with information and pictures
  • Write a letter to your new teacher to tell them all the wonderful things about yourself
  • Complete the transition booklet that is attached to this post

Your new teachers can’t wait to meet you all this week and what a lovely way to help them to get to know you better!

All About Me- SEND transition 2025Download

Extended Study – Thank you day!

30th June 2025Sophie Myers

Thank You Day is a national initiative in the UK dedicated to expressing gratitude to individuals and groups who make a positive impact in our communities. Originally launched in 2021 to acknowledge the efforts of NHS staff and other key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the day has since evolved into a broader celebration of appreciation and community spirit.

We would like to get involved by saying a big thank you to different people within our local community.

Create a postcard, thank you card or poster to someone in our community that you want to say THANK YOU to.

Make a list in Crew of all the people you want to say thank you to and bring in your completed cards next Monday! We would love to deliver some of the cards before the end of Summer Term!

Extended Study – COMPETITION TIME!

23rd June 2025Sophie Myers

Throughout this week, there are lots of National Awareness days including:

  • National Children’s Art Week
  • Plastic Free July
  • Clean Beaches Week
  • International Plastic Bag Free Day

Use the following links to build your knowledge:

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/childrens-art-week-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/plastic-free-july-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/clean-beaches-week-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/create-week-2025/https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/international-plastic-bag-free-day-2025/

TO CELEBRATE THESE DAYS WE ARE GOING TO RUN A ART COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE DRAWN ON THE 14TH JULY!

THE CHALLENGE – Create a piece of art to celebrate plastic free and clean beaches etc.

Could you use plastic as part of your artwork, shells, sand etc.

Bring your completed artwork in to school and hand to Crew Leaders by the 14th July – Crew Council will pick a winner from each phase!

We can’t wait to see and display your final pieces!

Reception Phonics

20th June 2025Amanda Wallace

This week in Phonics we have been covering the following sound. The sounds will be sent out for the children to be practising to recognise the trigraph, say the trigraph and then write the grapheme.

The children are really starting to learn and retain those sounds but will need support to blend those sounds together. Have a go at the green words and the more they hear those sounds being blended the easier it will become. There is a sentence to read on the bottom of the sheet also. Reading this and also reading the reading books that the children now have will all help to increase and improve the children’s fluency in their reading.

Thanks

Mrs Wallace and Mrs Jones.

Extended Study – Drowning Prevention Week!

16th June 2025Sophie Myers

Do you know how to stay safe in water?

Have a look at the following link to build your knowledge of water safety:

https://www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/drowning-prevention-week-2025

Take a look at this video made last year:

Familiarise yourself with the information before our visitor comes in to visit – Can you share what you’ve learnt in Crew and create a poster to display on your crew board.

Reception Phonics

12th June 2025Amanda Wallace

This week in Phonics we have been covering the following sound. The sounds will be sent out for the children to be practising to recognise the trigraph, say the trigraph and then write the grapheme.

The children are really starting to learn and retain those sounds but will need support to blend those sounds together. Have a go at the green words and the more they hear those sounds being blended the easier it will become. There is a sentence to read on the bottom of the sheet also. Reading this and also reading the reading books that the children now have will all help to increase and improve the children’s fluency in their reading.

Thanks

Mrs Wallace and Mrs Jones.