12 February 2026

Blog 19 - 12th February 2026

Another busy week in Reception, we hope you have a lovely half term!

 

Phonics -

Graphemes - ur, ow, oi, ear.

Tricky words - my, by, all.

Words written - turn, hurt, down, now, join, boil, hear, near.

 

Maths -

This week, we have consolidated our understanding of the…

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6 February 2026

Blog 18 - 6th February 2026

Another lovely week with fantastic learning in Reception - we are half way through writing our 3rd book in English and this term, we are writing animal stories. The children are becoming excellent authors and illustrators and it's amazing to watch their imaginations develop page after…

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30 January 2026

Blog 17 - 30th January 2026

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…

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23 January 2026

Blog 16 - 23rd January 2026

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…

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12 January 2026

Blog 15 - 16th January 2026

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…

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9 January 2026

Blog 14 - 9th January 2026

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…

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15 December 2025

Blog 13 - 19th December 2025

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…

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12 December 2025

Blog 12 - 12th December 2025

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…

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5 December 2025

Blog 11 - 5th December 2025

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…

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27 November 2025

Blog 10 - 27th November 2025

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…

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14 November 2025

Blog 8 - 14th November 2025

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…

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5 November 2025

Blog 7 - 7th November 2025

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…

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