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Phonics & Literacy  Listen to The Reading Machine video. Join in with sounding out the words and blending them to read. Can you read the word before it is said by the reading machine?  Have a go at reading the […]

Message from Mrs Smith: Good morning everybody!  I hope that you’ve all had a lovely weekend and apologies that this celebration is slightly later than planned.  Time for a moment of mindfulness, awe and wonder at the start of our […]

Phonics  Get out your whiteboard/ paper and pens and practise your letter formation along to this calming music…  Now have some fun playing these great phonics games…  Real words or silly words – https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/poopDeck/index.html  Help a hedgehog reading game – […]

Phonics  Let’s begin with a song about vowels…  Today we will play a game of full circle. You have played this before where just one sound gets changed each time. Use a whiteboard/ paper and pen to write each word […]

Phonics Sentence Substitution Write the sentence starter The bug ran across the… then take it in turns to finish the sentence by changing one word – use visual clues as a prompt. The bug ran across the … sand. …grass. […]

PhonicsHave fun with these phonics games! https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/grab-a-giggling-grapheme https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/pick-a-picture Literacy Minibeast research  This topic lends itself beautifully to looking at non-fiction books or internet articles and the focus for today is not only to see what you can find out about […]

Phonics & LiteracyMinibeasts!  Our last topic this school year will be all about minibeasts and we just love this topic! Today we would like you to start with a minibeast hunt, use your garden or a nearby park to find […]

Phonics Join in with this Bubbles ABC phonics song Read the sentences below and decide if the answer is yes or no. You could even write yes and no on a piece of paper to answer with. Are they real […]

Phonics  Join in with this insect song and see if you can copy the signs for each letter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEln3LDBPtA Scrambled up tricky words! Oh no the tricky words have been scrambled up! Can you unscramble them?  Work in pairs, look […]

Phonics  Watch this insect alphabet video Today we are going to be digraph/ trigraph spotters! Read the sentences below and count how many different digraphs and trigraphs you can see. You could print out the sentences and colour them in […]