Phonics sounds and spellings WB 28.2.22

28th February 2022Jayne Rodgers

Good morning everyone.
Here are this week’s phonics focus sounds and spellings for each group.

PINK – Phonics sounds – g as in gap, o as in cot, c as in cat, k as in kit
Spellings – do, to, got, gas, top, mop, cat, can, kit, kip

RED – Phonics sounds – ai as in train, ee as in tree
Spellings – do, to, raid, gain, paint, faint, seen, tree, green, keep

BLUE – Phonics sounds – oy as in boy, ir as in girl, ue and in glue , aw as in claw
Spellings – said, you, joy, loyal, twirl, third, due, glue, straw, law

Any questions please ask
Miss Rodgers x

Who’s in the hot seat?

27th February 2022Samantha Good

After watching an inspiring video about a young girl who was finding out just how awful the effects of plastic pollution can be on our sea creatures, created by Greenpeace, the children took it in turns to be put in the HOT SEAT, taking on the roles of the character of the girl, as well as the turtle who’s life we followed through the story and the impact the pollution had on him and his habitat.

The children asked each other some wonderful questions, about why people litter, how the turtle felt, and discussed how we can help! We thought that it might be a good idea to take your rubbish home with you to dispose and recycle where possible, use recycled or re-usable items such as bottles / containers and always be sure to use the bins when possible!

Class 5 become teachers…

24th February 2022Samantha Good

Well done to class 5 today for becoming teachers and leading their own learning. In small groups we all looked at different countries, researched them and found out about the flags, the weather, the animals and even found some fun facts too!

We worked collaboratively this morning and this afternoon the children are going to share their learning, to teach each other about what they found out…

Celebrating KS1!

24th February 2022Samantha Good

We have lots of wonderful children to celebrate today in KS1. What a wonderful bunch! We have lots of Work Hard, Get Smart and Be Kind champions, lots of HOWLs given this week and some awesome readers too!

Big shout out to Crew Clay for getting 100% attendance this week too! Mrs Clay’s crew have won the attendance money and are saving up for something special! Don’t forget, the crew with the best attendance each week win REAL MONEY that your crew can save to spend on something awesome.

Keep up it year 1 and 2, you are superstars!

From all of us in KS1 x

Phonics fun

22nd February 2022Samantha Good

Our fun in phonics was all about the ‘ou’ grapheme today. We practised with a little roll and read, reading and writing lots of ‘ou’ words and thinking of others. We even remembered that there are other graphemes with the same phoneme, such as ow.

Some superstars even managed some sentences. Lots of hard work and plenty of HOWL points given today! Keep it up, KS1!

Phonics sounds and spellings WB 21.2.22

21st February 2022Jayne Rodgers

The children have now been grouped for phonics based on their recent assessments and they will be working on sounds matched to their individual needs. These groups will be closely monitored and the children moved up as soon as they master the level they are at currently. If your child is to be part of one of these phonics groups they will have come home this evening with a postcard which indicates their group – pink, red or blue – and I will post their weekly phonic sound focus and spellings on the blog and on Classroom for them to practise for a touchdown activity at the end of each week. If you have any questions please do get in touch.

PINK – Phonics sounds – i as in pin, n as in nap, m as in map, d as in din

Spellings – the, was, pit, tip, nap, tin, mat, dim, sad, Sid

RED – Phonics sounds – sh as in ship, th as in thin and that, ng as in sing

           Spellings – the, was, ship, brush, that, thin, rang, bring, thing, with

BLUE – Phonics sounds – ay as in play, ou as in cloud, ie as in tie, ea as in beads

           Spellings – Mrs, tray, day, cloud, mouth, tie, pie, sea, read, oh, 

With many thanks for your continued support

Miss Rodgers x

We became researchers!

21st February 2022Samantha Good

Class 5 took on a research project this morning all about the 5 oceans of the world! We worked together to read information and learn some facts. Did you know that the Pacific Ocean is the largest, or that the oceans cover 70% of the earth? The smallest ocean is the Arctic. All these facts were recalled when the children presented their learning to each other. Great job class 5!

Champions!

10th February 2022Samantha Good

WOW we have some awesome shoutouts this week!

Lauren and Riley have come top of Crew O’Neil and Crew Good’s HOWL points this week! Well done for racking up them points by working hard, getting smart and being kind!

Ethan and Hunter were chosen this week for their manners, kindness to their friends and for always respecting our classroom too. We love to see people living up to our Be Kind HOWL.

Ayla and Liam were chosen from both Crew Good and Crew O’Neil this week to be our Work Hard champions. They have really been making some good choices and we are super proud of the work they are achieving. This award has been so difficult to give this week, I am seeing some AMAZING work being produced by all of class 5!

Finally, our reading champion this week has been Isla. She has been doing so well with her reading, in class and at home too. I love to see you all engaging in reading, it doesn’t have to just be your school reading books.

We saw a turtle! (and lots more at The Deep!)

9th February 2022Samantha Good

WOW what a day we had at THE DEEP on Monday. Class 5 had an amazing day out looking at all the animals we had been learning about in Science. We learnt that the world has changed lots over the past few million years and once upon a time looked very different.

We even got up close and personal with a giant turtle, how lucky were we?! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as me, I think my favourite part of the day was seeing the turtle, or maybe the penguins, or actually it could’ve been the beautiful star fish… what was yours?!