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for our own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day;

towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate;

by our just actions and forgiving words.

in our beliefs

in what we say of ourselves, the relations between people, and the world.

finding God in all things

in our engagement with the world, changing what we can for the better.

in the way we live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience

Literacy activities

Communication and Language

Communication and language skills are crucial for every child’s overall development . We work hard everyday to develop these skills, you can continue to do this by simply acting as a positive role model, talking with them slowly and clearly and showing interest in everything they have to say.

Ideas to help develop language and communication skills. These activities will help to develop the children's listening and attention skills, turning taking and language development. All of these are crucial elements to their communication and language development.

Storytime

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Oxford Owls Free eBook library from Oxford Owl Practise reading at home Help your young child learn to read, and love to read, with our eBook library, containing over 100 free eBooks. Our eBooks have been developed for children aged 3–11, to teach them to read using phonics. As well as much-loved characters such as Biff, Chip and Kipper and Winnie the Witch, you’ll also find some great non-fiction eBooks to help your child explore their world.

Phonics

Phase 1 in phonics concentrates on developing children's speaking and listening skills and lays the foundations for the phonic work which starts in Phase 2. The emphasis during Phase 1 is to get children attuned to the sounds around them and ready to begin developing oral blending and segmenting skills.

These activities should be continued alongside the learning of phase 2 phonics.

Both of the websites below have some great activity ideas and games to support this.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/letters-and-sounds/phase-1/phase-one-activities

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-1.html

We have begun Phase 2 of our learning in Phonics. We use the jolly phonics programme to help us to learn each sound. This is supported by an action, song and a story. These can be found on YouTube.

Alongside learning the sounds we listen carefully to the initial sounds in words and we are trying hard to identify the sounds we have learnt at the beginnings of words.

What can you do at home?

Games such as I spy using your environment but also when looking at pictures in books.
Using playdough or paint to practice forming the letters- trying hard to start in the correct place.
Can you write the letters in your name?
Using magnetic letters on the fridge can you find sounds as they are called out?

Jolly Phonics sounds Hear the sounds we teach for Jolly Phonics.

Jolly phonics action sheet

Jolly Phonics colouring in sheets

Jolly Phonics Cartinito Activity Sheets Based on Jolly Phonics Cartoonito activity sheets are a perfect resource to help support children while they are learning to read and write. Each sheet provides activities for letter sound learning, letter formation, blending and segmenting. Split into 7 groups, the worksheets contain all 42 letter sounds taught in Jolly Phonics

Jolly phonics The jolly phonics songs can be found on Youtube for each of the sounds we have learnt and will continue to learn.

Teach Your Monster To Read The groundbreaking game that makes learning to read fun • Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. • Designed in collaboration with leading academics. • Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools. • Computer version is 100% free.

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