 Reception will be leading the Easter Service tomorrow in church at 9:15am- we’ve been working really hard and would love you to be there.  Stay and Play- Mon 25 th, Tues 26th and Fri 29 th April. Please sign up for a session if you haven’t already done so.

Mrs Davies Group  Working on orally blending and segmenting.  Slowly being introduced to the letters that sounds make.  Starting to use these letters to read words.  Starting to use these letters to spell words.  Starting to use these to read simple captions in their reading books. E.g. map, dog, cat.

Mrs Gorman’s Group  Know all the single letter sounds for reading. Need support when writing letters when spelling.  Are using these very well when reading phonically decodable texts.  If words repeat in the text- can they begin to recognise them rather than sounding out each time- especially common words such as and, dad, it, on.  Learning a wider range of tricky words for reading e.g. he, she, we, was.  Spelling tricky words for writing e.g. I, the and to.  Starting to learn the digraphs- where 2 letters make 1 sound e.g. ch, sh, ai, ee.

Mrs Andrews’ Group  Have been introduced to all the digraphs and trigraphs- where 2/3 letters make 1 sound e.g. ai, oa, ear, igh.  Now working on applying these within their reading and writing.  Hopefully soon move to phase 4 where they will move to reading and spelling words with 4 or more sounds e.g. milk, crash.  More tricky words for instant recognition e.g. come, some, said.

 As we enter the summer term teaching and observations focus on helping children to achieve the Early Learning Goals.  At the end of June we will make a judgement as to whether your child has met the Early Learning Goals in all 17 areas of learning.  These will be reported to you in the end of year report. (Emerging, Expected, Exceeding)  We use a range of evidence for this including your views through orbit, wow moments and homework tasks.

 Making relationships- forming positive relationships, taking turns, working with others.  Self confidence and self awareness- showing confidence through speaking and playing. Trying new things.  Managing feelings and behaviours- following rules, coping with changes.

 Listening and attention- listening and responding well to conversations in class, groups and when playing.  Understanding- following instructions with several ideas. Answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions.  Speaking- express themselves well in a range of contexts. Past, present and future.

 Moving and handling- move with control in a range of ways, safely in space. Handle equipment and tools well- pencils for writing.  Health and self care- healthy eating, keeping themselves safe. Manage dressing and toileting independently.

 Reading- read and understand simple sentences. Apply the sounds and tricky words from phases 2 and 3. (Yellow book band)  Writing- use knowledge of sounds and tricky words from phase 2 and 3 to write a sentence.

 Numbers- Numbers to 20. Add and subtract with numbers to 10. Doubling, halving and sharing.  Shape, space and measure- Everyday language for size, weight, capacity, time, money. Describe patterns, shapes and objects.

 To achieve a Good Level of Development children must meet the Early Learning Goals in:  Personal, Social and Emotional Development  Communication and Language  Physical Development  Literacy  Mathematics

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