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Year 1 – 10.05.24
Phonics This week the children have revisited ‘g’ says ‘j’, ‘c’ says ‘s’ and silent letters. We have also been revising all the phase 2, 3 and 4 tricky words. English In English, we have continued writing our own version of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. The children have impressed us with their imagination Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 03.05.24
Phonics We are revisiting the phase 3, phase 4 and phase 5 phonemes/graphemes. The children have read and spelt words with different phonemes/graphemes. They have also written independent sentences. This week we have revised the tricky words ‘would’ and ‘could’. Maths During our maths sessions, the children have looked at arrays and doubles. They Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 26.04.24
Phonics This week in phonics we have revised split digraphs and the phonemes ai, ay, ea, ee, ey, ie, and igh. We have also carried out another practice phonic screening check. Please continue to use the flashcards, go on Fast Phonics, and read at least four times a week at home. We also practiced Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 19.04.24
Phonics Over the next few weeks, we will revisit all the phonemes/graphemes we have learnt this year. This week we have looked at ck, ff, ll, ng, ss, zz, ph, wh, ch, sh, th, qu, and ar. We have also revised the tricky words there and called. Maths This week the children have been Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 28.03.24
Phonics The ‘Phonic Detective’ sheets were finished this week. The children have shown us how good they are at spotting the different digraphs and trigraphs in words. We consolidated each detective sheet during our phonics sessions. Some were quite tricky. Maths This week the children continued with work on measurement. We started the week Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 22.03.24
Phonics For our morning tasks, we have continued with our ‘Phonic Detective’ sheets. These lead into our phonics sessions where the children keep looking at the same phonemes/graphemes. This week we have looked at the families: oa/oe/o_e/ow, oo/ew/u_e, au/aw/or, and er/ir/ur. Maths This week we have focused on measuring. We have compared length and Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 15.03.24
Phonics In phonics this week we have revised split digraphs. We have also began to look at sound families which are groups of graphemes that all make the same sound. This week we have concentrated on a-e/ai/ay, ea/ee/e-e/ey and ie/i-e/igh. The children are really enjoying the phonic detective sheets and finding out who the Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 08.03.24
Phonics This week the children have become ‘Phonic Detectives’. A letter with further details was sent home on Monday. As we work through the phonemes, each child will have a chance to become a class ‘Phonic Detective’ and will receive a certificate and a small prize. We have sent home three sheets this week Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 01.03.24
Phonics In phonics this week we have looked at silent letters. We learnt that when a ‘k’ or ‘g’ is followed by a ‘n’ the k and g are silent. We also looked at compound words. We learnt that compound words are two words that come together to make a new word. For example Read More
Read newsYear 1 – 23.02.24
Phonics This week the children have completed a previous phonics screening check. This is to support our knowledge of each child’s current phonics ability so that we can support them to reach their full potential during the official assessment in June. We will discuss these assessments at Parents’ Evening. Maths This week the children Read More
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