Reception News
Reception News – 3.7.26
03/07/2026 · No comments yet
Gosh the weeks are flying by! Phonics In phonics this week we are continuin to learn more split digraphs – i–e in kite, bike, o–e in globe and bone and u–e in tune and flute.. We have also learnt that the c can make a s sound in words such as ace, pace, nice. Read More
Reception News – 26.6.26
26/06/2026 · No comments yet
What a glorious and hot week we have had! Summer has defintely arrived! Phonics This week our new digraphs are: au (or) as in Launch, August, applaud ey (ee) as in donkey, key, trolley We also have learnt 2 split digraphs – a-e (ai/ay) as in pale, skate, lake and e-e (ee/ea) as in Read More
Reception News – 19.6.26
19/06/2026 · No comments yet
Phonics This week we have learnt new digraphs: ‘wh‘ as in whisk, whisper ‘ph‘ (makes a f sound) in graph dolphin ‘ew‘ (makes long 00 sound) in blew, grew, stew ‘oe‘ in toe, woe Our new hard to read and spell words are your, ask and should. Can you think of a setence using Read More
Reception News – 12.6.26
12/06/2026 · No comments yet
Morning Task Every morning the children now collect their whiteboard and pen and complete a morning task. These tasks involve practicing name writing, capital letter and number formation, counting, writing and reading sentences. In completing a task this is preparing the children for going into Year 1. Phonics This week in phonics we have Read More
Reception news – 5.6.26
05/06/2026 · No comments yet
Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful break. We are now in the last half term in Reception! Wow it has gone so fast. Phonics In phonics this half term the children will be learning new digraphs and new hard to read and spell words. We will introduce the children to the alternative Read More
Reception news – 22.5.26
22/05/2026 · No comments yet
It may have been a short term but it has been a busy one! Phonics This week we have been looking at words which end in er and est. We have looked at words such as big, bigger, biggest, long, longer, longest. Please keep hearing your child read. It is so important to keep Read More
Reception News – 15.5.26
15/05/2026 · No comments yet
Phonics This week we have been learning about CCCVC words (Consonant-Consonant- Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) they ususally start with the letter blends such as str, scr, spr or thr. We have looked at words such as street, three, splash, spring. We are continuing to learn our hard to read and spell words such as was, be, come, Read More
Reception News – 8.5.26
08/05/2026 · No comments yet
Phonics The children are continuing to revise all the hard to read and spell words. We are focusing on words ending in ‘ed‘, such as skill – skilled, smell – smelled. We are so happy with how the children are focusing on their handwriting when writing sentences. Please keep practising at home too. Maths Read More
Reception News – 1.5.26
01/05/2026 · No comments yet
Phonics In phonics we have continued to revise all the hard to read and spell words. We have looked at words which end in ‘ed‘ like camp – camped, pick – picked, swoop – swooped. We have talked about how when we say words like picked and swooped it sounds like there is a Read More
Reception News – 24.4.26
24/04/2026 · No comments yet
Welcome back! We hope you have all had a good break from school. It was lovely to see all the children this week. They were super excited to share all the fun things they have been doing. Phonics In this half term we are looking at changing words by adding a suffix. This week Read More
