KS1: Reading Book Reminder

22nd January 2025Carly Schon

All reading books need to be returned to school tomorrow as school is shut on Friday this week. It is important that all books are returned as the children will be using them throughout the school day tomorrow. Children will be reading their reading books during our morning activity, changing their Shared Reading books in their phonics lesson and celebrating their progress this week in their classes. Children will also receive their new phonics homework to add to their book pack. Please ensure your child has a suitable bag to keep their books safe throughout the day.

If you have not yet read the letter outlining the way we are changing books in school then please make this a priority as we need all parents to sign the form regarding reading books.

Thank you,

KS1 team

Year 1 Phonics

14th January 2025Carly Schon

We have all been settling into our new phonics groups and recapping our learning so far. We have been focussing on reading and spelling red words and improving our reading fluency.

Miss Coopers Group – /ee/

Miss Schon’s Group – /ar/ /ur/ /oi/ /ow/ /er/ and red words sets 1 and 2

Miss Rodgers and Mrs Clay – /ir/

Year 1: Phonics

20th November 2024Carly Schon

This week in Miss Schon and Miss Rodgers phonics groups we are learning /ea/ ‘Time for tea’. We now know 3 different ways to write this sound – /ee/, /ea/ and /e/.

Mrs Clay’s group have been revisiting /air/ – Air on hair

Miss Cooper’s group have been revisiting /ch/ – The chipmunk chooses cheese

Year 1 Trip

3rd November 2024Carly Schon

We hope the children are excited for our class trip tomorrow!

Just a few things to note for our trip tomorrow:

Please could all children come to school wearing their normal school uniform and comfortable, sensible footwear. It is not currently due to rain tomorrow but a sensible coat and footwear is essential. We will be spending time both inside and outdoors during our visit. Please can children bring a backpack to keep all their belongings in such as their packed lunch and a spare change of clothes. This also helps us to ensure children’s belongings do not go missing throughout the day. Children will also need to be able to carry their own belongings to and from the coach/destination so a backpack really helps with this.

Children do not need any spending money for the trip.

Please ensure children arrive promptly at 8:30am for the register and to board the coaches!

We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow!

Year 1 Phonics

16th October 2024Carly Schon

This week in phonics we have been learning the grapheme /ay/ may I play.

We now know three grams that make this sound – /ai/, /ay/ and /a/

The children are beginning to identify which grapheme we need to spell common words.

We have also been continuing to work on our reading fluency and recognition of red words.

Can you read the /ai/ words? Can you spell the words without looking?

Year 1 Phonics

18th September 2024Carly Schon

In Year 1 we are revisiting our learning from Reception. We have been practising key blending and segmenting skills in our reading and writing. We have been practising writing sentences by breaking our sentences up into words and sounding out each word out carefully. We have discussed different words endings such as -s -ing and -ed. In reading we are working on fast blending words and reading sentences fluently without stopping to sound out words we have seen before.

The children are showing much more confidence and enjoyment towards their phonics learning and we are really pleased with how they are settling into our routines in class.

This week we have focussed on the /ear/ trigraph. Can you read these words?

If you want an extra challenge can you spell the words/sentence without looking?

If you are unsure how to help your child at home with their phonics learning then we have a phonics drop in session on Tuesday 24th September at 3pm in the school hall where class teachers will be available to demonstrate how children learn phonics in school and how you can help at home. Next term we will also be inviting parents to take part in your child’s phonics session in class so you can see how your child learns in school! We hope you can join us!