What a fantastic first full week we have had in Year One! The children have absolutely blown us away with their resilience, courage and readiness to learn - it makes Miss Devenny and I feel so excited about the year ahead and the journey that is waiting for us! 

English 

This week, we have…

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,…

This week 

This week we welcomed the children into Nursery for the first time. They all did a fantastic job of coming in and putting their coats and water bottles away. We have spent lots of time this week talking about the new routines in Nursery including how to tidy up, where to find the…

What a Wonderful Start to Year 1!

We have had a fantastic first two days in Year 1 and we could not be prouder of the…

We cannot believe we have completed our final full week in Reception! This year has gone so fast, and we are beyond proud of all the children, and the wonderful year they've had at Strathmore. We are very sad the year is over so quickly, but we cannot wait to see what the children continue to…

We have had another very, very hot week in Year One! The children have been absolutely amazing at making sure they stay hydrated, cool and as calm as possible! Thursday brought Transition Day and we were so proud of how brave the children were in exploring their new classes, their new classrooms,…

Well done children for coping so well in another hot week! 
 

We have enjoyed lots of water play this week and spent lots of time in the garden. We have been using the rackets and balls to develop our hand eye coordination and play tennis like the stars at Wimbledon! 
 

The children…

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…

This week we talked  about the journey that zebras go on across the Sarengeti. We found the continent Africa on the world map and looked at how far the zebras travel. We also talked about the other animals that we could find living on the Sarengeti. 
 

We explored the Reception classrooms and…

3rd July 2026

This week in English, we started reading our new book, SuperJoe Does NOT Do Cuddles. We have really enjoyed getting to know the characters and following SuperJoe's adventures. We learnt the new vocabulary word nemesis, which means a rival or enemy. In our story, Grey Shadow is…

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…

What a strange week we have had in Year One! The sun has definitely shone and we have definitely melted but the children have been absolutely incredible throughout it all. They have still managed to produce some fantastic pieces of learning and we may have had a couple of ice lollies along the way…