And thats a wrap on the phonics check Y1

The children have absolutely blown us away with the hard work and dedication they have put into their phonics learning this year and this weeks phonics check proved that the hard work really has payed off. Miss Schon, Miss Cooper, Mrs Clay and I are over the moon with the effort you have all put in and we hope you all enjoyed your ice lolly treat in the sunshine!

Y1: Phonics Screening Check

This week the children in Year 1 are taking part in the National Phonics Screening Check. The children have been well prepared for this through our Phonics and Shared Reading sessions throughout Reception and Year 1.

In the check this children will be asked to use their phonics to read some real and some pseudo (nonsense) words.

If you would like more information about this, please follow the link below to find out more and as always please contact you child’s class teacher if you have any questions or concerns.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phonics-screening-check-information-for-parents/phonics-screening-check-2023-information-for-parents-text-only-version#:~:text=The%20phonics%20screening%20check%20is,week%20commencing%20Monday%2012%20June.

The Golden Mile Grand Total

School council have been busy counting this afternoon to find the total of our Golden Mile. We have raised £77.90! Thank you to everyone who made a donation.

Awesome writing in class 7.

As part of our second case study in our expedition we are re-writing the story of Man in the Moon. The children are telling the story from the point of view of the aliens and used some amazing adjectives, fantastic conjunctions and wonderful punctuation to write the first part of the story this morning…and this was only the first draft! I cannot wait to see your final drafts after editing and improving tomorrow.

Great job!

What 3 words in Crew Rodgers?

In crew this morning we played a game of what 3 words?. This is an opportunity for the children to think about 3 words that describe who they are. A difficult enough concept for an adult let alone a crew of 20 five and six year olds. The children did amazingly well though, and came up with some really insightful adjectives to describe their personalities. I was pleased to see that nearly all the children described themselves as happy, with kind coming a close second. Other words were beautiful, friendly, hardworking and helpful.

I couldn’t agree more guys…and one more word I would like to add to describe you all…AWESOME!

Class 7 re-hook

To re hook the children back into our expedition we looked at satellite images of the effects of climate change on the polar ice regions. We discussed global warming and the children made some excellent suggestions of the small changes they could make that would help to cut down the emissions that are causing the ice to melt and sea levels to rise.

Take a look at these fantastic posters the children produced to raise awareness of climate change.

Fantastic job guys!