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When your child is in the year they turn 5, they will be in our Reception class. These children will have a balance of activities such as phonics, writing, reading and maths together with essential play-based activities during 'Exploring Time'.

Reading

Your child will come home with a phonics reading book each day and a library book to share with you for pleasure each Friday.  We use 'Monster Phonics' to teach the children their phonics and early reading.

Please ensure your child brings their phonics reading book to school every day.

The children will have 3 group reading sessions within school each week: decoding, prosody and comprehension. Please share the book with your child at home each night to develop confidence and fluency, encouraging them to read independently by segmenting and blending any words they are unsure of and talk to them about what is happening, how characters are feeling, predicting what might happen next and discussing what their favourite part of the book is and explaining why.