Whiteley Reception

  An Introduction to Phase 1 Phonics      At Whiteley Primary School in Phonics, we first focus on Phase One which is all about the children tuning into sounds  around them, listening and getting ready to develop oral blending and segmenting skills.   Phase One  concentrates on developing children's speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase Two.   There are activities and ideas for each aspect of Phase One in your child's Phase One phonics booklet that they will take home on Monday Below are some videos which cover  each aspect of Phase One. Please watch each video to find out how we teach each aspect. Aspect 1 The aim of this aspect is to raise children's awareness of the sounds around them and to develop their listening skills. Aspect 2 This aspect aims to develop children's awareness of sounds made by various instruments and noise makers. Aspect 3 The aim of this aspect is to...

 Friday 13th September Welcome to our first blog post of this new school year! We are enjoying getting to know your children and we are pleased with how they are settling into their classes. Pictured below is our outdoor woodland area situated behind the Year R classrooms. Your child will be spending a day a week in our woodland area. We would just like to recap what your child needs to bring to school. They should bring a named, non spillable water bottle to school each day (filled with water please). On Sunny days you might like to send a named sun hat with your child.  Please apply sun cream at home in the morning and do not send it to school. Please can you put a change of clothes in your child's book bag as they may well get wet in the water tray or have an accident.  A change of clothes may include plain leggings or jogging bottoms, pants, socks and a plain t-shirt. P.E. Kit We keep your child's P.E. kit in the classroom for the whole half term.  The P.E. bag...