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Little Wandle Phonics
Why learning to read is so important
- Reading is essential for all subject areas and improves life chances.
- Positive attitudes to reading and choosing to read have academic, social and emotional benefits for children.
How children learn to read
- Phonics is the only route to decoding.
- Learning to say the phonic sounds.
- By blending phonic sounds to read words.
- Increasing the child’s fluency in reading sounds, words and books.
Reading fully decodable books
- Children must read books consistent with their phonic knowledge.
- It is essential not to use other strategies to work out words (including guessing words, deducing meaning from pictures, grammar, context clues or whole word recognition).
- Books must be fully decodable and follow the Little Wandle scheme
- Children need to read books in a progressive sequence until they can decode unfamiliar words confidently.
The role of Parents’ and Carers’
- Have a positive impact on their child’s reading.
- Should model the importance of reading practice to develop fluency.
- Children take home books they have read at school to re-read at home to build fluency.
- There are two different types of books that pupils bring home: reading practice and books to share for pleasure.
- Reading at home encourages a love of books, along with developing vocabulary and discussion.
- Parents should use voices, expression, discuss unfamiliar vocabulary, talk about the pictures, and predict what might happen next.
- Give positive yet informative feedback in the home reading diary at least 3 times a week
Supporting your child with reading
Although your child will be taught to read at school, you can have a huge impact on their reading journey by continuing their practice at home.
There are two types of reading book that your child may bring home:
A reading practice book.
This will be at the correct phonic stage for your child. They should be able to read this fluently and independently.
A sharing book. Your child will not be able to read this on their own. This book is for you both to read and enjoy together.
Reading practice book
This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading.
Listen to them read the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together.
Sharing book
In order to encourage your child to become a lifelong reader, it is important that they learn to read for pleasure. The sharing book is a book they have chosen for you to enjoy together.
Please remember that you shouldn’t expect your child to read this alone. Read it to or with them. Discuss the pictures, enjoy the story, predict what might happen next, use different voices for the characters, explore the facts in a non-fiction book. The main thing is that you have fun!
Programme Overview
Resources for Home
Handwriting and Pronunciation
Year 1 2024-2025
Christmas Dinner
Take a look at our Christmas hats and placemats we made for our Christmas dinner. It was so delicious!
Elf Run
We all had so much fun raising money for Brian House during our Elf Run. We were super at hurdling and throwing beanbags into tubs!
Snowball Fight
Our class elf brought in some snowballs for us to enjoy a snowball fight after our last nativity performance. We absolutely loved it!
Christmas Nativity
Here are some photos of us in our outfits for our Nativity performance of 'Born in a Barn'.
Christmas Story
In RE we made the characters from the Christmas Story so we could retell it with our friends. We worked really hard thinking about how special Mary was to be chosen for such a special role by God.
Christmas Disco
We had the best time showing our dance moves at the Christmas Disco. We really know how to move!
Christmas Crafts
Take a look at the snowmen we have been making along with our Advent promises and decorations for the classroom.
Maths - Number bonds to 10
We have been playing a game to help us remember our number bonds up to 10. We had so much fun!
Sports Champion 2024
We loved our visit from James - what an inspiration! It was so inspiring listening to his story of making it to the Olympic Games. We all worked hard to get our bodies moving during our sponsored event.
Maths - Greater than and Less than
To help us compare different numbers, we made our own greater than and less than symbols.
Above and Beyond Time
We work hard everyday to make the right choices and when we get our names on 'Above and Beyond', we get to have an extra treat of 'Above and Beyond time'.
English - Story Sequencing
We used our knowledge of our class book 'Harry the Happy Mous' and sequenced the events. We drew a picture of each of the animals that were helped and made sure we put them in the correct order.
Maths - Ordering numbers to 10 in words
We have been ordering numbers to 10. First we ordered digits, then we used numicon to help and finally we ordered words.
RE - Creation
In RE we used material and animals to retell the story of Creation. We put actions to the story and then created our own collages of what God has created.
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English - Harry the Happy Mouse
We have been working on the book 'Harry the Happy Mouse' and recreated our own map of where he lives. We then wrote labels for the different places Harry may visit.
Continuous Provision
Take a look at all of our continuous provision. We have been focusing on our fine motor skills, finding diffferent digraphs, counting up to 10 and playing in our toy shop role play area.
Maths - Grouping Objects
In maths we have been grouping objects by size, colour and vehicle type.
Yoga
In PE we folllowed a yoga session practising our stretching and breathing. We all felt very calm after it!
Year 1 2023-2024
Animal Visit
We had the best time looking at different animals. We were able to stroke some and even got the chance to hold others! We learnt a lot about the animals diets and how they have adapted for their surroundings. We even learnt that rabbits eat their own poo! Ew!
HSBC Visit
We had a lovely visit from HSBC learning all about what we need money for and how we can save. We heard all about how fairytale characters can save their money. We were super at counting different amounts!
Castles DT and Printing Artwork
We had an amazing day designing our own castles with all of the features we have been learning about and then creating them. Look at how inventive we have been with our drawbridges! We have also been printing onto cardboard with our hands ready for some future artwork.
Outdoor Learning
We are continuing to have the best time during our outdoor learning sessions. Some of us collected minibeasts this week whilst others played in the mud kitchen, made potions and medicines and made lovely homes for some snails.
Continuous Provision
Take a look at all of our continuous provision. We have been making numbers out of tens and ones, working with capital letters and full stops and thinking about our phonics knowledge!
Outdoor Learning
We have loved creating our own Stick Man during outdoor learning. We made our own castle artwork, played in the mud kitchen and harvested the spring onions!
Dance
In PE we have been showing off our dance moves to 'Can't stop the feeling'. We put on a great performance!
St Bernadette's Feast Day
We all really enjoyed learning all about St Bernadette and why she is so special. We celebrated with Manfredi's ice-cream and had a lovely time with the whole school.
Stations of the Cross
During Holy Week, we went over to Church to see the reflections each class had made for the stations of the cross. We discussed how different people would have been feeling and the pain Jesus must have been in. We showed great respect and reverence.
Book Day
Take a look at what we all dressed up as for Book Day! We all looked fantastic! We even acted out some of our favourite traditional tales.
Book at Bedtime
On World Book Day, some of uscame back to school in our pyjamas to listen to some stories. We enjoyed a warm drink and biscuits whilst cuddled up on the carpet. Thank you to the Year 4 children for reading to us!
The Gingerbread Man
As part of World Book Day, we enjoyed eating a gingerbread man whilst watching the Gingerbread Man.
Imagine That Trip
We have had a class trip to ‘Imagine That!’ in Liverpool. We were able to explore the role play area and have a go at being lots of different things such as; vets, shopkeepers and hairdressers. We had a go at making some slime, painting a car, making snow and even standing in a giant bubble! It was so much fun!
PE
We have loved practising our games skills. We are super at throwing and catching! We also enjoy a calming end to the PE lesson, preparing us for our return to class.
Maths - Shape
We have been looking at naming both 2D and 3D shapes. We even looked at how we can group both 2D and 3D shapes based on their properties.
Young Seasiders Artwork
We have created our own artwork for the Young Seasiders competition. The schools theme this year is 'Creation and Stewardship' with Year 1 focusing on the trees that God has created all around us.
Christmas Dinner
It's the most wodnerful time of the year! We always enjoy our Christmas Dinner and creating our own hats and place mats!
Elf Run
We loved taking part in the Elf Run to raise money for Brian House. Take a look at us enjoying the obstacle course!
Maths
Take a look at some of the Maths work we have been completing! We have been looking at different ways of representing numbers and the part-whole model for addition!
Forest School
Take a look at the other things we got up to in our Autumn forest school sessions!
Forest School - Week 1
We had a wonderful time during our first forest school session in Year 1. We were exploring the pond area, playing in the mud kitchen, making nests for birds and building dens. We can't wait to see what we get upto this half term!
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