Blog Author: Alice Bartle

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…

Another lovely week of learning, well done Reception!

Phonics -

Graphemes - h, b, f, l.

Tricky word - the.

English -

We have had our first go at writing CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words independently this week, writing the words sun, peg and tick. The children…

Another super week of learning in Reception. The children are becoming more and more familliar with school routines and really working hard in all areas of their learning. Tapestry has now been set up and one parent/carer per child will have received an activation email.

Phonics…