Term 3

At this cold and dark time of year we have chosen to focus on ice, winter, Chinese New Year and space. We will continue to do P.E. on Wednesdays. It is a short but fun-filled term coming up. 

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Assessment

To see how your child will be assessed at the end of their Reception year you can read the Early Learning Goals.

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Resources to support at home

Phonics: In phonics this term we will be continuing phase 3. We will be introduced to the remaining few new Phase 3 graphemes and common exception words. We will continue to read simple words but will increasingly focus on developing fluency while reading captions and sentences.

Reading

Phase 2 flashcards - Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs)

Phase 2 flashcards - decodable words with sound buttons

Phase 3 flashcards - Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs)

Phase 3 flashcards - word reading with sound buttons for support

Phase 3 flashcards - word reading unsupported

Pure sounds video clip

Oxford Owls - ebook Library for Letters and Sounds

Phonics play - phase 3 games and activities

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Writing and Letter formation:

Letter formation tracing templates - all lower case letters

Simple sentence writing - Introducing colourful semantics

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Maths:

Early Number Sense video clip

Number cards 1-10

Ten frames

Dot plates to 6 for subitising (subitising is being able to tell how many there are without having to count one at a time)

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