25 September 2026

Reception 25.9.26

Another lovely week in Reception, the children are doing so well in understanding and following school routines, showing increasing levels of independence - superstars!

 

Phonics -

Graphemes - i, n, m, d.

The children are becoming more confident in writing these letters on their…

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18 September 2026

Reception 18.9.26

Our first full week at Strathmore has been a busy and very enjoyable one! The children are remembering routines, continuing to learn new names and showing brilliant understanding of our school values of being kind, safe and respectful. 

 

Phonics -

Our phonics journey began this week,…

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11 September 2026

Reception 11.9.26

Welcome to our Reception blog! We have had a busy and wonderful first week settling in and getting to know each other. We are so very proud of how well the children have come into school and explored their new learning environment, as well as remembering lots of new routines! 

 

Each week,…

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10 July 2026

Reception 10.7.26

Another hot week! The children have been brilliant when talking about sun safety once again. We enjoyed our final forest school session with Hannah & Becky this week where we made banana boats and toasted s'mores.

 

Phonics -

Australia: phase 4 longer words & recap of compound…

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3 July 2026

Reception 3.7.26

Phonics -

Australia - CCVCC words

Words we have read - crept, trust, squelch, crust, crisp, strand, strict.

Words we have written - stamp, twist, blend, crunch, strong, string, sprint, scrunch.

Tricky words - were, here, little, says.

 

Antarctica - CVCC words 

Words we have…

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26 June 2026

Reception 26.6.25

Reception have been true superstars in the heat this week, remembering how to keep themselves as safe and as cool as possible both in the classroom and when outside. We've had lots of lovely water play and joined nursery in their garden in the afternoons as they have lots of shade and…

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19 June 2026

Reception 19.6.26

Phonics -

Australia have looked at CCVC words with short vowels this week.

Words we have read - wind, jump, nest, lost, fact, pond.

Words we have written - went, jump, lift, best, soft, just.

Tricky words - said, so, have, like.

 

Antarctica have looked at longer words, words…

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8 June 2026

Reception 12.6.26

Thank you for your crazy hair day efforts last week! The children all looked amazing and the school raised £158 for The Garden House Hospice, which was the charity chosen by our year 2s. Also a big thank you for buying our plants, we have raised £109 for resources for Reception, which we are…

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5 June 2026

Reception 5.6.26

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

 

Phonics -

This week, we have recapped longer words that have 2 syllables and double digraphs, as well as introducing words that end with -s, but sound like 'z', and words ending in -es, but sound like 'iz'. The children…

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18 May 2026

Reception 22.5.26

Phonics -

A very busy week in phonics! We have continued reading and writing words with 2 digraphs this week, including finger, cheep, and wooden. We have also recapped compound words (words that are made up of 2 root words such as rooftop, popcorn & farmyard). In addition to this, we have also…

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11 May 2026

Reception 15.5.26

Phonics -

This week's focus has been reading and writing words with 2 or more digraphs. Some independent writing includes - sharp, tooth, short, thinker, corner, shorter, shower.

 

Maths -

We have focused on our understanding of numbers to 10 this week. Starting with subitising, the…

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5 May 2026

Reception 8.5.26

Thank you for joining us for our sports morning - we hope you had a lovely time!

 

Phonics -

We have read words with double digraphs and other longer words with 2+ syllables. Some words we have read - hammer, shimmer, rubber, pattern, seven, helmet, timid.

Independent writing - bigger,…

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