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On our walk, we collected natural resources and when we got back to school we enjoyed making some natural artwork.

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We enjoyed exploring the different parts of the sculpture trail.

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Today we enjoyed a great assembly from Dan who works for the community church. He taught us all about the Easter story.

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We enjoyed working with children from other classes and reading stories from around the world and carrying out some related crafts.

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What a fantastic book you have written all about football!

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We have been enjoying books all day and even made some of our own!

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Information for parents about ELS sounds

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Welcome to Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS).

ELS is a synthetic phonics programme which some schools use to help children learn to read in Reception and Key Stage 1 (Primary 1 to 3). If you've heard the term ELS used by teachers at your child's school, the chances are they are using ELS to help your little one as they learn to read.

Here you can find more information on what ELS is and how you can support your child at home.

What is Synthetic Phonics?

Synthetic phonics is a way of teaching children to read. It teaches children how sounds are represented by written letters. Children are taught to read words by blending these sounds together to make words.

For example, they will be taught that the letters 'm-a-t' blend together to make 'mat'. A synthetic phonics programme, such as ELS, is a structure for teaching these sounds in a certain order to build up children's learning gradually. It is used daily during Reception and Year 1 to teach all the sounds in the English language.

How is ELS taught in schools?

With ELS, there is a daily phonics lesson where the teacher teaches a new sound, or reviews sounds learned earlier in the week. This is shown to the class on the whiteboard.

Children learn the letters that represent the sounds. They are then asked to read words and sentences with the new sounds in. Children will also practise writing the letters that represent the sounds.

What order are the sounds taught in?

New sounds are taught each day, with some review days and weeks to help children practise what they've learned. Click below to reveal the sounds your child will learn in ELS.

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Essential Letters and Sounds - Oxford Owl

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Find out what Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) is and find ideas to help your child as they learn to read with ELS at home.

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We have been learning about different habitats and the animals that live there.

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We have some amazing swimmers in Sparrow Class

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We have some amazing swimmers in Sparrow Class

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We joined in with a live workshop with the author of the story Nefertiti.

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We used our Oracy and science skills to talk in front of the class and habitats and which habitat an animal is suited to and why. We made sure to use correct science vocabulary.

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Reading to our Jay Class reading buddies 

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Reading to our Jay Class reading buddies 

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We used a paint app to draw some pictures.

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We braved the weather to practise our dribbling!

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We had fun using our skills to complete some challenges.

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What would you choose to have in your lunchbox? 

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What would you choose to have in your lunchbox? 

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We wrote some questions and asked them to children in other classes. We wanted to find out which food choices they would choose for their lunchboxes and if they made healthy choices!

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Well done to this weeks 5/5 spelling stars!

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We enjoyed our trip to The Christmas Experience. 

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We enjoyed our trip to The Christmas Experience. 

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5/5 in spellings this week! Well done.

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In science, we set up our own enquiry to investigate which materials are waterproof.

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“We made a squirrel feeder.”

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Retelling the story of Goldilocks.

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We mixed the paint to get different shades

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We also used some collage.

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We used our colour mixing skills to make different shades of paint.

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In Sparrow class we learned about the meaning of the different coloured poppies. We then drew our own poppies and coloured them using our collage and our colour mixing of paint skills.

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We wrote letters to our grown ups to encourage them to book us more school dinners.

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Enjoyed our first yoga lesson.

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We enjoyed our first outdoor learning session and made some nature colour wheels.

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Well done to everyone who got 5 out of 5 this week. 🎉👏🎉👏

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We shared some great knowledge and asked some super questions and Miss Underwood was very proud of us all!

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We designed our own balanced plate and thought about some healthy swaps we could make with our lunchboxes.

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We learned more about a balanced diet and how the school dinners have been designed to keep us healthy.

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We had 2 nutritionists from Caterlink come and visit us to tell us all about how they plan our school dinners.

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We enjoyed our Michael Rosen show.

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Would you rather have gone to school during the Victorian era or today? 

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Would you rather have gone to school during the Victorian era or today? 