KS1 Phonics

This week we have started our new phonics groups based on our latest phonics assessments. Your child will have been placed in a group that best matches their individual needs.

On Friday your child will bring home their latest phonics report which states which group your child has been placed in.

In Mrs Clay’s group the children have been remembering the /ee/ sound. Mrs Clay has been really impressed with the children’s effort and confidence in phonics over the past few weeks!

In Miss Rodgers group we are revising the sounds and red words we have already learned. We have been reading our consolidation book. We are focussing on improving our reading fluency.

In Miss Schön’s group this week we are working on confidence building and filling the gaps in our learning. We have been practising sounds/words we are finding tricky. It has been so lovely to see that already children are noticing their own personal progress! We will also be working on our reading fluency skills so that we can become confident readers.

In Mrs Leggott’s group we have moved on to the next sound in our learning. We are also learning how to answer reading comprehension questions.

KS1 football tournament!

What a great day for the boys this afternoon as they represented school at their first ever tournament. It’s fair to say we showed lots of courage and determination to be our best. Some highlights included a wonderful solo goal in a tough match, lots of great defensive work and some brave goalkeeping. We can’t wait for more! 🙂 Just a reminder to bring the kits back tomorrow, please!

Year 1: Phonics

This week in phonics Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers group have been learning /ie/ ‘Tie your tie’.

Ou® new red words or Mr, Mrs, work, can’t and class.

We have been reading the book ‘Let’s Sort it Out’. We have discussed the the vocabulary and the meaning of different words and phrases.

We now know 2 differerent /ie/ sounds

/igh/ as in high, light and bright – We know that the igh sound is only Followed by a ‘t

/ie/ as in tie, cries and lied

We have also learned that words can end in il and al make just a ‘l‘ sound at the end of a word

Don’t forget to practice as often as possible so that you can beat your ‘word count per minute’ scores!

Year 1: Phonics Drop In

Thank you to the families that joined us for our Phonics Drop In after school on Thursday. It was really lovely to meet you all. We will run these events throughout the year but in the meantime if you have any questions or concerns we are always happy to help! I was asked if there are nay apps to support phonics learning. The best way you can support phonics learning at home is by practising phonics homework, red words and reading books. This can be done in fun ways using flashcards, letter/word/sound hunts around the home etc. Please see the photographs below for some ideas. There are a couple of websites that have games that support recognition of phonics sounds, word reading and sentence reading, som of the games are free to access. I have also listed these below. We hope you can join us at our next phonics event!

Games to support phonics learning:

www.phonicsplay.co.uk (Phase 3/Phase 4 activities)

www.phonicsbloom.co.uk (Phase 3/Phase 4 activities)

Class 5: America Day

We had a fantastic day on Thursday! We were so lucky to take part in some special activities throughout the day. First we rocked out with Mr Pickles and even became the drummers in his band! Then we enjoyed our American themed lunch. Cooper and Louie even won a prize for finding a special sticker under their tray! At lunchtime we had cheerleading and baseball on the playground and then in the afternoon we had a go at cheerleading with Mrs Raynor! It was so much fun!

Year 1: Phonics

This week in phonics Miss Schön and Miss Rodgers group have been learning /ou/ ‘Shout it out!’.

We have been reading the book ‘An Outing in the Woods’. We have discussed the the vocabulary and the meaning of different words and phrases.

We now know 2 differerent /ow/ sounds

/ow/ as in cow, brown and town

/ou/ as in out, shout and loud

We have also learned that words can end in el or le and the ‘e’ is silent

We have also learned that when there is a ‘st‘ next to each other the ‘t’ is silent

This was a lot of leaning but the children have been doing so well with this! Keep it up boys and girls and don’t forget to practice as often as possible so that you can beat your ‘word count per minute’ scores!