In reading, Team EO have continued to develop their confidence, fluency and comprehension skills throughout the final half-term. Across Reception and Year 1, the children have enjoyed sharing and discussing a range of high-quality texts through their Talk Through Stories sessions, including Cops and Robbers, The Scarecrows' Wedding, Aliens Love Underpants and Billy's Bucket. Through these texts, the children have developed their understanding of characters, settings and key events, whilst building their vocabulary and comprehension skills through discussion and storytelling. The children have continued to make excellent progress in their daily Read Write Inc. sessions, developing increasing accuracy, confidence and fluency when reading. A particular focus this half-term has been improving reading fluency, encouraging children to read more smoothly, accurately and with appropriate expression. The Year 1 children also completed the Phonics Screening Check this half-term, and all staff are incredibly proud of the determination, resilience and achievements shown by every pupil throughout the process.

This half term Team CW's topic has been “Off we go!” The class's core book over the past few weeks has been “You Can’t take an Elephant on the Bus” which they have got to know really well so that the children can join in with some of the story and understand the new vocabulary. The class have had several weekly focus books including “Somebody Swallowed Stanley”, “Lucy and Tom at the Seaside” and “Whatever Next.” The children have been building up their vocabulary and Talk Through Stories has helped them to do this. In phonics the class have been continuing to focus on speedy reading and learning to read tricky red words.