Author: Mrs Wood

Reception listened with interest and enthusiasm to our expert!

Miss Rushbrooke came to tell us all about her diving experiences and the children had lots of questions to ask.

I think she has inspired them all to become divers!

 

 

 

 

Thank you all for attending the recent phonics mornings. We hope you have found these sessions useful.

Remember, please ask if you need further help with any aspect of your child’s learning.

Our final phonics mornings of the year will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

It is really important that you attend to find out how your child has progressed and to learn more about how to support your child in the next phase of  their learning.

Phase 4
Children will continue to practise previously learned graphemes and phonemes and learn how to read and write:

CVCC words: tent, damp, toast, chimp

For example, in the word ‘toast’, t = consonant,  oa = vowel,  s = consonant,  t = consonant.

and CCVC words: swim, plum, sport, cream, spoon

For example, in the word ‘cream’, c = consonant, r = consonant, ea = vowel, m = consonant.

They will be learning more tricky words and continuing to read and write sentences together.
Tricky words
said, so, do, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, when, out, what

 

 

 

This week we will start Phase 4 of the ‘Letters and sounds’ phonics programme.

During this phase, children will continue to practise previously learned graphemes and phonemes and learn how to read and write words with four phonemes.

These are called CVCC words and include words such as, tent, damp, toast and chimp.

For example, in the word ‘toast’, t = consonant, oa = vowel, s = consonant, t = consonant.

They will also learn to read and write CCVC words such as, swim, plum, sport, cream and spoon.

For example, in the word ‘cream’, c = consonant, r = consonant, ea = vowel, m = consonant.

In addition, they will be learning more tricky words and continuing to read and write sentences. There are no new phonemes taught in this phase.

Tricky words in phase 4
said, so, do, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, when, out, what

Goldilocks has been spotted in different locations around school. This has given the children an opportunity to practise and learn new words to describe position.

    

What is a sentence?

The children have been busy developing their concept of a sentence this term.

Explaining to young children what a sentence is can be difficult. Through reading, children quickly learn that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. They are told that a sentence makes sense on its own and is complete; that it consists of an idea. How to recognise when they have written a sentence is more difficult.

How you can help at home:

• When reading with your child, point out the sentences and punctuation
• Encourage your child to think of the whole sentence(an idea) and say it aloud before they begin to write
• Get them into the habit of rereading and checking their writing
• Read a sentence aloud and ask your child to count the words
• Model speaking in sentences and give your child lots of opportunity to construct sentences orally

 

 

 

This week the children have been retelling the story, ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’.

They made porridge and a new chair for baby bear.

 

  

This week, we’ll be holding our second of three phonics sessions.

The children are now beginning to learn long vowel phonemes and digraphs (two letters making one sound, like ‘sh’ and ‘th’) and to read and write sentences and longer words.

We expect all parents / carers to come along and see how much the children have learnt and find out ways you can support your child at home.