Blog Author: Alice Bartle

Thank you so much to those who attended our learning fair last week - we hope you enjoyed celebrating your child's amazing work and having a look around the classrooms.

Phonics -

Graphemes - ai, ee, igh (trigraph), oa.

Tricky word recap - I the, put, pull, full.

We have been so…

Another lovely week in Reception with more fantastic learning and a few special visitors!

Phonics -

Recap - qu, sh, th, ng, nk.

Tricky words - recap of all learnt words.

A few words we have written in class - quit, shop, sing, link.

Maths -

We have focused on further…

Another busy week with lots of fantastic learning from Reception!

Phonics - words ending with -s

Tricky words - we, me, be.

Some words we have written - cups, pots, dogs, bags. 

Maths - 

This week, the children have continued to engage with activities that develop their…

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a restful break. We've had a lovely first week back, it's been wonderful watching the children come back into school so happily, despite the weather!

Phonics - 

Digraph recap - sh, th, ng, nk.

Tricky words recap - she, push, he, of, go. 

Words…

A lovely final week in Reception with some lovely, Christmassy activities. All reading and library books have been collected for the end of term - the children have worked incredibly hard this term and deserve a big rest! Thank you to everyone who joined us for biscuit decorating last week - we…

A busy week in Reception with lots of lovely learning!

Phonics -

Graphemes - z, zz, qu, ch & words ending with -s (plural and verb)

Tricky words - go, no, to, into. The 'o' in go & no are the tricky part, making an 'oa' sound. The 'o' in to & into make an 'oo' sound. 

Words we…

Another busy week in Reception with more fantastic learning.

Phonics -

Graphemes - v, w, x, y.

Tricky words - and, has, his, her.

And is considered a tricky word because it has adjacent consonants. The 's' in has and his makes a 'z' sound. The digraph 'er' in her has not yet been…

Another busy week in Reception with lots of fantastic learning, have a lovely long weekend. 

Phonics -

Graphemes - ff, ss, ll, j. 

Tricky word - pull, put, full, as. The 'u' in pull, put & full makes an 'oo' sound, and the 's' in as makes a 'z' sound, which makes these words tricky…

A busy week in Reception with lots of wonderful learning!

Phonics - we've had a focus on blending this week, where we are now writing 2 CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words independently on our whiteboards. Some words include - red, hot, sit. This is amazing at this time of year - well…

A wet and windy, but lovely week in Reception!

Phonics -

Graphemes - r, h, b, f, l (recap)

Tricky words - I, is, the (recap)

Maths - 

This week's focus has been comparing. The children have been asked to look at the attributes and begin to understand similarities and…

A busy first week back, we hope you had a lovely half term!

Phonics -

Graphemes - c, k, ck, e, u (recap)

Tricky words - I, is, the (recap)

Maths -

This week, the children have continued to engage with activities that underline the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how…

Our first half term in Reception is complete! A huge well done to all the children, they have truly embraced life at Strathmore, we are incredibly proud of them. 

After half term, Reception will be joining the rest of the school on the main playground for lunch time twice a week - Monday and…