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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24 October 2025

Blog 6 - 24th October 2025

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…

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17 October 2025

Blog 5 - 17th October

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…

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10 October 2025

Blog 4 - Friday 10th October

Another busy week in Reception, thank you to all the parents who have signed up to Tapestry. If you haven't yet make sure you sign up to receive updates.

Phonics

Graphemes - ck, e, u, r

Tricky words - I

Tricky words are also known as common exception words (CEW). These are words…

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3 October 2025

Blog 3 - Friday 3rd October

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…

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