Staff
Teacher – Miss Walker (Monday) and Mrs Dobson (Tuesday – Friday)
Teaching Assistant – Mrs Walsh
Curriculum Trees 2025/2026
Homework
Phonics
W/C – 23/03/26 – We have new graphemes this week and 2 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
or (ur) word worth work world worm worse
oul (u) could would should
are (air) care share dare square stare scare
au/aur/oor/al (or) author astronaut dinosaur floor door walk chalk
‘A worm’s work is never done!’
‘The playful octopus dances in the pudding.’
‘Would you dare to scare a worm?’
‘The astronaut met the dinosaur on the jungle floor.’
TRICKY WORDS once laugh
W/C – 26/01/26 – We have 7 new graphemes this week and 4 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
o/ou/o-e (u)done brother mother son won touch young above love some
se (z) cheese please choose noise tease praise
se/ce (s) horse mouse dance fence choice purse
ey (ee) money donkey monkey valley key honey
‘I am gentle when I touch the young puppy.’
‘Please whisper as loud noise will wake the baby.’
‘This horse can leap over a huge fence.’
‘The donkey waits in the valley for its friend the monkey.’
TRICKY WORDS thought through friend work
W/C – 19/01/26 – We have 4 new graphemes this week and 3 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
le (l) apple gentle beetle sparkle puddle bubble
al (l) total equal final metal petal pedal
c (s) ice face space mice nice success
ve (v) give live solve leave
‘I can see a giant, white beetle swimming in the puddle.’
‘They can carry the huge metal elephant up the stairs.’
‘The mice are eating nice apples.’
‘This space puzzle is hard to solve.’
TRICKY WORDS school call different
W/C – 12/01/26 – We have 4 new graphemes this week and 4 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
y (igh) spy fly dry reply defy why
ow (oa) now show yellow follow grow window
g (j) giant gem magic energy huge danger
ph (f) phone photo dolphin elephant alphabet triumph
‘The bird is trying to fly.’
‘The yellow sun shines in my window.’
‘The giant has a huge gem on his finger.’
‘I can take a photo of the dolphin with my phone.’
TRICKY WORDS who whole where two
WC – 05/01/26 – We have 5 new graphemes this week and 3 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
y (ee) happy silly funny hairy carry smelly
ea (e) feather head bread ready spread breakfast
wh (w) whisper wheel white whale whimper when
oe/ou(oa)toe woe goes shoulder boulder
‘Look at the happy children being silly on the beach.’
‘Is there any bread for breakfast?’
I feel happy when the whale is near me in the water.’
‘I was sitting on a boulder with my toes in the water.’
TRICKY WORDS any many again
WC – 15/12/245- We are completing our assessments this week so please continue to review all sounds over the last 5 weeks.
WC – 08/12/25 – We have been reviewing all our previous sounds over the last 4 weeks ready for assessment. Please revisit the past 4 weeks and practice the sounds and tricky words.
W/C – 01/12/25 – We have 4 new graphemes this week and 4 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
e-e (ee) these even athlete complete
ew (oo/yoo) new stew few grew blew chew
ie (ee) shield field shriek brownie bodies belief
aw (or) draw claw straw paw crawl squawk
‘These athletes will win the games.’
‘The mouse could chew the stew with its big teeth.’
‘I like to munch and chew brownies.’
‘The parrot squawks and uses its claws to draw.’
TRICKY WORDS house mouse water want
W/C – 24/11/25 – We have 4 new graphemes this week and 4 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
a-e made same game snake amaze take
i-e time like ripe inside prize slide
o-e home woke explode note stone those
u-e cute cube tube rude use rule
‘It is fun to play the game snakes and ladders.’
‘I would like to ride in a hot-air balloon.’
‘The note was hidden under the stone.’
‘I made a cube using a tube and a ruler.’
TRICKY WORDS could would should our
W/C – 24/11/25 – We have 4 new graphemes this week and 4 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them.
o (oa) most open post no so go
i (igh) child wild kind spider tiger find
a (ai) paper later chasing basic baking acorn
e (ee) fever secret being me be we
‘I can open the most post,’ boasted the otter.
‘I found a spider in my post!’
‘The wild tiger was chasing an acorn.’
‘She likes to read in secret.’
TRICKY WORDS Mr Mrs Ms ask
W/C – 03/11/25 & 10/11/25 – We have 4 new graphemes this week and 4 new tricky words. Please check your child knows them. Then read the words and sentences containing them. If your child comes home with any phonics stickers these weeks please remember to practise the sound or word with them.
ir (ur) bird skirt first girl shirt third
ie (igh) lie tie pie cried tried fried
ue (oo/yoo) blue clue true glue recue argue
u (u/yoo) unicorn music unit human tuna stupid
The girl has some birds on her skirt.
I looked at the pie and tried not to eat it!
The clue led us to the blue bench.
We spied unicorn tracks in the mud.
TRICKY WORDS their people oh your
(Tricky words are words that should be read on sight rather than sounded out)
W/C 13/10/25 & 20/10/25 – This week we have reviewed our sounds from week 4 and our routines for phonics as well as carrying out assessments. Please revisit the sounds and words in that section and review.
W/C – 29/09/25 & 06/10/25 – Our new GPC’s for this week are
ay (play) ou (cloud) oy (toy) ea (treat)
Practise recognising these graphemes and try to read the following words.
day say play spray may crayon cloud sound about proud found boy joy toy enjoy annoy destroy sea read heap treat least each
Sound them out carefully to start and then practise being able to read them automatically.
We have continued to review our phase 3 sounds and tricky words so please continue with these too.
W/C – 22/09/25 – We have been focusing on CVCC, CCVC, CCVC and CCVCC words. (C – Consonant, V – Vowel)
Here are some words you can practise with your child that follow these patterns. Please get them to sound out and blend them.
snack shelf shrink squelch stand slept plum milk springs scrubs splat
We have also looked at Phase 4 words with long vowels. Here are some you can try together……
floating paint train spoon treetop flight bright steep groan
W/C – 15/09/25 – We have continued to practise the sounds from last week and focused on words with 2 or more digraphs. A digraph is ‘2 letters, 1 sound’ for example ‘ch’. The words we have focused on have at least 2 digraphs in the word – for example ‘sh-ee-p’ – the 2 digraphs are ‘sh’ and ‘ee’.
Below are some words you can practice reading with your child. Once they have sounded them out a few times, try and get to just read the word…….
sharp cheep shower arch march chain thorn sheet queen teeth farmyard thicker
You could turn this into a game – write the words on cards and hide them around the house. Once they find one, they need to read it to earn a point. If you would like to make any notes on what you have done in the reading record, Mrs Walsh will check these on a Friday and give team points 🙂
W/C – 01/09/25 & 08/09/25 – We have been reviewing phase 3 sounds this week. Please click on the sheet below. Practise these sounds with your child.
Spellings – Spring Term 1
