Phonics and Reading

If you would like to support your child at home with their phonics and reading, please see the following links that will support the Sounds Write program that we follow at Blackfordby St Margaret's CofE Primary school. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ZMfYjdN-s  - a video showing the correct pronunciation of each sound- remember not to add an 'uh' sound on the end of sounds such as n, m, t etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHVHne036Rc  this is a video of a typical phonics activity that we deliver in school. It could be done as a whole class on the whiteboard or as part of an intervention group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZNX39WqEE4  this video shows the 'sound swap' activity (activity starts at 0.47 if you don't want to watch the whole thing)

Finally, there is a link to the parent's section of the Sounds Write website which gives you information about the free parents course, app and free resources. https://sounds-write.co.uk/support-for-parents-and-carers/ 

Wrens had a lovely time learning about Chinese New Year and joined in with some Lion Dancing and Paper Dragon Folding. They even got to try using chopsticks to eat some noodles! They practised writing a Chinese number line. 

This term we are looking at changing states of matter of water and ice and we had the opportunity to experiment and investigate ice. Jack Frost trapped some of our polar animals in the ice and we had to see what would melt the ice the quickest to free the animals!