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Red Oaks Primary School
Celebrating Children 2021-2022 - Reception: Apple and Cherry Classes - Mr Cowell, Mrs Prophet and Mrs Wright

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Monday 25th April
Firstly, we would like to say how proud we are of your children; they have taken all the changes since September in their stride and now come to school really excited to learn alongside their friends. We would like to thank you all for your continued support and the wonderful things you have done with your children to support their learning and we enjoyed updating you during the recent parent meetings. We have found Dojo a really useful way of keeping in contact with you all and hope you agree.
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Monday 24th January: Phonics Update
Dear Parents Thank you or your continued support in helping your children with their phonemes. The children are now starting to use them confidently and you should continue to encourage them to make up simple words and write them down.
Over the next 2 terms most of the children will be working on Phase 3 Phonemes. Many of these include 2 letters that make one sound for instance c + h combine to make the 'ch' sound (digraph) or 3 letters (trigraph) such as e+a+r for 'ear' .
Again we will have associated visual signs to help them remember.
Term 3 and 4 phonics skills are:

PHASE 3
Alphabet and letter names
Alphabet and letter names (incl. capital letters)
j v w x
y z zz qu
ch sh th ng
ai ee igh oa
oo ar or ur
ow oi ear
air ure		 PHASE 2
s a t p
i n m d
g o c k
ck e u r
h b f/ff l/ll ss

Blending and segmenting consolidation should be the main focus for all children to help them develop fluency in reading and support them in building up words within their own writing.
Alongside these phonemes we will also be increasing the children's ability to read and write certain tricky words which are more difficult to blend.

is it
in at
and
to the
no go I

is it
in at
and
to the
no go I
 she he and
we me be
Was she he
my by
you we me be
they was
her him my by
all you they
are her him

As with all things please don't be tempted to sit them down and learn everything overnight as it unfortunately doesn't work that way and requires lots of over-learning and repetition but thank you for your support.
Tuesday 4th January
Welcome back to 2022. We hope you had an enjoyable Christmas break and we wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year! Firstly, we’d like to thank you for your support during the previous 2 terms. Cherry and Apple Classes have settled so beautifully into school life. Their overall passion for learning is incredible and they are building such lovely, respectful relationships with both their peers and teachers.
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Wednesday 15th September 2021
Termly Science Challenge
Hi everyone! Welcome back to another fantastic school year. Following on from the huge success with our 'at home science challenges' we are going to continue them this year. The term one challenge is a physics challenge linked to colour and light and you can find out all about it here.
Remember to send any photos or videos to me (Miss Wilson) or your class teacher and certificates will be awarded at the end of term. This challenge is for everyone!
Friday 3rd September 2021 - Welcome

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Welcome to Red Oaks Primary School to both our existing and new families. We are keen to watch the children explore our Reception Area as they begin to settle in and get to know staff, make new relationships and understand new routines. We are looking forward to meeting you all in person.
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