Story Time in Class 6

A huge thank you to Pandora who came back to visit her old classroom today and shared a story with Class 6. The children loved listening to Pandy read and it was great to hear her using all the phonics skills – expression and punctuation – that she learned while in my class all those years ago….she read beautifully!

Thanks so much Pandora…come and see us again soon x

Class 6 impressive first spelling check

A huge shout out to Erin, Paisley, Freya and Aurora who all scored full marks in our first weekly spelling check today and got to choose a treat from Miss Rodgers’ special prize box.

Great job girls! I wonder if any of the boys will score full marks next week?

Faith Day in Class 6

Today in class 6 we tried to answer the question – ‘What is religion?’. We found out that there are 6 major world religions – Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhi, Judaism and Hinduism. We also discovered that although the teachings of each religion are different, all of them share three basic principles. Faith – that what they believe is true, Hope – that by following the teachings of their religion they can make the world a better place and Love – for their God and each other.

The children then collaborated to make a stunning piece of art work and decided that the answer to the question ‘What is religion?’ is a set of rules that people believe will help them live a good life.

Fantastic job Class 6. Proud of you as always.

Arise, Sir Martin. Y1’s Special Visitor.

We were very lucky today to have a visit from Sir Martin of Lamb, a knight from medieval times, who came to tell us all about castles and what it was like to live in one! He was very impressed with the children’s knowledge and we all got a chance to attack different types of castle walls to find out which one was strongest. The children had lots of fabulous questions for Sir Martin and loved having him visit.

Thanks so much for coming!

Year 1 Phonics

This week in Miss Schon and Miss Rodger’s phonics groups we have been remembering the /air/ grapheme. The children have been really impressing us with the improvement in their speed and accuracy when reading words and sentences. This week we have also seen lots more progress in children’s sentence writing. The children are working very hard and putting lots of effort into their learning! Keep it up Y1 we are so proud of you!

Can you read the words on your homework sheet? For an extra challenge can you sound out and write the words without looking?

Phonics at Home

Here are some interactive phonics games and fun songs for you to use at home to consolidate the work done by the children in class. Most of the children in Y1 are just beginning phase 4 phonics but practising any of the previous phases would be beneficial to aid fluency. If you have any questions or if any of the links don’t work, please let us know.

Miss Rodgers and Miss Schon x

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk

https://phonicsplaycomics.co.uk

https://sentenceplay.co.uk

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

https://www.phonicsbloom.com

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html

https://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

How To Pronounce The 26 Letter Sounds

RED WORDS SET 1 | Read Write Inc. Words | Tricky Words | Star Words | Phonics Song | LOU BEE ABC

RED WORDS SET 2 | RWI | Tricky Words | Phonics Song | Sight Words | Star Words | LOU BEE ABC

RED WORDS SET 3 | tricky words | phonics song for EYFS and KS1 | Read Write Words | Star Words

YEAR 1 Common Exception Words UK | CE words | Sight Words | LOU BEE ABC

Year 2 Common Exception Words | Sight Words UK | LOU BEE ABC

Y1: Phonics Drop-In

We just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the families who joined us for our phonics drop-in tonight. It was so lovely to speak to you all about the children’s learning and the progress we are seeing in school. We hope it was both beneficial and fun for you all!

As always if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us – we are here to help!

We are also excited to be hearing about all the progress you are seeing in your own children’s learning at home. Please do share these proud moments with us via email as we love to hear when the children are making your proud at home!

We are looking forward to our next phonics session which will take place next half term. We will share more details soon!